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

• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Iliad of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore (Phoenix ed.) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Herodotus: The History by Herodotus (2 - 5th century BCE)
• On the Nature of Things: De rerum natura by Lucretius (55 BCE)
• The Prince (AD Classic) by Niccolò Machiavelli (1532)
• The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir (1948)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (2006 Edition)
• The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (2006 Edition)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2006/2008 Edition)
• Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel (2006/2008 Edition)
• MRS. DALLOWAY by VIRGINIA WOOLF (2006/2008 Edition)
• The house of the spirits by Isabel Allende (2006/2008 Edition)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2006/2008 Edition)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (2006/2008 Edition)
• Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende (2008 Edition)

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

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (2009, No 593, Age 8 and over)
• The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (2009, No 721, Age 8 and over)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009, No 819, Age 12 and over)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

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

ABA ABBY Winner

• Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel (Adult, 1994)

Agatha Award Nominee

• Dead until dark by Charlaine Harris (Novel, 2001)
• I Shall Not Want: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery (Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries) by Julia Spencer-Fleming (Novel, 2008)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (40)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (45)
• The house of the spirits by Isabel Allende (73)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (41)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (42)
• The house of the spirits by Isabel Allende (67)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (1974)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel (1994)
• Sabriel by Garth Nix (1997)
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (2000)
• The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci (2001)
• Lirael, daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix (2002)
• The lovely bones : a novel by Alice Sebold (2003)
• The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler (2004)
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (2004)
• Looking for Alaska by John Green (2006)
• Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos (2007)
• It's kind of a funny story by Ned Vizzini (2007)
• Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (2008)
• Unwind by Neal Shusterman (2008)
• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (2008)
• What I Saw And How I Lied by Judy Blundell (2009)
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2009)
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore (2009)

ALA Notable Book

• Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (1990)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Sabriel by Garth Nix (1997)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1999)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1999)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1999)
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• Lucky by Alice Sebold (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• Looking for Alaska by John Green (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Bone Collector (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Jeffery Deaver ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• In the Forests of the Night (Den of Shadows) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Paranormal, 2001)
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (I’ve Got a Secret, 2003)
• Sabriel by Garth Nix (Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci ( Guess Again: Mystery and Suspense!, 2004)
• The lovely bones : a novel by Alice Sebold (All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)
• Lucky by Alice Sebold (2007)
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (I'm Not Making This Up, 2007)
• Looking for Alaska by John Green (Death and Dying, 2009)
• The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler ( Bodies, 2010)
• Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos (Bodies, 2010)
• Skinny by Ibi Kaslik ( Bodies, 2010)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• I Was a Teenage Fairy (Ageless Books) by Francesca Lia Block (1999)
• In the Forests of the Night (Den of Shadows) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (2000)
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (2000)
• Looking for Alaska by John Green (2006)
• Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos (2007)
• Unwind by Neal Shusterman (2008)
• Sight by Adrienne Maria Vrettos (2008)
• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (2008)
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2009)
• Wake by Lisa McMann (2009)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• Unwind by Neal Shusterman (2008)
• Wake by Lisa McMann (2009)

Alex Award

• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (2004)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Columbine by Dave Cullen (#69)

Ambassador Book Award

• A Thousand Acres: A Novel by Jane Smiley (Fiction, 1992)

Amelia Bloomer List

• Graceling by Kristin Cashore (2009)
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2009)

American Book Award

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (1988)
• Eva Luna by Isabel Allende (1989)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (2004)

Andre Norton Award Finalist

• Graceling by Kristin Cashore (2008)

Anthony Award

• In the Woods by Tana French (Best First Novel, 2008)
• What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Best Novel, 2008)
• Dead until dark by Charlaine Harris (Best Paperback Original, 2002)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1987)

Arthur Ellis Award

• Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs (Best First Novel, 1998)

Aurealis Award

• Abhorsen by Garth Nix (Fantasy novel, 2003)
• Sabriel by Garth Nix (Fantasy novel, YA novel, 1995)

Aurealis Award Finalist

• Lirael, daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix (Fantasy Novel, 2001)

Aurora Award Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)

Barry Award

• In the Woods by Tana French (First Novel, 2008)
• What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Novel, 2008)

BBC's Big Read

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Best loved novel, 2003, No 06)
• Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams (Best loved novel, 2003, No 42)
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Best loved novel, 2003, No 131)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (1999)

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

• Iliad of Homer. Translated by Richmond Lattimore (Phoenix ed.) by Homer

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2004)
• The lovely bones : a novel by Alice Sebold (Adult Fiction Winner, 2003)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (1989)

Booklist Editors' Choice

• Looking for Alaska by John Green (2005)

Books in Canada First Novel Award Shortlist

• Skinny by Ibi Kaslik (2004)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Herodotus: The History by Herodotus

Bothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Bram Stoker Award

• The lovely bones : a novel by Alice Sebold (First Novel, 2002)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• The lovely bones : a novel by Alice Sebold (Novel, 2002)

British Book Award

• The lovely bones : a novel by Alice Sebold (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2004)

British Fantasy Award

• The Tooth Fairy: A Novel by Graham Joyce (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1997)

CAA Award

• The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1994)

Canada Reads Nominee

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2002)

Canadian Booksellers Association Award

• Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (1989)

Carnegie Medal

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

Colorado Book Award

• Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer (2004)

Combat des livres

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The lovely bones : a novel by Alice Sebold (First Fiction, Silver, 2002)
• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Young Adult, Silver, 2007)

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