| 2025 | The World After Gaza | Mint Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2022 | Run and Hide | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2018 | Age of Anger: A History of the Present | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Book | |
| 2017 | Age of Anger: A History of the Present | Slate Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Age Of Anger: A History Of the Present | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Age of Anger | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2017 | Age of Anger | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2013 | From the Ruins of the Empire | The Orwell Prize (book prizes) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book | |
| 2013 | From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia | Lionel Gelber Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · International Affairs | |
| 2012 | From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia | The Economist Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Politics and current affairs | |
| 2006 | Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2006 | Temptations of the West | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |