Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - Year-End Lists

Chain-Gang All-Stars
- 1 The 20 Best Books of 2023: Esquire
- The 10 Best Books of 2023: New York Times Fiction
- Best Novels of 2023: Electric Lit The Top 5 Novels of The Year
- Fiction 2023: National Book Award Finalist
- 10 Favorite Books of 2024: Clare Mulroy: USA Today
- Top 10 Books of 2023: Chicago Public Library
- 2023 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness Fiction
- 10 Best Books for 2023: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune
- The Very Best Books of 2023: Constance Grady: Vox Second Half of the Year
- The Best Novels of 2023: Paste
- The 12 Best Books of 2023: WBEZ: Nerdette General Fiction
- Best Fiction of 2023: Powell's Books
- Fiction 2024: Carnegie Medal Longlisted
- Best Books of 2023: Book Riot
- The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023: Lit Hub
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023: Washington Post
- 100 Notable Books of 2023: New York Times Fiction
Friday Black
- 3 Best Books of 2018: Entropy Fiction
- 7 Best Fiction Of 2018: Claire Fallon: HuffPost
- 17 Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed Fiction
- 20 Best Books of 2018: Boston.com Fiction
- Best Books Of 2018: Kristin Iversen: Nylon
- 100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle Fiction and Poetry
- 100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times Fiction & Poetry
- Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub