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

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2006 Edition)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2006/2008 Edition)
• Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) by Mary Shelley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2006/2008 Edition)
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (2006/2008 Edition)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (2006/2008 Edition)
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)
• Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation by Alan Paton (2006/2008 Edition)
• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (2006/2008 Edition)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (2006/2008 Edition)
• All the Pretty Horses (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (2008 Edition)
• The Tale of Genji by Shikibu Murasaki (2008 Edition)

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

• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) by Lian Hearn (2009, Age 12 and over)
• A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (2009, No 579, Age 8 and over)
• The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7) by Lemony Snicket (2009, No 708, Age 8 and over)
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (2009, No 819, Age 12 and over)
• Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (2009, Ages 8↑)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (2009, Ages 8↑)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (3)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (creative writing, top twelve)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck (6)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (40)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (67)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (68)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (69)
• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (73)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck (6)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (41)
• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (67)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (69)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (70)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (71)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones (1981)
• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (1986)
• Castle in the air by Diana Wynne Jones (1992)
• The ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler (2000)
• Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn (2002)
• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) by Lian Hearn (2004)

ALA Best of the Best in YA 1966-1992

• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (1986)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• A Doll's House (Dover Thrift) by Henrik Ibsen (Drama, 1999)
• Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays) by Arthur Miller (Drama, 1999)
• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (Drama, 1999)
• Black Boy by Richard Wright (Biography, 1999)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (Fiction, 1999)
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation by Alan Paton ( Books for the Soul, 1997)
• Ranma 1/2, Vol. 1 by Rumiko Takahashi ( Graphic Novels: Superheroes and Beyond, 2002)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque ( War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• The ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler (Guess Again: Mystery and Suspense!, 2004)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Own Your Freak, 2005)
• The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of "The Arabian Nights" (Once Upon a Time) by Cameron Dokey ( Gateway to Faerie, 2005)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare (1997)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare (1997)

American Library Association Notable Book

• All the Pretty Horses (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (1993)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• The Thief Lord by Cornella Funke (2003)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)

BBC's Big Read

• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (Best loved novel, 2003, No 06)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Best loved novel, 2003, No 09)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)
• Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck (Best loved novel, 2003, No 52)
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Best loved novel, 2003, No 62)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Best loved novel, 2003, No 70)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Best loved novel, 2003, No 128)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (Best loved novel, 2003, No 141)
• Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) by Mary Shelley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 171)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• The ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler (1999)

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Thief Lord by Cornella Funke (Children's Literature Winner, 2003)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Fiction, 1969)

Bothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Carnegie Medal Commended

• The lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones (1998)

Carnegie Medal Shortlist

• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) by Lian Hearn (2002)

Christopher Award

• The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool by Margaret Gray (Books for Young People, 2003)

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) by Lian Hearn (Jugendjury 2004)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler (Young Adult, 2000)

Edgar Award Nominee, Young Adult

• The ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler (2000)

First Prize, Athens Dionysia Drama Festival

• Antigone by Sophocles (Tragedy, 441 BCE)

Garden State Book Award

• The Thief Lord by Cornella Funke (Teen Fiction Grades 6-8, 2005)

Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee

• The Crown of Silence (Chronicles of Magravandias) by Storm Constantine (Novel, 2001)
• The Way of Light (The Chronicles of Magravandias, Book 3) by Storm Constantine (Novel, 2002)
• The Shades of Time and Memory: The Second Book of the Wraeththu Histories (Wraeththu) by Storm Constantine (Novel, 2005)

Gigamesh

• A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Fantasía, Novela, 1984)

Guardian 1000

• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (Crime)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Crime)
• Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck (Crime)
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee (Crime)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Family and self)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Love)
• A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) by Mary Shelley (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (State of the nation)
• Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation by Alan Paton (State of the nation)
• All the Pretty Horses (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (War and travel)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (War and travel)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (War and travel)

The Guardian's Text on the Beach: 50 Best Summer Reads Ever

• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (2009)

H.R.F. Keating's 100 Best Crime & Mystery Books

• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) by Mary Shelley

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (1987)
• The lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones (1989)

Hugo Nominee

• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1970)

The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award

• Archangel (Samaria, Book 1) by Sharon Shinn (1996)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Iowa Teen Award Nominee

• The ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler (2003-2004)
• The Thief Lord by Cornella Funke (2004-2005)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (22)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (50)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (54)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (60)
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (79)

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

• A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1979)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Litterature in the La Nuit De Lire

• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1) by Lian Hearn

Locus Recommended Reading

• The Crown of Silence (Chronicles of Magravandias) by Storm Constantine (Fantasy Novel, 2000)
• Year of the griffin by Diana Wynne Jones (Fantasy Novel, 2000)

LOST Book Club

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

• The Thief Lord by Cornella Funke (2003)

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

• Black Boy by Richard Wright (13)

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