Awards in your library

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

• The Odyssey (Collector's Library) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Candide (Bantam Classics) by Voltaire (1759)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (2006/2008 Edition)
• Crime and Punishment by F. M. Dostoevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Jungle (Signet Classics) by Upton Sinclair (2006/2008 Edition)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (2009, No 670, Age 8 and over)
• Where the Sidewalk Ends (25th Anniversary Edition Book & CD) by Shel Silversein (2009, Ages 5↑)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• Dracula by Bram Stoker (19)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (11)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (17)
• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (69)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (11)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (18)
• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (71)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (1990)
• Prehistory of the Far Side by Gary Larson (1991)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey (Collector's Library) by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (Biography, 1999)
• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (Fiction, 1999)
• Crime and Punishment by F. M. Dostoevsky (Fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Cartoon History of the Universe 1 Vol. 1-7 (Cartoon History of the Universe) (Cartoon History of the Universe) by Larry Gonick ( Going Alternative, 1997)
• The Client by John Grisham ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1997)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (1998)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1997)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Blind Descent (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) by Nevada Barr (Novel, 1999)

Bancarella

• The Client by John Grisham (1994)

BBC's Big Read

• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 46)
• Crime and Punishment by F. M. Dostoevsky (Best loved novel, 2003, No 60)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 104)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 136)

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

• The Odyssey (Collector's Library) by Homer

Booklist Editors' Choice

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (Non-Fiction, 1989)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton (Fiction, Silver, 1975)

Edgar Award

• The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton (Motion Picture Screenplay, 1980)

Eisner Award

• A Dame to Kill For (Sin City, Book 2: Second Edition) by Frank Miller (Best Finite Series/Limited Series, 1995)
• Sin City: The Hard Goodbye (Book 1) by Frank Miller (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 1993)
• Bone: One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 2005)

Garden State Book Award

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (Teen Fiction Grades 6-8, 1996)

Guardian 1000

• Crime and Punishment by F. M. Dostoevsky (Crime)
• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (Crime)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Family and self)
• Dracula by Bram Stoker (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (State of the nation)
• The Jungle (Signet Classics) by Upton Sinclair (State of the nation)
• Candide (Bantam Classics) by Voltaire (War and travel)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Crime and Punishment by F. M. Dostoevsky

Harvey Award

• Bone: One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith (Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 2005)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (1989)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994)

Hugo

• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Novella, 1946, awarded 1996)

Julian Symons' 100 Best Crime Stories

• Crime and Punishment by F. M. Dostoevsky (1886)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (50)

Macavity Award Nominee

• Blind Descent (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) by Nevada Barr (Novel, 1999)

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

• Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (13)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (The Board's List, 20)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (The Board's List, 31)
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (The Reader's List, 1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

National Book Award

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

National Book Award finalist

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Fiction, 1958)
• The Odyssey (Collector's Library) by Homer (Translation, 1968)
• Purgatorio (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Dante Alighieri (Translation, 1983)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1982)

New York Times bestseller

• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Fiction, 1946)
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Fiction, 1957)
• The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton (Fiction, 1975)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1983)
• The Client by John Grisham (Fiction, 1993)
• I'll Be Seeing You by Mary Higgins Clark (Fiction, 1993)
• Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women by Maya Angelou (Fiction, 1995)
• High Country (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr (Fiction, 2004)
• Double Cross (Alex Cross) by James Patterson (Fiction, 2007)
• The First Patient by Michael Palmer (Fiction, 2008)

Newbery Medal

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Odyssey (Collector's Library) by Homer (2009, No. 8)
• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (2009, No. 25)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (2009, No. 61)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2009, No. 99)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Crime and Punishment by F. M. Dostoevsky
• The Odyssey (Collector's Library) by Homer

Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (1996)

Prometheus Award

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Hall of Fame, 1983)

Prometheus Award Shortlist

• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Hall of Fame, 2007)

Pulitzer Prize

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

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (5)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (17)
• Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright (27)
• The Jungle (Signet Classics) by Upton Sinclair (45)
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (92)

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (1996)

Retrospective Hugo

• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Novella, Awarded in 1996 for work done in 1945)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (Junior, 1989)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

Science writing award

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (Children's, 1990)

Squiddy Award

• Sin City: The Hard Goodbye (Book 1) by Frank Miller (Favorite Reprint Volume or Collection, 1993)
• Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection (Favorite Strip Book/Collection, 1994)

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