| 2025 | Black Girl You Are Atlas | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2025 | All the Blues in the Sky | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2025 | All the Blues in the Sky | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2025 | All the Blues in the Sky | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2025 | All the Blues in the Sky | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2025 | All the Blues in the Sky | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2024 | Black Girl You Are Atlas | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2024 | Black Girl You Are Atlas | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Black Girl You Are Atlas | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | Skin & Bones: A Novel | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction | |
| 2024 | Cicely Tyson | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Summer Is Here | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | Black Girl You Are Atlas | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2024 | Black Girl You Are Atlas | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2024 | Black Girl You Are Atlas | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2024 | Black Girl, You Are Atlas | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2022 | Maya's Song | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2022 | Maya's Song | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2022 | Maya’s Song | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2022 | Maya’s Song | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | Maya's Song | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Maya’s Song | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Maya’s Song | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2021 | The 1619 Project: Born on the Water | Barnes & Noble Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Book of the Year | |
| 2021 | The 1619 Project: Born on the Water | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2021 | Love Is a Revolution | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2021 | Ways to Grow Love | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2021 | The 1619 Project: Born on the Water | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Love Is a Revolution | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers | |
| 2021 | Ways to Grow Love | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2021 | The 1619 Project: Born on the Water | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | The 1619 Project: Born on the Water | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2021 | Love Is a Revolution | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2020 | Ways to Make Sunshine | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | Ways to Make Sunshine | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2020 | Ways To Make Sunshine | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | Ways to Make Sunshine | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2020 | Ways to Make Sunshine | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2019 | Some Places More than Others | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2019 | Some Places More Than Others | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2019 | Watch Us Rise | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2018 | Piecing Me Together | Coretta Scott King Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Author | |
| 2018 | Piecing Me Together | John Newbery Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Children's Literature | |
| 2018 | Betty Before X | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2017 | Piecing Me Together | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2017 | Piecing Me Together | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2017 | Piecing Me Together | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2017 | Piecing Me Together | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Piecing Me Together | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Teen | |
| 2017 | Piecing Me Together | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |
| 2015 | This Side of Home | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |