| 2020 | Inside Story | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Inside Story | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2020 | Inside Story | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | Inside Story: A Novel | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | The Rub of Time: Bellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta, Trump. Essays and Reportage, 1994-2016 | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Literary Non-Fiction | |
| 2016 | The Zone of Interest | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Zone of Interest | Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Historical Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Zone Of Interest: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | The Zone of Interest | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2014 | The Zone of Interest | The Observer Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Zone of Interest | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Zone of Interest | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | The Zone of Interest | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Lionel Asbo | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Lionel Asbo: State of England | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2010 | The Pregnant Widow | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2010 | The Pregnant Widow | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2010 | The Pregnant Widow | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2010 | The Pregnant Widow | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2008 | House of Meetings | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2007 | House of Meetings | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2007 | House of Meetings | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2006 | House of Meetings | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |