| 2025 | The Portable Feminist Reader | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Social Sciences | |
| 2023 | Opinions | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2023 | Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticisms, and Minding Other People's Business | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | The Sacrifice of Darkness | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Graphic Novels & Comics | |
| 2020 | The Sacrifice of Darkness | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2020 | The Sacrifice of Darkness | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Teens | |
| 2019 | Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Anthology | |
| 2018 | Hunger | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Bisexual Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Difficult Women | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Lesbian Fiction | |
| 2018 | Difficult Women | Aspen Words Literary Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Not That Bad | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Ayiti | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2018 | Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture | Paste Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Autobiography | |
| 2017 | Hunger | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Memoir & Autobiography | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Arts & Literature | |
| 2017 | Difficult Women | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Top Ten | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Biography and memoir | |
| 2017 | Difficult Women | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir Of (My) Body | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | Hunger | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2017 | Hunger | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Hunger | TIME Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Paste Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top Ten | |
| 2016 | An Untamed State | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | An Untamed State | Dayton Literary Peace Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | An Untamed State | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Fiction | |
| 2015 | An Untamed State | PEN America Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · PEN Open Book Award | |
| 2014 | An Untamed State | The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · First Novel | |
| 2014 | An Untamed State | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Fiction | |
| 2014 | Bad Feminist | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | An Untamed State | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: More Fiction | |
| 2014 | Bad Feminist: Essays | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books: Top Ten | |
| 2014 | An Untamed State | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | Bad Feminist: Essays | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | Bad Feminist | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2014 | An Untamed State | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | An Untamed State | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2014 | Bad Feminist | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Non-Fiction | |
| 2014 | Bad Feminist | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | An Untamed State | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2014 | An Untamed State | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top Ten | |