Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (2006 Edition)
• Jazz by Toni Morrison (2006 Edition)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (2006/2008 Edition)
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (2006/2008 Edition)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (3)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (17)
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (34)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (45)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (3)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (18)
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (39)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (42)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1970)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2003)
• Bird by Angela Johnson (2005)
• Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Biography, 1999)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1999)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• Nineteen Minutes: A Novel by Jodi Picoult (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Client by John Grisham ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton ( Guess Again: Mystery and Suspense!, 2004)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)

Alex Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2004)

American Book Award

• Mama by Terry McMillan (1987)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (1988)
• The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni (2008)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• Bluish (sig) by Virginia Hamilton (2004)
• Bird by Angela Johnson (2005)

Anne Izard Storytellers' Award

• The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton (2002)

Bancarella

• The Client by John Grisham (1994)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

BBC's Big Read

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Best loved novel, 2003, No 62)
• Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson (Best loved novel, 2003, No 117)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 136)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton (1993)

Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award for Fiction, 2002

• I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) by Walter Mosley

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland ( Adult Honor Book, 2000)
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Adult Fiction Winner, 2001)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Adult Fiction Winner, 2003)

Bram Stoker Award

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (First Novel, 2002)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Novel, 2002)

Bram Stoker Nominee

• Insomnia by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in a Novel, 1994)

British Book Award

• Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15) by Patricia Cornwell (Crime Thriller of the Year, 2008)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (First Fiction, Silver, 2002)

Coretta Scott King Award

• In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson (Illustrator, 2000)

Coretta Scott King Honor

• Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (Poetry For Young People) by David Roessel (Illustrator, 2007)

CWA

• Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) by Walter Mosley (New Blood Dagger, 1991)

CWA Gold Dagger

• Cruel and Unusual: A Kay Scarpetta Novel (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries) by Patricia Cornwell (1993)

Edgar Award

• The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (Juvenile, 1969)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) by Walter Mosley (First Novel, 1991)

Edgar Award, Juvenile

• The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (1969)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ( co-recipient)

Guardian 1000

• Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) by Walter Mosley (Crime)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Family and self)
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Family and self)
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (Love)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (War and travel)

Gumshoe Award nominee

• The Stone Monkey (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Jeffery Deaver (Novel, 2003)

Heartland Prize

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Fiction, 2002)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) by Walter Mosley

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (12)
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (31)

Locus Poll Nominee

• Insomnia by Stephen King (Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel, 1995)

LOST Book Club

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (The Reader's List, 31)

National Book Award

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction (Hardcover), 1983)

National Book Award finalist

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1987)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1982)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1987)

NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

• In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson (2000)
• The Sound That Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford (2001)
• The Minstrel's Melody (American Girl History Mysteries) by Eleanora E. Tate (2002)

NEA Big Read

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (2009)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987)
• Jazz by Toni Morrison (1992)

New York Times bestseller

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1983)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1987)
• The Firm by John Grisham (Fiction, 1991)
• Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan (Fiction, 1992)
• Jazz by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1992)
• Cruel and Unusual: A Kay Scarpetta Novel (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries) by Patricia Cornwell (Fiction, 1993)
• The Client by John Grisham (Fiction, 1993)
• The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell (Fiction, 1994)
• The Chamber by John Grisham (Fiction, 1994)
• Brothers and Sisters by Bebe Moore Campbell (Fiction, 1994)
• Insomnia by Stephen King (Fiction, 1994)
• Morning, Noon & Night by Sidney Sheldon (Fiction, 1995)
• From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell (Fiction, 1995)
• The Rainmaker by John Grisham (Fiction, 1995)
• Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women by Maya Angelou (Fiction, 1995)
• The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (Fiction, 1996)
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (Fiction, 1996)
• Pretend You Don't See Her by Mary Higgins Clark (Fiction, 1997)
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Fiction, 1997)
• The Testament by John Grisham (Fiction, 1999)
• White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) by Janet Fitch (Fiction, 1999)
• The Brethren by John Grisham (Fiction, 2000)
• Roses Are Red by James Patterson (Fiction, 2000)
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 2000)
• The Villa by Nora Roberts (Fiction, 2001)
• A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan (Fiction, 2001)
• 1st to Die (Woman's Murder Club) by James Patterson (Fiction, 2001)
• 2nd Chance (Woman's Murder Club) by James Patterson (Fiction, 2002)
• The Cottage (Danielle Steel) by Danielle Steel (Fiction, 2002)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Fiction, 2002)
• The Stone Monkey (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Jeffery Deaver (Fiction, 2002)
• The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter (Fiction, 2002)
• The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey (Fiction, 2003)
• Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell (Fiction, 2003)
• Love: A Novel by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 2003)
• The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks (Fiction, 2003)
• Northern Lights (Roberts, Nora) by Nora Roberts (Fiction, 2004)
• 72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell (Fiction, 2005)
• Blue Smoke (Roberts, Nora) by Nora Roberts (Fiction, 2005)
• Angels Fall by Nora Roberts (Fiction, 2006)
• Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (Fiction, 2006)
• Playing For Pizza: A Novel by John Grisham (Fiction, 2007)
• Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15) by Patricia Cornwell (Fiction, 2007)
• Nineteen Minutes: A Novel by Jodi Picoult (Fiction, 2007)
• Play Dirty by Sandra Brown (Fiction, 2007)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (General, 1970)
• A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Nonfiction, 2003)
• Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) by Diane Ackerman (Nonfiction, 2008)

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

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (Winner)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Beloved by Toni Morrison (2009, No. 20)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2009, No. 99)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Beloved by Toni Morrison

Oprah's Book Club selection

• White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) by Janet Fitch (1999)
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (2000)
• A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (2005)

Orange Prize Longlist

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2003)

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