Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (2006 Edition)
• Burmese Days: A Novel by George Orwell (2006 Edition)
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2006/2008 Edition)
• Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (2006/2008 Edition)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• All quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Where wizards stay up late : the origins of the Internet by Katie Hafner (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Fiction, 1999)
• The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen William Hawking (Science & Technology, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• All quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque ( War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Own Your Freak, 2005)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

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

American Book Award

• Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg (2003)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (1940)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson (2004)

Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Prize for Non-Fiction

• Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg

BBC's Big Read

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Best loved novel, 2003, No 124)
• All quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque (Best loved novel, 2003, No 141)

Benjamin Barondess Award

• Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2006)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2004)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2008)

Books with Bite: Teen Read Week 2008

• Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon (Frost Bite)

Bram Stoker Award

• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore (Illustrated Narrative, 2000)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (First Novel, 2000)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)
• King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (Nonfiction, Gold, 1998)

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

• Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Crossword Prize

• Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta (non-fiction, 2005)
• The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple (non-fiction, 2007)

Crossword Prize shortlist

• Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta (2005)

Ditmar Award

• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (International Fiction, 1978)

Duff Cooper Prize

• King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (1999)
• The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple (2006)

Eisner Award

• 300 by Frank Miller (Best Finite Series/Limited Series, 1999)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Best Graphic Album, 1988)

Frederic W. Ness Book Award

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (2005)

Gandalf

• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (Book, 1978)

Gigamesh

• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (Fantasía, Novela, 1985)

Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Document, 2005)

Guardian 1000

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Family and self)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Love)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (War and travel)
• Burmese Days: A Novel by George Orwell (War and travel)
• All quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque (War and travel)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (War and travel)

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

• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (2009)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Gitanjali: A Collection of Indian Poems by the Nobel Laureate by Rabindranath Tagore

Harvey Award

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Graphic Album, 1988)

Hugo

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Other Forms, 1988)

Hugo Nominee

• Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days by Joss Whedon (Graphic Story, 2009)

IPPY

• The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set) by Gary Larson (Humor, 2004)

James Beard Foundation Award

• Whiskey: The Definitive World Guide by Michael Jackson (Wine and Spirits, 2006)

James Beard Foundation Award Nominee

• The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea by Michael Harney (2009)
• Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner (Writing on Food, 2005)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple (Biography, 2003)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Fiction, 2000)

Jolt Awards

• Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell (1993)

Kiriyama Prize

• Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta (Nonfiction, 2005)

Kiriyama Prize Finalist

• White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple (Nonfiction, 2004)

Lambda Literary Award

• Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (Humor, 2000)
• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Humor, 2004)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (20)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (60)

Lincoln Prize

• Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2006)

Lionel Gelber Prize

• Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism by Michael Ignatieff (1994)
• King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (1999)

Locus

• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (Fantasy Novel, 1978)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Nonfiction/Related/Reference, 1988)

Locus Recommended Reading

• The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (Fantasy Novel, 2008)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (First Novel, 2000)
• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction Novel, 2003)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton (History, 1984)

Mark Lynton History Prize

• King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (1999)

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