Awards in your library

Summary: 36 Awards.

100 Essential New England Books

• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (Boston Globe)

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

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (5th century BCE)
• The Prince (Bantam Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (1532)
• The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith (1776)
• The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics) by Karl Marx (1848)
• The Interpretation of Dreams (Modern Library) by Sigmund Freud (1900)
• Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, The Masterpiece Science Edition, by Albert Einstein (1916)
• The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir (1948)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Great Expectations (Wordsworth Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (2006/2008 Edition)
• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (2008 edition)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Why Terrorism Works by Professor Alan M. Dershowitz (Social Sciences, 2004)

Ambassador Book Award

• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (Fiction, 2008)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (2008)

BBC's Big Read

• Great Expectations (Wordsworth Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 17)
• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (Best loved novel, 2003, No 161)

Best Books of the Year--Kansas City Star

• The First Emperor: Caesar Augustus and the Triumph of Rome by Anthony Everitt

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt by Bill Bryson ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Books, 2007)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (2007)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlist

• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (Europe and South Asia, Best Book, 2008)

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

• What Is History? by Edward Hallet Carr

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith (Economics)
• The Prince (Bantam Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (Office Politics)
• The Art of War (Shambhala classics) by Sun Tzu (Strategy)

Guardian 1000

• Great Expectations (Wordsworth Classics) by Charles Dickens (Family and self)
• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (War and travel)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

International IMPAC Dublin

• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (Shortlist, 2009)

IPPY

• The Art of War (Shambhala classics) by Sun Tzu (Multicultural Non-Fiction, 2003)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (Fiction, 2007)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

• Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Gift & Award Edition by Tyndale House Publishers
• The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith

LOST Book Club

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

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

• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (21)
• Ideas and Opinions (Modern Library) by Albert Einstein (35)

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

• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (75)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Middle East by Bernard Lewis (General Nonfiction, 1996)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1988)

New York Times bestseller

• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2007)
• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (Fiction, 2007)
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (General, 1959)
• The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (General, 1963)
• A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong (Nonfiction, 1994)
• What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response by Bernard Lewis (Nonfiction, 2002)
• The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz (Nonfiction, 2003)
• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt by Bill Bryson (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku (Nonfiction, 2008)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Paperback Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 1990)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Prince (Bantam Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (2009, No. 31)
• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (2009, No. 34)
• The Interpretation of Dreams (Modern Library) by Sigmund Freud (2009, No. 86)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville
• Great Expectations (Wordsworth Classics) by Charles Dickens

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (2003)

Publishing Triangle 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels

• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (General, 1989)

South Bank Show Annual Award for Literature

• THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by MOHSIN HAMID (2008)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (2008)
• The Prince (Bantam Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (2008)
• The Interpretation of Dreams (Modern Library) by Sigmund Freud (2008)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1997, No 79)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Gift & Award Edition by Tyndale House Publishers (15)

Århundrets bibliotek

• Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, The Masterpiece Science Edition, by Albert Einstein
• The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
• The Interpretation of Dreams (Modern Library) by Sigmund Freud