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100 Essential New England Books

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Boston Globe)

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

• The Iliad: A New Prose Translation (Penguin Classics) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (1532)
• The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka (1925)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Drowned World (Everyman Fiction) by J G Ballard (2006 edition)
• The Collector by John Fowles (2006 edition)
• Less Than Zero (Picador Books) by Bret Easton Ellis (2006 Edition)
• Lord Jim (Penguin Popular Classics) by Joseph Conrad (2006 Edition)
• Northanger Abbey (English Library) by Jane Austen (2006 Edition)
• Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon (2006 Edition)
• Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh (2006 Edition)
• Time's Arrow by Martin Amis (2006 Edition)
• Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics) by Aesop (2006 Edition)
• VILE BODIES by EVELYN WAUGH (2006 Edition)
• Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• Eugenie Grandet by Honore De Balzac (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Talk of the Town by Ardal O'Hanlon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (2006/2008 Edition)
• La Princesse de Cleves by Madame de La Fayette (2006/2008 Edition)
• Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (2006/2008 Edition)
• LES FAUX MONNAYEURS by Andre Gide (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (2006/2008 Edition)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2006/2008 Edition)
• A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES. by John Kennedy. Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
• Germinal by Emile Zola (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear of Flying by Erica Jong (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass (2006/2008 Edition)
• Enduring Love by Ian McEwan (2006/2008 Edition)
• AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS. by Flann. O'Brien (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Woman's Life by Guy De Maupassant (2006/2008 Edition)
• Perfume (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind (2006/2008 Edition)
• CIDER WITH ROSIE by LAURIE LEE (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines (2006/2008 Edition)
• Tender Is the Night (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)
• Oscar and Lucinda (FF Classics) by Peter Carey (2006/2008 Edition)
• La Bete Humaine by Emile Zola (2006/2008 Edition)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• On the Road (Modern Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2006/2008 Edition)
• Great Gatsby, the (Modern Classics) by Francis Scott Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)
• Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fathers and Sons (Bantam Classic) by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• L' Etranger by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (2006/2008 Edition)
• THERESE RAQUIN. by Emile. Zola (2006/2008 Edition)
• Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte (2006/2008 Edition)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Picador Books) by Ken Kesey (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gravity's rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (2006/2008 Edition)
• Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics) by Malcolm Lowry (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess (2006/2008 Edition)
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2006/2008 Edition)
• THE END OF THE AFFAIR. by Graham. Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud (2006/2008 Edition)
• Empire of the Sun (Panther Books) by J. G. Ballard (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cement Garden (Picador Books) by Ian McEwan (2006/2008 Edition)
• Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre (2008 Edition)
• No One Writes to the Colonel: and Other Stories (Perennial Classics) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2008 Edition)

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

• Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics) by Aesop (2009, No 382, Age 8 and over)
• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (2009, No 593, Age 8 and over)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (15)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (1974)
• Empire of the Sun (Panther Books) by J. G. Ballard (1985)
• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (1997)

ALA Notable Books

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1990)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (1997)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Longitude Uk Edition True Story of a Lone Gen by Dava Sobel (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Fiction, 1999)
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Zlata's Diary (Puffin Non-fiction) by Zlata Filipovic ( The Stories of Our Lives, 1997)
• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• On the Road (Modern Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Journey > Destination, 2009)

Ambassador Book Award

• Rogers Version by John Updike (Fiction, 1987)

Andre Simon Award

• Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater (2003)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS. by Flann. O'Brien (1939)
• The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (1944)
• Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (1945)
• Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics) by Malcolm Lowry (1947)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
• Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (1954)
• Room At the Top by John Braine (1957)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
• Gravity's rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1973)
• A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES. by John Kennedy. Toole (1980)
• THE MOSQUITO COAST (1981)

Bancarella

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1953)

BBC's Big Read

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Best loved novel, 2003, No 11)
• Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte (Best loved novel, 2003, No 12)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Best loved novel, 2003, No 28)
• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (Best loved novel, 2003, No 42)
• Great Gatsby, the (Modern Classics) by Francis Scott Fitzgerald (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)
• Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (Best loved novel, 2003, No 45)
• Perfume (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind (Best loved novel, 2003, No 71)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (Best loved novel, 2003, No 78)
• On the Road (Modern Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Best loved novel, 2003, No 90)
• Three Men in a Boat: to Say Nothing of the Dog! by Jerome K. Jerome (Best loved novel, 2003, No 101)
• Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 106)
• Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (Best loved novel, 2003, No 142)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Picador Books) by Ken Kesey (Best loved novel, 2003, No 157)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Best loved novel, 2003, No 173)
• Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)
• Man and Boy by Tony Parsons (Best loved novel, 2003, No 192)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (1996)

Benjamin Franklin Award

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

Benjamin Franklin Award (Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction, 2007) Stanley Lombardo translation

• The Iliad: A New Prose Translation (Penguin Classics) by Homer

Betty Trask Award

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2001)

Betty Trask Prize

• DEPENDENCE DAY by ROBERT NEWMAN (1995)

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

• Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre (2003)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)

Booker Prize

• Oscar and Lucinda (FF Classics) by Peter Carey (1988)
• Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle (1993)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2002)
• Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre (2003)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Jake's Thing by Kingsley Amis (1978)
• White Hotel (King Penguin) by D.M. Thomas (1981)
• Empire of the Sun (Panther Books) by J. G. Ballard (1984)
• Time's Arrow by Martin Amis (1991)
• Underground Man by Mick Jackson (1997)

Booksense 76 Pick

• Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold

Borges' A Personal Library

• LES FAUX MONNAYEURS by Andre Gide

British Book Award

• Churchill by Roy Jenkins (Biography of the Year, 2003)
• Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater (Biography of the Year, 2004)
• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (Children's Book of the Year, 1997)
• Longitude Uk Edition True Story of a Lone Gen by Dava Sobel (Book of the Year, 1997)
• Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes (Book of the Year, 1999)
• Man and Boy by Tony Parsons (Book of the Year, 2001)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Shardik by Richard Adams (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1975)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Empire of the Sun (Panther Books) by J. G. Ballard (1984)

Canada Reads Nominee

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)

Carnegie Medal

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (1972)
• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (1995)

Carnegie of Carnegies

• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (2007)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (Literary Classics)

Combat des livres

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Best First Book, 2001)

Compton Crook Award Nominee

• Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy (1984)

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

• Advertisements for Myself by Norman Mailer

Cyril Connolly's 100 key books of the modern movement from England, France and America 1880-1950

• L' Etranger by Albert Camus

Edgar Award

• Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi (Best Fact Crime, 1975)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (1996)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby (016)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (Office Politics)

Forward Poetry Prize

• Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes (Best Collection, 1998)

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

• The Quantity Theory of Insanity by Will Self (1991)

Governor General's Literary Award

• Selected Poems, 1956-68 by Leonard Cohen (Poetry or Drama, 1968)

Guardian 1000

• A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES. by John Kennedy. Toole (Comedy)
• Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (Comedy)
• VILE BODIES by EVELYN WAUGH (Comedy)
• Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney (Comedy)
• Three Men in a Boat: to Say Nothing of the Dog! by Jerome K. Jerome (Comedy)
• Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens (Comedy)
• Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (Comedy)
• Puckoon by Spike Milligan (Comedy)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Comedy)
• Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh (Comedy)
• Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene (Comedy)
• Something New. by P. G. WODEHOUSE (Comedy)
• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Crime)
• Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (Crime)
• Perfume (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind (Crime)
• Enduring Love by Ian McEwan (Crime)
• THERESE RAQUIN. by Emile. Zola (Crime)
• Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Crime)
• CIDER WITH ROSIE by LAURIE LEE (Family and self)
• Room Temperature by Nicholson Baker (Family and self)
• AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS. by Flann. O'Brien (Family and self)
• Eugenie Grandet by Honore De Balzac (Family and self)
• Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics) by Malcolm Lowry (Family and self)
• Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (Family and self)
• A House for Mr Biswas (Twentieth-Century Classics) by V. S. Naipaul (Family and self)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (Family and self)
• Fathers and Sons (Bantam Classic) by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (Family and self)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Family and self)
• As I Lay Dying (Modern Classics) by William Faulkner (Family and self)
• Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) by James Joyce (Family and self)
• L' Etranger by Albert Camus (Family and self)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Picador Books) by Ken Kesey (Family and self)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Family and self)
• Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud (Family and self)
• Oscar and Lucinda (FF Classics) by Peter Carey (Love)
• Victory by Joseph Conrad (Love)
• Foreign Affairs: A Novel by Alison Lurie (Love)
• THE END OF THE AFFAIR. by Graham. Greene (Love)
• Great Gatsby, the (Modern Classics) by Francis Scott Fitzgerald (Love)
• La Princesse de Cleves by Madame de La Fayette (Love)
• Tender Is the Night (Penguin Modern Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Love)
• Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte (Love)
• The Passion (Penguin Fiction) by Jeanette Winterson (Love)
• Northanger Abbey (English Library) by Jane Austen (Love)
• The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Drowned World (Everyman Fiction) by J G Ballard (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines (State of the nation)
• Germinal by Emile Zola (State of the nation)
• LES FAUX MONNAYEURS by Andre Gide (State of the nation)
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (State of the nation)
• Room At the Top by John Braine (State of the nation)
• La Bete Humaine by Emile Zola (State of the nation)
• Gravity's rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (War and travel)
• On the Road (Modern Classics) by Jack Kerouac (War and travel)
• Empire of the Sun (Panther Books) by J. G. Ballard (War and travel)
• The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass (War and travel)
• Lord Jim (Penguin Popular Classics) by Joseph Conrad (War and travel)

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (1973)
• Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman (Joint, 1996)

Guardian Fiction Prize

• Empire of the Sun (Panther Books) by J. G. Ballard (1984)

Guardian First Book Award

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2000)

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