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

• Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (3rd century BCE)
• Meditations (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Marcus Aurelius (167)
• Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau (1849)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Time's Arrow (Vintage International) by Martin Amis (2006 Edition)
• The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald (2006 Edition)
• The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Penguin Classics) by Peter France (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau (2006/2008 Edition)
• Neuromancer (Remembering Tomorrow) by William Gibson (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (English Library) by Laurence Sterne (2006/2008 Edition)
• Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (2006/2008 Edition)
• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan (2006/2008 Edition)
• Once And Future King by T. H. White (2006/2008 Edition)
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (2006/2008 Edition)
• Elective Affinities (Penguin Classics) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Devil's Pool by George Sand (2008 edition)
• Journey to the Alcarria Travels Through the Spanish Countryside. Reprint (Traveler) by Camilo Jose Cela (2008 Edition)

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

• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book One) by Lian Hearn (2009, Age 12 and over)
• The Hobbit (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, No 467, Age 8 and over)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J. R. R. Tolkien (2009, No 801, Age 12 and over)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum (2009, Ages 8↑)

1952 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• The Foundation Trilogy: Three classics of science fiction by Isaac Asimov (15)

1956 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• The Foundation Trilogy: Three classics of science fiction by Isaac Asimov (12)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (3)
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (4)
• The Foundation Trilogy: Three classics of science fiction by Isaac Asimov (6)
• Ringworld by Larry Niven (12)
• To Your Scattered Body Go by Philip Jose Farmer (17)
• Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (22)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Hobbit (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2)
• Once And Future King by T. H. White (6)
• Little Big by John Crowley (10)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum (20)
• Lord Valentine's castle by Robert Silverberg (25)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (2)
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (5)
• The Foundation Trilogy: Three classics of science fiction by Isaac Asimov (6)
• Ringworld by Larry Niven (9)
• Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (21)
• To Your Scattered Body Go by Philip Jose Farmer (27)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book) by Audrey Niffenegger (2004, 72)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver (1968)
• I Sing the Body Electric! by Bradbury Ray (1969)
• Lord Valentine's castle by Robert Silverberg (1980)
• Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper (1992)
• Pastwatch The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card (1997)
• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1999)
• Timeline by Michael Crichton (2001)
• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book One) by Lian Hearn (2004)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman (Biography, 1999)
• The Art of Living : The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness by Epictetus (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (Fiction, 1999)
• The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson (Science & Technology, 2004)
• The Golden Ratio : The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Good Poems by Various (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis ( Changing Dimensions, 1999)
• Startide Rising (Uplift Trilogy) by David Brin ( Simply Science Fiction, 2004)
• Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein ( Simply Science Fiction, 2004)

Alex Award

• To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (1998)
• Space by Jesse L. Kercheval (1999)
• The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book) by Audrey Niffenegger (2004)
• Truth & Beauty : A Friendship by Ann Patchett (2005)

Ambassador Book Award

• The Writing Life by Annie Dillard (American Arts & Letters, 1990)
• American Sphinx : The Character of Thomas Jefferson (Vintage) by Joseph J. Ellis (Biography, 1998)

And/Or Book Award

• Being Digital (Vintage) by Nicholas Negroponte (Moving Image, 1995)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Once And Future King by T. H. White (1958)
• Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer (1983)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1998)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (1996)
• Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson (1997)
• The Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper (1998)
• The Cassini Division : A Novel (Fall Revolution) by Ken MacLeod (1999)
• Light by M. John Harrison (2003)
• Coalescent : A Novel by Stephen Baxter (2004)

Atlantic Monthly Best Book of the Year

• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan

Aurealis Award

• The White Abacus by Damien Broderick (SF novel, 1997)
• The Centurion's Empire by Sean McMullen (SF novel, 1998)

Aurealis Award Finalist

• Echoes of Earth by Sean Williams (SF Novel, 2002)

Bagutta

• Danube (Panther S.) by Claudio Magris (1987)

Balrog Fantasy Award

• Practice Effect by David Brin (1985)

BBC's Big Read

• The Hobbit (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• The Color of Magic (Discworld, Book 1) by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 93)
• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan (Best loved novel, 2003, No 154)
• Once And Future King by T. H. White (Best loved novel, 2003, No 198)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography by William F. Buckley (Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs, 2005)

BILBY

• The Hobbit (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)

Boeke Prize

• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan (2002)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)
• The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book) by Audrey Niffenegger ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)
• Truth & Beauty : A Friendship by Ann Patchett ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2005)
• Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Time's Arrow (Vintage International) by Martin Amis (1991)
• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan (2001)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Bhagavad-Gita; Krishna's Counsel in Time of War (Mystical Classics of the World)
• The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo

Boston Globe Best Book of the Year

• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury (Collection, 1988)
• Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (Collection, 1998)

British Book Award

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (Book of the Year, 1997)
• The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book) by Audrey Niffenegger (Popular Fiction Award, 2006)
• A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle (Travel Writer of the Year, 1990)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1979)
• The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1996)
• Driving Blind by Ray Bradbury (Collection, 1999)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (Novel, 1995)
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Novel, 1997)
• The Sky Road (Fall Revolution) by Ken MacLeod (Novel, 1999)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Engine Summer by John Crowley (1980)
• Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Heechee Saga) by Frederik Pohl (1980)
• Neuromancer (Remembering Tomorrow) by William Gibson (1984)
• Green Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson (1993)
• Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy) by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
• Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick (1997)
• The Cassini Division : A Novel (Fall Revolution) by Ken MacLeod (1998)
• Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Mary Doria Russell (1999)
• Light by M. John Harrison (2002)

Carnegie Medal Shortlist

• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book One) by Lian Hearn (2002)

Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year

• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan

Christian Booksellers Association

• The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren (100 Christian Books That Changed the Twentieth Century)

Christianity Today Book Awards

• Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael J. Behe (No. 1, 1997, Book of the Year)
• The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris (No. 7, 1997, tie)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Confessions of Max Tivoli : A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer (Fiction, Gold, 2004)
• Will's boy: A memoir by Wright Morris (Nonfiction, Silver, 1981)

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

• Good-Bye to All That : An Autobiography (Anchor Books) by Robert Graves

Crossword Prize

• An Equal Music : A Novel (Vintage International) by Vikram Seth (English-language fiction, 1999)

Crossword Prize shortlist

• An Equal Music : A Novel (Vintage International) by Vikram Seth (1999)

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book One) by Lian Hearn (Jugendjury 2004)

Ditmar Award

• Echoes of Earth by Sean Williams (Australian Novel, 2003)
• Ringworld by Larry Niven (International Fiction, 1972)
• Neuromancer (Remembering Tomorrow) by William Gibson (International Fiction, 1985)
• The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin (International Fiction, 1986)
• The White Abacus by Damien Broderick (Long Fiction, 1998)

Ditmar Shortlist

• The Centurion's Empire by Sean McMullen (Long Fiction, 1999)
• Souls in the Great Machine (Greatwinter Trilogy) by Sean McMullen (Novel, 2000)

Duff Cooper Prize

• Bitter Lemons by Lawrence Durrell (1957)

EMMA - BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award

• An Equal Music : A Novel (Vintage International) by Vikram Seth (2001)

Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year

• Atonement : A Novel by Ian McEwan

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