Awards in your library

Summary: 31 Awards.

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

• The Iliad of Homer by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) by Herodotus (2 - 5th century BCE)
• The Aeneid by Virgil (19 BCE)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Metamorphoses of Ovid by Ovid (2006 Edition)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Quilt: Stories from the Names Project by Cindy Ruskin (1988)

ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens

• Identity Crisis (DC Comics) by Brad Meltzer (2007)
• Action Philosophers Giant-Size Thing Vol. 1 by Fred Van Lente (2007)
• The Death of Captain America, Vol. 2: The Burden of Dreams by Ed Brubaker (Fiction, 2009)
• The Death of Captain America, Vol. 1: The Death of the Dream by Ed Brubaker (Fiction, 2009)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• The Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection (History, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Green Lantern: Brother's Keeper (Green Lantern (Graphic Novels)) by Judd Winick ( GLBTQ, 2006)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• JLA: Earth 2 by Grant Morrison (2001)
• JLA Vol. 7: Tower of Babel by Mark Waid (2003)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• Too Many Cooks (Nero Wolfe) by Rex Stout (1938)

Benjamin Franklin Award (Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction, 2007) Stanley Lombardo translation

• The Iliad of Homer by Homer

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer

Borges' A Personal Library

• Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
• The Aeneid by Virgil
• The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) by Herodotus

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

• Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion by Jane Ellen Harrison
• The Greeks and the Irrational (Sather Classical Lectures) by E. R. Dodds

Eisner Award

• Kingdom Come by Mark Waid (Best Finite Series/Limited Series, 1997)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Best Graphic Album, 1988)
• Formerly Known as the Justice League by Keith Giffen (Best Humor Publication, 2004)

Harvey Award

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Graphic Album, 1988)

Hugo

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Other Forms, 1988)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout

Kirby Award

• Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman (Best Art Team, 1986)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• The Quilt: Stories from the Names Project by Cindy Ruskin (AIDS, 1988)

Locus

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Nonfiction/Related/Reference, 1988)

National Book Award

• The Aeneid by Virgil (Translation, 1973)

National Book Award finalist

• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (Translation, 1968)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Iliad of Homer by Homer (2009, No. 8)
• Iliad and Odyssey boxed set by Homer (2009, No. 8)
• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (2009, No. 8)
• The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) by Herodotus (2009, No. 28)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Njal's Saga (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
• The Aeneid by Virgil
• The Iliad of Homer by Homer
• The Metamorphoses of Ovid by Ovid
• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer

Pulitzer Prize finalist (Poetry, 1994) Allen Mandelbaum translation

• The Metamorphoses of Ovid by Ovid

Second Prize, Athens Dionysia Drama Festival

• Euripides II: The Cyclops and Heracles, Iphigenia in Tauris, Helen (The Complete Greek Tragedies) by Euripides (438 BCE)

Squiddy Award

• JLA: Earth 2 by Grant Morrison (Best Original Graphic Novel, 1999)
• JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice by Geoff Johns (Best Original Graphic Novel, 2002)
• Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman (Best Reprint Book, 1998)
• Kingdom Come by Mark Waid (Best Story, 1996)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Favorite Limited Series, 1988)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE (EVERYMAN'S UNIV. PBS.) by G N GARMONSWAY (EDITOR) (2008)
• The Iliad of Homer by Homer (2008)
• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (2008)
• The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) by Herodotus (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• The Odyssey of Homer by Homer ([trans.Robert Fagles] Fiction (5), 1996)

Time's 10 All-Time Graphic Novels

• Watchmen by Alan Moore

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• Watchmen by Alan Moore

The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time Mystery Writers of America

• The Doorbell Rang (The Rex Stout Library) by Rex Stout (66)