Awards in your library

Summary: 40 Awards.

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

• Te-Tao Ching (Modern Library) by Lao-Tzu (3rd century BCE)
• The Nag Hammadi Library by James M. Robinson (2nd Century)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (91)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (91)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Arts & Humanities, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• When I Knew by Robert Trachtenberg ( GLBTQ, 2006)

ALA Rainbow List

• When I Knew by Robert Trachtenberg (Middle/Early Young Adult Non-Fiction, 2008)
• The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux (Young Adult Nonfiction, 2009)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Journalism Award

• State of Fear by Michael Crichton (2006)

Barry Award nominee

• Death in Holy Orders: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery by P.D. James (British Crime Novel, 2002)

BBC's Big Read

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 33)
• The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho (Best loved novel, 2003, No 94)

Best Books 2006 Awards Winner

• The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles by Bruce H. Lipton (Science)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)

British Book Award

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Book of the Year, 2005)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila (Spiritual Classics)

Christianity Today Book Awards

• The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel (Apologetics/Evangelism, 2005)
• The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris (No. 7, 1997, tie)

Christy Award Nominee

• Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages (Left Behind #11) by Tim F. LaHaye (Futuristic, 2004)

ECPA Christian Book Award

• The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel (Missions/Evangelism, 2005)

Finlandia Prize

• Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo (2000)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind (Office Politics)
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini (Power)

Gaylactic Spectrum Shortlist

• Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo (Novel, 2004)

Giller Prize Shortlist

• Larry's Party by Carol Shields (1997)

The Grawemeyer Award in Religion

• Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations by Jonathan Sacks (2004)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of Original 1946 Edition) by Paramhansa Yogananda
• The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley
• The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions by Huston Smith

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

• Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo (2005)

Kuvastaja

• Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo (2001)

Lambda Literary Award

• Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts by James M. Saslow (Gay Men's Studies, 1999)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• When I Knew by Robert Trachtenberg (Belles Lettres, 2005)
• The Essential Gay Mystics (Essential Series) (Spirituality/Religion, 1997)

Lectrices de Elle

• The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho (Roman, 1995)

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

• Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised by Napoleon Hill (64)

National Book Award

• The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav (Science (Paperback), 1980)

National Book Award finalist

• Lost New York, Expanded and Updated Edition by Nathan Silver (History and Biography, 1968)
• The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature by Heinz R. Pagels (Science (Hardcover), 1983)

New York Times bestseller

• The Secret (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2006)
• Julian: A Novel by Gore Vidal (Fiction, 1964)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Fiction, 1989)
• Walking Shadow (Spenser) by Robert B. Parker (Fiction, 1994)
• Death in Holy Orders: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery by P.D. James (Fiction, 2001)
• Prey by Michael Crichton (Fiction, 2002)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Fiction, 2003)
• Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages (Left Behind #11) by Tim F. LaHaye (Fiction, 2003)
• State of Fear by Michael Crichton (Fiction, 2004)
• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Fiction, 2004)
• Glorious Appearing: The End of Days (Left Behind #12) by Tim F. LaHaye (Fiction, 2004)
• The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (Fiction, 2006)
• The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley (General, 1945)
• The Passover Plot: Special 40th Anniversary Edition by Hugh J. Schonfield (General, 1966)
• The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage by Arthur Koestler (General, 1976)
• Holy Blood, Holy Grail Illustrated Edition: The Secret History of Jesus, the Shocking Legacy of the Grail by Michael Baigent (General, 1982)
• A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong (Nonfiction, 1994)
• The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris (Nonfiction, 1996)
• BRAIN DROPPINGS by George Carlin (Nonfiction, 1997)
• Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit by Garry Wills (Nonfiction, 2000)
• Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative by David Brock (Nonfiction, 2002)
• Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels (Nonfiction, 2003)
• The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong (Nonfiction, 2004)
• Had Enough?: A Handbook for Fighting Back by James Carville (Nonfiction, 2004)
• The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History by Michael Baigent (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Conservatives Without Conscience by John W. Dean (Nonfiction, 2006)
• The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Nonfiction, 2007)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (2007)
• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle (2008)

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction

• Larry's Party by Carol Shields (1998)

Prometheus Award Shortlist

• State of Fear by Michael Crichton (Novel, 2005)

Quill Award

• The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (History/Current Events/Politics, 2007)

Science Writing Award

• The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature by Heinz R. Pagels (Scientist, 1982)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• If This Is a Man (Abacus Books) by Primo Levi (2008)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• If This Is a Man (Abacus Books) by Primo Levi (1997, No 30)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2007, No 5)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (7)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (9)
• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (21)
• The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho (55)
• The Secret (80)