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100 Essential New England Books

• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Boston Globe, #46)
• Sophie's Choice by William Styron (Boston Globe, #49)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Boston Globe, #61)

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

• The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1321)
• A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley (1710)
• Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein (1916)
• 1984 by George Orwell (1949)
• Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung by Mao Tse-Tung (1966)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
• Cryptonomicon. by Neal Stephenson (2006 Edition)
• Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics ed.) by Ovid (2006 Edition)
• Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series) by Chinua Achebe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Herzog by Saul Bellow (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Bridge on the Drina (Phoenix Fiction Series) by Ivo Andric (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Lord of the Rings (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dispatches by Michael Herr (2006/2008 Edition)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Plague (Vintage International) by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Animal Farm by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi (2006/2008 Edition)
• 1984 by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (2006/2008 Edition)
• For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, Ages 8↑)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2009, Ages 12↑)

1956 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• MISSION OF GRAVITY by HAL CLEMENT (18)

Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Nominee

• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (2007)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay

• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1965)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay Nominee

• Here Is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe by Ernie Pyle (1945)
• [Seven pillars of wisdom by T. E Lawrence (1962)
• Sophie's Choice by William Styron (1982)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series) by Chinua Achebe (creative writing, top twelve)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (1967)
• In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall (1971)
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (2002)
• The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (2004)
• A Hat Full of Sky (rpkg) by Terry Pratchett (2005)

ALA Notable Book

• In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall (1971)

ALA Notable Books for Adults

• King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. by Adam Hochschild (1999)
• Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 by Taylor Branch (1999)
• The Death of Vishnu: A Novel by Manil Suri (2002)
• The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authori by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (2005)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (2004)
• A Hat Full of Sky (rpkg) by Terry Pratchett (2005)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" : adventures of a curious character by Richard Phillips Feynman (Biography, 1999)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Written by Himself by Frederick Douglass (Biography, 1999)
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Hiroshima (Vintage) by John Hersey (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions) by W.E.B. Du Bois (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Founding brothers : the revolutionary generation by Joseph J. Ellis (History, 2004)
• A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman (History, 2004)
• Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (History, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Maskerade by Terry Pratchett ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley ( If It Weren’t For Them: Heroes, 2004)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Own Your Freak, 2005)
• Night by Elie Wiesel (Religion: Relationship with the Divine, 2007)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Journey > Destination, 2009)

Albert J. Beveridge Award

• American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan (1976)

Alex Award

• Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (2001)

Ambassador Book Award

• A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan (American Studies, 1989)
• Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch (Biography/Autobiography, 1989)
• Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States) by David M. Kennedy (American Studies, 2000)

Andre Simon Award

• The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe (1996)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch (1989)
• A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power (2003)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (1940)
• 1984 by George Orwell (1949)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)
• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (1973)
• Sophie's Choice by William Styron (1979)

Apollo Award

• The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (1987)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson (2004)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1994)
• The Diamond Age : Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1996)
• Cryptonomicon. by Neal Stephenson (2000)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power (Gold medal, 2003)
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (Gold medal, 2005)
• Postwar : a history of Europe since 1945 by Tony Judt (Gold medal, 2006)

Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist

• The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (2007)

Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• 1984 by George Orwell (placed 17, 1952)

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

• [Seven pillars of wisdom by T. E Lawrence (1962)

Balrog Nominee

• The Stand (Modern Classics) by Stephen King (Novel, 1979)

Bancarella

• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1958)

Bancroft Prize

• Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery by Robert William Fogel (1975)
• Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner (1989)

BBC's Big Read

• The Lord of the Rings (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 01)
• 1984 by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 08)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• Animal Farm by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 46)
• The Stand (Modern Classics) by Stephen King (Best loved novel, 2003, No 53)
• Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 69)
• Night Watch by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 73)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Best loved novel, 2003, No 90)
• The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 93)
• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 137)
• Soul Music (Discworld, Book 16) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 151)
• Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 152)
• The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 153)
• The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 193)
• Witches Abroad (Discworld, Book 12) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 197)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (2003)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Audiobook - Adult Fiction, 2001)

BILBY

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)
• The Lord of the Rings (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 2002)

Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature

• Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (1988)

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Shortlist

• Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (2005)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2007)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Death of Vishnu: A Novel by Manil Suri (2001)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (1988)

Books for a Better Life Award

• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (2008)

Bram Stoker Award

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2001)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (Collection, 1998)
• Earthquake Weather (Tor Fantasy) by Tim Powers (Novel, 1997)

Bram Stoker Nominee

• Black House by Stephen King (Novel, 2001)
• The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3) by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel, 1991)

British Book Award

• Auschwitz: A New History by Laurence Rees (History Book of the Year, 2006)
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (Book of the Year, 1997)
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (Book of the Year, 2004)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1997)
• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2002)

British Fantasy Nominee

• Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4) by Stephen King (Best Novel, 1997)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• Pyramids (Discworld, Book 7) by Terry Pratchett (Novel, 1989)

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