Awards in your library

Summary: 26 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Herzog by Bellow Saul (2006/2008 Edition)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)

Ambassador Book Award

• The Story of English by Robert McCrum (Special Citation, 1987)

Association for Mormon Letters Award

• Crazy for Living by Linda Sillitoe (Poetry, 1993)

BBC's Big Read

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Best loved novel, 2003, No 171)

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

• A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean

Firecracker Alternative Book Award

• The outlaw bible of American poetry by Alan Kaufman (Poetry, 2000)

Fomentor Award

• Herzog by Bellow Saul

Guardian 1000

• Herzog by Bellow Saul (Family and self)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

International Literary Award

• Herzog by Bellow Saul

James L. Dow Award

• Herzog by Bellow Saul

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

• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (21)

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

• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (75)

National Book Award

• Herzog by Bellow Saul (Fiction, 1965)

New York Times bestseller

• Herzog by Bellow Saul (Fiction, 1964)
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (General, 1959)
• The language of life : a festival of poets by Bill D. Moyers (Nonfiction, 1995)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2009)
• Leaves of Grass (Bantam Classics) by Walt Whitman (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Tragedy of Othello. the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare (2009, No. 51)
• Leaves of Grass (Bantam Classics) by Walt Whitman (2009, No. 53)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2009, No. 56)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• The Tragedy of Othello. the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare
• Leaves of Grass (Bantam Classics) by Walt Whitman

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Leaves of Grass (Bantam Classics) by Walt Whitman (2006)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Herzog by Bellow Saul (2003)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2003)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• On the great Atlantic rainway : selected poems, 1950-1988 by Kenneth Koch (Poetry, 1995)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2008)

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• Herzog by Bellow Saul

Tony Award

• The Tragedy of Othello. the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare (Revival, 1982)

Western Heritage Award

• Little Big Man by Thomas Berger (Western Novel, 1965)