Awards in your library

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Guardian 1000 (Comedy)

• The loved one an Anglo-American tragedy by Evelyn Waugh

Brothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• The bridge on the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle

100 Essential New England Books

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Boston Globe)

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

• The Iliad of Homer by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Herodotus The Histories by Herodotus (2 - 5th century BCE)
• The Koran by N. J. Dawood (7th century)
• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (1532)
• Gargantua and Pantagruel: The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel (Classics) by Francois Rabelais (1534)
• The adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1615)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1869)
• Thus spoke Zarathustra a book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1883-1885)
• Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung by Tse-tung Mao (1966)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
• BURMESE DAYS. A Saga of Jungle Hate and Lust by George Orwell (2006 Edition)
• The Collector by John Fowles (2006 edition)
• The brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006 Edition)
• Hard times by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• The voyage out by Virginia Woolf (2006 edition)
• Where Angels Fear to Tread (Twentieth Century Classics) by E.M. Forster (2006 Edition)
• The Fox by D. H. Lawrence (2006 Edition)
• Vile bodies by Evelyn Waugh (2006 Edition)
• Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (2006 Edition)
• Germinal by Emile Zola (2006/2008 Edition)
• The prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (English Library) by Laurence Sterne (2006/2008 Edition)
• The rebel by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gargantua and Pantagruel: The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel (Classics) by Francois Rabelais (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Last of the Mohicans (Wordsworth Classics) by James Fenimore Cooper (2006/2008 Edition)
• Borstal boy by Brendan Behan (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Rob Roy (Penguin Classics) by Walter Scott (2006/2008 Edition)
• Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Conrad (2006/2008 Edition)
• The illustrated Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Forsyte saga by John Galsworthy (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lady Chatterley's lover by D. H. Lawrence (2006/2008 Edition)
• The first circle by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn (2006/2008 Edition)
• Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (2006/2008 Edition)
• Perfume : the story of a murderer by Patrick Süskind (2006/2008 Edition)
• Max Havelaar, Or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Library of the Indies) by Roy Edwards (2006/2008 Edition)
• The good soldier Svejk : and his fortunes in the World War by Jaroslav Hasek (2006/2008 Edition)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear and loathing in Las Vegas : a savage journey to the heart of the American dream by Hunter S. Thompson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (2006/2008 Edition)
• Of mice and men by John Steinbeck (2006/2008 Edition)
• The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster (2006/2008 Edition)
• Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (2006/2008 Edition)
• The shipping news by Annie Proulx (2006/2008 Edition)
• The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)
• Animal farm : a fairy story by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Adam Bede by George Eliot (2006/2008 Edition)
• Silas Marner by George Eliot (2006/2008 Edition)
• Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Conrad (2006/2008 Edition)
• The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sexing the cherry by Jeanette Winterson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dead Souls (Penguin Classics) by Nikolai Gogol (2006/2008 Edition)
• Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life (Classics S.) by Gustave Flaubert (2006/2008 Edition)
• The adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dispatches by Michael Herr (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• Orlando : a biography by Virginia Woolf (2006/2008 Edition)
• The naked lunch by William S. Burroughs (2006/2008 Edition)
• Portnoy s Complaint by Phillip Roth (2006/2008 Edition)
• The magus by John Fowles (2006/2008 Edition)
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler (2008 Edition)

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

• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (2009, No 732, Age 12 and over)
• Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (2009, Ages 3↑)
• The complete adventures of Blinky Bill by Dorothy Wall (2009, Ages 3↑)
• When we were very young by A. A. Milne (2009, Ages 5↑)
• Now we are six by A. A. Milne (2009, Ages 5↑)
• Oh, the places you'll go! by Dr Seuss (2009, Ages 5↑)
• Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare by Charles Lamb (2009, Ages 8↑)

1956 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (25)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (15)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (1)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (40)

The Age Book of the Year Award

• Fly away Peter by David Malouf (Fiction, 1982)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Of mice and men by John Steinbeck (6)
• Summer of my German soldier by Bette Greene (88)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Of mice and men by John Steinbeck (6)
• Summer of my German soldier by Bette Greene (89)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Not a penny more, not a penny less by Jeffrey Archer (1976)
• Maus : a survivor's tale by Art Spiegelman (1986)
• Prehistory of the Far Side by Gary Larson (1991)
• Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch by Neil Gaiman (1992)
• Lockie Leonard, human torpedo by Tim Winton (1993)
• The crocodile bird by Ruth Rendell (1994)
• The diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (1996)

ALA Notable Book

• Summer of my German soldier by Bette Greene (1973)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Pygmalion : a romance in five acts by Bernard Shaw (Drama, 1999)
• The diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (Biography, 1999)
• The rape of Nanking : the forgotten holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Dava Sobel (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A brief history of time : from the big bang to black holes by S. W. Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Maus : a survivor's tale by Art Spiegelman ( Going Alternative, 1997)
• Summer of my German soldier by Bette Greene (Teens from Other Times, 1998)
• The diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (Lock it, Lick it, Click it: Diaries, Letters and Email, 2003)
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ( Simply Science Fiction, 2004)
• Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch by Neil Gaiman (What’s so Funny?, 2007)

ALS Gold Medal

• Capricornia : a novel by Xavier Herbert (1939)
• Fly away Peter by David Malouf (1983)
• Night letters : a journey through Switzerland and Italy by Robert Dessaix (1997)

American Book Award

• Miles (Picador Books) by Miles Davis (1990)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (1940)
• The sword of honour trilogy by Evelyn Waugh (1952)
• The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
• Portnoy s Complaint by Phillip Roth (1969)
• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)

Australian Children's Book of the Year Award

• The Nargun and the stars by Patricia Wrightson (Older Readers, 1974)

Balrog Nominee

• Centaur aisle by Piers Anthony (Novel, 1982)

Bancarella

• The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway (1953)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• The lady in the lake by Raymond Chandler (1943)

BBC's Big Read

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 01)
• Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (Best loved novel, 2003, No 07)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 20)
• The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)
• Animal farm : a fairy story by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 46)
• Of mice and men by John Steinbeck (Best loved novel, 2003, No 52)
• Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Best loved novel, 2003, No 60)
• The magus by John Fowles (Best loved novel, 2003, No 67)
• Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch by Neil Gaiman (Best loved novel, 2003, No 68)
• Guards! guards! by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 69)
• Perfume : the story of a murderer by Patrick Süskind (Best loved novel, 2003, No 71)
• Small gods by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 102)
• The cruel sea by Nicholas Monsarrat (Best loved novel, 2003, No 113)
• The Forsyte saga by John Galsworthy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 123)
• Reaper man by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 126)
• Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Conrad (Best loved novel, 2003, No 158)
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Best loved novel, 2003, No 161)
• The shipping news by Annie Proulx (Best loved novel, 2003, No 164)
• The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway (Best loved novel, 2003, No 173)
• Silas Marner by George Eliot (Best loved novel, 2003, No 184)

Benjamin Franklin Award (Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction, 2007) Stanley Lombardo translation

• The Iliad of Homer by Homer

Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Poll, placed 22nd

• Blue Adept (Split Infinity) by Piers Anthony (1981)

Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Poll, placed 6th

• Split Infinity by Piers Anthony (1980)

Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Poll, placed 8th

• Centaur aisle by Piers Anthony (1982)

Best Related Non-Fiction, Locus Poll, placed 5th

• Bio of an Ogre: The Autobiography of Piers Anthony to Age 50 by Piers Anthony (1988)

BILBY

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 2002)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Bhagavad Gita by Juan Mascaro
• Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Conrad
• Herodotus The Histories by Herodotus

British Book Award

• Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time by Dava Sobel (Book of the Year, 1997)
• Billy by Pamela Stephenson (Book of the Year, 2002)

Bücher, die Geschichte machten

• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

CAA Award

• Book of mercy by Leonard Cohen (Poetry, 1985)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• The adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Literary Classics)
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Literary Classics)

CBCA Book of the Year

• The Nargun and the stars by Patricia Wrightson (Book of the Year, 1974)

Christopher Award

• Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel

Clifton Fadiman Medal

• Sleepless nights by Elizabeth Hardwick (2000)
• A book of common prayer by Joan Didion (2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Fiction, Silver, 1953)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)

Costa Shortlist

• John Donne : the reformed soul, a biography by John Stubbs (Biography, 2006)

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

• Studies in the psychology of sex by Havelock Ellis
• Fear and loathing in Las Vegas : a savage journey to the heart of the American dream by Hunter S. Thompson

Deo Gloria Award

• Cloudstreet by Tim Winton (1992)

Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction

• A fortunate life by A. B. Facey (1981)

Duff Cooper Prize

• Gallipoli by Alan Moorehead (1956)
• Life in the English country house : a social and architectural history by Mark Girouard (1978)

ECPA Gold Medallion Book Award

• A severe mercy C.S. Lewis and a pagan love invaded by Christ, told by one of the lovers by Sheldon Vanauken (Biography/Autobiography, 1978)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (Twentieth Century Classics) by T E Lawrence (024)
• An account of the mutiny on HMS Bounty by William Bligh (066)

Femina

• The corner-stone by Zoé. Oldenbourg (1953)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (Office Politics)

Geffen Award

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Best Translated Science Fiction Book, 2002)

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