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Guardian 1000 (Comedy)

• The Compleet Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans

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

• The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859)
• The Trial. Ed. Max Brod. by Franz Kafka (1925)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre (2006 Edition)
• Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court by Patrick Hamilton (2006 Edition)
• Chocky (Penguin Books) by John Wyndham (2006 Edition)
• Rites of Passage (Spanish Edition) by William Golding (2006 Edition)
• Great Apes by Will Self (2006 Edition)
• Farewell, My Lovely (Penguin Crime Fiction) by Raymond Chandler (2006 Edition)
• Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Monk (Oxford World's Classics) by Matthew Lewis (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Riddle of the Sands (Wordsworth Collection) (Wordsworth Collection) by Erskine Childers (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (World's Classics) by Horace Walpole (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (2006/2008 Edition)
• Melmoth the Wanderer (World's Classics) by Charles Robert Maturin (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foundation (The Foundation series) by Isaac Asimov (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit Or There And Back Again by JRR Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham (2006/2008 Edition)
• Against Nature (Penguin Classics) by J-.K. Huysmans (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Mysteries of Udolpho (World's Classics) by Ann Radcliffe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Titus Groan (Penguin Modern Classics) by Mervyn Peake (2006/2008 Edition)
• Remains of the Day (Spanish Edition) by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006/2008 Edition)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2006/2008 Edition)
• Jude the Obscure (English Library) by Thomas Hardy (2006/2008 Edition)
• Anna Karenin (Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Trial. Ed. Max Brod. by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lolita (Corgi Books. no. FN1066.) by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Clockwork Orange (Banned Books Series) by Anthony Burgess (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (2006/2008 Edition)
• American Psycho (Spanish Edition) by Bret Easton Ellis (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gormenghast (Modern Classics) by Mervyn Peake (2006/2008 Edition)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Filmed as: Blade Runner) by Philip K. Dick (2006/2008 Edition)
• The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells (2006/2008 Edition)
• Ulysses (World's Classics) by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (2006/2008 Edition)
• Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus - The 1818 Text (Oxford World's Classics) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Waterland by Graham Swift (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• The Hobbit Or There And Back Again by JRR Tolkien (2009, No 467, Age 8 and over)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009, No 819, Age 12 and over)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Ringworld (Sphere science fiction) by Larry Niven (12)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (15)
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (20)
• The Man in the High Castle (Roc) by Philip K. Dick (22)
• The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells (24)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (1)
• The Hobbit Or There And Back Again by JRR Tolkien (2)
• The Worm Ouroboros by Eddison Eric Rhucker (29)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Ringworld (Sphere science fiction) by Larry Niven (9)
• The Mote in God's Eye (Orbit Books) by Larry Niven (13)
• The Man in the High Castle (Roc) by Philip K. Dick (14)
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (15)
• The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells (42)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (40)
• American Psycho (Spanish Edition) by Bret Easton Ellis (53)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (68)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (41)
• American Psycho (Spanish Edition) by Bret Easton Ellis (60)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (70)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Mote in God's Eye (Orbit Books) by Larry Niven (1974)
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale: Pt. 1 (Penguin Graphic Fiction) by Art Spiegelman (1986)
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part 2: And Here My Troubles Began (Penguin Graphic Fiction): And Here My Troubles Began Pt. 2 by Art Spiegelman (1992)
• Good Omens (Discworld) by Neil Gaiman (1992)

ALA Notable Books

• Remains of the Day (Spanish Edition) by Kazuo Ishiguro (1990)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character (Counterpoint) by Richard P. Feynman (Biography, 1999)
• Gould Mismeasure of Man by SJ GOULD (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (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)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1999)
• Dr.Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex by Olivia Judson (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Maus: A Survivor's Tale: Pt. 1 (Penguin Graphic Fiction) by Art Spiegelman ( Going Alternative, 1997)
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part 2: And Here My Troubles Began (Penguin Graphic Fiction): And Here My Troubles Began Pt. 2 by Art Spiegelman ( Going Alternative, 1997)
• Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat by Caroline Alexander ( Lock it, Lick it, Click it: Diaries, Letters and Email, 2003)
• The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lector) by Thomas Harris ( All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)
• Good Omens (Discworld) by Neil Gaiman (What’s so Funny?, 2007)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: July 2009

• The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes (#26)
• D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by ANTONY BEEVOR (#90)

American Book Award

• Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part 2: And Here My Troubles Began (Penguin Graphic Fiction): And Here My Troubles Began Pt. 2 by Art Spiegelman (1992)

Analog Analytical Laboratory

• Titan (Orbit Books) by John Varley (Serial, 1980)

Anthony Award

• The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lector) by Thomas Harris (Best Novel, 1989)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Titus Groan (Penguin Modern Classics) by Mervyn Peake (1946)
• The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell (1957)
• Goldfinger by Ian Fleming (1959)
• Riddley Walker (Picador Books) by Russell Hoban (1980)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler (1943)

BBC's Big Read

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 01)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Best loved novel, 2003, No 06)
• The Hobbit Or There And Back Again by JRR Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• Anna Karenin (Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 54)
• Good Omens (Discworld) by Neil Gaiman (Best loved novel, 2003, No 68)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Best loved novel, 2003, No 70)
• Ulysses (World's Classics) by James Joyce (Best loved novel, 2003, No 78)
• Gormenghast (Modern Classics) by Mervyn Peake (Best loved novel, 2003, No 84)
• Jude the Obscure (English Library) by Thomas Hardy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 111)
• The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (Best loved novel, 2003, No 120)
• High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (Best loved novel, 2003, No 143)
• Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian (Best loved novel, 2003, No 149)
• Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus - The 1818 Text (Oxford World's Classics) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 171)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)
• Lolita (Corgi Books. no. FN1066.) by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Best loved novel, 2003, No 178)
• American Psycho (Spanish Edition) by Bret Easton Ellis (Best loved novel, 2003, No 185)
• The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells (Best loved novel, 2003, No 194)

Betty Trask Award

• Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer (1992)

BILBY

• The Hobbit Or There And Back Again by JRR Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 2002)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
• Farewell, My Lovely (Penguin Crime Fiction) by Raymond Chandler
• Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Booker Prize

• Rites of Passage (Spanish Edition) by William Golding (1980)
• Remains of the Day (Spanish Edition) by Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Waterland by Graham Swift (1983)
• Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer (1993)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Epic of Gilgamesh (Classics) by N.K. Sandars
• Machen: Three Impostors (Everyman's Library (Paper)) by Arthur Machen
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Bothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Bram Stoker Award

• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore (Illustrated Narrative, 2000)
• The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lector) by Thomas Harris (Novel, 1988)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 2 ) by Alan Moore (Illustrated Narrative, 2003)

British Book Award

• Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs (Illustrated Book of the Year, 1999)
• 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)

British Fantasy Award

• Dragon & the George by Dickson R. (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1977)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Gloriana, or the Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1979)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Count Zero by William Gibson (1986)
• The Difference Engine by William Gibson (1990)

British Sports Book Award

• The Death of Marco Pantani: A Biography by Matt Rendell (Biography, 2007)

Carnegie Medal

• The Owl Service (Lions) by Alan Garner (1967)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (Literary Classics)

Christopher Award

• Galileo's Daughter: A Drama of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel

CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's literature - one of the 10 most important children's novels of the past 70 years

• The Owl Service (Lions) by Alan Garner (2007)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)

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

• Gould Mismeasure of Man by SJ GOULD

Ditmar Award

• Ringworld (Sphere science fiction) by Larry Niven (International Fiction, 1972)
• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (International Fiction, 1978)
• Riddley Walker (Picador Books) by Russell Hoban (International Fiction, 1983)

Ditmar Shortlist

• Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson (International Fiction, 1989)

Duff Cooper Prize

• Albert Speer - His Battle With Truth by Gitta Sereny (1995)
• From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple (1998)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)
• Clandestine by James Ellroy (Paperback Original, 1983)

Eisner Award

• Give Me Liberty (Penguin Graphic Fiction) by Frank Miller (Best Finite Series/Limited Series, 1991)
• Sin City: Dame to Kill for by Frank Miller (Best Finite Series/Limited Series, 1995)
• Sin City: Big Fat Kill by Frank Miller (Best Finite Series/Limited Series, 1996)
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 2 ) by Alan Moore (Best Finite Series/Limited Series, 2003)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Best Graphic Album, 1988)
• Batman: Killing Joke by Alan Moore (Best Graphic Album, 1989)
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part 2: And Here My Troubles Began (Penguin Graphic Fiction): And Here My Troubles Began Pt. 2 by Art Spiegelman (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 1992)
• Sin City by Frank Miller (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 1993)
• Sin City: That Yellow Bastard by Frank Miller (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 1998)
• Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 2002)
• From Hell by Alan Moore (Best Serialized Story, 1993)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The Voyage of the "Beagle": Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches (Classics) by Charles Darwin (023)
• Scott's Last Expedition - The Journals of Captain R. F. Scott by Robert Falcon Scott (038)
• An Account of the Mutiny on H. M. S. "Bounty" by William Bligh (066)

Falcon Award

• White Jazz by James Ellroy (1997)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds (Wordsworth Reference) by Charles MacKay (Booms and Busts)
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Penguin Press Science) by Richard Rhodes (Project Management)

Gandalf

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

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