Awards in your library

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100 Essential New England Books

• Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott (Boston Globe)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• American Pastoral by Philip Roth (2006 Edition)
• Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffrey (2006 Edition)
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Passing: (Norton Critical Editions) by Nella Larsen (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Kennedy Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
• Rabbit, Run by John Updike (2006/2008 Edition)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (2006/2008 Edition)
• Quicksand (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) by Nella Larsen (2006/2008 Edition)
• Humboldt's Gift (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (2006/2008 Edition)
• Shipping News: A Novel (Scribner Classics) by Annie Proulx (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Age of Innocence (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Edith Wharton (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Stone Diaries: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Carol Shields (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott (2006/2008 Edition)
• Middlemarch (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (2008 edition)
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (2008 Edition)
• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (2008 Edition)
• Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Sigrid Undset (2008 Edition)

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

• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (2009, Ages 8↑)
• Farmer Boy (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder (2009, Ages 8↑)
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (2009, Ages 8↑)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1998, 56)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (45)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (42)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (1967)
• Going Solo by Roald Dahl (1986)
• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (2002)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Death in the Family: A Novel by James Agee (Fiction, 1999)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1999)
• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Fiction, 1999)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The Known World by Edward P. Jones (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry ( Western, 2001)
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Oh, yuck! : the encyclopedia of everything nasty by Joy Masoff (2002)

ALA Rainbow List

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Young Adult Nonfiction, 2008)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffrey (2003)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (2007)

Alex Award

• Hungry Ocean, The: A Swordboat Captain's Journey by Linda Greenlaw (2000)

All Iowa Reads

• Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson (2006)

Ambassador Book Award

• A Thousand Acres: A Novel by Jane Smiley (Fiction, 1992)
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2002)
• Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffrey (Fiction, 2003)
• Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson (Fiction, 2005)

American Book Award

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (1988)
• The New American Splendor Anthology: From Off the Streets of Cleveland by Harvey Pekar (1991)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Andre Simon Award

• Toast by Nigel Slater (2003)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
• Humboldt's Gift (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (1975)
• A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Kennedy Toole (1980)

Bancarella

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

BBC's Big Read

• Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott (Best loved novel, 2003, No 18)
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 21)
• Middlemarch (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot (Best loved novel, 2003, No 27)
• Shipping News: A Novel (Scribner Classics) by Annie Proulx (Best loved novel, 2003, No 164)
• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Best loved novel, 2003, No 173)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• House of Sand and Fog (Oprah's Book Club) (Vintage Contemporaries) by Andre Dubus III ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2001)
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)
• Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship by Isabella Hatkoff ( Children's Illustrated Winner, 2007)
• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2007)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Stone Diaries: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Carol Shields (1993)

British Book Award

• Toast by Nigel Slater (Biography of the Year, 2004)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Sigrid Undset (Literary Classics)

Christianity Today Book Awards

• Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson (Fiction, 2005)

Combat des livres

• By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart (selection, 2005)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Fiction, Gold, 2000)

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

• How to Cook a Wolf by M. F. K. Fisher

Dayton Literary Peace Prize

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008)

Eisner Award

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Best Reality-Based Work, 2007)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Decision-Making)

Gaylactic Spectrum Shortlist

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Novel, 2001)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Stone Diaries: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Carol Shields (Fiction, 1993)

The Grawemeyer Award in Religion

• Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson (2006)

Great Lakes Book Award

• Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffrey (Fiction, 2003)

Guardian 1000

• A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Kennedy Toole (Comedy)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Family and self)
• Humboldt's Gift (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (Family and self)
• The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington, 1869-1946 (Family and self)
• Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott (Family and self)
• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Family and self)
• Shipping News: A Novel (Scribner Classics) by Annie Proulx (Family and self)
• Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffrey (Family and self)
• A Thousand Acres: A Novel by Jane Smiley (Family and self)
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Love)
• The Age of Innocence (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Edith Wharton (Love)
• Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson (Love)
• By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart (Love)
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Middlemarch (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot (State of the nation)
• American Pastoral by Philip Roth (State of the nation)
• Passing: (Norton Critical Editions) by Nella Larsen (State of the nation)
• One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather, 1873-1947 (War and travel)
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (War and travel)
• Andersonville (Plume) by MacKinlay Kantor (War and travel)
• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (War and travel)

Harvey Award Nominee

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Graphic Album of Original Work, 2007)

Heartland Prize

• A Thousand Acres: A Novel by Jane Smiley (Fiction, 1991)
• Shipping News: A Novel (Scribner Classics) by Annie Proulx (Fiction, 1993)
• Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson (Fiction, 2005)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1939)
• The Long Winter (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1940)

Hugo

• James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (Related Book, 2007)

Ignatz Award nominee

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Outstanding Graphic Novel, 2006)

International IMPAC Dublin

• Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffrey (Shortlist, 2004)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Shortlist, 2009)
• The Known World by Edward P. Jones (Winner, 2005)

Irish Times International Fiction Prize

• Shipping News: A Novel (Scribner Classics) by Annie Proulx (1993)

James Beard Foundation Award Nominee

• Toast by Nigel Slater (Writing on Food, 2005)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2006)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• Middlesex by Eugenides Jeffrey (Fiction, 2003)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

• James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (Special Recognition, 2006)

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