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100 Essential New England Books

• Little Women (Illustrated Junior Library) by Louisa May Alcott (Boston Globe)

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

• Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics) by Voltaire (1759)
• The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir (1948)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Hard Times by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (2006 Edition)
• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (2006/2008 Edition)
• Frankenstein (Dover Thrift Editions) by Mary Shelley (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nausea (New Directions Paperback) by Jean Paul; Alexander Sartre, Lloyd (translator) (2006/2008 Edition)
• Little Women (Illustrated Junior Library) by Louisa May Alcott (2006/2008 Edition)
• Contact by Carl Sagan (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Time Machine (Dover Thrift Editions) by H. G. Wells (2006/2008 Edition)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Plague by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sense and Sensibility (Dover Thrift Editions) by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Ursula K. Le Guin (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)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Ursula K. Le Guin (13)
• The Time Machine (Dover Thrift Editions) by H. G. Wells (20)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• The Time Machine (Dover Thrift Editions) by H. G. Wells (15)
• The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Ursula K. Le Guin (17)

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

• The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974)
• The Bean Trees: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver (1988)
• The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, Book 1) by Robert Jordan (1991)
• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2006)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre (Drama, 1999)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (Non-fiction, 1999)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1999)
• The Bean Trees: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• Lucky: A Memoir by Alice Sebold (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• WICKED THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST by GREGORY MAGUIRE (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, Book 1) by Robert Jordan ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)
• Lucky: A Memoir by Alice Sebold (2007)
• The Bean Trees: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver (What Makes a Family?, 2008)
• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman ( Twists on the Tale, 2010)
• Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett ( Twists on the Tale, 2010)

Alex Award

• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2006)

American Book Award

• Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko (1980)
• Eva Luna (Spanish Language Edition) by Isabel Allende (1989)
• A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America (A Back Bay Book) (A Back Bay Book) by Ronald Takaki (1994)
• Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English by John Russell Rickford (2000)
• A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children (Contemporary Native American Communities) by Doris Seale (2006)

Andre Norton Award

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2007)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1998)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (1996)

BBC's Big Read

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Best loved novel, 2003, No 06)
• Little Women (Illustrated Junior Library) by Louisa May Alcott (Best loved novel, 2003, No 18)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Best loved novel, 2003, No 124)
• Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 135)
• Frankenstein (Dover Thrift Editions) by Mary Shelley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 171)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)

BILBY

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (older readers, 2008)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Adult Fiction Winner, 2001)
• Marley & Me ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2006)
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2007)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Time Machine (Dover Thrift Editions) by H. G. Wells

Bothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (Collection, 1998)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (First Novel, 2000)

British Book Award

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss (Book of the Year, 2004)

British Fantasy Award

• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2006)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Novel, 1997)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (1984)

Canada Reads Nominee

• Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson (2008)

Carnegie Medal Nominee

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2008)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)

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

• Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Jr. Deloria
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould

Cyril Connolly's 100 key books of the modern movement from England, France and America 1880-1950

• The Stranger by Albert Camus
• The Plague by Albert Camus

Ditmar Award

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (International Fiction, 1985)

Ditmar Shortlist

• Dawn (Xenogenesis) by Octavia E. Butler (International Fiction, 1989)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)

Francis Parkman Prize

• Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans, 1880-1930 by Alan Trachtenberg (2005)

Gaylactic Spectrum

• Slow River by Nicola Griffith (Hall of Fame, 2000)
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Hall of Fame, 2001)
• The Female Man by Joanna Russ (Hall of Fame, 2002)

Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee

• The Female Man by Joanna Russ (Hall of Fame, 1999)
• The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hall of Fame, 1999)
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Hall of Fame, 2000)

Geffen Award

• Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2004)
• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2006)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (Best Translated YA or Children SF&F Book, 2008)

Guardian 1000

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Crime)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Crime)
• Little Women (Illustrated Junior Library) by Louisa May Alcott (Family and self)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Family and self)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (Family and self)
• Sense and Sensibility (Dover Thrift Editions) by Jane Austen (Love)
• The Female Man by Joanna Russ (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Frankenstein (Dover Thrift Editions) by Mary Shelley (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Time Machine (Dover Thrift Editions) by H. G. Wells (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Plague by Albert Camus (State of the nation)
• Hard Times by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)
• Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics) by Voltaire (War and travel)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Frankenstein (Dover Thrift Editions) by Mary Shelley

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Plague by Albert Camus

Hugo

• The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel, 1975)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (Novel, 1985)
• The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 1996)

Hugo Nominee

• The Lathe of Heaven: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel, 1972)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

IPPY Finalist

• War Talk by Arundhati Roy (Essay/Creative Non-Fiction, 2004)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Fiction, 2000)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

• Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (1993)
• The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Theodore Roszak (1995)
• Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (1995)
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1996)
• The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente (2006)
• The Female Man by Joanna Russ (Retrospective)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award Shortlist

• Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson (1998)
• The Two of Them by Joanna Russ (Retrospective)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985)
• The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (1996)
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1997)

Kurd Laßwitz Preis

• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Bestes ausländisches Werk, 2001)

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