| 2024 | Blue Ruin | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2024 | Blue Ruin | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Blue Ruin | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2020 | Red Pill | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Red Pill: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Red Pill | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Red Pill | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2018 | White Tears | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Jean Stein Book Award | |
| 2018 | White Tears | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2018 | White Tears | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | White Tears | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | White Tears | James Tait Black Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | White Tears | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Horror | |
| 2017 | White Tears | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | White Tears: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | White Tears | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | White Tears | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | White Tears | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | White Tears | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | White Tears | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2017 | White Tears | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2017 | White Tears | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2012 | Gods without Men | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Fiction | |
| 2012 | Gods Without Men | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2012 | Gods Without Men | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2012 | Gods Without Men | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2008 | My Revolutions | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2008 | My Revolutions | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2008 | My Revolutions | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2008 | My Revolutions | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2006 | Transmission | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |