Awards in your library

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

• Harmonies Of The World (On the Shoulders of Giants) by Johannes Kepler (1619)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Mason & Dixon: A Novel by Thomas Pynchon (2006 Edition)
• The Last of the Mohicans (Barnes & Noble Classics) by James Fenimore Cooper (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov (2006/2008 Edition)
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (New York Public Library Collector's Edition) by Pierre C. De Laclos (2006/2008 Edition)
• Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne (2006/2008 Edition)

1952 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• The Illustrated Man (Bantam Pathfinder Edition, FP127) by Ray Bradbury (10)

1956 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• The Illustrated Man (Bantam Pathfinder Edition, FP127) by Ray Bradbury (22)

ABA ABBY Winner

• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (Adult, 1998)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• I Sing the Body Electric by Ray Bradbury (1969)
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (1997)
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (1998)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Innumeracy by John Allen Paulos (Non-fiction, 1999)
• In suspect terrain by John McPhee (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (Fiction, 1999)
• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester (History, 2004)
• The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander (History, 2004)
• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (Science & Technology, 2009)

Alex Award

• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (1998)
• The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander (1999)

ALS Gold Medal

• A Mapmaker's Dream by James Cowan (1998)

American Horticultural Society 75 Great American Garden Books

• A Reunion of Trees: The Discovery of Exotic Plants and Their Introduction into North American and European Landscapes by Stephen Spongberg (1997)
• Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada (2 Volume Box Set) by L.H. Bailey (1997)
• Ferns for American Gardens by John T. Mickel (1997)
• HOME GROUND PA by Allen Lacy (1997)
• Second Nature by Michael Pollan (1997)
• Insects That Feed on Trees and Shrubs (Comstock Book) by Warren T. Johnson (1997)

American Horticultural Society Book Award

• Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology by Eric Grissell (2002)
• Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants by William Cullina (2003)
• American Household Botany: A History of Useful Plants, 1620-1900 by Judith Sumner (2005)
• Growing Hardy Orchids by John Tullock (2006)

Andre Simon

• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson (1994)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2001)
• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)

Borders Original Voices

• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (2002)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Catechism of the Catholic Church/English by Liguori Publications (Catholicism Explained/Theology)
• Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II (Misc)

Christianity Today Book Awards

• Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II (No. 5, 1995, tie)

Clicquot Book of the Year

• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson (US)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Flowering Earth by Donald Peattie, Culross (Scholarship, Silver, 1939)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (1998)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (001)
• The exploration of the Colorado River by John Wesley Powell (004)
• Annapurna by Maurice Herzog (006)
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (009)
• The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon by Colin Fletcher (045)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough (The Corporation)

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

• Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte (1991)

Glenfiddich Award

• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson (UK)

Gold Medal, Academy of Gastronomy

• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson (Germany)

Guardian 1000

• Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne (Comedy)
• Penrod by Booth Tarkington (Comedy)
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (New York Public Library Collector's Edition) by Pierre C. De Laclos (Love)
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (War and travel)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II

Heartland Prize

• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (Fiction, 1997)

Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History

• The Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History by David Freedberg (AHA, 2003)

Hugo

• Foundation's edge by Isaac Asimov (Novel, 1983)

Idaho Book Award

• Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America by Jack Nisbet (1994)

International Fantasy Awards Nominee

• The Illustrated Man (Bantam Pathfinder Edition, FP127) by Ray Bradbury (Fiction, 1952)

James Beard Foundation Award

• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson

James Beard Foundation Award Nominee

• Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing by Michael Ruhlman (Single Subject, 2006)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World by Jenny Uglow (Biography, 2002)

John Burroughs Medal

• The control of nature by John McPhee (1990)

Julia Child/International Association of Culinary Professionals

• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson (US)

Langhe Ceretto

• The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson (1995)

Lillian Smith Award

• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (1997)

Locus

• Foundation's edge by Isaac Asimov (SF Novel, 1983)

Locus Award

• Foundation's edge by Isaac Asimov (Best Science Fiction Novel, 1983)

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

• THE FACE OF BATTLE by John Keegan (81)

National Book Award

• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (Fiction, 1997)
• The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould (Science (Hardcover), 1981)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (Fiction, 1997)
• Coming into the Country by John McPhee (General Nonfiction, 1977)
• The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson (General Nonfiction, 1992)
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (General Nonfiction, 1997)

Nebula Nominee

• Foundation's edge by Isaac Asimov (Novel, 1982)

New England Historical Association Book Award

• Passing for White: Race, Religion, and the Healy Family, 1820-1920 by James M. O'Toole (2002)

New York City Book Award

• The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America by Russell Shorto (2004)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Coming into the Country by John McPhee (1977)
• Mason & Dixon: A Novel by Thomas Pynchon (1997)
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (1997)
• Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks (2001)

New York Times bestseller

• The tontine, a novel by Thomas Bertram Costain (Fiction, 1955)
• Foundation's edge by Isaac Asimov (Fiction, 1982)
• Mason & Dixon: A Novel by Thomas Pynchon (Fiction, 1997)
• Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier (Fiction, 1997)
• Annapurna by Maurice Herzog (General, 1953)
• Coming into the Country by John McPhee (General, 1978)
• The control of nature by John McPhee (Nonfiction, 1989)
• Innumeracy by John Allen Paulos (Nonfiction, 1989)
• Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough (Nonfiction, 1990)
• Looking for a Ship by John McPhee (Nonfiction, 1990)
• Assembling California by John McPhee (Nonfiction, 1993)
• Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II (Nonfiction, 1994)
• A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the Pga Tour by John Feinstein (Nonfiction, 1995)
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Nonfiction, 1996)
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Nonfiction, 1997)
• The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander (Nonfiction, 1998)
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Nonfiction, 1998)
• One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001 by Life Magazine (Nonfiction, 2001)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Leaves of Grass: The Deathbed Edition by Walt Whitman (2009)
• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Leaves of Grass: The Deathbed Edition by Walt Whitman (2009, No. 53)

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