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Summary: 45 Awards.

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

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut (2006 Edition)
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (2006/2008 Edition)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (2006/2008 Edition)
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (2006/2008 Edition)
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë (2006/2008 Edition)
Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)

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

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (17)

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

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (9)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (41)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (34)

AAR Top 100 Romances

Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (1998, 12)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (2004, 87)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (67)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (69)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen ( Romance -- Passion and Heartbreak, 2000)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)

Audie Award

Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (Short Stories, 2009)

BBC's Big Read

Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (Best loved novel, 2003, No 02)
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 08)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Best loved novel, 2003, No 10)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë (Best loved novel, 2003, No 12)
Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (Best loved novel, 2003, No 40)

Duff Cooper Prize

Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (2003)

Guardian 1000

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (Comedy)
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Comedy)
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (Love)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Love)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë (Love)
Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (Love)
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (War and travel)

Hugo Nominee

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1970)

International Fantasy Awards Nominee

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut (Fiction, 1953)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

Galapagos: A Novel (Delta Fiction) by Kurt Vonnegut (1986)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford (Biography, 2001)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (30)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (54)
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (71)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

LOST Book Club

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (The Board's List, 13)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (The Board's List, 18)
Light in August (The Corrected Text) by William Faulkner (The Board's List, 54)

National Book Award

Collected Stories of William Faulkner by William Faulkner (Fiction, 1951)

National Book Award finalist

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Fiction, 1970)
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (Nonfiction, 2003)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (General Nonfiction, 2003)

Nebula Nominee

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1969)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1969)

New York Times bestseller

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Fiction, 1949)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Fiction, 1969)
Slapstick or Lonesome No More!: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut (Fiction, 1976)
Galapagos: A Novel (Delta Fiction) by Kurt Vonnegut (Fiction, 1985)
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser (Nonfiction, 2001)
Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (Nonfiction, 2008)

New York Times: Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (Multiple Votes)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (2009, No. 2)
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (2009, No. 9)
Light in August (The Corrected Text) by William Faulkner (2009, No. 43)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (2009, No. 60)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (2003)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë (2003)
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (2003)
Emma (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (2003)

PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1981)

Prometheus Award

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Hall of Fame, 1984)

Pulitzer Prize

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (Fiction, 1981)
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (General Non-Fiction, 2004)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (9)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (29)
Light in August (The Corrected Text) by William Faulkner (68)

Salon Book Award

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Fiction, 1996)

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction shortlist

Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum (2004)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (2008)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (2008)
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Fiction (2), 1996)

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

Waterstones Books of the Century

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1997, No 2)
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1997, No 67)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen (3)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (34)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë (46)

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