We the Animals received generally positive reviews, including warm notices from The New York Times and Kirkus Reviews,[3][4] and praise from such novelists and writers as Michael Cunningham, Dorothy Allison and Paul Harding.[5] It was nominated for a Publishing Triangle Award, an NAACP Image Award, and it won an Indies Choice Book Award.
Influence
Fatimah Asghar acknowledges We the Animals as an influence in her novel When We Were Sisters.[6]