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100 Essential New England Books

• The Bell Jar: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Sylvia Plath (Boston Globe, #4)
• Carrie (Signet) by Stephen King (Boston Globe, #20)
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Boston Globe, #68)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Boston Globe, #87)

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

• The Odyssey by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (1859)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3) by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (2006 Edition)
• Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Anna Karenina (A Signet Classic) by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• The Bell Jar: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Sylvia Plath (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club) by Alan Paton (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Doctor Zhivago 1958 by Boris Pasternak (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Jane Eyre (Tor Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Mansfield Park (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Jane Austen (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) by Jane Austen (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Sense and Sensibility: Revised Edition (Signet Classic) by Jane Austen (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• The Shining by Stephen King (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Vanity Fair (movie tie-in) by William Makepeace Thackeray (2006/2008/2010 Edition)
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2006/2012 Edition)
• The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte (2008/2010 Edition)
• Snow by Orhan Pamuk (2008/2010 Edition)
• Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki (2008/2010 Edition)
• Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima (2010 Edition)

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

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, Ages 8↑)
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (2009, Ages 12↑)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, Ages 12↑)

125 Great Southern Books

• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club) by Carson McCullers
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (18)
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (20)

501 Must-Read Books

• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Children's Fiction)
• Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (Classic Fiction)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (Classic Fiction)
• Jane Eyre (Tor Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (Classic Fiction)
• Sense and Sensibility: Revised Edition (Signet Classic) by Jane Austen (Classic Fiction)
• Vanity Fair (movie tie-in) by William Makepeace Thackeray (Classic Fiction)
• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club) by Carson McCullers (Modern Fiction)
• Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (Modern Fiction)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Modern Fiction)
• The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (Modern Fiction)
• Dune (Dune Chronicles (Berkley Paperback)) by Frank Herbert (Science Fiction)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Science Fiction)

AAR Annual Reader Poll

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ([HM] Best Alternate Reality, 2004)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Previously 1998-56 Most Recent Rank - 2000, 50)
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Most Recent Rank - 2004, 72)
• Jane Eyre (Tor Classics) by Charlotte Bronte ([Previously 2004-87] Most Recent Rank - 2007, 52)
• Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) by Jane Austen ([Previously 1998-12 / 2000-13 / 2004-22] Most Recent Rank - 2007, #3)

Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Nominee

• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (2005)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay

• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1939)
• Doctor Zhivago 1958 by Boris Pasternak (1965)
• The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2003)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay Nominee

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (1955)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2001)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (3)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (69)
• Carrie (Signet) by Stephen King (81)
• The Dead Zone (Signet) by Stephen King (82)
• Christine by Stephen King (95)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (3)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (71)
• Carrie (Signet) by Stephen King (77)
• The Dead Zone (Signet) by Stephen King (83)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1970)
• The Bell Jar: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Sylvia Plath (1971)
• Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou (1974)
• Gnomes by Will Huygen (1977)
• The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks (1977)
• Night Shift by Stephen King (1978)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, Vol. I) by Orson Scott Card (1987)
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (1990)
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (1992)
• Red Scarf Girl (rpkg): A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang (1998)
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (2000)
• Timeline by Michael Crichton (2001)

ALA Notable Books for Adults

• Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1998)
• Khrushchev: The Man and His Era by William Taubman (2004)
• The Known World: A Novel by Edward P. Jones (2004)
• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (2009)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Red Scarf Girl (rpkg): A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang (1998)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (Biography, 1999)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Biography, 1999)
• Red Scarf Girl (rpkg): A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang (Biography, 1999)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1999)
• Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born by Richard Wright (Fiction, 1999)
• The Known World: A Novel by Edward P. Jones (History & Cultures, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ( Multicultural Fiction, 1997)
• Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club) by Alan Paton (Books for the Soul, 1997)
• Carrie (Signet) by Stephen King (Different Drummers, 1999)
• Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) by Jane Austen (Romance -- Passion and Heartbreak, 2000)
• The Silver Wolf (Legends of the Wolves, Book 1) by Alice Borchardt ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• Red Scarf Girl (rpkg): A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang (This Small World: a Glimpse of Many Cultures, 2003)
• Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, Book 1) by David Eddings ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, Vol. I) by Orson Scott Card ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein ( Simply Science Fiction, 2004)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Dracula by Bram Stoker (1998)

Alex Award

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2004)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (2001)
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2003)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart (2004)

Amelia Bloomer List

• Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern Day Jordan by Norma Khouri (2004)

American Book Award

• Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog (1991)

American Booksellers Book of the Year

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

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club) by Alan Paton (1949)
• The Known World: A Novel by Edward P. Jones (2004)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1987)

Audie Winner

• The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, Book 1) by Brian Herbert (Science Fiction,2003)
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (Achievement in Production,2004)
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Classic,2004)
• Dune (Dune Chronicles (Berkley Paperback)) by Frank Herbert (Science Fiction,2008)
• The Odyssey by Homer (Audio Drama,2009)

Aurora Award Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)

Bad Sex in Fiction Award Shortlist

• Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts (2004)

Balrog

• Night Shift by Stephen King (Collection/Anthology, 1980)

Balrog Nominee

• Night Shift by Stephen King (Collection/Anthology, 1979)
• The Stand by Stephen King (Novel, 1979)
• The Dead Zone (Signet) by Stephen King (Novel, 1980)

Bancarella

• Doctor Zhivago 1958 by Boris Pasternak (1958)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris

BBC's Big Read

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Best loved novel 2003, No 62)
• Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) by Jane Austen (Best loved novel, 2003, No 02)
• Jane Eyre (Tor Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (Best loved novel, 2003, No 10)
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 21)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Best loved novel, 2003, No 32)
• Dune (Dune Chronicles (Berkley Paperback)) by Frank Herbert (Best loved novel, 2003, No 39)
• The Stand by Stephen King (Best loved novel, 2003, No 53)
• Anna Karenina (A Signet Classic) by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 54)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 104)
• Shogun by James Clavell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 119)
• Vanity Fair (movie tie-in) by William Makepeace Thackeray (Best loved novel, 2003, No 122)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Best loved novel, 2003, No 131)
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Best loved novel, 2003, No 133)
• High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (Best loved novel, 2003, No 143)
• The Power of One: A Novel by Bryce Courtenay (Best loved novel, 2003, No 183)

BCALA Book Award

• The Known World: A Novel by Edward P. Jones (First Novel, 2004)

BILBY

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (secondary, 1996)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

Bloomsbury's 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels

• Dune (Dune Chronicles (Berkley Paperback)) by Frank Herbert
• Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (Paperback Winner, 2003)

Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book

• Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer: A Novel by Sena Jeter Naslund ( Adult Honor Book, 2000)
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)

Book-of-the-Month Club Selection

• How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day by Michael J. Gelb

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (1988)
• Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996)
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

Books for a Better Life Award

• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (2008)

Books That Changed the World

• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
• Walden and Civil Disobedience (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Henry David Thoreau

Borges' A Personal Library

• Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles) by Anne Rice (Novel, 1988)

Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys

• Snow by Orhan Pamuk

British Book Award

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Popular Fiction Award, 2006)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1977)
• Polgara the Sorceress (Malloreon (Paperback Random House)) by David Eddings (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1998)

CAA Award

• The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1994)

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