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100 Essential New England Books

• Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy (Boston Globe, #97)

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

• The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx (1848)
• I And Thou by Martin Buber (1923)
• The Second Sex (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Simone De Beauvoir (1948)
• The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1963)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Seize the Day (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (2006 Edition)
• Ficciones (Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jorge Luis Borges (2006 Edition)
• Hunger by Knut Hamsun (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (2006/2008 Edition)
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Immoralist (Penguin Classics) by Andre Gide (2006/2008 Edition)
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (2006/2008 Edition)
• Stranger by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Plague by Camus by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess (2006/2008 Edition)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006/2008 Edition)
• Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (2006/2008 Edition)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (2006/2008 Edition)
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Read a Great Movie) by Philip K. Dick (2006/2008 Edition)
• On the Heights of Despair by E. M. Cioran (2008 Edition)

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

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (2009, Ages 8↑)
• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (2009, Ages 12↑)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (2009, Ages 12↑)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay Nominee

• A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess (1971)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1979)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (creative writing, top twelve)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (53)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (68)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (60)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (70)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (1974)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1979)

ALA Notable Books for Adults

• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (2001)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Waiting For Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett (Drama, 1999)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass (Biography, 1999)
• The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Grendel by John Gardner (Fiction, 1999)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams ( Humor, 2001)
• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (Simply Science Fiction, 2004)

American Library Association - Notable Books for Adults - Fiction

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)

Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (placed 25, 1956)

BBC's Big Read

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Best loved novel, 2003, No 04)
• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (Best loved novel, 2003, No 42)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Best loved novel, 2003, No 70)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (Best loved novel, 2003, No 158)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Best loved novel, 2003, No 185)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)

Borders Original Voices

• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (2001)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Bram Stoker Award

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2001)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2002)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001)

Canada Reads Nominee

• Beautiful Losers by LEONARD. COHEN (2005)

Carnegie Medal

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (1972)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton (Holy Men and Women)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (Fiction, Silver, 1953)

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

• The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois

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

• The Immoralist (Penguin Classics) by Andre Gide
• Stranger by Albert Camus
• The Plague by Camus by Albert Camus

Ditmar Award

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (International Fiction, 1980)

Fomentor Award

• Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow

Franz Kafka Prize

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)

Geffen Award

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2003)
• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (Best Translated Science Fiction Book, 2002)

The Globe & Mail 50 Greatest Books

• Faust: Part One (Oxford World's Classic) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Ficciones (Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jorge Luis Borges
• Waiting For Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett

Guardian 1000

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Crime)
• The Immoralist (Penguin Classics) by Andre Gide (Family and self)
• Hunger by Knut Hamsun (Family and self)
• Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (Family and self)
• Stranger by Albert Camus (Family and self)
• The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (Love)
• A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Read a Great Movie) by Philip K. Dick (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (State of the nation)
• The Plague by Camus by Albert Camus (State of the nation)
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (War and travel)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (War and travel)

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (1973)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Waiting For Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett (3. Ausgabe)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
• I And Thou by Martin Buber
• The Plague by Camus by Albert Camus
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (1975)

Hugo

• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (Novel, 1953, awarded 2004)
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2002)

International Literary Award

• Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow

IPPY

• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (Outstanding Books of the Year, 2003)

James L. Dow Award

• Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (28)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (76)
• A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess (79)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Locus

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy Novel, 2002)

Locus 1987 Poll, All-Time Best Fantasy Novel

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

Locus 1998 Poll, All-Time Best Fantasy Novel Before 1990

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (21)

Locus 1998 Poll, All-Time Best SF Novel Before 1990

• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (29)
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Read a Great Movie) by Philip K. Dick (51)

Locus Poll

• Farenheit 451 (1967) by ray bradbury (Best All-Time SF Novel, placed 40,1987)

Locus Recommended Reading

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy Novel, 2001)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life by Robert N. Bellah (Current Interest, 1985)
• The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama (Current Interest, 1992)

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