Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2006 Edition)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2006 Edition)
• The Double by Jose Saramago (2006 edition)
• Of Human Bondage (Bantam Classics) by W. Somerset Maugham (2006/2008 Edition)
• Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2006/2008 Edition)
• gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (2006/2008 Edition)
• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)
• God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (2006/2008 Edition)
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2006/2008 Edition)
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008 edition)

2 Booker Judges' Special Recommendations

• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall Smith

AAR Top 100 Romances

• gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1998, 56)

Agatha Award

• The Body in the Belfry: A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page (First Novel, 1990)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (1993)
• Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier (2003)
• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (2003)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Client by John Grisham ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (What Makes a Family?, 2008)
• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (What Makes a Family?, 2008)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003)

Alex Award

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (2006)
• City of Thieves: A Novel by David Benioff (2009)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: July 2009

• The Defector (Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• The Year of the Flood: A Novel by Margaret Atwood (#38)
• The Defector (Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva (#39)

Ambassador Book Award

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

American Book Award

• Arranged Marriage: Stories by Chitra Divakaruni (1996)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (First Novel, 2009)

Bancarella

• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (1958)
• The Client by John Grisham (1994)

Barry Award nominee

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

BBC's Big Read

• gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 21)
• A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (Best loved novel, 2003, No 55)
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Best loved novel, 2003, No 62)
• God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 85)
• Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Best loved novel, 2003, No 97)
• The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (Best loved novel, 2003, No 164)
• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Best loved novel, 2003, No 180)
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Best loved novel, 2003, No 196)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier (2003)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• Q & A by Vikas Swarup (Audiobook - Adult Fiction, 2006)

Betty Trask Award

• The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru (2002)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall Smith ( Paperback Honor Book, 2003)
• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2006)
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, 2008)

Booker Prize

• God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (1997)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Death of Vishnu: A Novel by Manil Suri (2001)
• Shalimar the Clown: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2005)
• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (2008)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (1996)
• Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali (2003)
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

British Book Award

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Best Read of the Year, 2008)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Book of the Year, 2005)

Canada Reads Nominee

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (2002)
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2005)

Christopher Award

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (2006)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See (Fiction, Silver, 2005)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (Best Book, 1994)
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Best Book, 1996)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlist

• Shalimar the Clown: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (Eurasia Region, Best Book, 2006)

Costa Shortlist

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (First Novel, 2008)

Crossword Prize

• Shalimar the Clown: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (English-language fiction, 2005)

Crossword Prize shortlist

• Shalimar the Clown: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2005)

CWA

• The Dante Club: A Novel by Matthew Pearl (Ellis Peters Historical Award Shortlist, 2004)
• Azazel by Akunin Boris. (Gold/Silver Dagger Shortlist, 2003)
• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, winner, 2008)

Dilys Award nominee

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (2009)

Edgar Award

• A Cold Red Sunrise by Kaminsky (Novel, 1989)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Q & A by Vikas Swarup (2006)

Florida Teens Read

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (2007-2008)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008-2009)

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

• Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008)

Galaxy British Book Award

• The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama (2009, shortlist)
• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (2009, shortlist)

Giller

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (1995)

Giller Prize Shortlist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

Governor General's Literary Award Finalist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 2003)

Great Lakes Book Award

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

Guardian 1000

• A Time to Kill by John Grisham (Crime)
• The King of Torts by John Grisham (Crime)
• The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (Family and self)
• A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (Family and self)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Family and self)
• God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Family and self)
• gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Love)
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Love)
• Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Love)
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (Love)
• Of Human Bondage (Bantam Classics) by W. Somerset Maugham (Love)
• Blindness (Harvest Book) by Jose Saramago (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (State of the nation)
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2002)

Hammett Prize Nominee

• Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith (2007)

Heartland Prize

• The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (Fiction, 1993)

The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award

• The Mistress of Spices: A Novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1998)

International IMPAC Dublin

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Shortlist, 1997)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Shortlist, 2004)
• Shalimar the Clown: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (Shortlist, 2007)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (Shortlist, 2007)
• The Indian Clerk: A Novel by David Leavitt (Shortlist, 2009)

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