- 1984: Morton Dauwen Zabel Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for At the Bottom of the River[13]
- 1984: Shortlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for At the Bottom of the River.[36]
- 1985: Guggenheim Award for Fiction[37]
- 1985: Finalist for the International Ritz Paris Hemingway Award for Annie John
- 1992: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Colgate University
- 1997: Shortlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for The Autobiography of My Mother[36]
- 1997: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Autobiography of My Mother[38]
- 1999: Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
- 2000: Prix Femina étranger for My Brother[39]
- 2004: American Academy of Arts and Letters[40]
- 2009: American Academy of Arts and Sciences[40]
- 2010: Center for Fiction's Clifton Fadiman Medal for Annie John[41]
- 2011: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Tufts University[40]
- 2014: Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award for See Now Then[42]
- 2015: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Brandeis University
- Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award[43]
- 2017: Winner of the Dan David Prize in Literature[44]
- 2021: Royal Society of Literature International Writer[45]
- 2022: The Paris Review Hadada prize for lifetime achievement[22]
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