Awards in your library

Summary: 70 Awards. Page: [1] 2

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

• The Odyssey of Homer (Perennial Classics) by Richmond Lattimore (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Philosophical Investigations: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1953)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Blithedale Romance (The Penguin American Library) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (2006 Edition)
• American Pastoral by Philip Roth (2006 Edition)
• Martin Chuzzlewit (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• Hard Times (Bantam Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• The Golden Bowl (Penguin English Library) by Henry James (2006 Edition)
• The Ambassadors: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Henry James (2006/2008 Edition)
• What Maisie Knew (Penguin Classics) by Henry James (2006/2008 Edition)
• Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Jean Rhys (2006/2008 Edition)
• Oliver Twist (Tor Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
• Under the Net by Iris Murdoch (2006/2008 Edition)
• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (2006/2008 Edition)
• Bleak House (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (2006/2008 Edition)
• David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
• Great Expectations (Konemann Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Master by Colm Toibin (2006/2008 Edition)
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein (2006/2008 Edition)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (2004, 87)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey of Homer (Perennial Classics) by Richmond Lattimore (Poetry, 1999)
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley (Biography, 1999)
• Mythology by Edith Hamilton (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• The Master by Colm Toibin (2005)

Ambassador Book Award

• Miami by Joan Didion (American Studies, 1988)
• Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1993)
• All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories (Vintage International) by William Maxwell (Fiction, 1996)
• Empire Falls (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2002)

BBC's Big Read

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Best loved novel, 2003, No 10)
• Great Expectations (Konemann Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 17)
• David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 34)
• Bleak House (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 79)
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 106)
• Oliver Twist (Tor Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 182)

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey of Homer (Perennial Classics) by Richmond Lattimore

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Empire Falls (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)
• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2005)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Master by Colm Toibin (2004)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Greek Myths by Robert Graves

Clifton Fadiman Medal

• A Book of Common Prayer (Vintage International) by Joan Didion (2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)
• Where I Was From by Joan Didion (Special Acknowledgement, Silver, 2003)

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

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley
• Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary

Drama Desk Award

• Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (New Play, 2004-2005)

Guardian 1000

• Under the Net by Iris Murdoch (Comedy)
• Martin Chuzzlewit (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (Comedy)
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (Comedy)
• Great Expectations (Konemann Classics) by Charles Dickens (Family and self)
• The Ambassadors: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Henry James (Family and self)
• The Sportswriter (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Ford (Family and self)
• The Moviegoer (Vintage International) by Walker Percy (Family and self)
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Love)
• Revolutionary Road (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Yates (Love)
• Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Jean Rhys (Love)
• American Pastoral by Philip Roth (State of the nation)
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)
• Hard Times (Bantam Classics) by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)
• Bleak House (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)
• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (State of the nation)
• Independence Day (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Ford (State of the nation)
• Oliver Twist (Tor Classics) by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)
• Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone (War and travel)

The Guardian's Text on the Beach: 50 Best Summer Reads Ever

• Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Jean Rhys (2009)

H.W. Wilson Award

• Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2004: Binder Inserts by American Library Association (2004, Excellence in indexing, American Society of Indexers, for 2nd Edition, 2003 Revision, 2004 Update)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley
• Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Penguin Classics) by Henry Adams

Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award

• A Hall of Mirrors by Robert Stone

International IMPAC Dublin

• The Master by Colm Toibin (Winner, 2006)

IPPY Finalist

• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Current Events, 2005)

James Fenimore Cooper Prize

• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (2005)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (2005)

Lambda Literary Award

• The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon (Autobiography/Memoir, 2001)
• The Master by Colm Toibin (Gay Men's Fiction, 2004)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• The Ambassadors: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Henry James (23)
• The 42nd Parallel: Volume One of the U.S.A. Trilogy by John Dos Passos (58.1)
• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (65)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

• The Life of Samuel Johnson (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by James Boswell

Locus Recommended Reading

• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (Science Fiction Novel, 2004)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1982)
• The Master by Colm Toibin (Fiction, 2004)

LOST Book Club

• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• A Book of Memories by Peter Nadas (1998)
• The Master by Colm Toibin (2005)

Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize

• Rhyme`s Reason: A Guide to English Verse, Third Edition by John Hollander (1981)

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

• The education of Henry Adams (Riverside editions) by Henry Adams (1)
• The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein (20)
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (21)
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley (51)
• Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Vintage) by William Styron (55)

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

• The education of Henry Adams (Riverside editions) by Henry Adams (51)
• The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth by Robert Graves (59)
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (75)
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley (91)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• The Ambassadors: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Henry James (The Board's List, 27)
• The Golden Bowl (Penguin English Library) by Henry James (The Board's List, 32)
• The Moviegoer (Vintage International) by Walker Percy (The Board's List, 60)
• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (The Board's List, 69)
• Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Jean Rhys (The Board's List, 94)
• Under the Net by Iris Murdoch (The Board's List, 95)
• The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy (The Board's List, 99)

The Morning News Tournament of Books

• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (Finalist, 2005)

National Book Award

• The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History by Norman Mailer (Arts and Letters, 1969)
• The Moviegoer (Vintage International) by Walker Percy (Fiction, 1962)
• Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1975)
• The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon (Nonfiction, 2001)

National Book Award finalist

• Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone (Fiction (Hardcover), 1982)
• Lie Down in Darkness (Vintage International) by William Styron (Fiction, 1952)
• The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy (Fiction, 1959)
• Revolutionary Road (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Yates (Fiction, 1962)
• Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1992)
• Damascus Gate by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1998)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (General Nonfiction (Paperback), 1981)
• The Odyssey of Homer (Perennial Classics) by Richmond Lattimore (Translation, 1968)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky (Criticism, 1998)
• A Book of Common Prayer (Vintage International) by Joan Didion (Fiction, 1977)
• Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1981)
• Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1992)
• Independence Day (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Ford (Fiction, 1995)
• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (Fiction, 2004)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (General Nonfiction, 1979)

New York Drama Critics' Circle Award

• The Pillowman: A Play by Martin McDonagh (Foreign Play, 2004-2005)
• Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (Play, 2004-2005)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History by Norman Mailer (1968)
• Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone (1974)
• A Book of Common Prayer (Vintage International) by Joan Didion (1977)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (1979)
• Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone (1981)
• Bernard Shaw, Vol. 1, 1856-1898: The Search for Love by Michael Holroyd (1988)
• Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone (1992)
• Independence Day (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Ford (1995)
• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (2004)
• The Master by Colm Toibin (2004)

New York Times bestseller

• Lie Down in Darkness (Vintage International) by William Styron (Fiction, 1951)
• Charmed Life by Mary McCarthy (Fiction, 1955)
• The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy (Fiction, 1958)
• A Book of Common Prayer (Vintage International) by Joan Didion (Fiction, 1977)
• Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1981)
• Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1992)
• Damascus Gate by Robert Stone (Fiction, 1998)
• Empire Falls (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2001)
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (General, 1959)
• The White Album by Joan Didion (General, 1979)
• After Henry (Vintage International) by Joan Didion (Nonfiction, 1992)
• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage) by Kay Redfield Jamison (Nonfiction, 1995)
• The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon (Nonfiction, 2001)
• Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels (Nonfiction, 2003)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart (Nonfiction, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, 2005)
• A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation by Catherine Crier (Nonfiction, 2005)
• God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It by Jim Wallis (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Nonfiction, 2005)

New York Times: Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years

• The Plot Against America: A Novel by Philip Roth (Multiple Votes)
• Independence Day (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Ford (Multiple Votes)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• American Pastoral by Philip Roth (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Odyssey of Homer (Perennial Classics) by Richmond Lattimore (2009, No. 8)
• Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (2009, No. 26)
• Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Jean Rhys (2009, No. 45)
• Othello, The Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare (2009, No. 51)
• The education of Henry Adams (Riverside editions) by Henry Adams (2009, No. 87)
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley (2009, No. 97)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Othello, The Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare
• Great Expectations (Konemann Classics) by Charles Dickens
• The Odyssey of Homer (Perennial Classics) by Richmond Lattimore

Obie Award

• Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (Playwriting, 2004-2005)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• American Pastoral by Philip Roth (2003)
• David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (2003)
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (2003)

Olivier Award

• The Pillowman: A Play by Martin McDonagh (Best New Play, 2004)

Outer Critics Circle Award

• Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (Broadway Play, 2004-2005)
• Fat Pig: A Play by Neil LaBute (Off-Broadway Play, 2004-2005)

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