| 2025 | Model Home | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Horror Novel | |
| 2024 | Model Home | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2024 | Model Home | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi | |
| 2024 | Model Home | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Our Favorite Books | |
| 2022 | Sorrowland | Stonewall Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Literature | |
| 2022 | Sorrowland | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Horror Novel | |
| 2022 | Sorrowland | Ignyte Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novel - Adult | |
| 2021 | Sorrowland | Otherwise Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Otherwise Award | |
| 2021 | Sorrowland: A Novel | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction | |
| 2021 | Sorrowland | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Fantasy | |
| 2021 | Sorrowland | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · 100 Must-Read | |
| 2021 | Sorrowland | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2021 | Sorrowland: A Novel | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2021 | Sorrowland: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Sorrowland | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy/Horror | |
| 2020 | The Deep | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · LGBTQ SF/F/Horror | |
| 2020 | The Deep | Hugo Award (book categories) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novella | |
| 2020 | The Deep | Ignyte Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Novella | |
| 2020 | The Deep | Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Novella | |
| 2019 | The Deep | Otherwise Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Otherwise Award | |
| 2019 | The Deep | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Deep | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Genre Fiction | |
| 2019 | The Deep | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2019 | The Deep | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2018 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Stonewall Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Literature | |
| 2018 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Debut Fiction | |
| 2018 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Locus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · First Novel | |
| 2018 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | |
| 2017 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Otherwise Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Otherwise Award | |
| 2017 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | An Unkindness Of Ghosts | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy | |
| 2017 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · SF/Fantasy/Horror | |
| 2017 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science fiction and fantasy | |