Year-End Lists

The Pelican Child

• Fiction 2025: National Book Award Longlisted
• The Best Books of 2025: Boston Globe Fiction
• 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025: Washington Post

Concerning the Future of Souls

• Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2024: Dennis Cooper Fiction

Harrow

• Fiction 2021: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize Won

• The 5 Best Books of 2021: Jessica Ferri: Los Angeles Times
• The 10 Best Books of 2021: Wall Street Journal
• 15 Favorite Books of 2021: A.V. Club
• The 20 Best Books of 2021: Atlantic
• Favorite Novels of 2021: Electric Lit Other Favorite Novels
• Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2021: Dennis Cooper Fiction (in no order)
• The 50 Best Books of 2021: Esquire
• Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Front Porch

• The Best Albums of 2019: Chris Willman: Variety Not to mention

Ninety-Nine Stories of God

• 7 10 Best Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly

• 52 Favorite Books of 2016: Dennis Cooper Fiction
• 100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle Fiction and Poetry

The Visiting Privilege

• The 10 Best Books of 2015: Vogue
• Best Fiction Books of 2015: Powell's Books