| 2022 | What If? 2 | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | How To | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science & Technology | |
| 2019 | How To: Absurd Scientific Advice For Common Real-World Problems | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | Thing Explainer | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science & Technology | |
| 2015 | Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff In Simple Words | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2015 | Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Holiday Books | |
| 2015 | What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Books | |
| 2015 | XKCD: Volume 0 | Bill Gates' Summer and Holiday Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Summer Books | |
| 2014 | What If? | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Best Adult Books for Teens | |
| 2014 | What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: More Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | What If? | Entertainment Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |