Awards in your library

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

• The Prince (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Niccolò Machiavelli (1532)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Hobbit (Young Adult edition, Sis cover) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• The Hobbit (Young Adult edition, Sis cover) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, No 467, Age 8 and over)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, No 801, Age 12 and over)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Hobbit (Young Adult edition, Sis cover) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin by Cornelius Ryan (1966)
• THE GOOD WAR - An Oral History of World War Two by Studs Terkel (1984)
• Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman (1996)
• The Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936 (United States Holocaust Museum) by Susan D. Bachrach (2001)
• D-Day: The Greatest Invasion - A People's History by Dan van der Vat (2005)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman (1996)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose (Biography, 1999)
• War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars by Andrew Carroll (History, 2004)
• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis (History, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Flags of Our Fathers by James with Ron Powers Bradley ( If It Weren’t For Them: Heroes, 2004)

Albert B. Corey Prize

• The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indian History) by Richard White (1992)

Albert J. Beveridge Award

• The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indian History) by Richard White (1992)

Alex Award

• Flags of Our Fathers by James with Ron Powers Bradley (2001)
• Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (2005)

Ambassador Book Award

• Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose (American Studies, 1997)
• American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis (Biography, 1998)

Association for Mormon Letters Award

• A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (Biography, 1991)

Bancarella

• The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day by Cornelius Ryan (1962)

Bancroft Prize

• The United States and the Origins of the Cold War by John Gaddis (1973)
• A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (1991)
• Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America by Ira Berlin (1999)

BBC's Big Read

• The Hobbit (Young Adult edition, Sis cover) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman (1995)

Berkshire Conference First Book Prize

• A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (1990)

BILBY

• The Hobbit (Young Adult edition, Sis cover) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2005)
• The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo

Caldecott Honor

• Castle by David Macaulay (1978)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• A Revolutionary People At War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783 by Charles Royster (Nonfiction, Silver, 1980)

Ditmar Award

• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (International Fiction, 1978)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo (010)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Prince (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Niccolò Machiavelli (Office Politics)
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (Project Management)

Francis Parkman Prize

• A Revolutionary People At War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783 by Charles Royster (1981)
• The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indian History) by Richard White (1992)

Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award

• Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War by Richard M. Ketchum (1998)
• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis (2001)

Frederick Douglass Prize

• Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America by Ira Berlin (First Prize, 1999)

Gandalf

• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (Book, 1978)

General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award

• Savage Wars of Peace Small Wars & the Ri by Max Boot (2003)

Gigamesh

• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (Fantasía, Novela, 1985)

Guardian 1000

• The Hobbit (Young Adult edition, Sis cover) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Hawthornden Prize

• Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943 by Antony Beevor (1999)

Henry Adams Prize

• THE ARMY AT DAWN: The war in North Africa 1942-1943--Vol 1 of The Liberation Trilogy. by Rick Atkinson (2003)

Herbert Baxter Adams Prize

• The Politics of the Prussian Army: 1640-1945 (Galaxy Books) by Gordon A. Craig (1956)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• The Hobbit (Young Adult edition, Sis cover) by J.R.R. Tolkien (1938)
• Castle by David Macaulay (1978)

James A. Rawley Prize

• The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indian History) by Richard White (1992)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd (Biography, 1998)

Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History

• A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (1990)

John H. Dunning Prize

• A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (1990)

Locus

• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (Fantasy Novel, 1978)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton (History, 1984)

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

• The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (37)
• The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme by John Keegan (81)

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 E. Ambrose (32)

National Book Award

• Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich by William L. Shirer (Nonfiction, 1961)
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (Nonfiction, 1987)
• American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis (Nonfiction, 1997)

National Book Award finalist

• Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 by Russell F. Weigley (History (Hardcover), 1982)
• The Armada by Garrett Mattingly (Nonfiction, 1960)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• Ernie Pyle's War by James Tobin (Biography/Autobiography, 1997)
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (General Nonfiction, 1987)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis (Biography/Autobiography, 1997)
• The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton (General Nonfiction, 1984)
• Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America by Ira Berlin (General Nonfiction, 1998)

NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

• American Revolution (DK Eyewitness Books) by Stuart Murray (2003)

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