Awards in your library

Summary: 16 Awards.

100 Essential New England Books

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Boston Globe)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (2006/2008 Edition)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (2004, 87)

ALA Notable Books

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1990)

BBC's Big Read

• Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (Best loved novel, 2003, No 10)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Best loved novel, 2003, No 28)

Guardian 1000

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Family and self)
• Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (Love)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (The Reader's List, 28)

National Book Award finalist

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1953)

New York Times bestseller

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1952)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Fiction, 1989)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (2003)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (2003)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (2008)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1997, No 52)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (2007, No 14)

Western Heritage Award

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Western Novel, 1975)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• Jane Eyre (Vintage Classics) by Charlotte Bronte (34)