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

• The Odyssey (Classics) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Iliad: New Prose Translation (Classics) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• History of the Peloponnesian War (Classics) by Thucydides (5th century BCE)
• The Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus (2 - 5th century BCE)
• The Republic (Penguin Classics) by Plato (380 BCE)
• The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) by Virgil (19 BCE)
• The Annals of Imperial Rome (Classics) by Tacitus (120 AD)
• The Enneads (Classics) by Plotinus (3rd century)
• Confessions by Saint Augustine (400 AD)
• Leviathan (Everyman Paperbacks) by Thomas Hobbes (1651)
• Critique Of Pure Reason (Everyman) by Immanuel Kant (1787)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor (2006 Edition)
• The Light of Day by Graham Swift (2006 Edition)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2006 Edition)
• Fables (Classics) by Aesop (2006 Edition)
• Metamorphoses of Ovid by Ovid (2006 Edition)
• The Lord of the Rings (Unicorn) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gosta Berling's Saga (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) by Selma Lagerlof (2006/2008 Edition)
• Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain by Evelyn Waugh (2006/2008 Edition)
• Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Master and Margarita (Harvill Panther) by Mikhail Bulgakov (2006/2008 Edition)
• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (2006/2008 Edition)
• Anna Karenina (Penguin Classics) by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Golden Ass (Oxford World's Classics) by Apuleius (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (2006/2008 Edition)
• Treasure Island (Oxford World's Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Leopard (Harvill Panther) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (2006/2008 Edition)
• Obabakoak by Bernardo Atxaga (2008 Edition)

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

• Charmed Life (Puffin Books) by Diana Wynne Jones (2009, No 610, Age 8 and over)
• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (2009, No 711, Age 8 and over)
• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (2009, No 855, Age 12 and over)
• Fables (Classics) by Aesop (2009, Ages 8↑)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• The Lord of the Rings (Unicorn) by J.R.R. Tolkien (15)
• Cities In Flight (S.F. Masterworks) by James Blish (27)
• A Case Of Conscience (S.F. Masterworks) by James Blish (28)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Lord of the Rings (Unicorn) by J.R.R. Tolkien (1)

Agatha Award Nominee

• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Novel, 1994)
• Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters (Novel, 1994)
• The Ape Who Guards the Balance: An Amelia Peabody Mystery by Elizabeth Peters (Novel, 1998)
• Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (Novel, 2000)
• The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters (Novel, 2002)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (73)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (67)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Beauty by Robin McKinley (1978)
• The Blue Sword (Orbit Books) by Robin McKinley (1982)
• The Hero and the Crown (Orbit Books) by Robin McKinley (1985)
• Howl's Moving Castle (Teens) by Diana Wynne Jones (1986)
• Dragonsbane (Unicorn) by Barbara Hambly (1986)
• Immortal Blood by Barbara Hambly (1988)
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman (1992)
• Deerskin by Robin McKinley (1994)
• Stranger at the Wedding by Barbara Hambly (1995)
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (1995)
• The Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley (1998)
• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1999)
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (2002)
• The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding (2005)
• Sunshine by Robin McKinley (2005)
• A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (2005)
• Poison by Chris Wooding (2006)
• Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince: Children's Edition (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling (2006)
• Wintersmith: A Story of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (2007)
• Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (2008)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) [Children's Edition] by J. K. Rowling (2008)
• Nation by Terry Pratchett (2009)

ALA Best of the Best in YA 1966-1992

• Howl's Moving Castle (Teens) by Diana Wynne Jones (1986)

ALA Booklist "Top 10 Fantasy Novels for Youth"

• The Dark Lord Of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey (Classics) by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Fiction, 1999)
• Beauty by Robin McKinley (Fiction, 1999)
• The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 by Brian M. Fagan (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters ( Adult Mysteries for Teens, 1998)
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Adult Mysteries for Teens, 1998)
• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis ( Changing Dimensions, 1999)
• Beauty by Robin McKinley (Romance -- Passion and Heartbreak, 2000)
• Maskerade (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Gollancz S.F.) by Ursula K Le Guin ( Short Takes, 2000)
• Men at Arms (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett ( Humor, 2001)
• Howl's Moving Castle (Teens) by Diana Wynne Jones ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• Carpe Jugulum (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• The Blue Sword (Orbit Books) by Robin McKinley ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis ( Simply Science Fiction, 2004)
• The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold ( Simply Science Fiction, 2004)
• The Hero and the Crown (Orbit Books) by Robin McKinley ( If It Weren’t For Them: Heroes, 2004)
• Deerskin by Robin McKinley ( Gateway to Faerie, 2005)
• Spindle's End by Robin McKinley ( Gateway to Faerie, 2005)
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman (What’s so Funny?, 2007)
• Deep Secret (Gollancz S.F.) by Diana Wynne Jones ( Magic in the Real World, 2008)
• The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde ( Twists on the Tale, 2010)
• Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett ( Twists on the Tale, 2010)

Alex Award

• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1998)
• The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (2003)
• Rats: A Year with New York's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan (2005)

Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award

• Jackson Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe (2000)

Amazon.com Best Books

• The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson (Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2008)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones (2004)
• A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (2005)

Andre Norton Award

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) [Children's Edition] by J. K. Rowling (2007)

Andre Simon Award

• Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book by Jane Grigson (1978)
• North Atlantic Seafood by Alan Davidson (1978)
• The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day by Claudia Roden (1997)
• Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Cooking by Fergus Henderson (1999)
• The Penguin Companion to Food by Alan Davidson (1999)
• The River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (2001)
• The River Cottage Meat Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (2004)
• Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon by Claudia Roden (2005)
• The River Cottage Fish Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (2007)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Gaudy Night (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L Sayers (Novel Of The Century, 2000)
• Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (Novel, 2001)
• Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer (Young Adult, 2004)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain by Evelyn Waugh (1945)
• Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor (1952)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Use of Weapons (The Culture) by Iain Banks (1991)
• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1993)
• The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson (1996)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2000)
• Passage by Connie Willis (2002)
• Accelerando by Charles Stross (2006)

Barnes and Noble Maiden Voyage Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy First Novel

• Silk by Caitlin R. Kiernan

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• Strong Poison (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L Sayers (1930)

BBC's Big Read

• The Lord of the Rings (Unicorn) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 01)
• Treasure Island (Oxford World's Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (Best loved novel, 2003, No 36)
• Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain by Evelyn Waugh (Best loved novel, 2003, No 45)
• Anna Karenina (Penguin Classics) by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 54)
• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (Best loved novel, 2003, No 59)
• Mort (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 65)
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman (Best loved novel, 2003, No 68)
• Guards! Guards! (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 69)
• Night Watch by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 73)
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Best loved novel, 2003, No 76)
• Small Gods (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 102)
• The Master and Margarita (Harvill Panther) by Mikhail Bulgakov (Best loved novel, 2003, No 130)
• Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 135)
• Men at Arms (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 148)
• Soul Music (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 151)
• Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 152)
• The Fifth Elephant (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 153)
• The Truth (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 193)
• Witches Abroad (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 197)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (2001)
• Wintersmith: A Story of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (2006)
• Nation by Terry Pratchett (2008)

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

• The Iliad: New Prose Translation (Classics) by Homer

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

• The Odyssey (Classics) by Homer

BILBY

• The Lord of the Rings (Unicorn) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 2002)
• Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince: Children's Edition (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling (older readers, 2006)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) [Children's Edition] by J. K. Rowling (older readers, 2008)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

• The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde (2004)
• All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre (2006)

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Shortlist

• Going Postal (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (2005)
• Thud! (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (2006)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2003)
• Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2004)
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)
• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (Children's Literature Honor Book, 2004)

The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee

• What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies (1986)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Light of Day by Graham Swift (2003)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• An Insular Possession (Picador Books) by Timothy Mo (1986)
• The Deposition of Father McGreevy by Brian O'Doherty (2000)
• The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor (2002)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) by Virgil
• The Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• Nation by Terry Pratchett (Fiction and Poetry, 2009)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Silk by Caitlin R. Kiernan (First Novel, 1998)

British Academy Book Prize

• Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490 - 1700 by Diarmaid MacCulloch (2004)
• The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village by E Duffy (Shortlist)

British Book Award

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (Children's Book of the Year, 2002)
• The River Cafe Cook Book by Rose Gray (Illustrated Book of the Year, 1996)
• Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince: Children's Edition (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling (Book of the Year, 2006)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Excession by Iain M. Banks (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1997)
• The Devil You Know: A Felix Castor Novel (Felix Castor Novel 1) by Mike Carey (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2007)

British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee

• Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde (2005)

British Guild of Food Writers

• Gordon Ramsay's Just Desserts by Gordon Ramsay (Cookery Book of the Year, 2002)
• How to Cook Better by Shaun Hill (Cookery Book of the Year, 2005)
• The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day by Claudia Roden (Food Book of the Year, 1998)
• The Penguin Companion to Food by Alan Davidson (Food Book of the Year, 2000)
• The River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Michael Smith Award, 2002)
• The River Cottage Fish Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Michael Smith Award, 2008)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• Pyramids (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett (Novel, 1989)
• Excession by Iain M. Banks (Novel, 1996)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Use of Weapons (The Culture) by Iain Banks (1990)
• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1992)
• Inversions by Iain M. Banks (1998)
• Accelerando by Charles Stross (2005)
• A Case Of Conscience (S.F. Masterworks) by James Blish (BSFA Fiftieth Anniversary Award - Best Novel of 1958)

C. J. Goodwin Award of Merit

• Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity by Jonathan M. Hall (1999)

CAA Award

• What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies (Fiction, 1986)

Carnegie Medal

• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (2001)

Carnegie Medal Commended

• Charmed Life (Puffin Books) by Diana Wynne Jones (1977)
• The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones (1998)

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