| 2025 | Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Our Favorite Books | |
| 2025 | Who Is Government? | Barack Obama's Favorite Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Reading | |
| 2023 | Going Infinite | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · History & Biography | |
| 2023 | Going Infinite | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2023 | Going Infinite | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2021 | The Premonition | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | The Premonition | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2021 | The Premonition: A Pandemic Story | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science | |
| 2018 | The Fifth Risk | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Current Interest | |
| 2018 | The Fifth Risk | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | The Fifth Risk | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | The Fifth Risk | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | The Fifth Risk | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | The Fifth Risk | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | The Undoing Project | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · History & Biography | |
| 2017 | The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2017 | The Undoing Project | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Flash Boys | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Business Books | |
| 2014 | Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: More Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Business | |
| 2014 | Flash Boys | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Boomerang | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2011 | Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | Boomerang | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2011 | New Third World | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Current Interest | |
| 2010 | The Big Short | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 10 Best Books | |
| 2010 | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2010 | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Economics and business | |
| 2010 | The Big Short | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2010 | The Big Short | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2010 | The Big Short | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2010 | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 100 | |
| 2007 | The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game | Alex Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Adult Books for Teens | |
| 2006 | The Blind Side | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2006 | The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |