Awards in your library

Summary: 40 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Sula by Toni Morrison (2006 Edition)
• Jazz by Toni Morrison (2006 Edition)
• Possessing the Secret of Joy: A Novel by Alice Walker (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) by Toni Morrison (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (17)
• The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) by Toni Morrison (34)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (18)
• The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) by Toni Morrison (39)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (1976)

ALA Notable Book

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mildred D. Taylor

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X (Biography, 1999)
• Push: A Novel by Sapphire (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Push: A Novel by Sapphire (Hard Knock Life, 2010)
• The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah ( Hard Knock Life, 2010)

Bancarella

• Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (1978)

BBC's Big Read

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 136)

Christian Booksellers Association

• The Purpose Driven® Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven® Life, The) by Rick Warren (100 Christian Books That Changed the Twentieth Century)

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 by Malcolm X

Guardian 1000

• The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) by Toni Morrison (Family and self)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Family and self)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mildred D. Taylor (1977)

International IMPAC Dublin

• Paradise (Oprah's Book Club) by Toni Morrison (Shortlist, 2000)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America by Keith Boykin (Nonfiction, 2005)

Library Journal Best Christian Fiction

• Let the Church Say Amen by ReShonda Tate Billingsley (2004)

Lillian Smith Award

• Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (1977)

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

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X (51)

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

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X (91)

NAACP Image Award for Literature;

• Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell

National Book Award

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction (Hardcover), 1983)
• The Women of Brewster Place (Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series) by Gloria Naylor (First Novel, 1983)

National Book Award finalist

• Sula by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1975)

National Book Award Nomination

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mildred D. Taylor

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1982)
• Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (General Nonfiction, 1976)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (1976)
• Jazz by Toni Morrison (1992)

New York Times bestseller

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1983)
• Jazz by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1992)
• Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan (Fiction, 1992)
• Possessing the Secret of Joy: A Novel by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1992)
• Disclosure A Novel by Michael Crichton by Michael Crichton (Fiction, 1994)
• The Rainmaker by John Grisham (Fiction, 1995)
• Big Girls Don't Cry by Connie Briscoe (Fiction, 1996)
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (Fiction, 1996)
• Paradise (Oprah's Book Club) by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1998)
• Singing in the Comeback Choir by Bebe Moore Campbell (Fiction, 1998)
• The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 2000)
• The Summons by John Grisham (Fiction, 2002)
• The Best-Kept Secret by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Fiction, 2005)
• The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan (Fiction, 2005)
• Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby (Fiction, 2006)
• Just Too Good to Be True: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris (Fiction, 2008)
• Midnight: A Gangster Love Story by Sister Souljah (Fiction, 2008)
• Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (General, 1976)
• Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou (Nonfiction, 1993)
• The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou (Nonfiction, 1997)
• Even the Stars Look Lonely by Maya Angelou (Nonfiction, 1997)
• Yesterday, I Cried : Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving by Iyanla Vanzant (Nonfiction, 1999)
• On the Down Low: A Journey into the Lives of 'Straight' Black Men Who Sleep with Men by J. L. King (Nonfiction, 2004)

A New York Times Book Review Best of Children's Books 1970-1980

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mildred D. Taylor

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell (Fiction, 1992)

Newbery Medal

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mildred D. Taylor (1977)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X (2009, No. 97)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2009, No. 99)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou (1997)
• Paradise (Oprah's Book Club) by Toni Morrison (1998)
• The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) by Toni Morrison (2000)
• Sula by Toni Morrison (2002)

Orange Prize Shortlist

• Paradise (Oprah's Book Club) by Toni Morrison (1999)

Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mildred D. Taylor (1979)

Pulitzer Prize

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1983)
• Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (Special Citation, 1977)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (5)
• Jazz by Toni Morrison (56)

Reader Views Literary Awards

• This Ain't No Hearts and Flowers Love Story Pt1 by Brooklyn Darkchild (Religion/Spirituality, Honorable Mention, 2007)

Shamus Award Shortlist

• When Death Come Stealing by Valerie Wilson Wesley (Best First PI Novel, 1995)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Paradise (Oprah's Book Club) by Toni Morrison (Fiction (2), 1998)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1997, No 18)