Year-End Lists

The Mighty Red

• Fiction 2025: PEN/Faulkner Award
• Fiction 2024: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2024: Washington Post
• The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
• The Best Fiction of 2024: BookPage
• 100 Notable Books of 2024: New York Times: New York Times
• The 44 Best Books of 2024: Harper’s Bazaar
• The Best Books of 2024: New Yorker

The Sentence

4. Top 10 Books of 2021: Michael Silverblatt: KCRW
18. 20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily

• Fiction 2022: Women's Prize
• Top 10 Books of 2021: Chicago Public Library
• The Best Books of 2021: Laura Miller: Slate
• The Best Books Of 2021: BuzzFeed
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post
• 100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times
• Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews
• 40 Best Books of 2021: Parade Magazine
• The Best Books of 2021: USA Today

The Night Watchman

• The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020: Washington Post

Future Home of the Living God

5. Best 50 Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

• 11 Favorite Books of 2017: O Magazine
• 100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times

LaRose

4. Entertainment Weekly: The 20 Best Books of 2016

• Boston Globe: John Freeman: 15 Best Fiction Books of 2016
• San Francisco Chronicle: 100 Recommended Books of 2016
• Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2016
• Entertainment Weekly: Top 10 Fiction Books of the 2010s

The Round House

3. 10 Best Books of 2012: Publishers Weekly

• 100 Notable Books of 2012: New York Times: New York Times
• The 24 Best Books of the Decade: BuzzFeed