Awards in your library

Summary: 47 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2006 Edition)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (Science & Technology, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Own Your Freak, 2005)

American Book Award

• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (1996)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1994)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2000)

BBC's Big Read

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1993)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

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

Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year

• The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman (2005)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Leading Quietly by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (Ethics)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Roman étranger, 1997)

Guardian 1000

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Family and self)
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (War and travel)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Hugo Nominee

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 2000)

Ignotus Award

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Foreign novel, 2001)

John Burroughs Medal

• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (1977)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (60)

Locus

• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (First Novel, 2004)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (SF Novel, 2000)

Locus Award

• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (Best First Novel, 2004)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Best Science Fiction Novel, 2000)

Locus Recommended Reading

• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (First Novel, 2003)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (The Board's List, 64)

National Book Award finalist

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Fiction, 1952)
• People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn (History (Paperback), 1981)

Nebula Nominee

• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (Novel, 2004)

New York Times bestseller

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Fiction, 1951)
• Islands in the Stream. by Ernest Hemingway (Fiction, 1970)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Fiction, 1999)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2000)
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins (Nonfiction, 2001)
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2005)
• The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2008)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2009, No. 15)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2003)

Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship

• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Phi Beta Kappa Award

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

Prix des Amis du Monde Diplomatique

• People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn

Prometheus Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 1993)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 2000)

Pulitzer Prize

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (General Non-Fiction, 1998)

Quill Award

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt (Business, 2005)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (General, 1998)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (1998)

Salon Book Award

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Fiction, 1999)

SF Site Editor's Choice

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (#1, 1999)

SF Site Reader's Choice

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1999)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Non-fiction (10), 2008)

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson

Waterstones Books of the Century

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1997, No 6)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (60)