Awards in your library

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

• Odyssey by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Iliad of Homer by Richmond (Translated by) Homer; Lattimore (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Lao Tzu: Te-Tao Ching - A New Translation Based on the Recently Discovered Ma-wang-tui Texts (Classics of Ancient China) by Lao Tzu (3rd century BCE)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (2009, No 593, Age 8 and over)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (15)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (1974)
• Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman (1986)
• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (1992)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Odyssey by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition by Bill Bryson (Science & Technology, 2004)
• The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen William Hawking (Science & Technology, 2004)
• The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (Arts & Humanities, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman ( Going Alternative, 1997)
• Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman ( Going Alternative, 1997)
• Battle Royale by Koushun Takami ( Death and Dying, 2009)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (2005)

American Book Award

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (1992)

Aventis Prize for Science Books

• A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition by Bill Bryson (2004)

BBC's Big Read

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (Best loved novel, 2003, No 42)
• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 171)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• Second City: Backstage At The World's Greatest Comedy Theater by Sheldon Patinkin (Humor (Comedy/Satire), 2001)

Benjamin Franklin Award (Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction, 2007) Stanley Lombardo translation

• The Iliad of Homer by Richmond (Translated by) Homer; Lattimore

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• Odyssey by Homer

Borges' A Personal Library

• Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Novel, 2002)

British Book Award

• Churchill by Roy Jenkins (Biography of the Year, 2003)

Carnegie Medal

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• History of Architecture by Spiro Kostof (Nonfiction, Gold, 1985)

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

• For Keeps: 30 Years at the Movies by Pauline Kael

Ditmar Award

• SCIENCE FICTION IN THE CINEMA (THE 'INTERNATIONAL FILM GUIDE' SERIES) by JOHN BAXTER (Special Award, 1971)

Eisner Award

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 1992)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests by James A. Miller (Office Politics)

Guardian 1000

• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (1973)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Gandhi by Mohandas Gandhi

Harvey Award

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 1992)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (1975)
• Matthew A.B.C. by Peter Catalanotto (2002)

Lambda Literary Award

• Naked by David Sedaris (Humor, 1997)
• Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (Humor, 2000)
• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Humor, 2004)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays by David Sedaris (Humor, 1994)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Fiction, 1992)

LOST Book Club

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking
• Watership Down by Richard Adams

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

• Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life : The Companion Book by Michael Paxton (6)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (The Reader's List, 79)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee

• Watership Down by Richard Adams

National Book Award finalist

• From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present by Jacques Barzun (Nonfiction, 2000)
• Odyssey by Homer (Translation, 1968)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Biography/Autobiography, 1991)
• From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present by Jacques Barzun (Criticism, 2000)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Watership Down by Richard Adams (1974)
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking (1988)
• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (1991)

New York Times bestseller

• Our Dumb World by The Onion (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2007)
• Watership Down by Richard Adams (Fiction, 1974)
• The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (Fiction, 1983)
• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Fiction, 1991)
• Here is New York by E.B. White (General, 1950)
• The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol (Nonfiction, 1989)
• Naked by David Sedaris (Nonfiction, 1997)
• Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (Nonfiction, 2000)
• From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present by Jacques Barzun (Nonfiction, 2000)
• The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen William Hawking (Nonfiction, 2001)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition by Bill Bryson (Nonfiction, 2003)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart (Nonfiction, 2004)
• Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography by Andrew Morton (Nonfiction, 2008)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated by David Thomson (2009)
• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Odyssey by Homer (2009, No. 8)
• The Iliad of Homer by Richmond (Translated by) Homer; Lattimore (2009, No. 8)
• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2009, No. 56)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
• The Iliad of Homer by Richmond (Translated by) Homer; Lattimore
• Odyssey by Homer

NPR's Best Picture Books

• Seen Behind the Scene (Photography) by Mary Ellen Mark (2008)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Seen Behind the Scene (Photography) by Mary Ellen Mark (2008)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2003)

Pajiba's Best Books of the Generation

• Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2007, No 07)

Publishing Triangle

• Naked by David Sedaris (Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, 1998)

Pulitzer Prize

• Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman ( special category honored two-volume set)
• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Special Awards and Citations - Letters, 1992)

Quill Award

• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart (Humor, 2005)

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