Year-End Lists

Let Us Descend

• Fiction 2024: Carnegie Medal Finalist
• Fiction 2023: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize Finalist
• 2023 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness Fiction
• Best Literary Fiction of 2023: Library Journal
• The Best Novels of 2023: Paste
• Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023: Vanity Fair
• Best Fiction of 2023: Powell's Books
• Books We Loved in 2023: Boston Globe Fiction
• The 45 Best New Books of 2023: Harper’s Bazaar
• The Best Books of 2023: Vogue
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023: Washington Post

Sing, Unburied, Sing

• Fiction 2017: National Book Award Won

• 1 Top 20 Books of 2017: Time Fiction
• 1 45 Best Books of 2017: Paste Novels
• 2 Best Books of 2017: The Week Novels
• 3 Best Books of 2017: Entropy Fiction
• 4 10 Best Books of 2017: Entertainment Weekly
• 4 The Five Best Books of 2017 by Women of Color: gal-dem
• 5 Top 10 Fiction Books of the 2010s: Entertainment Weekly
• 10 The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste
• 27 27 Best Books of 2017: Gina Vaynshteyn: Hello Giggles

• 10 Best Books of 2017: New York Times Fiction
• Fiction 2018: Women's Prize Shortlisted
• Fiction 2017: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize Finalist
• 10 Best Books of 2017: Chicago Public Library
• 10 Best Books of 2017: Washington Post
• 10 Best Books of 2017: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
• 10 Best Books of 2017: Publishers Weekly
• 10 Best Books of 2017: Megan O’Grady: Vogue
• Best Books I Read in 2017: Barack Obama
• The 10 Best Fiction Books of the 2010s: Time
• 30 Best Books of 2017: Christian Science Monitor Fiction
• 36 Best Books of 2017: Los Angeles Times Fiction
• Best Fiction of 2017: Powell's Books
• 22 Best Fiction Books of 2017: John Freeman: Boston Globe
• Best Books of 2017: Book Riot
• 100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times Fiction & Poetry
• The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s: Lit Hub Dissenting Opinions

The Fire This Time

• 100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle Nonfiction

Men We Reaped

• Top 10 Books of 2013: Publishers Weekly

Salvage The Bones

• The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s: Lit Hub The Top Twenty
• 100 Notable Books of 2012: New York Times Fiction