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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2006 Edition)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Catcher in the Rye (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Infinite Jest: A Novel by David Foster Wallace (2006/2008 Edition)
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (2006/2008 Edition)
• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (2006/2008 Edition)
• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (2008 Edition)
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (2008 Edition)

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

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (2009, No 593, Age 8 and over)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (2009, No 685, Age 8 and over)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Flowers for Algernon: Student Edition by Daniel Keyes (36)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (15)
• The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King (23)
• 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (32)

2009 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

• Shatter by Michael Robotham (Nominee)

ABA ABBY Winner

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (Children's, 1999)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Scary Stories Treasury: Omnibus by Alvin Schwartz (1)
• The Catcher in the Rye (10)
• Flowers for Algernon: Student Edition by Daniel Keyes (43)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (67)
• Private Parts by Howard Stern (86)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Scary Stories Treasury: Omnibus by Alvin Schwartz (1)
• The Catcher in the Rye (10)
• Flowers for Algernon: Student Edition by Daniel Keyes (47)
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (69)
• Private Parts by Howard Stern (87)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (1974)
• Cosmos by Carl Sagan (1980)
• The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll (1991)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (1999)
• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1999)
• Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho by Jon Katz (2001)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008)
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (2009)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (1999)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose (Biography, 1999)
• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Fiction, 1999)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho by Jon Katz (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• What Is the What by Dave Eggers (History & Cultures, 2009)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Science & Technology, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis ( Changing Dimensions, 1999)
• The Catcher in the Rye (Own Your Freak, 2005)
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (I'm Not Making This Up, 2007)
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Change Your World, 2010)

Alex Award

• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1998)
• 10th Grade: A Novel by Joe Weisberg (2003)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2004)
• The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield (2007)
• Bad Monkeys: A Novel (P.S.) by Matt Ruff (2008)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: August 2009

• This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: March 2009

• Lowboy: A Novel by John Wray

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (#14)
• Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi (#32)
• Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (#54)
• Lowboy: A Novel by John Wray (#64)

Ambassador Book Award

• Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose (American Studies, 1997)

American Book Award

• The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch (1998)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1994)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2000)

Balrog Nominee

• The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King (Novel, 1979)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Barry Award Nominee

• Shatter by Michael Robotham (British Crime Novel, 2009)

BBC's Big Read

• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Best loved novel, 2003, No 11)
• The Catcher in the Rye (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (Best loved novel, 2003, No 22)
• Watership Down by Richard Adams (Best loved novel, 2003, No 42)
• The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King (Best loved novel, 2003, No 53)
• High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (Best loved novel, 2003, No 143)
• The Green Mile by Stephen King (Best loved novel, 2003, No 146)

Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2005)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2005)
• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2007)
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2008)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, 2008)

Booker Prize Longlist

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)
• The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson (2006)
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2009)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2009)

Bookgasm Best Sci-Fi

• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (2008)

Borders Original Voices

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

Bram Stoker

• Four Past Midnight (Signet) by Stephen King (Fiction Collection, 1990)
• The Green Mile by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel, 1996)
• Bag of Bones by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel, 1998)
• On Writing by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, 2000)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Haunted: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk (Collection, 2005)
• Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link (Collection, 2005)

Bram Stoker Nominee

• Hearts In Atlantis: New Fiction by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, 1999)
• Everything's Eventual : Five Dark Tales by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, 2002)
• Desperation by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel (Nomination below cutoff), 1996)
• Insomnia by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel, 1994)

British Book Award

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Best Read of the Year, 2008)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (Children's Book of the Year, 1998)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Literary Fiction Award Shortlist, 2005)
• Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael Moore (Book of the Year, 2003)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Book of the Year, 2005)

British Fantasy Award

• Bag of Bones by Stephen King (August Derleth Fantasy, Best Novel, 1999)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2005)
• Hearts In Atlantis: New Fiction by Stephen King (Best Short Story, 1999)

British Fantasy Nominee

• The Green Mile by Stephen King (Best Novel, 1996)
• Everything's Eventual : Five Dark Tales by Stephen King (Collection, 2003)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (1984)
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990)
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1993)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon (Novel, 2007)

Carnegie Medal

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972)

Carnegie Medal Shortlist

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (1997)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Fiction, Gold, 2000)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon (Fiction, Gold, 2007)

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

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson

CWA Library Dagger

• Shatter by Michael Robotham (Nominee)

Dilys Award nominee

• The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield (2007)

Ditmar Award

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (International Fiction, 1985)

Edgar Award

• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Fact Crime, 1966)
• Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (Fact Crime, 2008)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon (Novel, 2008)

Emperor Norton Award

• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (2008)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (1995)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ( co-recipient)

FCBG Children's Book Award

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling (Overall winner and Longer Novel Category, 1997)

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