Awards in your library

Summary: 33 Awards.

100 Essential New England Books

• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (Boston Globe)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gottes Werk und Teufels Beitrag by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (1979)

ALA Notable Books

• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (1990)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams ( Humor, 2001)

Barry Award

• Der Schatten des Windes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (First Novel, 2005)

BBC's Big Read

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (Best loved novel, 2003, No 04)
• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (Best loved novel, 2003, No 28)
• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (Best loved novel, 2003, No 164)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Der Schatten des Windes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2005)

Borders Original Voices

• Der Schatten des Windes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (2005)

Ditmar Award

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (International Fiction, 1980)

Guardian 1000

• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (Family and self)
• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (Family and self)
• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Gumshoe Award nominee

• Der Schatten des Windes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (European Crime Novel, 2005)

Heartland Prize

• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (Fiction, 1993)

Irish Times International Fiction Prize

• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (1993)

Libraires du Québec

• Der Schatten des Windes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 2005)

Lionel Trilling Book Award

• Das elegante Universum. by Brian Greene (2000)

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• Der Schatten des Windes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (2004)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (The Reader's List, 28)
• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (The Reader's List, 51)

National Book Award

• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (Fiction, 1993)

National Book Award finalist

• Das Hotel New Hampshire. Roman. by John Irving (Fiction (Hardcover), 1982)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (Fiction, 1993)

New York Times bestseller

• Das Hotel New Hampshire. Roman. by John Irving (Fiction, 1981)
• Gottes Werk und Teufels Beitrag by John Irving (Fiction, 1985)
• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (Fiction, 1989)
• Zirkuskind by John Irving (Fiction, 1994)
• Witwe für ein Jahr by John Irving (Fiction, 1998)

Prix du Meilleur livre étranger

• Der Schatten des Windes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Novel, 2004)

Pulitzer Prize

• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (Fiction, 1994)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• Das elegante Universum. by Brian Greene (General Non-Fiction, 2000)

Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction

• Das Zimmer by Helen Garner (2008)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (72)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• Das elegante Universum. by Brian Greene (General, 2000)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (2008)

Tähtivaeltaja: 1900-luvun tieteiskirjallisuuden TOP-50

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (2000)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis by Douglas Adams (1997, No 24)
• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (1997, No 52)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• Der Schatten des Windes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (2007, No 6)
• Owen Meany: German Language Ed by John Irving (2007, No 14)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• Schiffsmeldungen. by Annie Proulx (93)