Awards in your library

Summary: 36 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book) by John Kennedy Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
• Stupeur Et Tremblements by Amelie Nothomb (2006/2008 Edition)

Académie française

• Stupeur Et Tremblements by Amelie Nothomb (Grand Prix du roman, 1999)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (2005)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book) by John Kennedy Toole (1980)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2008)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008)

Guardian 1000

• A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book) by John Kennedy Toole (Comedy)

James Beard Foundation Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Writing on Food, 2007)

Kiriyama Prize

• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2007)

Lambda Literary Award

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Humor, 2004)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Dubliners by James Joyce (63)

Libraires du Québec

• Stupeur Et Tremblements by Amelie Nothomb (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 2000)

National Book Award finalist

• In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Fiction, 2009)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (General Nonfiction, 2006)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.) by Steven Pinker (1994)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)
• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008)

New York Times bestseller

• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (Fiction, 2008)
• Parkinson's Law by Cyril Northcote Parkinson (General, 1957)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2006)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)
• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (Fiction & Poetry, 2008)
• In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Fiction & Poetry, 2009)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Non-Fiction, 2006)

New York Times: Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years

• A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book) by John Kennedy Toole (Multiple Votes)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008)

NPR's Top Migration and Memory Books

• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008)

Orion Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2007, finalist)

PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

• A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book) by John Kennedy Toole (1981)

Publishers Weekly's Best Books: 2009

• In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Best Books: 2009

• In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Pulitzer Prize

• A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book) by John Kennedy Toole (Fiction, 1981)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.) by Steven Pinker (General, 1995)

Salon Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)

The Story Prize

• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008, finalist)

Sunday Times Young Writer Of The Year

• City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple (1994)

Thomas Cook Travel Book Award

• City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple (1994)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Non-fiction (4), 2004)
• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (Fiction (5), 2008)
• In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Fiction (7), 2009)
• Swimming by Nicola Keegan (Fiction (3), 2009)

Tournament of Books selection

• Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jhumpa Lahiri (2009)

Washington Post Best Fiction

• Bridge of Sighs: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo (2007)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (2007, No 24)