Lists
- Library Journal: 10 Best Books of 2016
- Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2016
- Entertainment Weekly: The 20 Best Books of 2016
- Barack Obama: Best Books I Read in 2017
- Boston Globe: Kate Tuttle: 20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016
- Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2016
- New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2016
- Chicago Public Library: Top Ten Books of 2016
- Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2016
- San Francisco Chronicle: Top 10 Books of 2016
- Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2016
- Time: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the 2010s
- Lit Hub: The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s