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

The Confessions by St. Augustine (400 AD)
Candide: Or, Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Francois Voltaire (1759)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1869)
The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

The Brothers Karamazov (Everyman's Library) by Fyodor Dostoevsky (2006 Edition)
Pastoralia by George Saunders (2006 Edition)
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (2006 Edition)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut (2006 Edition)
Our Mutual Friend (Modern Library Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Italo Calvino (2006/2008 Edition)
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
The Trial by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) by Ken Kesey (2006/2008 Edition)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)
Bleak House (Modern Library Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006/2008 Edition)
Dead Souls: A Novel by Nikolai Gogol (2006/2008 Edition)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (67)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (69)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (1990)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2004)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling (2006)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2008)
Notes for a War Story by Gipi (2008)
Thoreau at Walden by John Porcellino (2009)
What It Is by Lynda Barry (2009)

ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens

Night Fisher by R. Kikuo Johnson (2007)
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott Mccloud (2007)
Notes for a War Story by Gipi (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (Biography, 1999)
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott Mccloud (Non-fiction, 1999)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Fiction, 1999)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (Arts & Humanities, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (I'm Not Making This Up, 2007)
One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry ( Get Creative, 2007)

ALA Rainbow List

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Young Adult Nonfiction, 2008)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (2007)

Alex Award

One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry (2003)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2004)

Ambassador Book Award

This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (Biography/Autobiography, 1990)

American Book Award

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (2001)
Jimbo's Inferno by Gary Panter (2007)

Andre Norton Award

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2007)

Angoulême Coup de Coeur Award

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2001)

BBC's Big Read

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 20)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Best loved novel, 2003, No 60)
Bleak House (Modern Library Classics) by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 79)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) by Ken Kesey (Best loved novel, 2003, No 157)

BILBY

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling (older readers, 2006)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (older readers, 2008)

Book Sense Book of the Year

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)

Books with Bite: Teen Read Week 2008

Vampire Loves by Joann Sfar (Vampires)

Borges' A Personal Library

The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link (Collection, 2005)

British Book Award

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling (Book of the Year, 2006)

Carnegie Medal Nominee

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling (2005)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2008)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor (Literary Classics)
The Confessions by St. Augustine (Spiritual Classics)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

Old School by Tobias Wolff (Fiction, Silver, 2003)

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

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott Mccloud

Edgar Award Nominee

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography (Critical / Biographical, 1978)

Eisner Award

The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962 by Charles M. Schulz (Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Strips, 2007)
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott Mccloud (Best Comics-Related Book, 1994)
One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry (Best Graphic Album: New, 2003)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 2001)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Best Reality-Based Work, 2007)
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar (Best U.S. Edition of International Material, 2006)

Eisner Award nominee

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond by Jessica Abel (Best Comics-Related Book, 2009)
What It Is by Lynda Barry (Best Reality-Based Work, 2009)

Firecracker Alternative Book Award

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Graphic Novel, 2001)

Geffen Award

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (Best Translated YA or Children SF&F Book, 2008)

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte (1991)

Guardian 1000

Dead Souls: A Novel by Nikolai Gogol (Comedy)
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (Comedy)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Crime)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Family and self)
The Brothers Karamazov (Everyman's Library) by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Family and self)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Family and self)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) by Ken Kesey (Family and self)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Love)
The Trial by Franz Kafka (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Bleak House (Modern Library Classics) by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (War and travel)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (War and travel)
Candide: Or, Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Francois Voltaire (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (2001)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

Harvey Award

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (American Edition of Foreign Material, 2004)
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott Mccloud (Graphic Album of Original Work, 1994)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 2001)

Harvey Award Nominee

Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Cartoonist, 2007)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Graphic Album of Original Work, 2007)

Hugo Nominee

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1964)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1970)

Ignatz Award

Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man by John Porcellino (Outstanding Anthology or Collection, 2005)
Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Outstanding Anthology or Collection, 2007)
Don't Go Where I Can't Follow by Anders Nilsen (Outstanding Graphic Novel, 2007)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Outstanding Story, 2000)
Dogs and Water by Anders Nilsen (Outstanding Story, 2005)

Ignatz Award nominee

The Push Man and Other Stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Outstanding Anthology or Collection, 2006)
King-Cat Classix by John Porcellino (Outstanding Anthology or Collection, 2007)
Misery Loves Comedy by Ivan Brunetti (Outstanding Anthology or Collection, 2007)
Drawn & Quarterly (Volume 3) (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2000)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2001)
McSweeney's Issue 13 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern) by Editors of McSweeney's (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2004)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Outstanding Graphic Novel, 2006)

International Horror Guild Nominee

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link (Collection, 2005)

IPPY

McSweeney's Issue 13 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern) by Editors of McSweeney's (Outstanding Books of the Year, 2005)

IPPY Bronze

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations by Joel Smith (Fine Art, 2007)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

Galapagos (Delta Fiction) by Kurt Vonnegut (1986)

Julian Symons' 100 Best Crime Stories

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1886)

Lambda Literary Award

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Lesbian Memoir, 2006)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Arts & Culture, 2006)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (22)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (54)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories by Raymond Carver (62)

Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie (1994)

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