Awards in your library

Summary: 34 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Rashomon, and Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama ( Change Your World, 2010)

Anthony Award

• Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon (Best True Crime, 1992)

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)

CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson

Edgar Award

• Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon (Best Fact Crime, 1992)

Falcon Award

• No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (2008)

Galaxy British Book Award

• The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson (2009, shortlist)
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (2009, shortlist)

Geffen Award

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

Guardian 1000

• No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (Crime)
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Hammett Prize Nominee

• No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (2005)

Hugo

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2002)

International IMPAC Dublin

• No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Cormac McCarthy (Shortlist, 2007)

IPPY Finalist

• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Current Events, 2005)

Irish Book Award Nominee

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Tubridy Show Listener's Choice, 2007)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2006)

Locus

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

Locus Recommended Reading

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy Novel, 2001)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

Nebula

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2002)

New York Times bestseller

• Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams (Fiction, 1992)
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Fiction, 2001)
• The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz (Fiction, 2007)
• Post-Birthday World, The by Lionel, Shriver (Fiction, 2007)
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Nonfiction, 2005)
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama (Nonfiction, 2008)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• The Ghost by Robert Harris (2007)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (March 28, 2007)

Pulitzer Prize

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2007)

SF Site Editor's Choice

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

SF Site Reader's Choice

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001)

Thriller Award

• The Ghost by Robert Harris (Novel, 2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Best Book (3) 2006)
• Post-Birthday World, The by Lionel, Shriver (Fiction (10), 2007)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (1997, No 78)

World Fantasy Award Nominee

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Novel, 2002)