Awards in your library

Summary: 53 Awards. Page: [1] 2

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (2006/2008 Edition)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Ubik by Philip K. Dick (37)

Aga Khan Prize for Fiction

• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace (1997)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Ball Four by Jim Bouton (1970)
• Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams (1992)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Ghost World by Daniel Clowes ( Graphic Novels: Superheroes and Beyond, 2002)

Ambassador Book Award

• Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell (American Arts & Letters, 1993)

American Book Award

• Palestine by Joe Sacco (1996)
• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware (2001)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (Novel, 1978)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)
• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)

CBC Graphic Novels for Young Readers

• Mister O by Lewis Trondheim

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

• Ball Four by Jim Bouton

Eisner Award

• The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) (v. 1, 2, 3) by Bill Watterson (Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Strips, 2006)
• The Complete Peanuts 1959-1962 Box Set by Charles M. Schulz (Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Strips, 2007)
• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 2001)

Firecracker Alternative Book Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware (Graphic Novel, 2001)
• Palestine by Joe Sacco (Graphic Novel, 2002)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright (Globalization)

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

• Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte (1991)

Guardian 1000

• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Comedy)
• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware (Family and self)

Guardian First Book Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware (2001)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

Harvey Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware (Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 2001)

Harvey Award Nominee

• Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Cartoonist, 2007)

Ignatz Award

• Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Outstanding Anthology or Collection, 2007)
• Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, Outstanding Story, 1998)
• David Boring by Daniel Clowes (Outstanding Story, 1999)
• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware (Outstanding Story, 2000)
• Fleep by Jason Shiga (Outstanding Story, 2003)

Ignatz Award nominee

• Misery Loves Comedy by Ivan Brunetti (Outstanding Anthology or Collection, 2007)
• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2001)
• The Frank Book by Jim Woodring (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2003)
• Bookhunter by Jason Shiga (Outstanding Graphic Novel, 2007)

IPPY

• In the Shadow of Memory (American Lives) by Floyd Skloot (Essay/Creative Non-Fiction, 2004)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (1978)

Kurd Laßwitz Preis

• Valis by Philip K. Dick (Bester ausländischer Roman, 1985)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (71)
• Winesburg, Ohio (Signet Classics) by Sherwood Anderson (87)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Science & Technology, 2007)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (Science and Technology, 1997)

LOST Book Club

• Valis by Philip K. Dick

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

• Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government by P. J. O'Rourke (72)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Winesburg, Ohio (Signet Classics) by Sherwood Anderson (The Board's List, 24)

Médicis

• Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright by Steven Millhauser (Étranger, 1975)

National Book Award

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter (Science (Hardcover), 1980)

National Book Award finalist

• Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett (Nonfiction, 1995)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• Visions of Jazz: The First Century by Gary Giddins (Criticism, 1998)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter (General Nonfiction, 1979)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Nonfiction, 1997)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter (1979)
• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.) by Steven Pinker (1994)

New York Times bestseller

• Call Me Lucky by Bing Crosby (General, 1953)
• Ball Four by Jim Bouton (General, 1970)
• Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern by Douglas Hofstadter (Nonfiction, 1985)
• Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell (Nonfiction, 1992)
• Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics (O'Rourke, P. J.) by P. J. O'Rourke (Nonfiction, 1998)
• Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography by David Michaelis (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion by Matt Taibbi (Nonfiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace (Non-Fiction, 2006)
• Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography by David Michaelis (Non-Fiction, 2007)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy by Dave Hickey (2009)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Borges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

NPR's Best Picture Books

• A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace (2008)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace (2008)

Pulitzer Prize

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter (General Non-Fiction, 1980)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett (General Non-Fiction, 1996)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Non-Fiction, 1998)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.) by Steven Pinker (General, 1995)
• Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins (General, 1997)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General, 1999)

Salon Book Award

• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Fiction, 1996)

Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction

• In the Shadow of Memory (American Lives) by Floyd Skloot (2003)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Fiction (2), 1996)

Time's 10 All-Time Graphic Novels

• David Boring by Daniel Clowes
• Jimmy Corrigan: El Chico mas Lindo del Mundo (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Spanish Edition) by Chris Ware

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• Ubik by Philip K. Dick
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

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