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

• The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Mason & Dixon: A Novel by Thomas Pynchon (2006 Edition)
• Vineland by Thomas Pynchon (2006 Edition)
• Breakfast of Champions: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (2006 Edition)
• The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (2006 Edition)
• Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (2006 Edition)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kokoro by Natsume Soseki (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Castle: A new translation based on the restored text by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• V. (Perennial Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• Solaris by Lem Stanislaw (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cat's Cradle: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (2006/2008 Edition)
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau (2006/2008 Edition)
• Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook) by Jorge Luis Borges (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• Amerika by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Trial by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (2006/2008 Edition)
• Animal Farm by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (2006/2008 Edition)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Signet Classics) by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (2006/2008 Edition)
• Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy (2008 Edition)
• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (2008 Edition)

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

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, No 467, Age 8 and over)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2009, No 981, Age 12 and over)

1949 Arkham Sampler Survey by August Derleth

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (2)

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

• The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (10)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (17)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (22)

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

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (9)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (15)
• The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (22)
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (25)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert (1)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (41)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (22)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert (1)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (34)
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (40)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (54)
• Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (67)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (52)
• Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (69)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (2003)
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2003)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2004)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett (Drama, 1999)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Fiction, 1999)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Fiction, 1999)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Fiction, 1999)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ( Simply Science Fiction, 2004)
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore ( If It Weren’t For Them: Heroes, 2004)
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (What Ails you?, 2006)

Alex Award

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2004)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon (#94)

American Book Award

• The Tunnel by William H. Gass (1996)

American Library Association - Notable Books for Adults - Fiction

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2003)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (1939)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
• Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (1962)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1973)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1998)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• The Raw Shark Texts: A Novel by Steven Hall (2008)

Audie Award

• Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (Short Stories, 2009)

Bancarella

• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (1989)

BBC's Big Read

• His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman (Best loved novel, 2003, No 03)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 08)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Best loved novel, 2003, No 11)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert (Best loved novel, 2003, No 39)
• Animal Farm by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 46)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 54)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (Best loved novel, 2003, No 78)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 87)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Best loved novel, 2003, No 178)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002)

BILBY

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Children's Literature Honor Book, 2003)
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore ( Paperback Honor Book, 2004)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003)

Borders Original Voices

• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (2001)
• The Raw Shark Texts: A Novel by Steven Hall (2008)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Bram Stoker Award

• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Work for Young Readers, 2002)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Haunted: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk (Collection, 2005)
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Long Fiction, 2002)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Novel, 1997)
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Short Fiction, 2002)

Carnegie Medal Nominee

• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Fiction, Silver, 1953)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Best First Book, 2004)

Costa Shortlist

• A Spot of Bother (Vintage) by Mark Haddon (Novel, 2006)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2004)

Falcon Award

• No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (2008)

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

• Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami (2006)

Franz Kafka Prize

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)

Gaylactic Spectrum

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Hall of Fame, 2001)

Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Hall of Fame, 2000)

Geffen Award

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Best Translated Science Fiction Book, 2002)
• Solaris by Lem Stanislaw (Best Translated Science Fiction Book, 2003)

Guardian 1000

• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Comedy)
• The Castle: A new translation based on the restored text by Franz Kafka (Comedy)
• Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (Comedy)
• Breakfast of Champions: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (Comedy)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Comedy)
• Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (Comedy)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Comedy)
• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Crime)
• V. (Perennial Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (Crime)
• No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (Crime)
• The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (Family and self)
• Ulysses by James Joyce (Family and self)
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Signet Classics) by James Joyce (Family and self)
• As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Family and self)
• Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (Love)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Love)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Love)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Love)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Solaris by Lem Stanislaw (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Sirens of Titan: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Blindness by Jose Saramago (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Trial by Franz Kafka (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Animal Farm by George Orwell (State of the nation)
• The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (State of the nation)
• Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (State of the nation)
• Vineland by Thomas Pynchon (State of the nation)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (War and travel)
• Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy (War and travel)
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (War and travel)
• Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (War and travel)

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (2003)

The Guardian's Text on the Beach: 50 Best Summer Reads Ever

• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (2009)

Hammett Prize Nominee

• No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (2005)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by William Butler Yeats

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