Awards in your library

Summary: 49 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (2008 Edition)
• De vilda detektiverna by Roberto Bolaño (2008 Edition)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

Ambassador Book Award

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (Biography/Autobiography, 2006)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• The Execution Channel by Ken Macleod (2008)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• The Execution Channel by Ken Macleod (Novel, 2007)

Dayton Literary Peace Prize

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008)

Duff Cooper Prize

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (2008)

Guardian 1000

• The Uncommon Reader: A Novella by Alan Bennett (Comedy)
• The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• De vilda detektiverna by Roberto Bolaño (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

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

Hammett Prize Nominee

• The Turnaround by George Pelecanos (2008)

Herralde

• De vilda detektiverna by Roberto Bolaño (1998)

Hugo

• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Novel, 2007)

International IMPAC Dublin

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Shortlist, 2009)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2006)

John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2007)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2007)
• The Execution Channel by Ken Macleod (2008)

Locus

• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (SF Novel, 2007)

Locus Award

• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Best Science Fiction Novel, 2007)

Locus Nominee

• Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder (SF Novel, 2006)

Locus Poll

• The Execution Channel by Ken Macleod (SF Novel, 2008, 8)

Locus Recommended Reading

• Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder (Science Fiction Novel, 2005)
• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (Science Fiction Novel, 2006)
• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Science Fiction Novel, 2006)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction, 2007)

Massachusetts Book Award

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction, 2008)

Mercantile Library Center for Fiction's John Sargent First Novel Prize

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

The Morning News Tournament of Books

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Champion, 2008)
• The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (Quarterfinalist, 2007)
• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (Semifinalist, 2007)
• Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris (Semifinalist, 2008)

National Book Award finalist

• Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris (Fiction, 2007)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (Biography, 2005)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Criticism, 2007)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction, 2007)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (2006)
• The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (Fiction, 2006)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (2006)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007)
• Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris (2007)
• De vilda detektiverna by Roberto Bolaño (2007)

New York Times bestseller

• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2007)
• The Mission Song: A Novel by John le Carre (Fiction, 2006)
• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (Fiction, 2006)
• Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Fiction, 2006)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction, 2007)
• New England White: A novel by Stephen L. Carter (Fiction, 2007)
• A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre (Fiction, 2008)
• Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks (Nonfiction, 2007)
• When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Nonfiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (Fiction & Poetry, 2006)
• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (Fiction & Poetry, 2006)
• Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)
• De vilda detektiverna by Roberto Bolaño (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)
• A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre (Fiction & Poetry, 2008)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Non-Fiction, 2007)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr (2009)
• The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next by Lee Smolin (2009)
• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (2009)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (2006)
• The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (2006)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (March 28, 2007)

Prometheus Award Shortlist

• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Novel, 2007)
• The Execution Channel by Ken Macleod (Novel, 2008)

Pulitzer Prize

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (Biography or Autobiography, 2006)
• The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2007)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction, 2008)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

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

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science) by Roger Penrose (General, 1990)

Rómulo Gallegos

• De vilda detektiverna by Roberto Bolaño (1999)

Salon Book Award

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2007)
• Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris (2007)

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction shortlist

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

SF Site Editor's Choice

• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)
• The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (2006)
• The Execution Channel by Ken Macleod (2007)

SF Site Reader's Choice

• Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)

SWR-Bestenliste

• The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (2007)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird (Non-fiction (1), 2005)
• The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (Best Book (6) 2006)
• The Road (Oprah's Book Club) by Cormac McCarthy (Best Book (3) 2006)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Non-fiction (5), 2007)
• Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris (Fiction (2), 2007)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction (1), 2007)

University of Rochester Best Translated Book of 2007 longlist

• De vilda detektiverna by Roberto Bolaño

Warwick Prize for Writing

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