Awards in your library

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

• The Second Sex (Vintage classics) by Simone de Beauvoir (1948)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2006/2008 Edition)
• Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (2006/2008 Edition)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924 (2006/2008 Edition)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe (creative writing, top twelve)
• Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (creative writing, top twelve)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1998)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (2003)

BBC's Big Read

• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (Best loved novel, 2003, No 125)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924 (Best loved novel, 2003, No 158)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver ( Adult Winner, 2000)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)

Booker Prize

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2002)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924

British Science Fiction Association Award

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Novel, 1997)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (2002)

Canada Reads Nominee

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)

Combat des livres

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• Red earth and pouring rain : a novel by Vikram Chandra (Overall Best First Book, 1996)

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

• Orientalism by Edward W. Said

David Higham Prize for Fiction

• Red earth and pouring rain : a novel by Vikram Chandra (1995)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (2000)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)

Gaylactic Spectrum

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Hall of Fame, 2001)

Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Hall of Fame, 2000)

Guardian 1000

• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe (State of the nation)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924 (War and travel)

Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2001)

Hugo Nominee

• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Novel, 2003)

J. David Greenstone Prize

• Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth-Century British Liberal Thought by Uday Singh Mehta (2001)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1996)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1997)

Kurd Laßwitz Preis

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Bestes ausländisches Werk, 2001)

Lambda Literary Award

• The Transgender Reader by Susan Stryker (Transgender, 2006)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924 (28)
• Skinny legs and all by Tom Robbins (70)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924

Locus

• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (SF Novel, 2003)

Locus Nominee

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (First Novel, 1997)

Locus Recommended Reading

• The tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip (Fantasy Novel, 2000)
• The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Science Fiction Novel, 2002)

LOST Book Club

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924

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

• Orientalism by Edward W. Said (76)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924 (The Board's List, 67)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Nominee

• The forgotten beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip (Best Adult Literature Novel, 1975)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Orientalism by Edward W. Said (Criticism, 1978)

Nebula Nominee

• The tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip (Novel, 2001)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The fate of the elephant by Douglas H. Chadwick (1993)
• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (1998)

New York Times bestseller

• Jitterbug perfume by Tom Robbins (Fiction, 1984)
• Skinny legs and all by Tom Robbins (Fiction, 1990)
• To Green Angel Tower, Book Three: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams (Fiction, 1993)
• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction, 1998)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Fiction, 2002)
• When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (Nonfiction, 1995)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe (2009, No. 14)
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924 (2009, No. 75)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe (2003)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)

Orange Prize Shortlist

• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)

PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)

Prix du grand public Salon du livre de Montréal / La Presse

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction, 1999)

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