Awards in your library

Summary: 50 Awards.

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

• The Republic (Penguin Classics) by Plato (380 BCE)
• The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir (1948)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Three Musketeers (Wordsworth Classics) by Alexandre Dumas père (2006/2008 Edition)
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Plague by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (2009, Age 0-3)
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. (2009, Ages 3↑)
• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (2009, Ages 3↑)

ABA ABBY Winner

• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (Children's, 1995)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (Biography, 1999)
• The Story of Art by E.H. GOMBRICH (Non-fiction, 1999)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (2004)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2008)

BBC's Big Read

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Best loved novel, 2003, No 199)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (2003)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle ( Children's Illustrated Honor Book, 2005)

Caldecott Honor

• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (2004)

Christianity Today Book Awards

• The Oxford Companion to the Bible (Oxford Companions) by Bruce M. Metzger (Reference, No. 1, 1994, Critics' Choice)

Christopher Award

• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (Books for Young People, 1993)

Colorado Children's Book Award Nomination 2010

• If You Give a Cat a Cupcake (If You Give... Books) by Laura Numeroff

CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson

Cyril Connolly's 100 key books of the modern movement from England, France and America 1880-1950

• The Plague by Albert Camus

Eisner Award

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Best Graphic Album, 1988)

Guardian 1000

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Plague by Albert Camus (State of the nation)
• The Three Musketeers (Wordsworth Classics) by Alexandre Dumas père (War and travel)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
• The Plague by Albert Camus

Harvey Award

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Graphic Album, 1988)

Hugo

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Other Forms, 1988)

IPPY

• The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris (Religion, 2005)

Irish Book Award Nominee

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Tubridy Show Listener's Choice, 2007)

Kate Greenaway Medal

• I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola) by Lauren Child (2000)

Locus

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Nonfiction/Related/Reference, 1988)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design by Richard Dawkins (Current Interest, 1987)

Minnesota Book Awards

• Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story by Lisa Westberg Peters ( Children's NonFiction Family, 2004)

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

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (51)

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

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (91)

National Book Award finalist

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn (History (Paperback), 1981)
• God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens (Nonfiction, 2007)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett (Criticism, 2006)
• Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (General Nonfiction, 1996)

Nebula Nominee

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Novel, 1968)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault (1978)

New York Times bestseller

• The Plague by Albert Camus (Fiction, 1948)
• Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (Nonfiction, 1996)
• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Nonfiction, 2007)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx (2009, No. 30)
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (2009, No. 97)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• The Plague by Albert Camus (2003)

PEN/Martha Albrand Award

• The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris (2005)

Prix des Amis du Monde Diplomatique

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn

Reading Rainbow Program Selection

• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...) by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Robert F. Kennedy Book Award

• Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America by James Allen (Winner, 2001)

South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee

• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (2005-2006)

Squiddy Award

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Favorite Limited Series, 1988)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx (2008)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (Non-fiction (2), 1996)

Time's 10 All-Time Graphic Novels

• Watchmen by Alan Moore

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• Watchmen by Alan Moore

Waterstones Books of the Century

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (1997, No 78)
• The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins (1997, No 91)

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (1997, No 76)

Århundrets bibliotek

• The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
• The Plague by Albert Camus