Year-End Lists

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

• Fiction 2025: National Book Award Won

• 2025 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness Fiction
• The Best Books of 2025: Constance Grady: Vox
• The Best Fiction of 2025: BookPage
• The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025: Time Fiction

The Wrong End of the Telescope

• Fiction 2022: PEN/Faulkner Award Won

• Best Books of 2021: Shelf Awareness Fiction
• The Best Books Of 2021: BuzzFeed Fiction
• Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub

The Angel of History

• 2016 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness Fiction

An Unnecessary Woman

• Best Fiction of 2014: Powell's Books
• The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s: Lit Hub Dissenting Opinions