Awards and Award Nominations
- 1979 - DeLillo awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
- 1984 - Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
- 1985 - National Book Award (Fiction) for White Noise
- 1985 - National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Fiction, 1985) for White Noise
- 1988 - National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Fiction, 1988) for Libra
- 1988 - New York Times Best Books of the Year (1988) for Libra
- 1988 - National Book Award finalist (Fiction) for Libra
- 1989 - Irish Times, Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize for Libra
- 1992 - PEN/Faulkner Award for Mao II
- 1992 - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction nomination for Mao II
- 1995 - Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award
- 1997 - National Book Award finalist (Fiction) for Underworld
- 1997 - New York Times Best Books of the Year nominee for Underworld
- 1998 - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction nomination for Underworld
- 1998 - American Book Award for Underworld
- 1999 - Jerusalem Prize
- 2000 - William Dean Howells Medal awarded for Underworld
- 2000 - "Riccardo Bacchelli" International Award for Underworld
- 2001 - James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist (Fiction, 2001) for The Body Artist
- 2006 - New York Times: Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years (Runner-Up) for Underworld
- 2007 - New York Times Notable Book of the Year (Fiction and Poetry) for Falling Man
- 2007 - Booklist Top of the List: A Best of Editors Choice for Falling Man
- 2007 - Nominee for Man Booker International Prize
- 2009 - Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service for achievements in literature
- 2010 - St. Louis Literary Award
- 2010 - PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
- 2012 - The Story Prize finalist for The Angel Esmeralda
- 2012 - PEN/FaulkNer Award for Fiction finalist for The Angel Esmeralda
- 2012 - Carl Sandburg Literary Award
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