Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Magister Ludi by Herman Hesse (2006/2008 Edition)
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Enormous Room by E.E. Cummings (2006/2008 Edition)
• Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel (2006/2008 Edition)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Electric Kool-Aid Test and others by Tom Wolfe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (2006/2008 Edition)
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (2006/2008 Edition)
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (2006/2008 Edition)
• Crimes and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson (2006/2008 Edition)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (4)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• Dracula by Bram Stoker (19)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (5)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Crimes and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella ( Good Sports, 1999)
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (I'm Not Making This Up, 2007)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Dracula by Bram Stoker (1998)

Ambassador Book Award

• Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver (Fiction, 1989)

BBC's Big Read

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 54)
• Crimes and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Best loved novel, 2003, No 60)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 104)
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (Best loved novel, 2003, No 114)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 171)

Best Selling Novel of the 19th Century

• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1800-1900)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2003)

Books in Canada First Novel Award

• Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella (1982)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Magister Ludi by Herman Hesse

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson (1984)
• Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling (1986)

CAA Award

• Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella (Fiction, 1983)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel (Fiction, Silver, 1985)

Ditmar Award

• Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson (International Fiction, 1985)

Edgar Award

• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Fact Crime, 1966)

Firecracker Alternative Book Award

• Guide to Getting It On by Paul Joannides (Sex, 1997)

Goldsmith Book Prize

• The Creation of the Media by Paul Starr (Trade, 2005)

Guardian 1000

• Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney (Comedy)
• Crimes and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Crime)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Love)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (Love)
• Magister Ludi by Herman Hesse (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (State of the nation)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (State of the nation)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Magister Ludi by Herman Hesse
• Crimes and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
• The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award

• Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella

Hugo

• Danse Macabre by Stephen King (Best Related Non-Fiction Book , 1982)
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel, 1962)
• Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson (Novel, 1985)

IPPY Finalist

• Guide to Getting It On by Paul Joannides (Erotica/Sexuality, 2001)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson (1985)

Julian Symons' 100 Best Crime Stories

• Crimes and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1886)

Lambda Literary Award

• Naked by David Sedaris (Humor, 1997)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson (36.1)
• Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins (70)

Locus

• Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (Best Collection, 1986)
• Danse Macabre by Stephen King (Best Related Non-Fiction Book, 1982)

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

• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (96)

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

• Ain't Nobody's Business If you do by Peter McWilliam (15)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (The Reader's List, 16)
• Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey (The Reader's List, 93)

National Book Award

• The Stories of John Cheever (Fiction (Paperback), 1981)

National Book Award finalist

• The Stories of John Cheever (Fiction, 1979)
• Chaos by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1987)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Stories of John Cheever (Fiction, 1978)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver (Fiction, 1988)

Nebula

• Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson (Novel, 1984)

Nebula Nominee

• Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling (Novel, 1985)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Stories of John Cheever (1978)
• Chaos by James Gleick (1987)
• Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver (1988)

New York Times bestseller

• The Age of reason by Jean-Paul Sartre (Fiction, 1947)
• The Stories of John Cheever (Fiction, 1978)
• Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (Fiction, 1985)
• Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins (Fiction, 1990)
• Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins (Fiction, 1994)
• Brave New World revisted by Aldous Huxley (General, 1959)
• Chaos by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1988)
• Generation of Swine Gonzo Paper Vol 2 by Hunter S. Thompson (Nonfiction, 1988)
• Naked by David Sedaris (Nonfiction, 1997)
• Consilience The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson (Nonfiction, 1998)
• Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Nonfiction, 2002)
• Positively Fifth Street by James McManus (Nonfiction, 2003)
• Stranger than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk (Nonfiction, 2004)

New York Times: Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years

• Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver (Multiple Votes)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2009)
• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (2009, No. 46)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (2009, No. 48)
• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (2009, No. 53)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2009, No. 56)
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (2009, No. 63)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
• Crimes and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (2006)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (2003)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2003)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (2003)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (2004)

PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (2002)

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