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

• Pragmatism and The Meaning of Truth (The Works of William James) by William James (1908)
• Beyond Freedom & Dignity by B. F. Skinner (1971)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Henderson the Rain King (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Saul Bellow (2006 Edition)
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (2006/2008 Edition)
• If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino (2006/2008 Edition)
• Things Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kim (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Rudyard Kipling (2006/2008 Edition)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (2006/2008 Edition)
• The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles (2006/2008 Edition)
• One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose by Alice Munro (2008 Edition)

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

• Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) by Eoin Colfer (2009, No 711, Age 8 and over)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2009, No 729, Age 8 and over)
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009, No 730, Age 8 and over)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• Things Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe (creative writing, top twelve)

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

• Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez (1986)
• Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines (1994)
• The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) by Peter Sis (2004)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2008)
• The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking: Book One by Patrick Ness (2009)
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Tibet Through the Red Box (Caldecott Honor Book) by Peter Sis (1999)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Growing Up by Russell Baker (Biography, 1999)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1999)
• Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines (Fiction, 1999)
• A Gracious Plenty: A Novel by Sheri Reynolds (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Audio Editions) by Anne Lamott (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold (Science & Technology, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) by Eoin Colfer ( Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, 2003)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: August 2009

• The Magicians: A Novel by Lev Grossman

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: July 2009

• How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: June 2009

• Everything Matters!: A Novel by Jr. Currie, Ron

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: October 2009

• Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel (#3)
• How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely (#23)
• Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned: Stories by Wells Tower (#25)
• The Magicians: A Novel by Lev Grossman (#52)
• The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis (#56)
• Everything Matters!: A Novel by Jr. Currie, Ron (#63)
• Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli (#67)
• A New Literary History of America (Harvard University Press Reference Library) by Greil Marcus (#68)
• Nobody Move: A Novel by Denis Johnson (#93)

American Book Award

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (1988)

American Horticultural Society 75 Great American Garden Books

• Western Garden Book by Sunset Editors (1997)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) by Peter Sis (2004)
• Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs: The Definitive Pop-Up by Robert Sabuda (2006)

Andersen - Il Mondo dell'Infanzia

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Miglior Libro oltre i 12 anni, 2008)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (First Novel, 2009)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles (1969)

Audies Award - Audiobook of the Year

• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009)

Audies Award - CHILDREN’S TITLES FOR AGES UP TO 8

• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009)

Bancarella

• Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder (1995)

Barry Award nominee

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

BBC's Big Read

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (Best loved novel, 2003, No 36)
• Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) by Eoin Colfer (Best loved novel, 2003, No 59)
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Best loved novel, 2003, No 76)
• One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (Best loved novel, 2003, No 157)
• Kim (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Rudyard Kipling (Best loved novel, 2003, No 159)
• Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder (Best loved novel, 2003, No 175)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) by Eoin Colfer (2001)
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (2007)
• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker (2008)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2008)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick ( Children's Literature Winner, 2008)
• Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) by Eoin Colfer (Children's Literature Honor Book, 2004)

Booker Prize

• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle (1993)
• Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel (2009)

Booker Prize Longlist

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (2008)
• Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel (2009)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose by Alice Munro (1980)
• Reef by Romesh Gunesekera (1994)
• Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel (2009)

Booktrust Teenage Prize

• The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking: Book One by Patrick Ness (2008)

Borders Original Voices

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (2008)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel (Picture Book, 1968)

British Book Award

• Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) by Eoin Colfer (Children's Book of the Year, 2002)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2009)

Caldecott Honor

• Tibet Through the Red Box (Caldecott Honor Book) by Peter Sis (1999)
• First the Egg (Caldecott Honor Book and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards)) by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (2008)

Caldecott Medal

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2008)

Costa Shortlist

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (First Novel, 2008)

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

• Western Garden Book by Sunset Editors

CWA

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, winner, 2008)

Cybils Award

• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy and Science Fiction - Elementary/Middle Grade, 2008)

Cybils Finalist

• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Poetry, 2007)

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

• Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder (Jugendbuch, 1994)
• Tibet Through the Red Box (Caldecott Honor Book) by Peter Sis (Sachbuch, 1999)

Diana Jones Award

• Nobilis: The Game of Sovereign Powers by R. Sean Borgstrom (2003)
• *OP Great Pendragon Campaign, The by Greg Stafford (2007)

Dilys Award nominee

• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (2009)

Dungeon magazine's "The 30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time"

• Ruins of UnderMountain (AD&D 2nd Ed. Fantasy Roleplaying, Forgotten Realms) by Ed Greenwood (17)

E.B. White Read Aloud Award by the Association of Booksellers for Children

• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker (Picture Books, winner, 2009)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren by Jonathan Lopez (Fact Crime, 2009)

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