Awards in your library

Summary: 48 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (2006 Edition)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2006 Edition)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2008 edition)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2004, 72)

ABA ABBY Winner

• Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel by David Guterson (Adult, 1996)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Arts & Humanities, 2009)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003)

Alex Award

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2004)
• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (2007)

Ambassador Book Award

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

American Library Association Notable Book

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2007)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2007)
• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Adult Fiction Winner, 2007)

Booker Prize

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2006)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (2002)

British Book Award

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Popular Fiction Award, 2006)

Crossword Prize

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Popular Award, 2006)

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (2003)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2005)

Giller

• Through Black Spruce: A Novel by Joseph Boyden (2008)

Giller Prize Shortlist

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (2002)

Governor General's Literary Award Finalist

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (Fiction, 2002)

Great Lakes Book Award

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)
• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Fiction, 2007)

Great Lakes Book Award Finalist

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Fiction, 2004)

Guardian 1000

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (Family and self)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Family and self)
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

International IMPAC Dublin

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Shortlist, 2004)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (Fiction, 2002)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2005)

Kiriyama Prize Finalist

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Fiction, 2007)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Transgender, 2002)

Locus Recommended Reading

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (First Novel, 2003)

Martin Beck Award

• Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel by David Guterson (1996)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Fiction, 2006)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2002)
• Olive Kitteridge: Fiction by Elizabeth Strout (Fiction, 2008)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002)

New York Times bestseller

• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Fiction, 2006)
• The Plague of Doves: A Novel by Louise Erdrich (Fiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Fiction & Poetry, 2006)
• Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3 by Annie Proulx (Fiction & Poetry, 2008)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2007)

Orange Prize Longlist

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2004)

Orange Prize Shortlist

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (2003)
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2007)

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award

• Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel by David Guterson (1995)

Pajiba's Best Books of the Generation

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2007, No 01)
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2007, No 06)

PEN/Faulkner Award

• Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel by David Guterson (1995)

Pulitzer Prize

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)
• Olive Kitteridge: Fiction by Elizabeth Strout (Fiction, 2009)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• The Plague of Doves: A Novel by Louise Erdrich (Fiction, 2009)

Reading Across Rhode Island

• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (2008)

Seattle Getaways: 12 Essential Northwest Books

• Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel by David Guterson (1997)

SWR-Bestenliste

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Unless: A Novel (P.S.) by Carol Shields (Fiction (5), 2002)

Today Show Book Club selection

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2007, No 2)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (14)