Awards in your library

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This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (Biography, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

The Outsiders (Puffin Modern Classics) by S.E. Hinton (Criminal Elements, 2006)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Journey > Destination, 2009)

Ambassador Book Award

This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (Biography/Autobiography, 1990)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

Lady in the Lake, the by Raymond Chandler (1943)

BBC's Big Read

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Best loved novel, 2003, No 90)

Benjamin Franklin Award

On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Audiobook - Adult Fiction, 2001)

Best Selling Novel of the 19th Century

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wordsworth Classics) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1800-1900)

BILBY

The Outsiders (Puffin Modern Classics) by S.E. Hinton (secondary, 1991)

Book Sense Book of the Year

Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis ( Rediscovery Honor Book, 2003)
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2007)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

Where the Wild Things Are

Caldecott Medal

Make Way for Ducklings (Picture Puffins) by Robert McCloskey (1942)
Where the Wild Things Are (1964)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Fiction, Gold, 1971)

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

Deux Magots

STORY OF O by Pauline Reage (1955)

Guardian 1000

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Family and self)
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce (Family and self)
Valley of the Dolls (Virago Modern Classics) by Jacqueline Susann (Love)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club) by Carson McCullers (Love)
Tender Is the Night (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Love)
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (Love)
Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin (Love)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library) by Truman Capote (Love)
Orlando (Vintage Classics) by Virginia Woolf (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Last Exit to Brooklyn by HUBERT SELBY JR. (State of the nation)
Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell (State of the nation)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wordsworth Classics) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (State of the nation)
The Day of the Locust (Signet Classic) by Nathanael West (State of the nation)
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (War and travel)
Celine Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine (War and travel)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (War and travel)

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

Tender Is the Night (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009)
Lady in the Lake, the by Raymond Chandler (2009)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

Where the Wild Things Are (1964)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

City Poet The Life & Times of Frank O'Hara by Brad Gooch (Gay Men's Biography/Autobiography, 1993)
Some Dance To Remember: A Memoir-novel Of San Francisco, 1970-1982 (Southern Tier Editions) by Jack Fritscher (Gay Men's Small Press, 1990)
Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 by William Mann (LGBT Studies, 2001)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce (21)
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (22)
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (32)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (38)
The Day of the Locust (Signet Classic) by Nathanael West (51)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (Biography, 1989)

LOST Book Club

On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac

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

This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (86)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (The Board's List, 2)
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce (The Board's List, 3)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club) by Carson McCullers (The Board's List, 17)
Tender Is the Night (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Board's List, 28)
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (The Board's List, 35)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (The Board's List, 55)
The Day of the Locust (Signet Classic) by Nathanael West (The Board's List, 73)
Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell (The Board's List, 91)
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (The Reader's List, 36)

National Book Award finalist

Giovanni's Room (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin (Fiction, 1957)
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos (Fiction, 1989)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (Biography/Autobiography, 1989)
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos (Fiction, 1989)

NEA Big Read

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club) by Carson McCullers (2009)

New York Times bestseller

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler (Fiction, 1949)
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis (Fiction, 1955)
Peyton Place (Virago Modern Classics) by Grace Metalious (Fiction, 1956)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Fiction, 1957)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library) by Truman Capote (Fiction, 1958)
City of Night (Rechy, John) by John Rechy (Fiction, 1963)
Valley of the Dolls (Virago Modern Classics) by Jacqueline Susann (Fiction, 1966)
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Fiction, 1971)
Hollywood by Gore Vidal (Fiction, 1990)
The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Nonfiction, 2007)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (2009, No. 18)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2009, No. 39)
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (2009, No. 67)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club) by Carson McCullers (2009, No. 70)
The Day of the Locust (Signet Classic) by Nathanael West (2009, No. 81)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (2003)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2003)
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (2003)

Oprah's Book Club selection

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club) by Carson McCullers (2004)

PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (2007)

Prix Renaudot

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (2004)

Pulitzer Prize

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos (Fiction, 1990)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

Mr. Ives' Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos (Fiction, 1996)

Quill Award

The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (History/Current Events/Politics, 2007)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (1)
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce (14)
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (19)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (31)
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (58)
Tender Is the Night (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (62)
Orlando (Vintage Classics) by Virginia Woolf (63)
This Side of Paradise (Barnes & Noble Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (91)

Renaudot

Celine Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine (1932)

The Ten Greatest Books of All Time - TIME

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (2007)

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time - UK Crime Writers' Association

Lady in the Lake, the by Raymond Chandler (47)

The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time Mystery Writers of America

Lady in the Lake, the by Raymond Chandler (59)

Waterstones Books of the Century

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (1997, No 12)
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (1997, No 14)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (1997, No 78)

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books

Where the Wild Things Are (1997, No 59)

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