Awards in your library

Summary: 49 Awards.

100 Essential New England Books

• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (Boston Globe)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Glimpses of the Moon (Signet Classics (Paperback)) by Edith Wharton (2006 Edition)
• Money by Martin Amis (2006/2008 Edition)
• Far from the Madding Crowd (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Hardy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Cider House Rules by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy (2006/2008 Edition)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

• Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (2009, Ages 8↑)

ABA ABBY Winner

• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel by Rebecca Wells (Adult, 1999)

Agatha Award

• Dating Dead Men: A Novel by Harley Jane Kozak (First Novel, 2004)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall (1971)
• Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons (1987)
• Charms For The Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons (1994)
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1996)

ALA Notable Books

• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (1990)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Biography, 1999)
• Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me about Who We Are by Roger Fouts (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons (Fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Lock it, Lick it, Click it: Diaries, Letters and Email, 2003)
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama ( Change Your World, 2010)

Ambassador Book Award

• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2002)

Anthony Award

• Dating Dead Men: A Novel by Harley Jane Kozak (Best First Novel, 2005)

BBC's Big Read

• Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 17)
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 26)
• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (Best loved novel, 2003, No 28)
• Far from the Madding Crowd (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Hardy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 48)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Empire Falls by Richard Russo ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)

British Book Award

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (Book of the Year, 1997)

Galaxy British Book Award

• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (2009, shortlist)

Guardian 1000

• Money by Martin Amis (Comedy)
• Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens (Family and self)
• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (Family and self)
• Far from the Madding Crowd (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Hardy (Love)
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy (Love)

Gumshoe Award nominee

• Dating Dead Men: A Novel by Harley Jane Kozak (First Novel, 2005)

Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel

Heartland Prize

• Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons (Fiction, 1989)

La Cultura del Mare

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Revenge of the Paste Eaters: Memoirs of a Misfit by Cheryl Peck (Humor, 2005)

Le Prix Faubert du Coton, France

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel

Los Angeles Times Book Awards’ Art Seidenbaum Prize for first fiction

• She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (1992)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) by Jared M. Diamond (Science and Technology, 1992)

Macavity Award

• Dating Dead Men: A Novel by Harley Jane Kozak (First Novel, 2005)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction: The Reader's List

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (26)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (The Reader's List, 28)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (General Nonfiction, 1998)

New York Times bestseller

• Christy by Catherine Marshall (Fiction, 1967)
• The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Fiction, 1985)
• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (Fiction, 1989)
• CIRCLE OF FRIENDS by Maeve Binchy (Fiction, 1991)
• Charms For The Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons (Fiction, 1993)
• A Map of the World (Oprah's Book Club) by Jane Hamilton (Fiction, 1994)
• The Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club) by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Fiction, 1996)
• I Know This Much Is True (Oprah's Book Club) by Wally Lamb (Fiction, 1998)
• White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) by Janet Fitch (Fiction, 1999)
• Seven Up: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich (Fiction, 2001)
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2001)
• Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner (Fiction, 2004)
• Next by Michael Crichton (Fiction, 2006)
• Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum Novels) by Janet Evanovich (Fiction, 2006)
• Plum Lovin' (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich (Fiction, 2007)
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (General, 1952)
• In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall (General, 1972)
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (Nonfiction, 1995)
• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (Nonfiction, 1998)
• Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey by Jane Goodall (Nonfiction, 1999)
• The Lobster Chronicles : Life On a Very Small Island by Linda Greenlaw (Nonfiction, 2002)
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (Nonfiction, 2006)
• She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (Paperback Fiction, 1996)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens

Notable Book of the Year

• She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (People)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Money by Martin Amis (2003)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club) by Jacquelyn Mitchard (1996)
• She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (1996)
• Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris (1997)
• A Virtuous Woman (Oprah's Book Club) by Kaye Gibbons (1997)
• Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons (1997)
• What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage (1998)
• The Pilot's Wife (Oprah's Book Club) by Anita Shreve (1999)
• I Know This Much Is True (Oprah's Book Club) by Wally Lamb (1999)
• A Map of the World (Oprah's Book Club) by Jane Hamilton (1999)
• White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) by Janet Fitch (1999)

Pulitzer Prize

• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2002)

Quill Award

• Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum Novels) by Janet Evanovich (Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, 2006)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) by Jared M. Diamond (General, 1992)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (General, 1997)

Salon Book Award

• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (Nonfiction, 1998)

Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction

• What the Deaf Mute Heard by G.D. Gearino (1996)

Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction

• Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons (1988)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction (1), 2001)

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• Money by Martin Amis

Top Science Book of the Year in Discover Magazine, January 2006 p.74

• Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin

Waterstones Books of the Century

• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1997, No 26)
• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (1997, No 52)

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books

• Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (1997, No 81)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (2007, No 14)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• I Know This Much Is True (Oprah's Book Club) by Wally Lamb (61)