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100 Essential New England Books

• The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (The Penguin American Library) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Boston Globe, #19)
• The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (Boston Globe, #65)
• The Da Vinci code : a novel by Dan Brown (Boston Globe, #76)

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

• The Odyssey by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The republic by Plato (380 BCE)
• The Confessions of St. Augustine by St. Augustine (400 AD)
• The Prince (Mentor) by Machiavelli (1532)
• Calvin Institutes of the Christian Religion by John T Mcneill (1536)
• The pilgrim's progress in modern English by John Bunyan (1684)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1869)
• Being and Nothingness The Complete Text by Jean -Paul Sartre (1943)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (1949)
• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn (1962)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The pilgrim's progress in modern English by John Bunyan (2006 edition)
• The brothers Karamazov : a novel in four parts and an epilogue by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006 Edition)
• Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (2006 Edition)
• Crime and Punishment (Classics S.) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• The idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Woman in White (Bantam Classics) by Wilkie Collins (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Once and Future King by Terence Hanbury White (2006/2008 Edition)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Treasure Island (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Silas Marner by George Eliot (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• Waiting for the Barbarians: A Novel by J.M. Coetzee (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (The Penguin American Library) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (2006/2008 Edition)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• Treasure Island (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (2009, Ages 8↑)
• The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, Ages 8↑)
• The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (The Penguin American Library) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (2009, Ages 12↑)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, Ages 12↑)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay

• A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt (1966)
• The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2003)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay Nominee

• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1947)
• Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Shakespeare, Signet Classic) by William Shakespeare (1996)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2001)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Chosen by Chaim Potok (1967)
• My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (1972)
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)
• The PreHistory of The Far Side ®:: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit (Far Side Series) by Gary Larson (1991)

ALA Notable Books for Adults

• The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene (2000)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• King Lear (Shakespeare, Signet Classic) by William Shakespeare (Drama, 1999)
• Mythology by Edith Hamilton (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Fiction, 1999)
• Crime and Punishment (Classics S.) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Fiction, 1999)
• The Chosen by Chaim Potok (Fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Chosen by Chaim Potok (Books for the Soul, 1997)
• All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot ( Feel Good Books, 1998)
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)

Ambassador Book Award

• Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor (Fiction, 1986)

American Book Award

• Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong by James W. Loewen (1996)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (1940)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (1949)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
• The Once and Future King by Terence Hanbury White (1958)

Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (placed 17, 1952)

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

• A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt (1967)

Bampton Lectures

• The One, the Three and the Many (Bampton Lectures) by Colin E. Gunton (1992)

Bancarella

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1953)

BBC's Big Read

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 08)
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 17)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 20)
• The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ (Best loved novel, 2003, No 32)
• Treasure Island (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (Best loved novel, 2003, No 36)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 46)
• Crime and Punishment (Classics S.) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Best loved novel, 2003, No 60)
• The Woman in White (Bantam Classics) by Wilkie Collins (Best loved novel, 2003, No 77)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Best loved novel, 2003, No 173)
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)
• Silas Marner by George Eliot (Best loved novel, 2003, No 184)
• The Once and Future King by Terence Hanbury White (Best loved novel, 2003, No 198)

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

• The Odyssey by Homer

BILBY

• The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Da Vinci code : a novel by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2005)

Booker Prize Longlist

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (2004)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James

Bram Stoker Award

• Swan Song by Robert McCammon (Novel, 1987)

British Book Award

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (Literary Fiction Award Shortlist, 2005)
• The Da Vinci code : a novel by Dan Brown (Book of the Year, 2005)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2005)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (2004)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)
• The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton (Spiritual Classics)
• Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton (Spiritual Classics)
• The Confessions of St. Augustine by St. Augustine (Spiritual Classics)
• The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)

Central News Agency Literary Award

• Waiting for the Barbarians: A Novel by J.M. Coetzee (1980)

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

• Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible by Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Biblical Studies, 2006)
• The Epistle to the Hebrews : a commentary on the Greek text by Paul Ellingworth (Commentaries, No. 3, 1994, Critics' Choice, tie)
• The rise of evangelicalism : the age of Edwards, Whitefield, and the Wesleys by Mark A. Noll (History/Biography, 2005)
• No place for truth, or, Whatever happened to evangelical theology? by David F Wells (No. 3, 1994, Readers' Choice)
• Bold Love by Dan B Allender Ph.D. (No. 8, 1993, Readers' Choice)
• The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church by F. L. Cross (No. 9, 1998, tie)
• Is there a meaning in this text? : the Bible, the reader, and the morality of literary knowledge by Kevin J. Vanhoozer (No. 12, 1999, tie)
• Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) by Gene Edward Veith, Jr. (No. 14, 1995, tie)
• The Christian Theology Reader by Alister E. McGrath (No. 18, 1996, tie)
• New Bible commentary : 21st century edition by D. A. Carson (No. 20, 1995, tie)
• Christ plays in ten thousand places : a conversation in spiritual theology by Eugene H. Peterson (Spirituality, 2006)

Distinguished Professor

• Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology by Neil Postman (1989- by New York University)

ECPA Christian Book Award

• Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible by Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Bible Reference & Study, 2006)

ECPA Christian Book of the Year

• Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible by Kevin J. Vanhoozer (2006)

ECPA Gold Medallion Book Award

• Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free by F. F. Bruce (Biography/Autobiography, 1979)
• Disappointment With God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud by Philip Yancey (Inspirational, 1989)
• Eerdmans' Handbook to the World's Religions by R. Pierce Beaver (Missions/Evangelism, 1983)
• The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian Worldview by Francis A. Schaeffer (Special Judges Awards, 1983)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)

Edward Lewis Wallant Award

• The Chosen by Chaim Potok (1967)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Prince (Mentor) by Machiavelli (Office Politics)

Geffen Award

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2007)

George Orwell Award for Clarity in Language

• Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology by Neil Postman (1987- by National Council of Teachers of English)

The Globe & Mail 50 Greatest Books

• The brothers Karamazov : a novel in four parts and an epilogue by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• The Confessions of St. Augustine by St. Augustine
• King Lear (Shakespeare, Signet Classic) by William Shakespeare
• The Prince (Mentor) by Machiavelli
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ
• The Odyssey by Homer
• The republic by Plato
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

• A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt (1966)

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (International Prize, 1969)

Guardian 1000

• Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor (Comedy)
• Whose Body? by DOROTHY L. SAYERS (Crime)
• Crime and Punishment (Classics S.) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Crime)
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Crime)
• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (Crime)
• The Woman in White (Bantam Classics) by Wilkie Collins (Crime)
• My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (Family and self)
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Family and self)
• The brothers Karamazov : a novel in four parts and an epilogue by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Family and self)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Family and self)
• My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (Family and self)
• The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (The Penguin American Library) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Love)
• The chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (State of the nation)
• Silas Marner by George Eliot (State of the nation)
• Waiting for the Barbarians: A Novel by J.M. Coetzee (State of the nation)
• The idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (State of the nation)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ (War and travel)
• Treasure Island (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (War and travel)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (War and travel)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (Shortlist, 2004)

H.R.F. Keating's 100 Best Crime & Mystery Books

• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (45)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Crime and Punishment (Classics S.) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Letters and Papers from Prison by DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
• The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James
• Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton

Hawthornden Prize

• Lost horizon by James Hilton (1934)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (1938)

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