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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2008 edition)
• The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (2008 edition)

25 Books to Remember from 2007

• A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation by David W. Blight (New York Public Library)

AAR Annual Reader Poll

• Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas (Best Contemporary Romance, 2009)
• Death Angel: A Novel by Linda Howard (Best Romantic Suspense, 2009)

Académie française

• The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (Grand prix du roman, 2006)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2008)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008)
• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (2008)
• Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir (Unabridged) by Daniel Tammet (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The god of animals : a novel by Aryn Kyle (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (Social Sciences, 2009)
• Nineteen Minutes: A Novel by Jodi Picoult (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (Hard Knock Life, 2010)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• 50 X 50: 50 Cent in His Own Words by 50 Cent (2008)
• The Way I Am by Eminem (2009)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• Dog Years: A Memoir by Mark Doty (2008)

Alex Award

• The god of animals : a novel by Aryn Kyle (2008)
• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (2008)
• Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King (2009)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: August 2009

• The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: February 2009

• The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 by Thomas E. Ricks

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: July 2009

• The Defector (Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: June 2009

• Crazy for the Storm CD by Norman Ollestad
• The Angel's Game Unabridged CDs in box [Carlos Ruiz Zafon] by Zafon/ Carlos Ruiz

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: May 2009

• Sag Harbor: A Novel by Colson Whitehead

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: October 2009

• Spooner by Pete Dexter
• Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel by John Irving

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: September 2009

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba
• Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
• Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel by Audrey Niffenegger

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder (#2)
• Crazy for the Storm CD by Norman Ollestad (#6)
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba (#10)
• The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 by Thomas E. Ricks (#11)
• Sag Harbor: A Novel by Colson Whitehead (#15)
• Spooner by Pete Dexter (#34)
• The Year of the Flood: A Novel by Margaret Atwood (#38)
• The Defector (Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva (#39)
• The Angel's Game Unabridged CDs in box [Carlos Ruiz Zafon] by Zafon/ Carlos Ruiz (#41)
• The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (#46)
• Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel by John Irving (#50)
• The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (#58)
• The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley (#65)
• Juliet, Naked: a novel by Nick Hornby (#74)
• Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel by Audrey Niffenegger (#77)
• Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls (#87)
• American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson (#91)
• Nobody Move: A Novel by Denis Johnson (#93)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Duma Key: A Novel by Stephen King (Mystery and Thriller, 2008)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2008)

Ambassador Book Award

• Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee (Biography, 2008)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Fiction, 2008)

Andre Norton Award

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2007)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2008)

Anthony Award

• What the Dead Know: A Novel by Laura Lippman (Best Novel, 2008)

Anthony Award Nominee

• The Watchman: A Joe Pike Novel by Robert Crais (Novel, 2008)
• Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child (Novel, 2008)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (2008)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2009)

Audie

• Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas (Fiction, 2008) (audio edition)

Audie Award

• Tree of Smoke: A Novel by Denis Johnson (Literary Fiction, 2008)

Bancroft Prize

• This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust (2009)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (2009, second place)

Barry Award

• What the Dead Know: A Novel by Laura Lippman (Novel, 2008)

Barry Award Nominee

• Night of Thunder (Swagger) by Stephen Hunter (Thriller, 2009)

Barry Award nominee

• Fade Away (Myron Bolitar) by Harlan Coben (Paperback Original, 1997)

BILBY

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (older readers, 2008)

Black Quill Award

• Duma Key: A Novel by Stephen King (Nominee)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2007)
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)
• The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2008)
• Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2008)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2008)
• Run by Ann Patchett ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2008)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, 2008)

Book Sense Pick

• T is For Trespass by Sue Grafton (Dec 2007)
• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison (Oct 2007)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2007)

Bookgasm Best Sci-Fi

• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (2008)

Booklist Top of the List: Best of Editors' Choice

• Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee (2007)

Books for a Better Life Award

• The Middle Place (Voice) by Kelly Corrigan (2008)
• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (2008)

Borders Original Voices

• The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (2008)

Bram Stoker Award

• Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King (Collection, 2008)
• Duma Key: A Novel by Stephen King (Novel, 2008)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King (Collection, 2008)

British Book Award

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Best Read of the Year, 2008)
• Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15) by Patricia Cornwell (Crime Thriller of the Year, 2008)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King (Collection, 2009)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon (Novel, 2007)
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Novel, 2008)

Carnegie Medal Nominee

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling (2008)

Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award

• Peony in Love: A Novel by Lisa See (2008)

The Christopher Award for Non-Fiction

• A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation by David W. Blight (2008)

Colby Award

• The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (2009)
• Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell (2009)

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