Awards in your library

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100 Essential New England Books

• Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (Boston Globe)

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

• The I Ching or Book of Changes by Richard Wilhelm (1 - 14th century BCE)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement by Anthony Powell (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Enormous Room by Edward Estlin Cummings (2006/2008 Edition)
• Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (2006/2008 Edition)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer (2000, 89)
• Venetia by Georgette Heyer (2000, 96)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (1971)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• In Suspect Terrain. by John. McPHEE (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (Non-fiction, 1999)
• War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges (Humanities, 2004)
• Good Poems by Garrison Keillor, ED. (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (Science & Technology, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama ( Change Your World, 2010)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom Than Slavery: Poems by Pamela Sneed (1999)

Ambassador Book Award

• A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan (American Studies, 1989)
• Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell (American Arts & Letters, 1993)
• Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Re-Made America by Garry Wills (American Studies, 1993)

Award in Literature, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

• The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro (1986)

Bagutta

• Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea by Claudio Magris (1987)

Bancroft Prize

• Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States by Kenneth T. Jackson (1986)
• Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (Belknap Press) by Peter Kolchin (1988)

BBC's Big Read

• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Best loved novel, 2003, No 82)
• Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (Best loved novel, 2003, No 161)

Benjamin Barondess Award

• Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Re-Made America by Garry Wills (1993)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• When the Sacred Ginmill Closes 1ST Edition by Lawrence Block

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)

Booker Prize Longlist

• Fairness: A Novel by Ferdinand Mount (2001)

Borders Original Voices

• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (2002)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (Penguin American Library) by William James
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Christianity Today Book Awards

• The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris (No. 7, 1997, tie)
• Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris (No. 7, 1999, tie)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Red Square by Martin Cruz Smith (Fiction, Silver, 1992)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)

CWA

• Gorky Park: A Novel by Martin Cruz Smith (Gold Dagger, 1981)

CWA Gold Dagger

• Gorky Park: A Novel by Martin Cruz Smith (1981)

Edgar Award Nominee

• EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE the New Matthew Scudder Suspense Thriller by LAWRENCE BLOCK (Novel, 1983)
• Time to Murder and Create (Matthew Scudder) by Lawrence Block (Paperback Original, 1978)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (The Western Frontier Library, 14) by Isabella Lucy Bird (033)

Falcon Award

• When the Sacred Ginmill Closes 1ST Edition by Lawrence Block (1987)
• Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block (1992)

Francis Parkman Prize

• Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States by Kenneth T. Jackson (1986)

Galaxy British Book Award

• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (2009, shortlist)

Gourmand World Cookbook

• Surreal Gourmet Bites: Showstoppers and Conversation Starters by Bob Blumer (Best U.S. Cookbook Accompanying a T.V. Show, 2004)

Guardian 1000

• A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement by Anthony Powell (Comedy)
• Gorky Park: A Novel by Martin Cruz Smith (Crime)
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Love)
• Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (War and travel)
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (War and travel)

H. L. Mencken Award

• The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro (1983)

Hammett Prize

• Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith (1999)

Hammett Prize Nominee

• Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel by Martin Cruz Smith (2007)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism by AAWS
• The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Oxford Paperbacks) by G. M. Hopkins
• The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (Penguin American Library) by William James
• Waiting for God by Simone Weil
• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
• Zen Flesh Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings by Paul Reps, ED

Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award

• The Gay Place by WILLIAM Brammer

IACP Cookbook Award

• Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood by Taras Grescoe (2009, finalist)

IACP Cookbook of the Year

• The Georgian Feast: The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia by Darra Goldstein (1994)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• When the Sacred Ginmill Closes 1ST Edition by Lawrence Block

James Beard Foundation Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Writing on Food, 2007)

James Beard Foundation Award Nominee

• Dishes from the Wild Horse Desert: Norteño Cooking of South Texas by Melissa Guerra (Food of the Americas, 2007)
• The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution by David Kamp (Writing on Food, 2007)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• Rimbaud: A Biography by Graham Robb (Biography, 2000)

Kiriyama Prize

• The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea (Fiction, 2006)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom Than Slavery: Poems by Pamela Sneed (Lesbian Poetry, 1998)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Wheels of Commerce: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 2 by Fernand Braudel (History, 1983)
• Son of the Morning Star by Evan S. Connell (History, 1985)

LOST Book Club

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Lewis Carroll

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea by Claudio Magris (1990)

Minnesota Book Awards

• The Fool's Run (Kidd) by John Sandford ( Mystery, 1991)

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

• The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (Penguin American Library) by William James (2)
• A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan (84)

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

• The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (Penguin American Library) by William James (43)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• A Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement by Anthony Powell (The Board's List, 43)

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