Awards in your library

Summary: 39 Awards.

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

• The INTREPRETATION Of DREAMS. Modern Library #96. Translated by Dr. A. A. Brill. by Sigmund. Freud (1900)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss (2009, No 333, Age 5 and over)

ABA ABBY Winner

• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel by Rebecca Wells (Adult, 1999)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Biplane by Richard Bach (1966)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Red Tent: A Novel by Anita Diamant (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (History & Cultures, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull a Story By Richard Bach by Richard Bach ( Books for the Soul, 1997)
• SUMMER SISTERS A NOVEL by JUDY BLUME ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Scissors, Paper, Rock by Fenton Johnson (1994)

BBC's Big Read

• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Best loved novel, 2003, No 76)
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Best loved novel, 2003, No 97)
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull a Story By Richard Bach by Richard Bach (Best loved novel, 2003, No 179)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain by Michael Paterniti ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2001)
• The Red Tent: A Novel by Anita Diamant (Adult Fiction Winner, 2001)

Borders Original Voices

• A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers (2001)

Christopher Award

• Galileos Daughter a Historical Memoir Of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel

Guardian 1000

• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Crime)
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Love)

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Winner

• Immortality by Milan Kundera (1991)

IPPY

• What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (General Fiction, 2007)
• A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers (Outstanding Books of the Year, 2003)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award Long List

• Quintessence...Realizing the Archaic Future by Mary Daly (1999)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Scissors, Paper, Rock by Fenton Johnson (Gay Men's Fiction, 1993)

Libraires du Québec

• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 1994)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Fiction, 1988)
• Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction, 1993)
• Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Fiction, 2005)
• Galileos Daughter a Historical Memoir Of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel (Science and Technology, 1999)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (Fiction, 2006)
• Ultima Thule by Mr. Davis McCombs (Poetry, 2000)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Habit of Being by Flannery O'Conner (1979)
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1988)
• A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers (2000)

New York Times bestseller

• The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas (Fiction, 1942)
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull a Story By Richard Bach by Richard Bach (Fiction, 1972)
• There's No Such Place as Far Away by Richard Bach (Fiction, 1979)
• THE PRINCE OF TIDES by Pat Conroy (Fiction, 1986)
• One by Richard Bach (Fiction, 1988)
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Fiction, 1988)
• TALES FROM MARGARITAVILLE -FICTIONAL FACTS AND FACTUAL FICTIONS by Jimmy Buffet (Fiction, 1989)
• Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss (Fiction, 1990)
• Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals by Robert Pirsig (Fiction, 1991)
• Immortality by Milan Kundera (Fiction, 1991)
• Where is Joe Merchant: A Novel Tale by Jimmy Buffet (Fiction, 1992)
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Fiction, 1992)
• Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction, 1993)
• The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (Fiction, 1994)
• The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (Fiction, 1996)
• SUMMER SISTERS A NOVEL by JUDY BLUME (Fiction, 1998)
• Widow for One Year by Irving John (Fiction, 1998)
• Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison (Fiction, 1998)
• Best American Short Stories of the Century by John Updike (Fiction, 1999)
• Evensong by Gail Godwin (Fiction, 1999)
• Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson (Fiction, 2001)
• What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (Fiction, 2007)
• Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst (Nonfiction, 1986)
• The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace by M. Scott Peck (Nonfiction, 1987)
• Me : Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn (Nonfiction, 1991)
• Fountain of Age by Betty Friedan (Nonfiction, 1993)
• Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman (Nonfiction, 1995)
• Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball (Nonfiction, 1996)
• The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman (Nonfiction, 1996)
• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Nonfiction, 1997)
• Galileos Daughter a Historical Memoir Of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel (Nonfiction, 1999)
• A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers (Nonfiction, 2000)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The INTREPRETATION Of DREAMS. Modern Library #96. Translated by Dr. A. A. Brill. by Sigmund. Freud (2009, No. 86)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Oprah's Book Club selection

• Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio (2001)
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2007)

Pajiba's Best Books of the Generation

• A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers (2007, No 10)

Prix Médicis étranger

• What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (2009)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• Galileos Daughter a Historical Memoir Of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel (Biography or Autobiography, 2000)
• A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers (General Non-Fiction, 2001)

Salon Book Award

• What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (2006)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull a Story By Richard Bach by Richard Bach (2008)
• The INTREPRETATION Of DREAMS. Modern Library #96. Translated by Dr. A. A. Brill. by Sigmund. Freud (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story by Dave Eggers (Non-fiction (3), 2000)
• What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers (Best Book (10) 2006)

Today Show Book Club selection

• Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos

Waterstones Books of the Century

• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1997, No 43)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (2007, No 8)

Western Heritage Award

• Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver (Western Novel, 1994)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Red Tent: A Novel by Anita Diamant (88)
• The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (100)

Yale Younger Poets Prize

• Ultima Thule by Mr. Davis McCombs (1999)

Århundrets bibliotek

• The INTREPRETATION Of DREAMS. Modern Library #96. Translated by Dr. A. A. Brill. by Sigmund. Freud