Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2006 Edition)
• The castle by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Name of the Rose-Nla by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (2006/2008 Edition)

1952 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov (15)

1956 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov (12)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Dune by Frank Herbert (1)
• A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (5)
• Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov (6)
• The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (8)
• Caves of Steel (Robot City (Paperback)) by Isaac Asimov (30)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Dune by Frank Herbert (1)
• The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (4)
• Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov (6)
• A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (7)
• Caves of Steel (Robot City (Paperback)) by Isaac Asimov (33)

Agatha Award Nominee

• The Potter's Field: The Seventeenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters (Novel, 1990)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card (1985)
• The Queen's Man: A Medieval Mystery (Medieval Mysteries (Random House Paperback)) by Sharon Kay Penman (1998)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Truman by David McCullough (Biography, 1999)
• Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card (Fiction, 1999)
• John Adams by David McCullough (History, 2004)
• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis (History, 2004)
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card (Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• Centennial by James A. Michener ( Western, 2001)

Ambassador Book Award

• John Adams by David McCullough (Biography/Autobiography, 2002)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Creation: A Novel by Gore Vidal (1981)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1994)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (2000)

Award in Literature, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

• The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro (1986)

Bancarella

• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (1989)

Barry Award nominee

• Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James (British Crime Novel, 2002)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• Cover Her Face by P.D. James (1962)

BBC's Big Read

• Dune by Frank Herbert (Best loved novel, 2003, No 39)
• Shogun by James Clavell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 119)
• Name of the Rose-Nla by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)

Benjamin Barondess Award

• Lincoln: A Novel by Gore Vidal (1985)
• Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2006)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (1984)
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1993)

Carl Sandburg Award

• Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro (2003)

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

• A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) by Christopher Alexander

CWA

• The Black Tower by P.D. James (Silver Dagger, 1975)
• Monk's Hood: The Third Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters (Silver Dagger, 1980)

Ditmar Award

• The gods themselves by Isaac Asimov (International Fiction, 1973)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (International Fiction, 1985)

Douglas Dillon Book Award

• John Adams by David McCullough (2001)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Queen's Man: A Medieval Mystery (Medieval Mysteries (Random House Paperback)) by Sharon Kay Penman (First Novel, 1997)
• Name of the Rose-Nla by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)

Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year

• The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman (2005)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Power Broker : Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Vintage) by Robert A. Caro (Power)
• influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini (Power)
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

Francis Parkman Prize

• The Power Broker : Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Vintage) by Robert A. Caro (1975)
• Truman by David McCullough (1993)

Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award

• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis (2001)
• John Adams by David McCullough (2002)

Geffen Award

• House Atreides (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 1) by Brian Herbert (Best Translated Science Fiction Book, 2000)

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Roman étranger, 1997)

Guardian 1000

• The castle by Franz Kafka (Comedy)
• Name of the Rose-Nla by Umberto Eco (Crime)
• Cover Her Face by P.D. James (Crime)
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Dune by Frank Herbert (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (War and travel)

H. L. Mencken Award

• The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro (1983)

H.R.F. Keating's 100 Best Crime & Mystery Books

• The Black Tower by P.D. James (80)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Exodus by Leon Uris

Hugo

• Stranger in a strange land by Robert A. Heinlein
• Second foundation by Isaac Asimov (All-Time Series, 1966)
• A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (Novel, 1961)
• Dune by Frank Herbert (Novel, 1966)
• The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel, 1967)
• The gods themselves by Isaac Asimov (Novel, 1973)
• Foundation's Edge (Foundation Novels (Paperback)) by Isaac Asimov (Novel, 1983)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (Novel, 1985)
• Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card (Novel, 1986)

Hugo Nominee

• Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3) by Frank Herbert (Novel, 1977)
• The robots of dawn by Isaac Asimov (Novel, 1984)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 2000)

Ignotus Award

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Foreign novel, 2001)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (1985)

Jolt Awards

• Code Complete, Second Edition by Steve McConnell (1993)
• Rapid Development by Steve McConnell (1996)
• Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems by James A. Highsmith III (2000)
• Effective Java Programming Language Guide by Joshua Bloch (2001)
• Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices by Robert C. Martin (2002)
• Agile software development by Alistair Cockburn (2006)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Neuromancer by William Gibson (36.1)

Lincoln Prize

• Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2006)

Lionel Gelber Prize

• Truman by David McCullough (1992)

Locus

• The gods themselves by Isaac Asimov (Novel, 1973)
• Foundation's Edge (Foundation Novels (Paperback)) by Isaac Asimov (SF Novel, 1983)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (SF Novel, 2000)

Locus Award

• The gods themselves by Isaac Asimov (Best Novel, 1973)
• Foundation's Edge (Foundation Novels (Paperback)) by Isaac Asimov (Best Science Fiction Novel, 1983)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Best Science Fiction Novel, 2000)

Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work

• The castle by Franz Kafka (1998)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro (Biography, 2002)

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