Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Rings of Saturn by W. G. / Hulse Sebald, Michael, trans. (2006 Edition)
• Kim (Broadview editions) by Rudyard / Ni Fhlathúin Kipling, Máire, ed. & intro. (2006/2008 Edition)
• Austerlitz (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Winfried Georg Sebald (2006/2008 Edition)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Distant mirror: the calamitous 14th century by Barbara W. (Author) Tuchman (History, 2004)

Allan Nevins Prize

• The Health of the country : how American settlers understood themselves and their land by Conevery Bolton Valencius (1999)

Ambassador Book Award

• Storming the gates of paradise : landscapes for politics by Rebecca Solnit (American Studies, 2008)

American Book Award

• Simians, cyborgs, and women : the reinvention of nature by Donna Jeanne Haraway (1992)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Pavane by Keith Roberts (1968)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Years of rice and salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (2003)

BBC's Big Read

• Kim (Broadview editions) by Rudyard / Ni Fhlathúin Kipling, Máire, ed. & intro. (Best loved novel, 2003, No 159)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life by Barbara ; Hopp Kingsolver, Steven L. & Kingsolver, Camilee / Houser, Richard A. ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2008)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Theory of the leisure class: an economic study of institutions by Thorstein (Author) Veblen

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (1984)
• The Difference engine by William & Sterling Gibson, Bruce. (1990)
• Years of rice and salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (2002)

Charles Taylor Prize finalist

• The Geometry of love : space, time, mystery, and meaning in an ordinary church by Margaret Visser (2002)
• The Film Club : A True Story of a Father and Son (2008)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The True Believer by Eric Hoffer (Nonfiction, Gold, 1951)
• The Omnivore's dilemma : a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)
• The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens by Lincoln (Author) Steffens (Nonfiction-Memoir, Silver, 1932)

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

• The Great Transformation : The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time by Karl Polanyi

Deutscher Memorial Prize

• Age of extremes: the short twentieth century, 1914-1991 by Eric J. (Author) Hobsbawm (1995)

Ditmar Award

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (International Fiction, 1985)

Duff Cooper Prize

• Salonica, city of ghosts : Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 by Mark Mazower (2004)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Prize: the epic quest for oil, money, and power by Daniel (Author) Yergin (Globalization)

François-Xavier Garneau Medal

• Rites of spring: the Great War and the birth of the modern age by Modris (Author) Eksteins (Honourable Mention, 1995)
• Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War by Jonathan Franklin William Vance (Honourable Mention, 2000)

Governor General's Literary Award

• A Perfect night to go to China by David Gilmour (Fiction, 2005)
• The Golden spruce : a true story of myth, madness and greed by John Vaillant (Non-fiction, 2005)

Guardian 1000

• Kim (Broadview editions) by Rudyard / Ni Fhlathúin Kipling, Máire, ed. & intro. (Crime)
• Years of rice and salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Rings of Saturn by W. G. / Hulse Sebald, Michael, trans. (War and travel)
• Austerlitz (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Winfried Georg Sebald (War and travel)

Harvey Award

• Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography by Chester Brown (Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 2004)

Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize

• Austerlitz (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Winfried Georg Sebald (Anthea Bell, 2002)

Hugo

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (Novel, 1985)

Hugo Nominee

• Years of rice and salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Novel, 2003)

Idaho Book Award

• Big trouble: a murder in a small western town sets off a struggle for the soul of America by J. Anthony (Author) Lukas (1997)

Ignatz Award nominee

• Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography by Chester Brown (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2004)

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Winner

• Austerlitz (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Winfried Georg Sebald (2002)

Irish Book Award Literature Medal

• Stones of Aran : pilgrimage by Tim Robinson

James Beard Foundation Award

• The Omnivore's dilemma : a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan (Writing on Food, 2007)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• Joseph Ashby of Tysoe 1859-1919: a study of English village life by Joseph (Author); Ashby Ashby, M. K. (Editor) (Biography, 1961)

John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History

• The Great divergence : China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy (Princeton ec. history of the west) by Kenneth Pomeranz (2000)

John Templeton Foundation Prize for Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences

• The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Cont by David C. Lindberg

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985)
• The Difference engine by William & Sterling Gibson, Bruce. (1992)

Katharine Briggs Folklore Award

• No go the bogeyman : scaring, lulling, and making mock by Marina Warner (1999)

Kiriyama Prize Finalist

• The Golden spruce : a true story of myth, madness and greed by John Vaillant (Nonfiction, 2006)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (36.1)

Leo Gershoy Award

• The Nature of the book: print and knowledge in the making by Adrian Johns (1999)

Lionel Gelber Prize

• Age of extremes: the short twentieth century, 1914-1991 by Eric J. (Author) Hobsbawm (1995)

Locus

• Years of rice and salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (SF Novel, 2003)

Locus Award

• Years of rice and salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Best Science Fiction Novel, 2003)

Locus Recommended Reading

• Years of rice and salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Science Fiction Novel, 2002)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Rings of Saturn by W. G. / Hulse Sebald, Michael, trans. (Fiction, 1998)
• Fables of abundance : a cultural history of advertising in America by Jackson Lears (History, 1995)

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• The Rings of Saturn by W. G. / Hulse Sebald, Michael, trans. (2001)

Minnesota Book Awards

• The Passionate, accurate story: making your heart's truth into literature by Carol (Author) Bly ( NonFiction Winner, 1991)

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

• The Education of Henry Adams by Henry (Author) Adams (1)

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

• The True Believer by Eric Hoffer (20)
• The Education of Henry Adams by Henry (Author) Adams (51)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Kim (Broadview editions) by Rudyard / Ni Fhlathúin Kipling, Máire, ed. & intro. (The Board's List, 78)

National Book Award

• China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston (General Nonfiction (Hardcover), 1981)
• A Distant mirror: the calamitous 14th century by Barbara W. (Author) Tuchman (History (Paperback), 1980)

National Book Award finalist

• A Nervous splendor: Vienna 1888/1889 by Frederic (Author) Morton (General Nonfiction (Hardcover), 1980)
• Fin-de-siﾏcle Vienna: politics and culture by Carl E. (Author) Schorske (History (Hardcover), 1981)

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