| 2025 | Farewell, Amethystine | Shamus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best P.I. Hardcover | |
| 2025 | Gray Dawn | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Genre Fiction: Crime, Romance, SF/Fantasy, & Horror | |
| 2025 | Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime Fiction | |
| 2024 | Farewell, Amethystine | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Must-Read Books: Mystery & Thriller | |
| 2023 | Every Man a King | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | The Awkward Black Man: Stories | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2020 | The Awkward Black Man: Stories | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Adults | |
| 2020 | The Awkward Black Man | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | The Awkward Black Man | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2020 | The Awkward Black Man | Washington Post Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Notable Fiction | |
| 2019 | Down the River Unto the Sea | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Novel | |
| 2019 | John Woman | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2016 | Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2014 | Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore: A Novel | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2013 | All I Did Was Shoot My Man | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Novel | |
| 2012 | When the Thrill Is Gone | Shamus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best P.I. Hardcover | |
| 2010 | Diablerie | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2009 | The Long Fall | Dashiell Hammett Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Hammett Prize | |
| 2009 | The Long Fall | The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Fiction | |
| 2006 | Cinnamon Kiss | Shamus Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best P.I. Hardcover | |
| 2006 | The Man in My Basement | Dublin Literary Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Longlist · Fiction | |
| 2006 | Fortunate Son | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books for Young Adults: Fiction | |