Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Story of O by Pauline; Sabine d'Estree [translator] Reage (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nadja by Andre; Howard Breton, Richard (translator) (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (2006/2008 Edition)
• Tin Drum 1ST Edition Us by Gunther Grass (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Quiet American (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• The lost steps by Alejo Carpentier (2008 Edition)
• Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado (2008 Edition)

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

• Harriet, the spy by Louise Fitzhugh (2009, Ages 8↑)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Dune by Frank Herbert (1)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Dune by Frank Herbert (1)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Fixer: A Novel by Bernard Malamud (Fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Bat Boy Lives!: The WEEKLY WORLD NEWS Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks t by Editors of Weekly World News (What’s so Funny?, 2007)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Bat Boy Lives!: The WEEKLY WORLD NEWS Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks t by Editors of Weekly World News (2006)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• Bat Boy Lives!: The WEEKLY WORLD NEWS Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks t by Editors of Weekly World News (2006)

American Book Award

• Reservation blues by Sherman Alexie (1996)
• Race Traitor: Surrealism in the USA by John; Henson Garvey, Beth; Ignatiev, Noel (1997)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene (1940)
• ISLAND = A NOVEL by HUXLEY ALDOUS (1962)
• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (1969)

APR Honickman 1st Book Prize

• In the Surgical Theatre by Dana Levin (1999)

BBC's Big Read

• Dune by Frank Herbert (Best loved novel, 2003, No 39)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Varieties of Religious Experience:Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered in Edinburgh 1901 - 1902 by William James

British Book Award

• A YEAR IN PROVENCE by MAYLE PETER (Travel Writer of the Year, 1990)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (1984)

The Constance Lindsay Skinner Achievement Award

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (merit in the realm of books, Women's National Book Association)

Deux Magots

• Story of O by Pauline; Sabine d'Estree [translator] Reage (1955)

Guardian 1000

• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (Comedy)
• The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene (Family and self)
• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (Love)
• Dune by Frank Herbert (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Tin Drum 1ST Edition Us by Gunther Grass (War and travel)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Varieties of Religious Experience:Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered in Edinburgh 1901 - 1902 by William James
• The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene

Hawthornden Prize

• The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene (1941)

Hugo

• Dune by Frank Herbert (Novel, 1966)

International and US Councils of Woman Citation

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

International IMPAC Dublin

• Reservation blues by Sherman Alexie (Shortlist, 1997)

Isaak Walton League Annual Founders Award

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (Fiction, 1984)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories by Raymond Carver (62)

Libraires du Québec

• A YEAR IN PROVENCE by MAYLE PETER (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 1995)

Library of Congress Children’s Book of the Year

• Harriet, the spy by Louise Fitzhugh (1964)

Locus Recommended Reading

• Mathematicians in Love by Rudy Rucker (Science Fiction Novel, 2006)

LOST Book Club

• ISLAND = A NOVEL by HUXLEY ALDOUS

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• The lost steps by Alejo Carpentier (1956)
• Tin Drum 1ST Edition Us by Gunther Grass (1962)

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

• The Varieties of Religious Experience:Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered in Edinburgh 1901 - 1902 by William James (2)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (5)

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

• The Varieties of Religious Experience:Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered in Edinburgh 1901 - 1902 by William James (43)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (61)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (The Board's List, 52)
• Dune by Frank Herbert (The Reader's List, 13)

Murray Morgan Prize

• Reservation blues by Sherman Alexie (1995)

Médicis

• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Essai, 2007)

National Book Award

• The Fixer: A Novel by Bernard Malamud (Fiction, 1967)
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Nonfiction, 2005)

National Book Award finalist

• The White Album by Joan Didion (General Nonfiction (Paperback), 1981)
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (Nonfiction, 1962)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Nonfiction, 1963)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Autobiography/Memoir, 2005)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (General Nonfiction, 1979)

Nebula

• Dune by Frank Herbert (Novel, 1965)

New England Outdoor Writers Association Award for Distinguished Service

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (1969)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (1979)
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005)

New York Times bestseller

• The Quiet American (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Graham Greene (Fiction, 1956)
• Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado (Fiction, 1962)
• ISLAND = A NOVEL by HUXLEY ALDOUS (Fiction, 1962)
• Tin Drum 1ST Edition Us by Gunther Grass (Fiction, 1963)
• The Comedians (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene (Fiction, 1966)
• The Fixer: A Novel by Bernard Malamud (Fiction, 1966)
• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (Fiction, 1969)
• Local Anaesthetic by Gunter Grass (Fiction, 1970)
• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (Fiction, 1985)
• The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion (Fiction, 1996)
• The Joy of Cooking Standard Edition: The All-Purpose Cookbook (Plume) by Irma S. Rombauer (General, 1951)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (General, 1979)
• No Bad Dogs - The Woodhouse Way by Barbara Woodhouse - (General, 1982)
• The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself (Boorstin Trilogy) by Daniel J. Boorstin (Nonfiction, 1984)
• Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain (Nonfiction, 2000)
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Dune by Frank Herbert (Paperback Fiction, 1984)

New York Times Outstanding Children's Book

• Harriet, the spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (2009, No. 79)
• The Varieties of Religious Experience:Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered in Edinburgh 1901 - 1902 by William James (2009, No. 89)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (2009, No. 91)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Tin Drum 1ST Edition Us by Gunther Grass

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• The Best American Comics 2006 (Best American) (2006)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Tin Drum 1ST Edition Us by Gunther Grass (2003)
• The Quiet American (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Graham Greene (2003)

Orange Prize Longlist

• The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion (1997)

PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize

• Tin Drum 1ST Edition Us by Gunther Grass (1964)
• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (1986)

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