Lists
- Time: Sarah Begley: Top 20 Books of 2016
- Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 10 Best Books of 2016
- Paste: The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s
- Harper’s Bazaar: The 13 Best Books of 2016
- Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2016
- Library Journal: 10 Best Books of 2016
- Town & Country: The 17 Best Books of the 2010s
- The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2017
- Verso Books: Best Books of 2017
- Chicago Public Library: Top Ten Books of 2016
- Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2016
- Boston Globe: John Freeman: 15 Best Fiction Books of 2016
- Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2016
- San Francisco Chronicle: Top 10 Books of 2016
- National Book Award: Fiction 2016
- New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2016
- Lit Hub: The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s
- For Reading Addicts: The 20 Best Books of the Decade 2010-2019