Feed has received the following accolades:
- Finalist 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature[9]
- Honor 2003 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction[10]
- Winner 2003 Golden Duck Awards Hal Clement Award for Young Adults[11]
- Nominee 2005–2006 Green Mountain Book Award[12]
In 2020, Feed landed the 68th spot on the American Library Association's list of most commonly banned and challenged books in the United States between 2010 and 2019.[13]