Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (2006 Edition)
• The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United States, the Phil by Octavio Paz (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Falling Man: A Novel by Don DeLillo (2008 Edition)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (Arts & Humanities, 2009)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2008)

Anne Izard Storytellers' Award

• The Cry for Myth by Rollo May (1992)

Anthony Award Nominee

• The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (Novel, 2001)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson (2004)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash ( Snowcrash ) (1994)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2009)

Barry Award nominee

• Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (Novel, 2005)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• The last good kiss by James Crumley
• The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
• The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

Bookgasm Best Sci-Fi

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2008)

Booklist Top of the List: Best of Editors' Choice

• Falling Man: A Novel by Don DeLillo (2007)

Bram Stoker Award

• Black Butterflies by John Shirley (Fiction Collection, 1998)
• The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by Norman Partridge (Fiction Collection, 2001)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Writer of the Purple Rage by Joe R. Lansdale (Collection, 1994)
• Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Novel, 2002)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash ( Snowcrash ) (1993)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 2008)

Colorado Book Award

• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)

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

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson

Crossword Prize

• Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta (non-fiction, 2005)

Crossword Prize shortlist

• Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta (2005)

Deutscher Memorial Prize

• City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, New Edition by Mike Davis (1991)

Dilys Award

• Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (2005)

Edgar Award

• The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (Novel, 2001)

Endeavour Award Finalist

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2009)

Falcon Award

• Strega: A Burke Novel by Andrew Vachss (1989)

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire

• Snow Crash ( Snowcrash ) (Roman étranger, 1997)

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

• Strega: A Burke Novel by Andrew Vachss (International Prize, 1988)

Guardian 1000

• L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy (Crime)
• Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Snow Crash ( Snowcrash ) (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Hammett de novela negra

• Life Itself by Paco Ignacio Taibo, II (1988)
• Four Hands: A Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo (1991)

Hammett Prize

• The Mexican tree duck by James Crumley (1993)

Hammett Prize Nominee

• The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (2000)

Herodotus Award

• The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (First US Historical Novel, 2000)

Hugo Nominee

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 2009)

Ignotus Award

• Snow Crash ( Snowcrash ) (Foreign novel, 2001)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• The last good kiss by James Crumley

International Horror Guild Award

• Black Butterflies by John Shirley (Collection, 1998)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2009)

Kiriyama Prize

• Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta (Nonfiction, 2005)

Locus

• The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) by Neal Stephenson (SF Novel, 2005)
• The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) by Neal Stephenson (SF Novel, 2005)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (SF Novel, 2009)

Locus Award Finalist

• Spook Country by William Gibson (Science Fiction Novel, 2008)

Locus Recommended Reading

• Going, Going, Gone by Jack Womack (Science Fiction Novel, 2001)
• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction Novel, 2003)
• The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction Novel, 2004)
• The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction Novel, 2004)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction Novel, 2008)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Collected Poems, 1948-1984 by Derek Walcott (Poetry, 1986)

Macavity Award Nominee

• The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (Novel, 2001)
• Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (Novel, 2005)

National Book Award finalist

• Love and Will by Rollo May (Philosophy and Religion, 1970)
• The Seven Mysteries of Life by Guy Murchie (Science (Paperback), 1982)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, New Edition by Mike Davis (General Nonfiction, 1990)

New York City Book Award

• The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto (2004)
• Waterworks: A Photographic Journey through New YorkÆs Hidden Water System by Stanley Greenberg (Photography, 2003)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Omeros by Derek Walcott (1990)

New York Times bestseller

• Adventures in the skin trade, and other stories (A New Directions paperbook, no. 183) by Dylan Thomas (Fiction, 1955)
• The Cold Six Thousand: A Novel by James Ellroy (Fiction, 2001)
• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson (Fiction, 2003)
• The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) by Neal Stephenson (Fiction, 2004)
• Spook Country by William Gibson (Fiction, 2007)
• Music of the Spheres by Murchie, Guy (General, 1961)
• Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's by Hunter S. Thompson (Nonfiction, 1988)
• The Language of Life by Bill Moyers (Nonfiction, 1995)
• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (Nonfiction, 2003)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Falling Man: A Novel by Don DeLillo (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• L.A. Noir by James Ellroy (2007)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy (2003)

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