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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Atrocity Exhibition: Annotated (Flamingo Modern Classics) by J. G. Ballard (2006 Edition)
• The Untouchable by John Banville (2006 Edition)
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006 Edition)
• The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst (2006 Edition)
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (2006 Edition)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan (2006 Edition)
• Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald (2006 Edition)
• Burmese Days (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell (2006 Edition)
• London Orbital by Iain Sinclair (2006 Edition)
• Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend by Thomas Mann (2006/2008 Edition)
• Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Everyman's Library Classics) by Thomas Mann (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lanark: A Life in Four Books by Alasdair Gray (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Vintage Classics) by Heinrich Boll (2006/2008 Edition)
• Rabbit, Run (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Updike (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cause for Alarm (Penguin Modern Classics) by Eric Ambler (2006/2008 Edition)
• Stone Junction by Jim Dodge (2006/2008 Edition)
• Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood (2006/2008 Edition)
• What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Virgin in the Garden by A.S. Byatt (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Secret Agent (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Conrad (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006/2008 Edition)
• Time Machine (Modern Library) by H.G. Wells (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess (2006/2008 Edition)
• An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006/2008 Edition)
• Under the Skin by Michel Faber (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kokoro by Soseki Natsume (2006/2008 Edition)
• Silk by Alessandro Baricco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nausea (Twentieth Century Classics) by Jean-Paul Sartre (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (2008 Edition)
• Some Prefer Nettles (Vintage Classics) by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki (2008 Edition)
• The Tale of Genji (Penguin Classics) by Murasaki Shikibu (2008 Edition)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2008 edition)
• A Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata (2008 Edition)
• The Accidental by Ali Smith (2008 Edition)

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

• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (2009, Age 12 and over)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Time Machine (Modern Library) by H.G. Wells (20)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Time Machine (Modern Library) by H.G. Wells (15)

The 9th edition Best Newcomer Artists Recommended Prize

• Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Académie française

• Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb (Grand Prix du roman, 1999)
• The Princess of Mantua by Marie Ferranti (Grand prix du roman, 2002)

Agatha Award Nominee

• The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes - Vols. 1 & 2 The Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Non-Fiction, 2004)
• The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale (Non-Fiction, 2008)

The Age Book of the Year Award

• Breath by Tim Winton (Fiction, 2008)

Akutagawa

• Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels by Kenzaburo Oe (1958)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (1997)
• The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (1998)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (2000)
• The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials S.) by Philip Pullman (2002)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2007)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (1997)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (History & Cultures, 2009)
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (Changing Dimensions, 1999)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Relationships: Friends and Families, 2002)
• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (2000)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (2007)

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work

• The Vienna Coffeehouse Wits, 1890-1938 by Harold B. Segel ( Honorable Mention)

Alex Award

• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006)
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (2007)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2007)

Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award

• "Degenerate Art": Fate of the Avant-garde in Nazi Germany by Stephanie Barron (1993)

Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award of the College Art Association for most distinguished museum catalogue

• Exiles + Emigres: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler by Stephanie Barron

All Iowa Reads

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (2006)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: July 2009

• The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: October 2009

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (#3)
• The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes (#26)
• The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (#88)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2008)
• Matter by Iain M. Banks (Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2008)

Ambassador Book Award

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Fiction, 2005)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Fiction, 2008)

American Library Association - Notable Books for Adults - Fiction

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2008)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (First Novel, 2009)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Lanark: A Life in Four Books by Alasdair Gray (1981)

Aristeion

• The Following Story (Harvill Panther) by Cees Nooteboom (Literary, 1993)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Separation (Gollancz S.F.) by Christopher Priest (2003)
• Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (2004)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006)
• Accelerando by Charles Stross (2006)
• The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (2008)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2009)

Association of International Critics for Art

• "Degenerate Art": Fate of the Avant-garde in Nazi Germany by Stephanie Barron (Best Catalogue, 1991)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

Barry Award nominee

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
• Killing the Shadows by Val McDermid (British Crime Novel, 2002)

BBC's Big Read

• The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (1996)
• The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (1997)

Betty Trask Award

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2001)
• Politics by Adam Thirlwell (2003)
• Brass by Helen Walsh (2005)

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

• The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe (2001)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Saturday by Ian McEwan ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2006)

Booker Prize

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (2009)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials S.) by Philip Pullman (2001)
• The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith (2002)
• Clear: A Transparent Novel by Nicola Barker (2004)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan (2005)
• Be Near Me by Andrew O'Hagan (2006)
• The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (2006)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2006)
• Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (2007)
• What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (2007)
• The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (2007)
• Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (2008)
• The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (2008)
• The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher (2008)
• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (2008)
• How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall (2009)
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (2009)
• The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (2009)
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2009)
• The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (2009)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Bookshop (Flamingo) by Penelope Fitzgerald (1978)
• An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (1986)
• The Gate of Angels (Flamingo) by Penelope Fitzgerald (1990)
• The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst (1994)
• Hotel World by Ali Smith (2001)
• Number9dream by David Mitchell (2001)
• Arthur & George by Julian Barnes (2005)
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (2005)
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
• The Accidental by Ali Smith (2005)
• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (2006)
• Darkmans by Nicola Barker (2007)
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (2007)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2007)
• The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher (2008)
• The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (2008)
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (2009)
• The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (2009)
• The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (2009)
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2009)

Bookgasm Best Sci-Fi

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2008)
• Matter by Iain M. Banks (2008)

Borders Original Voices

• The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (2006)
• The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (2008)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Time Machine (Modern Library) by H.G. Wells

British Book Award

• Churchill: A Biography by Roy Jenkins (Biography of the Year, 2003)
• Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (Children's Book of the Year, 1997)
• The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials S.) by Philip Pullman (Children's Book of the Year, 2001)
• The Naming Of The Dead by Ian Rankin (Crime Thriller of the Year, 2007)
• Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin (Crime Thriller, 2005)
• The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden (Book of the Year, 2007)
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Book of the Year, 2008)
• Labyrinth by Kate Mosse (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2006)

British Book Award Shortlist

• The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2008)

British Book Awards Author of the Year Shortlist

• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• The Separation (Gollancz S.F.) by Christopher Priest (Novel, 2002)

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