| 2021 | Lean Fall Stand | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Lean Fall Stand | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Reservoir 13 | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Reservoir 13 | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction Book of the Year | |
| 2018 | Reservoir 13 | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2018 | The Reservoir Tapes | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Fiction | |
| 2017 | Reservoir 13 | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novel | |
| 2017 | Reservoir 13 | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Reservoir 13 | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Reservoir 13 | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Reservoir 13 | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Reservoir 13 | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Reservoir 13 | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Reservoir 13 | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Even the Dogs | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2008 | So Many Ways to Begin | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2006 | So Many Ways to Begin | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2006 | So Many Ways To Begin | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |