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

Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Saint Augustine (400 AD)
The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition by F. A. Hayek (1943)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)

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

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, No 467, Age 8 and over)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (2009, No 593, Age 8 and over)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (15)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (1)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (15)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1974)
The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family by Martha Raddatz (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger (Non-fiction, 1999)
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley ( If It Weren’t For Them: Heroes, 2004)

Alex Award

The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger (1998)
Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (2001)
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (2001)

Ambassador Book Award

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (American Studies, 2001)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

The Caine Mutiny: A Novel by Herman Wouk (1951)

Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (2007)

BBC's Big Read

The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 01)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (Best loved novel, 2003, No 42)

BILBY

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)
The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 2002)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

Deep Blue Good-by by John D. Macdonald

Book Sense Book of the Year

Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)

Carnegie Medal

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Literary Classics)
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)
Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Saint Augustine (Spiritual Classics)

Christianity Today Book Awards

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel (Apologetics/Evangelism, 2005)
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael J. Behe (No. 1, 1997, Book of the Year)
Straight & Narrow?: Compassion & Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate by Thomas E. Schmidt (No. 6, 1996)
Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law by J. Budziszewski (No. 12, 1998, tie)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)

Duff Cooper Prize

Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (2003)

ECPA Christian Book Award

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy R. Pearcey (Christianity and Society, 2005)
The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel (Missions/Evangelism, 2005)

ECPA Gold Medallion Book Award

The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel (Missions/Evangelism, 1999)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (Decision-Making)
The Art of War (Pocket Edition) (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Sun Tzu (Strategy)
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Strategy)

Geffen Award

Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Best Translated Science Fiction Book, 2007)

General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award

Utmost Savagery by Joseph Col Alexander (1995)

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte (1991)

Guardian 1000

The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (Crime)
The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
The Caine Mutiny: A Novel by Herman Wouk (War and travel)

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1973)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1938)
The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin (1960)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (1975)

Hugo Nominee

Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Novel, 2006)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

Deep Blue Good-by by John D. Macdonald

International Fantasy Award

The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Fiction, 1957)

IPPY

The Art of War (Pocket Edition) (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Sun Tzu (Multicultural Non-Fiction, 2003)

J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (2007)

Lionel Gelber Prize

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (2007)

Locus Nominee

Old Man's War by John Scalzi (SF Novel, 2006)

Locus Recommended Reading

Old Man's War by John Scalzi (First Novel, 2005)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (History, 2006)

LOST Book Club

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Meilleur Livre Étranger

The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (1972)

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

The Second World War (Six Volume Boxed Set) by Winston S. Churchill (57)

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

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (The Reader's List, 4)
Watership Down by Richard Adams (The Reader's List, 79)
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (The Reader's List, 81)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee

Watership Down by Richard Adams

National Book Award

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (Nonfiction, 2000)

National Book Award finalist

The Caine Mutiny: A Novel by Herman Wouk (Fiction, 1952)
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Nonfiction, 1999)
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (Nonfiction, 2003)
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (Nonfiction, 2006)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within by Bruce Bawer (Criticism, 2006)
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (General Nonfiction, 2003)

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