Awards in your library

Summary: 25 Awards.

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

• The origin of species by means of natural selection; or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life by Charles Darwin (1859)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall (1971)
• All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (1974)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose (Biography, 1999)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)

Ambassador Book Award

• Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose (American Studies, 1997)

American Horticultural Society 75 Great American Garden Books

• Western Garden Book by Sunset Editors (1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Cry of the Kalahari by Mark Owens (Juvenile, Silver, 1983)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)
• Two eagles : the natural world of the United States-Mexico borderlands = Dos aguilas by Tupper Ansel. Blake (Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1994)

CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century

• Western Garden Book by Sunset Editors
• A field guide to the birds; by Roger Tory Peterson

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Man-eaters of Kumaon, 1st American Edition 1946 by Jim Corbett (048)

John Burroughs Medal

• The sea around us by Rachel Carson (1952)
• The Desert Year: A Naturalist and Philosopher Views the Pattern of the Desert World of the American Southwest by Joseph Wood Krutch (1954)
• A Naturalist in Alaska (American Naturalist Series) by Adolph Murie (1963)
• Cry of the Kalahari by Mark Owens (1985)

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

• Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose (32)

National Book Award

• The sea around us by Rachel Carson (Nonfiction, 1952)
• The Serengeti lion;: A study of predator-prey relations (Wildlife behavior and ecology) by George B Schaller (The Sciences, 1973)

National Book Award finalist

• African genesis; a personal investigation into the animal origins and nature of man by Robert Ardrey (Nonfiction, 1962)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Nonfiction, 2007)

New York Times bestseller

• Lake Ontario (American Lakes Series) by Arthur Pound (General, 1945)
• Man-eaters of Kumaon, 1st American Edition 1946 by Jim Corbett (General, 1946)
• The sea around us by Rachel Carson (General, 1951)
• Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell (General, 1961)
• The Naked Ape. A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal. by Desmond Morris (General, 1968)
• In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall (General, 1972)
• All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (General, 1974)
• Cry of the Kalahari by Mark Owens (Nonfiction, 1985)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides (Nonfiction, 2006)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan (Nonfiction, 2009)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides (Non-Fiction, 2006)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The origin of species by means of natural selection; or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life by Charles Darwin (2009, No. 27)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides (2006)

Orion Book Award

• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2008, finalist)

Pulitzer Prize

• Wandering Through Winter - A Naturalist's Record of a 20,000 mile Journey Through the North American Winter by Edwin Way Teale (General Non-Fiction, 1966)
• Beautiful Swimmers Watermen Crabs & The Chesapeake Bay by William W Warner (General Non-Fiction, 1977)
• On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson (General Non-Fiction, 1979)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (General, 2006)

Salon Book Award

• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2007)

Spur Award

• Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose (Nonfiction-Historical, 1996)
• Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides (Nonfiction-Historical, 2007)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• The origin of species by means of natural selection; or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life by Charles Darwin (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides (Best Book (8) 2006)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Non-fiction (1), 2007)