| 2025 | Framed | CWA Daggers source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction | |
| 2025 | The Widow | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Mystery & Thriller | |
| 2024 | Framed | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | The Reckoning | Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Camino Island | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2017 | The Rooster Bar | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2017 | The Rooster Bar | Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Rogue Lawyer | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Rogue Lawyer | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2014 | Gray Mountain: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2013 | Sycamore Row | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Mystery/Thriller | |
| 2013 | Sycamore Row | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2012 | The Racketeer | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2010 | Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer | Agatha Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Children's/YA | |
| 2010 | The Confession | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2009 | Ford County | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Appeal | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |