Awards in your library

Summary: 15 Awards.

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery (Science & Technology, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore ( Change Your World, 2010)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2008)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean (Ethics)
• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power by Daniel Yergin (Globalization)
• The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials) by Peter F. Drucker (Negotiating & Managing)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

IPPY

• Leading the Revolution: How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life by Gary Hamel (Business/Career, 2001)

IPPY Bronze

• Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage by Daniel C. Esty (Environment/Ecology/Nature, 2007)

New York Times bestseller

• OVERLOAD by Arthur Hailey (Fiction, 1979)
• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power by Daniel Yergin (Nonfiction, 1991)
• Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming the Public Sector by David Osborne (Nonfiction, 1992)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2000)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, 2005)
• The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan (Nonfiction, 2007)
• This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future by John Kerry (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming by Miriam Horn (Nonfiction, 2008)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Paperback Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 1990)

Pulitzer Prize

• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power by Daniel Yergin (General Non-Fiction, 1992)

Quill Award

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt (Business, 2005)
• An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore (History/Current Events/Politics, 2006)
• The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (History/Current Events/Politics, 2007)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (General, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year

• Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes (2003)

SIBA Book Award

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver (Nonfiction, 2008)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver (Non-fiction (7), 2007)