Awards:
Arthur C. Clarke Award
- 2002 — Best Novel: The Separation
SF ga Yomitai (Japan)
- 2008 — Best foreign novel published in Japan: The Separation (translated by Yoshimichi Furusawa)
- 2013 — Best foreign novel published in Japan: The Islanders (translated by Yoshimichi Furusawa)
Prix Utopia (France)
- 2001 — Lifetime achievement award
Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire (France)
- 2005 — Le roman étranger: La séparation (The Separation)
- 2001 — La nouvelle étrangère: Retour au foyer (The Discharge)
Prix Bob Morane (France)
- 2014 — Roman traduit: Les Insulaires (The Islanders) – translated by Michelle Charrier
BSFA Award
- 2012 — Best novel: The Islanders
- 2002 — Best novel: The Separation
- 1999 — Best novel: The Extremes
- 1979 — Best short story: “Palely Loitering”
- 1974 — Best novel: Inverted World
World Fantasy Award
- 1996 — Best novel: The Prestige
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
- 1995 — The Prestige
Kurd Lasswitz Award (Germany)
- 1988 — Best foreign novel: The Glamour
European Award
- 1983 — Best writer
Ditmar Award (Australia)
- 1982 — Best international long fiction: The Affirmation
- 1977 — Best international long fiction: The Space Machine
John W. Campbell Jr Memorial Award (USA)
- 2012 — Best novel: The Islanders
- 1972 — Outstanding British novel: Fugue For a Darkening Island
Prix Julia Verlanger (France)
- 2015 — Special Jury Mention: L’Adjacent (translated by Jacques Collin)
Nominations:
Seiun Award (Japan)
- 2018 — Best translated novel: The Adjacent (translated by Yoshimichi Furusawa)
Academy Award (‘Oscar’) for film adaptation directed by Christopher Nolan
- 2007 — Nominated, Cinematography: Wally Pfister: The Prestige
- 2007 — Nominated, Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti: The Prestige
Arthur C. Clarke Award
- 2014 — Shortlisted: The Adjacent
- 1999 — Shortlisted: The Extremes
- 1996 — Shortlisted: The Prestige
Audio Publishers’ Association Award (‘Audie’)
- 2007 — Finalist, unabridged fiction: The Prestige (read by Simon Vance)
Sidewise Award for Alternate History
- 2002 — Finalist: The Separation
BSFA Award
- 2014 — Nominated best novel: The Adjacent
- 1996 — Nominated best novel: The Prestige
- 1984 — Nominated best novel: The Glamour
British Fantasy Award
- 1996 — Nominated August Derleth Fantasy Award: The Prestige
Bram Stoker Award
- 1996 — Nominated superior achievement in a novel: The Prestige
Hugo Award
- 1995 — Nominated best related non-fiction: The Book on the Edge of Forever
- 1980 — Nominated best novelette: Palely Loitering
- 1979 — Nominated best novella: The Watched
- 1975 — Nominated best novel: Inverted World
Locus Poll
- 2003 — Nominated best novel: The Separation
- 2000 — Nominated best novel: The Extremes
- 1997 — Nominated best novel: The Prestige
- 1985 — Nominated best novel: The Glamour
- 1982 — Nominated best novel: The Affirmation
- 1980 — Nominated best single author collection: An Infinite Summer
- 1979 — Nominated best anthology: Anticipations
- 1979 — Nominated best novella: The Watched
- 1979 — Nominated best short story: “Whores”
- 1977 — Nominated best short story: “An Infinite Summer”
- 1975 — Nominated best novel: Inverted World
Ditmar Award
- 1978 — Nominated best international long fiction: A Dream of Wessex
William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review
- 1981 — Nominated: Outside the Whale