Awards in your library

Summary: 60 Awards. Page: [1] 2

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

• Tom's Midnight Garden (Puffin Modern Classics) by Philippa Pearce (2009, Ages 8↑)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (Classic Thrillers) by Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (2009, Ages 12↑)

501 Must-Read Books

• Tom's Midnight Garden (Puffin Modern Classics) by Philippa Pearce (Children's Fiction)
• 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (Memoirs)

Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award Nominee

• The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde (2006)

ALA Notable Books for Adults

• Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley (2001)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1) by Elizabeth Peters ( Adult Mysteries for Teens, 1998)

Alex Award

• The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde (2003)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)
• The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs (2004)

Audie Winner

• Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Restaurant Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl (Biography/Memoir,2006)

Australian Children's Book of the Year Award

• Master of the Grove by Victor Kelleher (Older Readers, 1983)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1) by Elizabeth Peters

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2005)

Booker Prize Longlist

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)

British Book Award

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Newcomer of the Year, 2005)
• What Not to Wear by Trinny Woodall (TV & Film Book of the Year, 2003)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2005)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Novel, 2004)

Carnegie Medal

• Tom's Midnight Garden (Puffin Modern Classics) by Philippa Pearce (1958)

Carnegie of Carnegies

• Tom's Midnight Garden (Puffin Modern Classics) by Philippa Pearce (2007, shortlist)

CBCA Book of the Year

• Master of the Grove by Victor Kelleher (Book of the Year, 1983)

The Essential Man's Library: 50 Fictional Adventure Books

• The Prisoner of Zenda (Classic Thrillers) by Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins

Geffen Award

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2007)

Guardian 1000

• Queen Lucia (Black Swan) by E.F. Benson (Comedy)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (Classic Thrillers) by Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award Shortlist

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)

Hugo

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Novel, 2005)

The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award

• The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde (2002)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1) by Elizabeth Peters

Locus

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (First Novel, 2005)

Locus Recommended Reading

• The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde (First Novel, 2001)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (First Novel, 2004)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (Science and Technology, 1997)

Lulu Blooker Prize

• Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell (Overall/Nonfiction, 2006)

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

• The Elements of Style (with Index) by Jr. William Strunk (21)

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

• The Elements of Style (with Index) by Jr. William Strunk (75)

The Morning News Tournament of Books

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Quarterfinalist, 2005)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Adult Literature, 2005)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Nonfiction, 1997)

National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century

• The Elements of Style (with Index) by Jr. William Strunk (62)

Nebula Nominee

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Novel, 2005)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker (1994)
• Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley (2000)

New York Times bestseller

• The Elements of Style (with Index) by Jr. William Strunk (General, 1959)
• Pure Drivel by Steve Martin (Nonfiction, 1998)
• Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Restaurant Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman (Paperback Nonfiction, 2001)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer (Nonfiction, 2008)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next by Lee Smolin (2009)
• Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne (2009)

Prime Minister's Literary Award Shortlist

• Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer (Non-fiction, 2008)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Non-Fiction, 1998)

Quill Award

• Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell (Debut Author of the Year, 2006)

The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year nominee

• The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler (Best Novel, 2005)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Penguin Press Science) by Matt Ridley (General, 1994)
• The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker (General, 1995)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General, 1999)
• Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley (General, 2000)

Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books longlist

• Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne (2010)

Salon Book Award

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction Longlist

• Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry by Marcus du Sautoy (2008)

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction shortlist

• Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley (2000)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde (2002)

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