Awards in your library

Summary: 12 Awards.

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

• Tao Te Ching (Skylight Illuminations) by Lao Tzu (3rd century BCE)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Tibetan Book of the Dead (The Great Book of Natural Liberation Through Understanding in the Between) by Padma Sambhava
• The Bhagavad Gita (Classics of Indian Spirituality) by Eknath Easwaran

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck
• Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (Science and Technology, 1997)

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

• Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Modern Library) by William Styron (55)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Nonfiction, 1997)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.) by Steven Pinker (1994)

New York Times bestseller

• Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships by Eric Berne (General, 1965)
• Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes (Nonfiction, 1992)
• Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman (Nonfiction, 1995)
• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison (Nonfiction, 1995)
• Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser (Nonfiction, 2001)
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (Nonfiction, 2006)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Paperback Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 1990)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (Non-Fiction, 2006)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• A New Earth (Oprah's Book Club) by Eckhart Tolle (2008)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Non-Fiction, 1998)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.) by Steven Pinker (General, 1995)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General, 1999)