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

• Candide by Voltaire (1759)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
• Elizabeth Costello by J. M. Coetze (2006 Edition)
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2006 Edition)
• The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd (2006 Edition)
• The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (2006 Edition)
• Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd (2006/2008 Edition)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind (2006/2008 Edition)
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (2006/2008 Edition)
• Hunger: A Novel by Knut Hamsun (2006/2008 Edition)
• Growth Of The Soil by Knut Hamsun (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
• If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Moon and the Bonfires (a novel). by Cesare; Ceconi Pavese, Marianne (traslator); Milano, Paolo (foreword). (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Dead Father by Donald Barthelme (2006/2008 Edition)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880 (2006/2008 Edition)
• Shame: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2006/2008 Edition)
• Life and Times of Michael K by J M Coetze (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Disgrace: A Novel by J. M. Coetzee (2006/2008 Edition)
• Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill Panther) by Peter Hoeg (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Midnight's Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Autumn of the Patriarch (P.S.) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Winshaw Legacy: or, What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe (2006/2008 Edition)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2006/2008 Edition)
• Snow by Orhan Pamuk (2008 Edition)
• The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa (2008 edition)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2008 edition)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

• Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Puffin Books) by Salman Rushdie (2009, No 662, Age 8 and over)
• Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino (2009, Ages 5↑)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• Life and Times of Michael K by J M Coetze (creative writing)
• The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman's Library) by Naguib Mahfouz (creative writing, top twelve)

The Age Book of the Year Award

• Illywhacker by Peter Carey (Fiction, 1985)
• True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel by Peter Carey (Fiction, 2001)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (2004)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (Science & Technology, 2004)
• What Is the What by Dave Eggers (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (I'm Not Making This Up, 2007)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003)

Alex Award

• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (2004)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Lush Life: A Novel by Richard Price (Literature & Fiction, 2008)

Ambassador Book Award

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

American Library Association - Notable Books for Adults - Fiction

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)

American Library Association Notable Book

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2007)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)

Archbishop San Clemente del Instituto Rosalia de Castro Prize

• Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree by Tariq Ali (Best Foreign Language Fiction Published in Spain, 1994)

Aristeion

• The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (Literary, 1996)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell (2005)

Bancarella

• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (1989)

BBC's Big Read

• One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Best loved novel, 2003, No 32)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind (Best loved novel, 2003, No 71)
• Midnight's Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (Best loved novel, 2003, No 100)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

• The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe (2001)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2007)

Booker of Bookers 25th Anniversary

• Midnight's Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (1993)

Booker of Bookers 40th Anniversary

• Midnight's Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2008)

Booker Prize

• Midnight's Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (1981)
• Life and Times of Michael K by J M Coetze (1983)
• Disgrace: A Novel by J. M. Coetzee (1999)
• True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel by Peter Carey (2001)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2006)

Booker Prize Longlist

• Elizabeth Costello by J. M. Coetze (2003)
• The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2008)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Shame: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (1983)
• Illywhacker by Peter Carey (1985)
• Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd (1987)
• The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (1988)
• The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (1995)
• Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell (2004)

Borders Original Voices

• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (2001)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Geek Love: A Novel by Katherine Dunn (Novel, 1989)

British Book Award

• The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (Author Of The Year, 1996)
• Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell (Literary Fiction, 2005)

Colorado Book Award

• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (2004)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• Disgrace: A Novel by J. M. Coetzee (Best Book, 2000)
• True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel by Peter Carey (Best Book, 2001)

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

• Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography (Anchor Books) by Robert Graves

Crossword Prize

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

CWA

• Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill Panther) by Peter Hoeg (Silver Dagger, 1994)

Dilys Award

• Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill Panther) by Peter Hoeg (1994)

Ditmar Award

• Illywhacker by Peter Carey (Australian SF Novel, 1986)
• Cosmicomics (Harbrace Paperbound Library, Hpl 69) by Italo Calvino (International Fiction, 1970)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)
• Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill Panther) by Peter Hoeg (Novel, 1994)

English-Speaking Union Award

• Midnight's Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (1981)

Falcon Award

• No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (2008)

Franz Kafka Prize

• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006)

Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee

• Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell (Novel, 2005)

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

• Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell (2005)

Glasnyckeln

• Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill Panther) by Peter Hoeg (1993)

Great Lakes Book Award

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

Guardian 1000

• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (Comedy)
• Illywhacker by Peter Carey (Comedy)
• The Unbearable Bassington by Saki (Comedy)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind (Crime)
• True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel by Peter Carey (Crime)
• Lush Life: A Novel by Richard Price (Crime)
• Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill Panther) by Peter Hoeg (Crime)
• No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (Crime)
• The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco (Crime)
• My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk (Crime)
• Hunger: A Novel by Knut Hamsun (Family and self)
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Family and self)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880 (Love)
• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (Love)
• Samarkand (Interlink World Fiction) by Amin Maalouf (Love)
• Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Moon and the Bonfires (a novel). by Cesare; Ceconi Pavese, Marianne (traslator); Milano, Paolo (foreword). (State of the nation)
• The Winshaw Legacy: or, What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe (State of the nation)
• Disgrace: A Novel by J. M. Coetzee (State of the nation)
• Midnight's Children: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (State of the nation)
• Shame: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (State of the nation)
• Candide by Voltaire (War and travel)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (War and travel)
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (War and travel)

Guardian Fiction Prize

• Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd (1985)

Hammett Prize Nominee

• No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (2005)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Hawthornden Prize

• I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 (Vintage International) by Robert Graves (1935)

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