Awards in your library

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100 Essential New England Books

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Boston Globe)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2006 Edition)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan (2006 Edition)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2006 Edition)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (2006/2008 Edition)
• THE VARIORUM WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau (2006/2008 Edition)
• Love in the Time of Cholera (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Gabriel García Márquez (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Cider House Rules by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Call Of The Wild by Jack London (2008 edition)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (28)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (38)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• The Secret by Julie Garwood (1998, 2)
• Mirror Image by Sandra Brown (1998, 56)

ABA ABBY Winner

• Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt (Adult, 1997)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (91)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (91)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins (1979)
• And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts (1987)
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon : A Novel by Stephen King (2000)
• Pay It Forward: A Novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde (2001)
• It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong (2001)
• Timeline by Michael Crichton (2001)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008)

ALA Notable Books

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1990)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt (Biography, 1999)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Sphere by Michael Crichton ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry ( Western, 2001)
• It by Stephen King ( All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)
• It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong ( What Ails you?, 2006)
• The Pact: A Love Story by Jodi Picoult ( Criminal Elements, 2006)
• The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (What Makes a Family?, 2008)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts (1988)

Alex Award

• The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood (2001)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2004)
• The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (2006)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Born to run : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen by Christopher McDougall (#85)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand (2001)

Ambassador Book Award

• Oldest Living Confederate Widow: TELLS ALL by Allan Gurganus (Fiction, 1990)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit and Distinction

• Kootenai Brown: Canada's Unknown Frontiersman by William Rodney

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Journalism Award

• State of Fear by Michael Crichton (2006)

American Institute of Physics Prize

• Coming of Age in the Milky Way by FerrisTimothy

Anthony Award

• Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar) by Harlan Coben (Best Paperback Original, 1996)
• A Woman's Eye by Sara Paretsky (Best Short Story Collection/Anthology, 1992)
• Dead by Sunset by Ann Rule (Best True Crime, 1996)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Tell No One by Harlan Coben (Novel, 2002)
• The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Novel, 2006)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Snow crash by Neal Stephenson (1994)

Atlanta-Journal Constitution 10 Great Reads

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

Barnes & Noble Best Books in History, Biography, and Sports

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand (2001)

Barnes & Noble Discover Award Finalist

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Barry Award

• The Distant Echo by Val McDermid (British Crime Novel, 2004)

Barry Award nominee

• Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #11) by P. D. James (British Crime Novel, 2002)
• Tell No One by Harlan Coben (Novel, 2002)
• Paranoia by Joseph Finder (Thriller, 2005)
• A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva (Thriller, 2005)

BBC's Big Read

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Best loved novel, 2003, No 28)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 33)
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Best loved novel, 2003, No 62)
• Love in the Time of Cholera (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Gabriel García Márquez (Best loved novel, 2003, No 97)
• It by Stephen King (Best loved novel, 2003, No 144)
• Master and Commander (Movie Tie-In Edition) by Patrick O'Brian (Best loved novel, 2003, No 149)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• Tell No One by Harlan Coben
• Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2002)
• The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2006)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman (Vintage) by Nora Ephron ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2007)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, 2008)

Booker Prize Longlist

• Saturday by Ian McEwan (2005)

Bram Stoker

• Bag of Bones by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel, 1998)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Midnight by Dean Koontz (Novel, 1989)

Bram Stoker Nominee

• Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, 2002)
• Desperation by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel (Nomination below cutoff), 1996)
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon : A Novel by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel (Nomination below cutoff), 1999)
• Dreamcatcher by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel (Nomination below cutoff), 2001)
• Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel, 1991)
• Insomnia by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel, 1994)

British Book Award

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Best Read of the Year, 2008)
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Popular Fiction, 2008)

British Fantasy Award

• It by Stephen King (August Derleth Fantasy, Best Novel, 1987)
• Bag of Bones by Stephen King (August Derleth Fantasy, Best Novel, 1999)

British Fantasy Nominee

• Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King (Collection, 2003)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990)
• Snow crash by Neal Stephenson (1993)

Brothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• The Call Of The Wild by Jack London
• Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

CBC Graphic Novels for Young Readers

• The Call Of The Wild by Jack London

Charleston Gazette best Books

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand (2001)

Christian Booksellers Association

• The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (100 Christian Books That Changed the Twentieth Century)

Christian Science Monitor Recommended Books

• Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

Christianity Today Book Awards

• He Still Moves Stones by Max Lucado (No. 7, 1994, Readers' Choice, tie)

Christopher Award

• The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (2006)

Colorado Book Award

• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton (Fiction, Silver, 1975)
• And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts (Nonfiction, Silver, 1987)

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