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

• The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Odyssey Translated By Robert Fagles by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Republic by Plato (380 BCE)
• The Aeneid by Virgil (19 BCE)
• The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli (1532)
• Gargantua and Pantagruel (Penguin Classics) by François Rabelais (1534)
• Novum Organum True Directions Concerning The Interpretation Of Nature by Francis Bacon (1620)
• The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx (1848)
• The Origin of Species (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Charles Darwin (1859)
• War and Peace (Everyman's Library Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy (1869)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Rites of Passage: A Novel. by William. Golding (2006 Edition)
• Kidnapped: or, The Lad with the Silver Button (Modern Library Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (2006 Edition)
• The Light of Day by Graham Swift (2006 Edition)
• The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf (2006 edition)
• The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne (2006 Edition)
• Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf (2006 Edition)
• Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (2006 Edition)
• Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham (2006 Edition)
• The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Watermill Classic) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gargantua and Pantagruel (Penguin Classics) by François Rabelais (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford World's Classics) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul (2006/2008 Edition)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (2006/2008 Edition)
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau (2006/2008 Edition)
• Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nostromo (Dover Thrift Editions) by Joseph Conrad (2006/2008 Edition)
• King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard (2006/2008 Edition)
• Enduring Love: A Novel by Ian McEwan (2006/2008 Edition)
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (2006/2008 Edition)
• On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jack Kerouac (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (2006/2008 Edition)
• Their Eyes Were Watching God CD by Zora Neale Hurston (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Emma by Jane Austen (2006/2008 Edition)
• War and Peace (Everyman's Library Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Kim by Rudyard Kipling (2006/2008 Edition)
• Middlemarch by George Eliot (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Leopard by Guiseppe Di Lampedusa (2006/2008 Edition)
• Ulysses (Modern Library) by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (2006/2008 Edition)
• The End of the Affair: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio) by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (2006/2008 Edition)
• Under the Volcano (Signet Books) by Malcolm Lowry (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells (2006/2008 Edition)
• Democracy by Joan Didion (2008 Edition)

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

• Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Puffin Books) by Salman Rushdie (2009, No 662, Age 8 and over)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (2009, No 685, Age 8 and over)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (2009, No 981, Age 12 and over)
• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (2009, Ages 5↑)
• Stuart Little by E. B. White (2009, Ages 8↑)

1949 Arkham Sampler Survey by August Derleth

• The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (10)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• A Canticle for Leibowitz by William Miller, Jr. (5)
• The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells (20)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• A Canticle for Leibowitz by William Miller, Jr. (7)
• The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells (15)

2 Booker Judges' Special Recommendations

• The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1998, 12)

ABA ABBY Winner

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Children's, 1999)

Académie française

• Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine De Saint-Exupery (Grand prix du roman, 1939)

Agatha Award

• Blanche on the Lam (Crime, Penguin) by Barbara Neely (First Novel, 1992)

Agatha Award Nominee

• Corpus Christmas by Margaret Maron (Novel, 1989)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (1971)
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (1990)
• Flight of Passage: A Memoir by Rinker Buck (1998)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1999)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (2004)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1999)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey Translated By Robert Fagles by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Drama, 1999)
• Master Harold . . . And The Boys (Plays, Penguin) by Athol Fugard (Drama, 1999)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass (Biography, 1999)
• Enchiridion (Dover Thrift Editions) by Epictetus (Non-fiction, 1999)
• In Suspect Terrain by John Mcphee (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Brief History of Time : From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Fiction, 1999)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (Science & Technology, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ( Multicultural Fiction, 1997)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ( Romance -- Passion and Heartbreak, 2000)
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque ( War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (What Ails you?, 2006)
• Night by Elie Wiesel (Religion: Relationship with the Divine, 2007)
• On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jack Kerouac (Journey > Destination, 2009)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (2005)

Alex Award

• The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (1998)
• In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (2001)
• Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe by Timothy Ferris (2003)
• The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (2003)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (2004)

Ambassador Book Award

• In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (American Studies, 2001)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley (1998)

Anthony Award

• Blanche on the Lam (Crime, Penguin) by Barbara Neely (Best First Novel, 1993)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Murder in the Marais: An Aimee Leduc Investigation by Cara Black (First Novel, 2000)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Under the Volcano (Signet Books) by Malcolm Lowry (1947)
• A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell (A Dance to the Music of Time (12 books 1951-75))
• A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul (1979)

Audie Award

• Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (Short Stories, 2009)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Watermill Classic) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir (1902)
• In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler Novels (Paperback)) by Amanda Cross (1964)

BBC's Big Read

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Best loved novel, 2003, No 02)
• War and Peace (Everyman's Library Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 20)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Best loved novel, 2003, No 22)
• Middlemarch by George Eliot (Best loved novel, 2003, No 27)
• Emma by Jane Austen (Best loved novel, 2003, No 40)
• Ulysses (Modern Library) by James Joyce (Best loved novel, 2003, No 78)
• On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jack Kerouac (Best loved novel, 2003, No 90)
• Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (Best loved novel, 2003, No 101)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Watermill Classic) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir (Best loved novel, 2003, No 128)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (Best loved novel, 2003, No 141)
• Kim by Rudyard Kipling (Best loved novel, 2003, No 159)
• The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (Best loved novel, 2003, No 164)
• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (Best loved novel, 2003, No 170)
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Jack Kerouac (Audiobook - Adult Fiction, 2001)

Benjamin Franklin Award (Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction, 2007) Stanley Lombardo translation

• The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Homer

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey Translated By Robert Fagles by Homer

Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1997)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• The Mystery Of The Yellow Room: Extraordinary Adventures Of Joseph Rouletabille, Reporter by Gaston Leroux
• Sadie When She Died (87th Precinct Mysteries by Ed McBain
• Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle. Sir Arthur Conan
• The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)
• The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ( Paperback Honor Book, 2003)
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven and Stephen Dubner Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)

Book Sense Top Ten Mystery

• The Fractal Murders (Pepper Keane Mysteries) by Mark Cohen (2002)

Booker Prize

• Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald (1979)
• Rites of Passage: A Novel. by William. Golding (1980)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Light of Day by Graham Swift (2003)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (2003)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Bookshop: A Novel by Penelope Fitzgerald (1978)
• A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul (1979)
• Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess (1980)
• The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald (1988)
• The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald (1990)

Borders Original Voices

• The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (2002)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Aeneid by Virgil
• Hedda Gabler (Dover Thrift Editions) by Henrik Ibsen
• The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

British Book Award

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Children's Book of the Year, 1998)

Carnegie Medal Shortlist

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1997)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Fiction, Silver, 1989)
• With Bold Knife & Fork by M.F.K. Fisher (Nonfiction, Gold, 1969)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (Best First Book, 2004)

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

• Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria
• Goodbye to All That (Penguin Modern Classics) by Robert Graves

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

• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Drama Desk Award

• Master Harold . . . And The Boys (Plays, Penguin) by Athol Fugard (New Play, 1981-1982)

Edgar Award

• Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by James L. Swanson (Fact Crime, 2007)
• The Suspect by L. R. Wright (Novel, 1986)

Edgar Award Nominee

• A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger (Fact Crime, 2007)
• In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler Novels (Paperback)) by Amanda Cross (First Novel, 1965)
• Double Negative by David Carkeet (First Novel, 1981)
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)
• The Death of a Joyce Scholar: A Peter McGarr Mystery by Bartholomew Gill (Novel, 1990)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon (2004)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine De Saint-Exupery (003)
• West With the Night by Beryl Markham (008)
• Roughing It by Mark Twain (013)
• Two Years Before the Mast by Henry R. Dana (014)
• The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh (019)
• The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (030)

FCBG Children's Book Award

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Overall winner and Longer Novel Category, 1997)

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