| 2024 | Parade | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Parade | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Parade | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2024 | Parade | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2022 | Second Place | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Second Place | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Second Place | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Second Place | Booker Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Second Place | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2021 | Second Place | Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2021 | Second Place | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2021 | Second Place | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2021 | Second Place | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Second Place | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Second Place | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2021 | Second Place | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2020 | Kudos | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2019 | Coventry: Essays | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Coventry | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2019 | Coventry | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Kudos | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Transit | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Kudos | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Kudos | Vulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Kudos | The Telegraph Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | Kudos | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2018 | Kudos | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Kudos | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Kudos | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Kudos | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2017 | Transit | Scotiabank Giller Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Transit | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Transit | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2017 | Transit | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2016 | Transit | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Outline | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Outline | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Transit | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Outline | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Outline | Scotiabank Giller Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Outline | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Outline | Rathbones Folio Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Literature | |
| 2015 | Outline | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Fiction | |
| 2015 | Outline | Vogue Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2015 | Outline: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Outline | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Outline | New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2015 | Outline | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2014 | Outline | Goldsmiths Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2014 | Outline | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2014 | Outline | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Aftermath | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2012 | Aftermath | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | The Bradshaw Variations | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2009 | The Bradshaw Variations | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2007 | Arlington Park | Women's Prize for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Fiction | |
| 2007 | Arlington Park | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |