Awards in your library

Summary: 39 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (37)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (37)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (1986)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Fiction, 1999)
• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (History, 2004)
• Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey (History, 2004)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (1987)

Aurora Award Shortlist

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (1986)

BBC's Big Read

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Best loved novel, 2003, No 131)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (1986)

Canada Reads Nominee

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (2002)

Combat des livres

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Best Book, Caribbean and Canada Region, 1987)

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

• The Compact Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically (in slipcase with reading glass) (v. 1-20) by E. S. C. Weiner

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)

Governor General's Literary Award

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Fiction, 1985)

Guardian 1000

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Crime)
• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Irish Book Award Nominee

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Tubridy Show Listener's Choice, 2007)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award Shortlist

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Retrospective)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Fiction, 1986)

Martin Beck Award

• An instance of the fingerpost by Iain Pears (1999)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (The Reader's List, 53)

Médicis

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Étranger, 1982)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• A Gentle Madness - Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, And The Eternal Passion For Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes (General Nonfiction, 1995)

Nebula Nominee

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Novel, 1986)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (1983)
• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (1986)

New York Times bestseller

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Fiction, 1983)
• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Fiction, 1986)
• An instance of the fingerpost by Iain Pears (Fiction, 1998)
• Death Be Not Proud (P.S.) by John J. Gunther (General, 1949)
• Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition by Oliver Sacks (Nonfiction, 2007)

PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (1984)

Prometheus Award Shortlist

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (Novel, 1987)

Ritz Hemingway Prize Shortlist

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (1987)

San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year

• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (2003)

Strega

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (1981)

TIME Best of '86

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (Non-fiction (5), 2003)

Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time - UK Crime Writers' Association

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (13)

The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time Mystery Writers of America

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (23)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (1997, No 42)
• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (1997, No 58)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD (2007, No 11)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (2007, No 21)

ZDF Das große Lesen - Die Lieblingsbücher der Deutschen

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (18)

Århundrets bibliotek

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco