Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Robinson Crusoe (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Daniel Defoe
• Siddhartha (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Hermann Hesse (2006/2008 Edition)
• Delta Of Venus by Anais Nin (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• Robinson Crusoe (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Daniel Defoe (2009, No 732, Age 12 and over)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) by Ernest J. Gaines (1994)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring, Deluxe Edition by Tracy Chevalier (2001)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2007)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) by Ernest J. Gaines (Fiction, 1999)
• Siddhartha (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Hermann Hesse (Fiction, 1999)
• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (Humanities, 2004)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring, Deluxe Edition by Tracy Chevalier (Humanities, 2004)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Siddhartha (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Hermann Hesse (Books for the Soul, 1997)
• The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jane Yolen ( Books for the Soul, 1997)
• Night (Oprah's Book Club) by Elie Wiesel (Religion: Relationship with the Divine, 2007)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Death and Dying, 2009)

Alex Award

• Girl with a Pearl Earring, Deluxe Edition by Tracy Chevalier (2001)

Association of Jewish Libraries Award

• The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jane Yolen

Bancarella

• Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics) by Jostein Gaarder (1995)

BBC's Big Read

• Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics) by Jostein Gaarder (Best loved novel, 2003, No 175)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2006)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2001)
• The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel by Louise Erdrich ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Children's Literature Winner, 2007)

Books for a Better Life Award

• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman (2008)

Borders Original Voices

• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (2001)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Fear and Trembling (Penguin Classics) by Soren Kierkegaard

British Book Award

• A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle (Travel Writer of the Year, 1990)

Bücher, die Geschichte machten

• Robinson Crusoe (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Daniel Defoe

Christianity Today Book Awards

• The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. (History/Biography, 2003)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone (Fiction, Silver, 1961)

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

• Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

• Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics) by Jostein Gaarder (Jugendbuch, 1994)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Jugendjury, 2009)

Edward Lewis Wallant Award

• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (2001)

Ena Noel Award

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2006)

Evans Biography Award

• Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams (1991)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2007)

Frankfurt eBook Award

• Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (2000|Best Fiction work converted from print to ebook)

Guardian 1000

• Delta Of Venus by Anais Nin (Love)
• Robinson Crusoe (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Daniel Defoe (War and travel)

The Guardian's Text on the Beach: 50 Best Summer Reads Ever

• Robinson Crusoe (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Daniel Defoe (2009)

Hans Christian Andersen International Award

• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Robinson Crusoe (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Daniel Defoe

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Night (Oprah's Book Club) by Elie Wiesel
• Siddhartha (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Hermann Hesse
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Honorary doctorate from Bowdoin College, 1901.

• The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories (Signet Classics) by Sarah Orne Jewett

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (1960)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2006)

Iowa Teen Award Nominee

• The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jane Yolen (1992-1993)

IPPY Finalist

• Rashi's Daughters, Book 1: Joheved by Maggie Anton (Historical/Military Fiction, 2006)
• Girl Meets God: A Memoir by Lauren F. Winner (Religion, 2003)

John Burroughs Medal

• The Control of Nature by John McPhee (1990)

Judy Lopez Memorial Award

• The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jane Yolen ( Honor, 1989)

Kathleen Mitchell Award

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2006)

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (1965)

Libraires du Québec

• A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 1995)
• Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics) by Jostein Gaarder (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 1996)

Michael L. Printz Honor Book

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2007)

Minnesota Book Awards

• The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel by Louise Erdrich ( Novel & Short Story Winner, 2002)

National Book Award finalist

• The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel by Louise Erdrich (Fiction, 2001)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) by Ernest J. Gaines (Fiction)

National Jewish Book Award

• The Devil's Arithmetic (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jane Yolen

NEA Big Read

• A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) by Ernest J. Gaines (2009)

New York Times bestseller

• Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill
• The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone (Fiction, 1961)
• The Source by James A. Michener (Fiction, 1965)
• Delta Of Venus by Anais Nin (Fiction, 1977)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring, Deluxe Edition by Tracy Chevalier (Fiction, 2000)
• The Control of Nature by John McPhee (Nonfiction, 1989)
• Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses (P.S.) by Bruce Feiler (Nonfiction, 2001)
• Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths (P.S.) by Bruce Feiler (Nonfiction, 2002)
• Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential by Caroline Myss (Nonfiction, 2002)
• The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong (Nonfiction, 2004)
• Where God Was Born : A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion by Bruce Feiler (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Night (Oprah's Book Club) by Elie Wiesel (Nonfiction, 2006)
• The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions by Karen Armstrong (Nonfiction, 2006)
• This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future by John Kerry (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Here If You Need Me: A True Story by Kate Braestrup (Nonfiction, 2007)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman (Nonfiction, 2008)

Newbery Honor

• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (1960)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Leaves of Grass (Signet Classics) by Walt Whitman (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Leaves of Grass (Signet Classics) by Walt Whitman (2009, No. 53)
• Night (Oprah's Book Club) by Elie Wiesel (2009, No. 76)

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