Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (2006 Edition)
• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2006/2008 Edition)
• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (1985)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Science & Technology, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action by Wendy Northcutt ( I'm Not Making This Up, 2007)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Journey > Destination, 2009)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven (2001)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven (2001)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (2005)

American Book Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (2001)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (1973)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1994)

Aventis Prize for Science Books

• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (2004)

BBC's Big Read

• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 46)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Best loved novel, 2003, No 90)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Audiobook - Adult Fiction, 2001)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (1984)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (Collection, 1998)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (1984)
• The Difference Engine written with Bruce Sterling. by William. Gibson (1990)
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (1993)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)

Eisner Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 2001)

Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year

• The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman (2005)

Firecracker Alternative Book Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Graphic Novel, 2001)

Geffen Award

• Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2004)

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

• Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte (1991)

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Roman étranger, 1997)

Guardian 1000

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Family and self)
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce (Family and self)
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (State of the nation)
• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (War and travel)
• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (War and travel)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (War and travel)

Guardian Fiction Prize

• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (1984)

Guardian First Book Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (2001)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

Harvey Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 2001)

Hugo

• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (Novella, 1946, awarded 1996)

Ignatz Award

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Outstanding Story, 2000)

Ignatz Award nominee

• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection, 2001)

Ignotus Award

• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Foreign novel, 2001)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (Fiction, 1984)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• The Difference Engine written with Bruce Sterling. by William. Gibson (1992)

Lambda Literary Award

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Humor, 2004)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (3)
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce (21)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (38)

LOST Book Club

• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce (The Board's List, 3)
• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (The Board's List, 31)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (The Board's List, 55)
• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (The Reader's List, 21)

National Book Award

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (Fiction, 1974)

Nebula Nominee

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (Novel, 1973)
• The Difference Engine written with Bruce Sterling. by William. Gibson (Novel, 1991)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (1973)

New York Times bestseller

• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (Fiction, 1946)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Fiction, 1957)
• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Thomas Pynchon (Fiction, 1973)
• A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (General, 1964)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Nonfiction, 2003)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart (Nonfiction, 2004)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2009, No. 39)
• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (2009, No. 61)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2003)

Prix Aurora Award finalist

• The Difference Engine written with Bruce Sterling. by William. Gibson (Long-Form Work in English, 1992)

Prometheus Award Shortlist

• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (Hall of Fame, 2007)
• Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 1993)

Quill Award

• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt (Business, 2005)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart (Humor, 2005)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce (14)
• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (17)
• On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics) by Jack Kerouac (31)

Retrospective Hugo

• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (Novella, Awarded in 1996 for work done in 1945)

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