Smith has won the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 2006 and her novel White Teeth was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.
Smith vandt Orange Prize for Fiction og Anisfield-Wolf Book Award i 2006 og hendes roman White Teeth blev medtaget på Time magasinets TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 liste.