Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Our Mutual Friend (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (2006/2008 Edition)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (2006/2008 Edition)
• Humboldt's gift by Saul Bellow (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2008 edition)
• Nada (Spanish Edition) by Carmen Laforet (2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (History & Cultures, 2009)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Own Your Freak, 2005)

American Library Association Notable Book

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2007)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

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

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)
• Humboldt's gift by Saul Bellow (1975)

BBC's Big Read

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)

Betty Trask Award

• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (2001)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2007)

Booker Prize

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2006)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The varieties of religious experience by William James

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (Best First Book, 2001)

Crossword Prize

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Popular Award, 2006)

Dayton Literary Peace Prize

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

Guardian 1000

• Humboldt's gift by Saul Bellow (Family and self)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Family and self)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (Love)
• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (State of the nation)
• The Sheltering Sky (P.S.) by Paul Bowles (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (2000)

The Guardian's Text on the Beach: 50 Best Summer Reads Ever

• The Sheltering Sky (P.S.) by Paul Bowles (2009)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The varieties of religious experience by William James

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

• The Siege by Ismail Kadare (2009, shortlist)

International IMPAC Dublin

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

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (Fiction, 2000)

John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize

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

Kiriyama Prize Finalist

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Fiction, 2007)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (60)
• The Sheltering Sky (P.S.) by Paul Bowles (83)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist

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

LOST Book Club

• Our Mutual Friend (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens

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

• The varieties of religious experience by William James (2)

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

• The varieties of religious experience by William James (43)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (The Board's List, 64)
• The Sheltering Sky (P.S.) by Paul Bowles (The Board's List, 97)

The Morning News Tournament of Books

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

Nadal

• Nada (Spanish Edition) by Carmen Laforet (1944)

National Book Award

• The collected poems of Howard Nemerov by Howard Nemerov (Poetry, 1978)

National Book Award finalist

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Fiction, 1952)
• Humboldt's gift by Saul Bellow (Fiction, 1976)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Fiction, 2006)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction, 2007)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Humboldt's gift by Saul Bellow (1975)

New York Times bestseller

• The Sheltering Sky (P.S.) by Paul Bowles (Fiction, 1950)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Fiction, 1951)
• Humboldt's gift by Saul Bellow (Fiction, 1975)
• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (Fiction, 2000)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction, 2007)
• A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (General, 1964)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, 2005)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Fiction & Poetry, 2006)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2009, No. 15)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (2009, No. 46)
• The varieties of religious experience by William James (2009, No. 89)

Nobel Prize

• The day the leader was killed by Najīb Maḥfūẓ (Literature 1988)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2003)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (2003)

Orange Prize Shortlist

• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (2000)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2007)

Pulitzer Prize

• Humboldt's gift by Saul Bellow (Fiction, 1976)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Fiction, 2008)
• The collected poems of Howard Nemerov by Howard Nemerov (Poetry, 1978)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (General, 2006)

Salon Book Award

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2007)
• White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith (Fiction, 2000)

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