| 2024 | Splinters | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2024 | Splinters | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Splinters | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2024 | Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2024 | Splinters | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay | |
| 2019 | Make It Scream, Make It Burn | Esquire Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Make It Scream, Make It Burn | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2019 | Make It Scream, Make It Burn | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | The Recovering | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books | |
| 2018 | The Recovering: Intoxication And Its Aftermath | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | The Recovering | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | The Empathy Exams | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams: Essays | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: More Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams: Essays | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | Empathy Exams | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams: Essays | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Empathy Exams: Essays | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2010 | The Gin Closet | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction | |