Awards in your library

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

• Way of Life According to Lao Tzu: An American Version (Tao Te Ching) by Lao Tzu (3rd century BCE)
• The Sayings of Confucius: A New Translation by James R. Ware by Confucius (5th–4th century BCE)
• The Koran by J.M. (Translator) Rodwell (7th century)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2006 Edition)
• After the Quake by Haruki Murakami (2006 Edition)
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2008 edition)
• The Holder of the World by Bharati Mukherjee (2008 Edition)
• Man's Fate (La Condition Humaine) by Andre Malraux (2008 Edition)
• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008 edition)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2008 edition)

Aesop Prize

• The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea by Anne Sibley O'Brien (2007)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Lost Names: Scenes from a Boyhood in Japanese-Occupied Korea by Richard E. Kim (1970)
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (1990)
• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi (1992)
• Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori (1994)
• Bound Feet and Western Dress by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang (1998)
• A Step From Heaven by An Na (2002)
• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (2002)
• YELL-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American by Vickie Nam (2002)
• When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park (2003)
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2004)
• Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle (2006)

ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens

• Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle (2007)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Picture Bride: A Novel by Yoshiko Uchida (Fiction, 1999)
• Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori (Fiction, 1999)
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ( Multicultural Fiction, 1997)
• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi (Multicultural Fiction, 1997)
• Bound Feet and Western Dress by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang ( This Small World: a Glimpse of Many Cultures, 2003)
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (I'm Not Making This Up, 2007)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• The Book of Salt: A Novel by Monique Truong (2004)

Alex Award

• Chang and Eng by Darin STRAUSS (2001)
• When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka (2003)
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2004)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: February 2009

• The Vagrants: A Novel by Yiyun Li

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Cutting for Stone: A novel by Abraham Verghese (#16)
• The Vagrants: A Novel by Yiyun Li (#53)

Ambassador Book Award

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Fiction, 2008)

American Book Award

• Arranged Marriage: Stories by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1996)
• Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee (1996)
• Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller (1998)
• Country of Origin by Don Lee (2005)

American Library Association Notable Book

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2007)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park (2003)

Angoulême Coup de Coeur Award

• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2001)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2008)

Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award

• The Boat by Nam Le (fiction category) (2009)

BBC's Big Read

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Best loved novel, 2003, No 62)
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Best loved novel, 2003, No 196)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi (1991)
• Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori (1993)
• Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (1993)

Bellwether Prize

• The Book of Dead Birds by Gayle Brandeis (2002)

Beyond Margins Award

• The Interpreter by Suki Kim (2004)
• Inheritance: A Novel by Lan Samantha Chang (2005)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Dai Sijie ( Paperback Honor Book, 2003)
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2007)

Booker Prize

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2006)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (1996)
• Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai (1999)
• When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro (2000)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2007)

Booklist's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth

• The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea by Anne Sibley O'Brien (2007)

Books in Canada First Novel Award

• Certainty: A Novel by Madeleine Thien (2006)

Books in Canada First Novel Award Shortlist

• The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy (1995)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (Picture Book, 1994)

Caldecott Medal

• Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (1994)

Canada Reads Nominee

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (2002)

CBCA Honour Book

• The Inch Boy (Picture Puffins) by Junko Morimoto (Highly Commended Picture Book, 1985)

Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award

• The Writer as Migrant (Campbell Lectures) by Ha Jin (2009)

Christopher Award

• How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman (Books for Young People, 1985)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Fiction, Silver, 1989)
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See (Fiction, Silver, 2005)
• Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (Juvenile, Silver, 1993)
• Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong (Nonfiction, Silver, 1950)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Best Book, 1996)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlist

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Europe and South Asia, Best Book, 2008)

Crossword Prize

• Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra (English-language fiction, 2006)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Popular Award, 2006)

Dylan Thomas Prize

• The Boat by Nam Le (2008)

Edgar Award

• Country of Origin by Don Lee (First Novel, 2005)

Giller

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (1995)

Guardian 1000

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (State of the nation)
• Man's Fate (La Condition Humaine) by Andre Malraux (War and travel)

Harvey Award

• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (American Edition of Foreign Material, 2004)

Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award

• Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee (1995)
• Ocean of Words Army Stories by Ha Jin (1996)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman (1985)
• Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (1994)
• Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori (1994)
• A Step From Heaven by An Na (2002)

International IMPAC Dublin

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Shortlist, 1997)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Shortlist, 2009)

IPPY Finalist

• Inheritance: A Novel by Lan Samantha Chang (General Fiction, 2005)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• Fragrant Harbor by John Lanchester (Fiction, 2002)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Fiction, 2007)

John Whitney Hall Book Prize

• Korea Between Empires by Andre Schmid (2004)

Judy Lopez Memorial Award

• So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins ( Honor, 1987)
• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi (Medal, 1992)

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