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

• The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx (1848)
• The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Heart of the Matter (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Graham Greene (2006 Edition)
• The Beautiful Room Is Empty: A Novel by Edmund White (2006 Edition)
• The Third Man by Graham Greene (2006 Edition)
• Where Angels Fear to Tread (Penguin Classics) by E M Forster (2006 Edition)
• The Riddle of the Sands: a Record of Secret Service (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Erskine Childers (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White (2006/2008 Edition)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind (2006/2008 Edition)
• King Solomon's Mines (Oxford World's Classics) by H. Rider Haggard (2006/2008 Edition)
• Murder Must Advertise (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L Sayers (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy L Sayers (2006/2008 Edition)
• Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
• Hadrian VII (Picador Books) by Frederick William Rolfe (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (English Library) by Tobias Smollett (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Go-Between (Penguin Modern Classics) by L. P. Hartley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Robert Tressell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by D. H. Lawrence (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Trial by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë (2006/2008 Edition)
• Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dracula (Oxford World's Classics) by Bram Stoker (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Brighton Rock (Essential Penguin) by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics) by Kingsley Amis (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Castle: A new translation based on the restored text by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Quiet American (Vintage classics) by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics) by D.H. Lawrence (2006/2008 Edition)
• The End of the Affair (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• Embers by Sandor Marai (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling (2009, No 701, Age 8 and over)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Norton Critical Editions) by M Twain (2009, Ages 8↑)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, Ages 8↑)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2)
• Dracula (Oxford World's Classics) by Bram Stoker (19)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë (2004, 87)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (17)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Norton Critical Editions) by M Twain (83)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (18)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Norton Critical Editions) by M Twain (84)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) by J.K. Rowling (2000)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling (2004)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling (2006)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2008)

ALA Notable Book

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mildred D. Taylor

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• King Lear (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) by William Shakespeare (Drama, 1999)
• The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (Drama, 1999)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1999)
• A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (History, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach ( Books for the Soul, 1997)
• Ten Little Niggers, Penguin No 1256 by Agatha Christie ( Adult Mysteries for Teens, 1998)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling ( Fame and Fortune, 2009)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Dracula (Oxford World's Classics) by Bram Stoker (1998)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling (2004)

Andre Norton Award

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2007)

Andre Simon Award

• British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History by Colin Spencer (2002)

Anthony Award

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling (Young Adult, 2004)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Gaudy Night (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L Sayers (Novel Of The Century, 2000)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie (Novel Of The Century, 2000)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (1940)
• The Heart of the Matter (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Graham Greene (1948)
• Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics) by Kingsley Amis (1954)
• A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1987)

Aurora Award Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)

Bancarella

• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (1989)

Barry Award nominee

• Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #11) by P. D. James (British Crime Novel, 2002)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie (1926)
• Strong Poison (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1930)
• Buried for Pleasure (Classic Crime) by Edmund Crispin (1949)
• A Wreath for Rivera by Ngaio Marsh (1949)
• The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey (1953)
• Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 1) by P.D. James (1962)

BBC's Big Read

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling (Best loved novel, 2003, No 05)
• Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë (Best loved novel, 2003, No 10)
• Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë (Best loved novel, 2003, No 12)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) by J.K. Rowling (Best loved novel, 2003, No 23)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (Best loved novel, 2003, No 40)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind (Best loved novel, 2003, No 71)
• The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Robert Tressell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 72)
• Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (Best loved novel, 2003, No 75)
• Dracula (Oxford World's Classics) by Bram Stoker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 104)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Best loved novel, 2003, No 131)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 136)
• Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 171)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (Best loved novel, 2003, No 179)
• Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics) by D.H. Lawrence (Best loved novel, 2003, No 190)

Betty Trask Award

• Debt to Pleasure, the (Spanish Edition) by John Lanchester (1996)
• Underground by Tobias Hill (1998)

BILBY

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling (older readers, 2006)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (older readers, 2008)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• Off with His Head by Ngaio Marsh
• Come Away, Death (Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery) by Gladys Mitchell
• Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse Mysteries) by Colin Dexter
• The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
• A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 7) by P.D. James
• The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy L Sayers
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Ending Up by Kingsley Amis (1974)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh (1994)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Greek Myths: Complete Edition by Robert Graves

Bram Stoker Award

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling (Work for Young Readers, 2003)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling (Work For Younger Readers, 2000)

British Book Award

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) by J.K. Rowling (Children's Book of the Year, 1999)
• Writing Home by Alan Bennett (Book of the Year, 1995)
• Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (Book of the Year, 1998)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling (Book of the Year, 2006)
• The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2007)

British Guild of Food Writers

• British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of History by Colin Spencer (Michael Smith Award, 2003)

Canada Reads Nominee

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2002)

Carnegie Medal Nominee

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling (2003)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2008)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Catechism of the Catholic Church by The Vatican (Catholicism Explained/Theology)
• The Dark Night of the Soul (Hodder Christian Classics) by St. John of The Cross (Spiritual Classics)
• The Everlasting Man by G. Chesterton, K. (Spiritual Classics)
• Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen (Spiritual Reading)

Christianity Today Book Awards

• Dorothy L.Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds (Biography and History, No. 4, 1994, Critics' Choice)

Combat des livres

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Best Book, Caribbean and Canada Region, 1987)

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

• The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (Penguin Psychology) by R. D. Laing

CWA

• The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson (Gold Dagger, 1978)
• The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse Mysteries) by Colin Dexter (Gold Dagger, 1989)
• The Way Through the Woods (Inspector Morse) by Colin Dexter (Gold Dagger, 1992)
• Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #4) by P. D. James (Silver Dagger, 1971)
• The Black Tower (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #5) by P. D. James (Silver Dagger, 1975)
• Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse Mysteries) by Colin Dexter (Silver Dagger, 1981)
• A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 7) by P.D. James (Silver Dagger, 1986)

CWA Gold Dagger

• The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson (1978)
• The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse Mysteries) by Colin Dexter (1989)
• The Way Through the Woods (Inspector Morse) by Colin Dexter (1992)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Dorothy L.Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds (Critical / Biographical, 1994)
• The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison by John Emsley (Fact Crime, 2006)
• Double Negative (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) by David Carkeet (First Novel, 1981)
• By Frequent Anguish (Professor Neil Kelly Mysteries) by S.F.X. Dean (First Novel, 1983)
• Death at the Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh (Novel, 1967)
• Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #4) by P. D. James (Novel, 1972)
• Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh (Novel, 1973)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)
• A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 7) by P.D. James (Novel, 1987)
• Hard Frost by R.D. Wingfield (Paperback Original, 1996)

FCBG Children's Book Award

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) by J.K. Rowling (Overall winner and Longer Novel Category, 1998)

Geffen Award

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (Best Translated YA or Children SF&F Book, 2008)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1985)

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (International Prize, 1969)
• A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 7) by P.D. James (International Prize, 1988)

Guardian 1000

• The Code of the Woosters (Penguin Modern Classics) by P.G. Wodehouse (Comedy)
• The Castle: A new translation based on the restored text by Franz Kafka (Comedy)
• Our Man in Havana (Vintage Classics) by Graham Greene (Comedy)
• A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (Comedy)
• Joy in the Morning by P. G. Wodehouse (Comedy)
• Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (Comedy)
• The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (English Library) by Tobias Smollett (Comedy)
• Lucky Jim (Penguin Modern Classics) by Kingsley Amis (Comedy)
• Debt to Pleasure, the (Spanish Edition) by John Lanchester (Comedy)
• Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (Comedy)
• The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen Mysteries) by Edmund Crispin (Comedy)
• Murder Must Advertise (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L Sayers (Crime)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie (Crime)
• The Riddle of the Sands: a Record of Secret Service (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Erskine Childers (Crime)
• The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter (Crime)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind (Crime)
• A Gun for Sale (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene (Crime)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Crime)
• Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers (Crime)
• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (Crime)
• Death at the President's Lodging (Classic Crime) by Michael Innes (Crime)
• Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 1) by P.D. James (Crime)
• Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie (Crime)
• The Third Man by Graham Greene (Crime)
• Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter (Crime)
• Brighton Rock (Essential Penguin) by Graham Greene (Crime)
• A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 7) by P.D. James (Crime)
• Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) by Agatha Christie (Crime)
• Ten Little Niggers, Penguin No 1256 by Agatha Christie (Crime)
• The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (Family and self)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Family and self)
• Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics) by D.H. Lawrence (Family and self)
• The Go-Between (Penguin Modern Classics) by L. P. Hartley (Love)
• Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (Love)
• Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by D. H. Lawrence (Love)
• Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë (Love)
• The End of the Affair (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Graham Greene (Love)
• Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë (Love)
• The Children of Men by P.D. James (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Dracula (Oxford World's Classics) by Bram Stoker (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Trial by Franz Kafka (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Little Dorrit (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Norton Critical Editions) by M Twain (State of the nation)
• The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Robert Tressell (State of the nation)
• Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse (State of the nation)
• Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy (War and travel)
• King Solomon's Mines (Oxford World's Classics) by H. Rider Haggard (War and travel)
• Enigma by Robert Harris (War and travel)

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

• The Go-Between (Penguin Modern Classics) by L. P. Hartley (2009)
• Where Angels Fear to Tread (Penguin Classics) by E M Forster (2009)
• Our Man in Havana (Vintage Classics) by Graham Greene (2009)

Gumshoe Award nominee

• Doctored Evidence by Donna Leon (European Crime Novel, 2005)

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