Awards in your library

Summary: 38 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (2006/2008 Edition)
• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• The Little Engine That Could: The Complete, Original Edition (A Platt & Munk Classic) by Watty Piper (2009, Age 0-3)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• Silverlock by John Myers Myers (21)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (53)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (60)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers by Albert Marrin (2000)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers by Albert Marrin (History, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris ( All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)

Anthony Award

• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Best Novel, 1989)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1973)

BBC's Big Read

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Best loved novel, 2003, No 185)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (2007)

Bram Stoker Award

• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Novel, 1988)

British Book Award Shortlist

• The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2008)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor (Literary Classics)

Corine Award (Germany) 2003, Readers’ Prize

• Jackdaws by Ken Follett

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (International Prize, 1991)

Guardian 1000

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Crime)
• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (War and travel)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

James Tiptree, Jr. Award Long List

• Pussy, King of the Pirates (Acker, Kathy) by Kathy Acker (1997)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (3)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (76)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (The Reader's List, 21)
• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (The Reader's List, 80)

National Book Award

• The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor (Fiction, 1972)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (Fiction, 1974)

National Book Award finalist

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1953)
• Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture by William R. Leach (Nonfiction, 1993)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn H. Nicholas (General Nonfiction, 1994)

Nebula Nominee

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (Novel, 1973)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1973)

New York Times bestseller

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1952)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (Fiction, 1973)
• The Women's Room by Marilyn French (Fiction, 1977)
• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Fiction, 1988)
• Jackdaws by Ken Follett (Fiction, 2001)
• The Last Jihad (Political Thrillers Series #1) by Joel C. Rosenberg (Fiction, 2002)
• Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon by Nick Trout (Nonfiction, 2008)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (2003)

Publishing Triangle 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels

• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (73)

SWR-Bestenliste

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1982)

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs

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

• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (16)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1997, No 77)

Western Heritage Award

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Western Novel, 1975)

William Dean Howells Medal

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1975)

World Fantasy Award Nominee

• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Novel, 1989)