| 2024 | Thunder City | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2021 | Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2021 | Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's and young adult | |
| 2017 | Railhead | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2017 | Railhead | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Andre Norton | |
| 2017 | Black Light Express | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2015 | Pugs of the Frozen North | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2015 | Cakes in Space (A Not-So-Impossible Tale) | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | Railhead | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2014 | Oliver and the Seawigs | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2013 | Oliver and the Seawigs | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | Fever Crumb | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2010 | Fever Crumb | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2010 | Fever Crumb | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2010 | Fever Crumb | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2008 | Here Lies Arthur | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Carnegie Medal for Writing | |
| 2008 | Here Lies Arthur | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Older Readers | |
| 2008 | Here Lies Arthur | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2007 | A Darkling Plain (The Hungry City Chronicles) | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2007 | A Darkling Plain | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2007 | A Darkling Plain | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2006 | Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2006 | Larklight | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |