Awards in your library

Summary: 46 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (2006 Edition)
• Great Expectations (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)
• Emma by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Blankets by Craig Thompson (2004)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Blankets by Craig Thompson (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Blankets by Craig Thompson (Read ‘Em & Weep, 2005)

ALA Rainbow List

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Young Adult Nonfiction, 2008)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (2007)

Bad Sex in Fiction Award

• The Castle in the Forest: A Novel by Norman Mailer (2007)

BBC's Big Read

• Great Expectations (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 17)
• Emma by Jane Austen (Best loved novel, 2003, No 40)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes (2007)

Booklist's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth

• Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes (2008)

Brenner Prize

• A Pigeon and a Boy: A Novel by Meir Shalev

Eisner Award

• Blankets by Craig Thompson (Best Graphic Album: New, 2004)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Best Reality-Based Work, 2007)

Guardian 1000

• Great Expectations (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Charles Dickens (Family and self)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Family and self)
• Emma by Jane Austen (Love)
• Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Love)
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Love)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)

Harvey Award

• Blankets by Craig Thompson (Graphic Album of Original Work, 2004)

Harvey Award Nominee

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Graphic Album of Original Work, 2007)

Ignatz Award

• Blankets by Craig Thompson (Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2004)

Ignatz Award nominee

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Outstanding Graphic Novel, 2006)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2006)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• A Mercy by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 2008)

Kiriyama Prize Finalist

• The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea (Nonfiction, 2005)

Lambda Literary Award

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Lesbian Memoir, 2006)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Arts & Culture, 2006)

LOST Book Club

• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Autobiography/Memoir, 2006)

National Jewish Book Award

• A Pigeon and a Boy: A Novel by Meir Shalev (Fiction, 2007)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• A Mercy by Toni Morrison (2008)

New York Times bestseller

• The Pearl: (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1947)
• The Castle in the Forest: A Novel by Norman Mailer (Fiction, 2007)
• A Mercy by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• A Mercy by Toni Morrison (Fiction & Poetry, 2008)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Non-Fiction, 2006)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Hamlet (The Sourcebooks Shakespeare; Book & C D) by William Shakespeare (2009, No. 49)
• Othello (The Sourcebooks Shakespeare; Book & CD) by Willam Shakespeare (2009, No. 51)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Othello (The Sourcebooks Shakespeare; Book & CD) by Willam Shakespeare
• Great Expectations (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Charles Dickens
• Hamlet (The Sourcebooks Shakespeare; Book & C D) by William Shakespeare

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Emma by Jane Austen (2003)

Olivier Award

• Hamlet (The Sourcebooks Shakespeare; Book & C D) by William Shakespeare (Best Revival, 2005)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (March 28, 2007)

Orange Prize Longlist

• A Mercy by Toni Morrison (2009)

Publishing Triangle

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, 2007)

Pulitzer Prize

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2007)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea (General Non-Fiction, 2005)

Salon Book Award

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (2006)

SF Site Editor's Choice

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

The Ten Greatest Books of All Time - TIME

• Hamlet (The Sourcebooks Shakespeare; Book & C D) by William Shakespeare (2007)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Best Book (3) 2006)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Best Book (1) 2006)

Time's 10 All-Time Graphic Novels

• Blankets by Craig Thompson

Tony Award

• Othello (The Sourcebooks Shakespeare; Book & CD) by Willam Shakespeare (Revival, 1982)

Tournament of Books

• A Mercy by Toni Morrison (2009, winner)

Xeric Award

• Cleburne: A Graphic Novel by Justin S. Murphy (2008)