Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2006/2008 Edition)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (10)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (11)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The PreHistory of The Far Side ®:: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit (Far Side Series) by Gary Larson (1991)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (Non-fiction, 1999)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov (1964)

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)
• Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (2004)

Aurealis Award

• Distress: A Novel by Greg Egan (SF novel, 1995)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

Bram Stoker Award

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

British Fantasy Award Nominee

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

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1993)
• Interface by Neal Stephenson (1996)
• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (2001)
• Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (2003)

Canada Reads Nominee

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2005)

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

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould

Geffen Award

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2003)

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

• Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte (1991)

Giller Prize Shortlist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

Governor General's Literary Award Finalist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 2003)

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Roman étranger, 1997)

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

• The Chain of Chance by Stanislaw Lem (International Prize, 1979)

Guardian 1000

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Hugo

• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (Novel, 1968)
• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 1996)
• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2002)

Hugo Nominee

• Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge (Novel, 1987)
• The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks (Novel, 2005)

Ignotus Award

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Foreign novel, 2001)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award Long List

• Distress: A Novel by Greg Egan (1996)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1996)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' by Gene Wolfe (78.1)

Locus

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy Novel, 2002)
• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (SF Novel, 1996)
• The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) by Neal Stephenson (SF Novel, 2005)

Locus Award

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Best Fantasy Novel, 2002)
• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Best Science Fiction Novel, 1996)

Locus Recommended Reading

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy Novel, 2001)
• Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (Science Fiction Novel, 2003)
• The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction Novel, 2004)
• The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks (Science Fiction Novel, 2004)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (Science and Technology, 1997)

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1968)

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

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (24)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman

National Book Award

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Science (Hardcover), 1980)

National Book Award finalist

• The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov (Fiction, 1965)
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (Science (Hardcover), 1982)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (General Nonfiction, 1981)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter (General Nonfiction, 1979)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Nonfiction, 1997)

Nebula

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2002)

Nebula Nominee

• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (Novel, 1967)
• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 1996)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter (1979)
• Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett (1991)
• The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker (1994)

New York Times bestseller

• American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Fiction, 2001)
• Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (Fiction, 2003)

North Carolina Childrens Book Award

• Verdi by Janell Cannon (Picture Books, 1999)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Franz Kafka: The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
• Borges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

Orange Prize Shortlist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2004)

Prometheus Award

• Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge (Novel, 1987)
• The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 2005)

Prometheus Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 1993)
• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 1996)

Pulitzer Prize

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter (General Non-Fiction, 1980)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Non-Fiction, 1998)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker (General, 1995)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General, 1999)

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