Year-End Lists

The Disappearers

• 2026 Award: The Booker Prize Shortlisted
• 10 Best Books of 2026: Publishers Weekly
• Fiction 2026: National Book Award Longlisted

Moon Witch, Spider King

• #46 The Best Books of 2022: Esquire

• The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022: BBC: BBC Culture

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

• #5 The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019: Time

• Fiction 2019: National Book Award Finalist
• Best Books of 2019: Washington Post
• The Best Books of 2019: Wall Street Journal
• Best Books of 2019: Shelf Awareness Fiction
• Best Books of 2019: Michael Silverblatt: KCRW
• The Best Novels of 2019: Vogue
• The Best Books of 2019: She Reads Fantasy

A Brief History of Seven Killings

• 2015 Award: The Man Booker Prize Won

• #9 Top 10 Fiction Books of the 2010s: Entertainment Weekly
• #10 The 10 Best Books of 2014: Jane Ciabattari: BBC: BBC Culture

• The Ten Best Books of 2014: Washington Post
• Top Ten Books of 2014: Chicago Public Library
• 10 Best Books of 2014: Publishers Weekly
• 2016: International Dublin Literary Award Shortlisted
• Fiction 2015: Carnegie Medal Longlisted