| 2018 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Memoir & Autobiography | |
| 2017 | You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Arts & Literature | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have To Say You Love Me: A Memoir | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me | Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir | Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir | Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top 10 | |
| 2017 | You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Top Ten | |
| 2016 | Thunder Boy Jr. | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2016 | Thunder Boy Jr. | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Readers' Literature | |
| 2016 | Thunder Boy Jr. | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Thunder Boy Jr | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Thunder Boy Jr. | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | Thunder Boy Jr | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Thunder Boy Jr. | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Thunder Boy Jr. | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Blasphemy | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2012 | Blasphemy | New York Times 100 Notable Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction & Poetry | |
| 2010 | War Dances | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction | |
| 2009 | War Dances | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2008 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Fiction and Poetry | |
| 2007 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young People's Literature | |
| 2007 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Adult Literature | |
| 2007 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2007 | The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-time Indian | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Teen Fiction | |
| 2007 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Fiction | |
| 2007 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2007 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Young Adult | |