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

The Odyssey by Robert (translator) Homer; Fitzgerald (8th – early 7th century BCE)
Iliad by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
Republic (Classics of World Literature) (Classics of World Literature) by Plato (380 BCE)
Relativity : The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein (1916)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges (2006 Edition)
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2006 Edition)
Hunger by Knut Hamsun (2006/2008 Edition)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2006/2008 Edition)
If On a Winter's Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino (2006/2008 Edition)
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (2006/2008 Edition)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2006/2008 Edition)
Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Popular Classics) by Virginia Woolf (2006/2008 Edition)
Their eyes were watching God by Hurston Zora Neale (2006/2008 Edition)
Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (2006/2008 Edition)
Orlando (Penguin Modern Classics) by Virginia Woolf (2006/2008 Edition)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera (2006/2008 Edition)
The Stranger (Vintage International) by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)

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

Winnie-the-Pooh (Pooh Original Edition) by A. A. Milne (2009, Ages 3↑)

Académie française

Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint Exupery (Grand prix du roman, 1939)

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 Outstanding Books for the College Bound

The Odyssey by Robert (translator) Homer; Fitzgerald (Poetry, 1999)
A Brief History of Time From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Social Sciences, 2004)
Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Social Sciences, 2004)
Bee Season: A Novel by Myla Goldberg (Humanities, 2004)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Fuck This Book by Bodhi Oser (2007)

Alex Award

Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (2002)
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2004)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

Duck on a bike by David Shannon (2003)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

BBC's Big Read

Winnie-the-Pooh (Pooh Original Edition) by A. A. Milne (Best loved novel, 2003, No 07)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Best loved novel, 2003, No 32)
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (Best loved novel, 2003, No 55)
Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Best loved novel, 2003, No 191)

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

Iliad by Homer

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

The Odyssey by Robert (translator) Homer; Fitzgerald

Book Sense Book of the Year

Bee Season: A Novel by Myla Goldberg (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2001)
Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)

Booker Prize

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2002)

Borders Original Voices

Bee Season: A Novel by Myla Goldberg (2001)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (2001)

Borges' A Personal Library

The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna's Counsel in Time of War by Barbara Miller

Bram Stoker Award

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2001)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2002)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001)

Canada Reads Nominee

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)

Combat des livres

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (Best Book, 1994)

Cyril Connolly's 100 key books of the modern movement from England, France and America 1880-1950

The Stranger (Vintage International) by Albert Camus

Edward Lewis Wallant Award

Bee Season: A Novel by Myla Goldberg (2001)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ( co-recipient)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint Exupery (003)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Work & Life)

Frankfurt eBook Award

Bee Season: A Novel by Myla Goldberg (2000|Best Fiction work converted from print to ebook)

Geffen Award

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2003)

Guardian 1000

Tales of the City (Tales of the City Series, V. 1) by Armistead Maupin (Comedy)
I Served the King of England (Vintage International) by Bohumil Hrabal (Comedy)
Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Crime)
Hunger by Knut Hamsun (Family and self)
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (Family and self)
Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Popular Classics) by Virginia Woolf (Family and self)
The Stranger (Vintage International) by Albert Camus (Family and self)
Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Love)
Their eyes were watching God by Hurston Zora Neale (Love)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera (Love)
Orlando (Penguin Modern Classics) by Virginia Woolf (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (War and travel)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (War and travel)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (War and travel)

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

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J. D. Salinger (2009)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

Herbert Hoover Book Award

Bohemian Los Angeles and the making of modern politics by Daniel Hurewitz (2007)

Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2001)

Hugo

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2002)

Hugo Nominee

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1964)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1970)

International IMPAC Dublin

The Gospel according to Jesus Christ by José. Saramago (Shortlist, 1996)

IPPY

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (Outstanding Books of the Year, 2003)

Irish Times International Fiction Prize Shortlist

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (1994)

Lambda Literary Award

Gay L. A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians by Lillian Faderman (Arts & Culture, 2006)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

Their eyes were watching God by Hurston Zora Neale (31)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (54)

Locus

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy Novel, 2002)

Locus Award

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Best Fantasy Novel, 2002)

Locus Recommended Reading

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy Novel, 2001)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Current Interest, 2001)
Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Fiction, 1984)

LOST Book Club

Meilleur Livre Étranger

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1969)

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

A room of one's own by Virginia Woolf (4)
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (72)

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