| 2024 | Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen’s Tireless Fight for Justice | Writers' Trust of Canada Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Invisible Prisons | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2018 | Flannery | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Something for Everyone | Scotiabank Giller Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Something for Everyone | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2013 | Caught | Writers' Trust of Canada Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2013 | Caught | Scotiabank Giller Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2013 | Caught | Dashiell Hammett Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Hammett Prize | |
| 2013 | Caught | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2011 | February | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2010 | February | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2010 | February | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2009 | February | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2008 | Spirited | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Spirituality | |
| 2007 | Spirited | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Spirituality | |
| 2007 | Alligator | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2007 | Alligator | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2006 | The Penguin Book of Contemporary Canadian Women’s Short Stories | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |