Awards in your library

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

• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn (1962)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2006 Edition)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009, No 819, Age 12 and over)
• Blueberries for Sal (Picture Puffins) by Robert McCloskey (2009, Ages 5↑)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (40)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (41)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho by Jon Katz (2001)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez (Biography, 1999)
• Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing by Henry Petroski (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1999)
• Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho by Jon Katz (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Lucky by Alice Sebold (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)
• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) by Allen Ginsberg ( Poetry, 2001)
• Lucky by Alice Sebold (2007)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003)

Ambassador Book Award

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

American Book Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (2001)

And/Or Book Award

• Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte (Moving Image, 1995)

BBC's Big Read

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Best loved novel, 2003, No 06)

Books for a Better Life Award

• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (2008)

Bothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Caldecott Honor

• Blueberries for Sal (Picture Puffins) by Robert McCloskey (1949)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez (Nonfiction, Gold, 1981)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)

Eisner Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 2001)

Firecracker Alternative Book Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Graphic Novel, 2001)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini (Power)
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Strategy)

Great Lakes Book Award

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

Guardian 1000

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Crime)
• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Family and self)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Family and self)

Guardian First Book Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (2001)

Harry Chapin Media Award

• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel (Book, 2005)

Harvey Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 2001)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Blueberries for Sal (Picture Puffins) by Robert McCloskey (1949)

Ignatz Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Outstanding Story, 2000)

Ignatz Award nominee

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2001)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

International IMPAC Dublin

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Shortlist, 2004)

IPPY

• Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd (World As Home, The) by Karsten Heuer (Travel Essay, 2006)

IPPY Finalist

• The Monk and the Riddle : The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur by Randy Komisar (Business/Career, 2001)

James Beard Foundation Award

• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel (Cookbook of the Year, 2006)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

KitchenAid Cookbook of the Year

• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel (2006)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Transgender, 2002)

The Milkweed National Fiction Prize

• The Farther Shore by Matthew Eck (2007)

Minnesota Book Awards

• Everything I Know About Pirates by Tom Lichtenheld ( Children, 2001)
• Music for Landing Planes By: Poems by Eireann Lorsung ( Award for Poetry, 2008)

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

• The Elements of Style (4th Edition) by William Strunk (21)
• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn (69)

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

• The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress by Virginia Postrel (74)
• The Elements of Style (4th Edition) by William Strunk (75)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (The Reader's List, 5)

National Book Award finalist

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1961)
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Nonfiction, 1999)
• Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins by Steve Olson (Nonfiction, 2002)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2002)

National Outdoor Book Award

• Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd (World As Home, The) by Karsten Heuer (Outdoor Literature, 2006)

NEA Big Read

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002)

New York Times bestseller

• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2008)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1960)
• The Elements of Style (4th Edition) by William Strunk (General, 1959)
• The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis (Nonfiction, 1999)
• Business @ the Speed of Thought : Using a Digital Nervous System by Bill Gates (Nonfiction, 1999)
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Nonfiction, 1999)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (Nonfiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (Nonfiction, 2008)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009, No. 40)

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