| 2024 | When the Stammer Came to Stay | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2023 | The Marriage Portrait | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2023 | The Marriage Portrait | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction Book of the Year | |
| 2023 | The Marriage Portrait | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | Barnes & Noble Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Book of the Year | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | Waterstones Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book of the Year | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Historical Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | Reese's Book Club source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Book Club Selection | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | The Boy Who Lost His Spark | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's and young adult | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2022 | The Marriage Portrait | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2021 | Hamnet | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction Book of the Year | |
| 2021 | Hamnet | Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Historical Fiction | |
| 2021 | Hamnet | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Hamnet | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Waterstones Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Book of the Year | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Historical Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2020 | Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Top 20 | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2020 | Hamnet | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Literary Fiction | |
| 2018 | I AM, I AM, I AM: Seventeen Brushes with Death | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Non-Fiction: Narrative Book of the Year | |
| 2018 | I Am, I Am, I Am | Wellcome Book Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Book Prize | |
| 2018 | I Am, I Am, I Am | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Memoir & Autobiography | |
| 2018 | I Am I Am I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography & Memoir | |
| 2017 | This Must Be the Place | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction Book of the Year | |
| 2017 | I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2017 | I Am, I Am, I Am | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Irish non-fiction | |
| 2016 | This Must Be the Place | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Novel | |
| 2015 | Instructions for a Heatwave | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2013 | Instructions for a Heatwave | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Novel | |
| 2013 | Instructions for a Heatwave | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | The Hand that First Held Mine | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2010 | The Hand That First Held Mine | Costa Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Novel | |
| 2010 | The Hand That First Held Mine | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2008 | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2007 | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |