| 2025 | A Different Kind of Tension | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2023 | Brooklyn Crime Novel | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2023 | Brooklyn Crime Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2023 | Brooklyn Crime Novel | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | The Arrest | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | The Feral Detective | The Atlantic Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | The Feral Detective | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | A Gambler’s Anatomy | Paste Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2016 | A Gambler’s Anatomy | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2015 | Dissident Gardens | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2013 | Dissident Gardens | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2013 | Dissident Gardens | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2011 | The Ecstasy of Influence | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Criticism | |
| 2011 | Chronic City | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2011 | The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc. | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2011 | The Ecstasy of Influence | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | The Ecstasy of Influence | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | Chronic City | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2009 | Chronic City | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2009 | Chronic City | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |