Awards in your library

Summary: 40 Awards.

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

• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (1532)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)

American Book Award

• Against All Enemies by Richard Clarke (2005)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (Gold medal, 2005)
• Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt (Gold medal, 2006)
• The Shield of Achilles by Philip Bobbitt (Honorable mention, 2003)

Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist

• For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War by Melvyn P. Leffler (2008)

Bancroft Prize

• Deterrence in American Foreign Policy by Alexander George (1975)
• The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times by Odd Arne Westad (2006)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)
• Germany 1866-1945 (Oxford History of Modern Europe) by Gordon A. Craig (Nonfiction, Silver, 1978)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando De Soto (Globalization)
• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (Office Politics)

George Louis Beer Prize

• A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II by Gerhard L. Weinberg (1994)
• A Constructed Peace by Marc Trachtenberg (2000)

The Grawemeyer Award For Ideas Improving World Order

• After Hegemony by Robert O. Keohane (1989)

Guardian First Book Award

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2008)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

Herbert Hoover Book Award

• A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II by Gerhard L. Weinberg (1994)

J. David Greenstone Prize

• The Sovereign State and Its Competitors by Hendrik Spruyt (1996)

Lionel Gelber Prize

• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (2004)

Lionel Gelber Prize Shortlist

• A New World Order by Anne-Marie Slaughter (2004)
• Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy by Stephen M. Walt (2006)

Lionel Trilling Book Award

• System Effects by Robert Jervis (1998)

LOST Book Club

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

National Book Award finalist

• Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett (Nonfiction, 1995)
• The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authori by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (Nonfiction, 2004)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Criticism, 2007)

New South Wales Premier's History Award

• Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 by Christopher Clark (General History Prize, 2007)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1988)
• The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy (1988)
• Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt (2005)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007)

New York Times bestseller

• The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes (Nonfiction, 1998)
• Bush at War by Bob Woodward (Nonfiction, 2002)
• Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward (Nonfiction, 2004)
• Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs (Nonfiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Non-Fiction, 2007)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (2009, No. 31)

Paul Birdsall Prize in European Military and Strategic History

• A Constructed Peace by Marc Trachtenberg (2000)

Phi Beta Kappa Award

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

Pulitzer Prize

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (General Non-Fiction, 1998)
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (General Non-Fiction, 2005)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett (General Non-Fiction, 1996)
• Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt (General Non-Fiction, 2006)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (General Nonfiction, 2008)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

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

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond (1998)
• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (General, 1989)

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction shortlist

• The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes (1999)
• Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt (2006)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2008)

Society of Military History - Distinguished Book Award

• A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II by Gerhard L. Weinberg (1995)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• On War (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Carl Von Clausewitz (2008)
• The Origins of The Second World War by A.J.P. Taylor (2008)
• The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt (Non-fiction (3), 2005)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Non-fiction (5), 2007)

Warwick Prize for Writing

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2009, shortlist)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1997, No 79)

Wolfson History Prize

• The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy (1988)
• Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 by Christopher Clark (2006)
• The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze (2006)

Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award

• Nuclear logics : contrasting paths in East Asia and the Middle East by Etel Solingen (2008)

World History Association Book Prize

• Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (2007)