Awards in your library

Summary: 43 Awards.

100 Essential New England Books

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Boston Globe)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (2006/2008 Edition)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009, No 819, Age 12 and over)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (40)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (41)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2003)

ALA Notable Books

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1990)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1999)
• The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008) by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• Nineteen Minutes (Import) by Jodi Picoult (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)
• My Sister's Keeper: A Novel by Jodi Picoult ( What Ails you?, 2006)

Alex Award

• My Sister's Keeper: A Novel by Jodi Picoult (2005)

BBC's Big Read

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Best loved novel, 2003, No 06)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Best loved novel, 2003, No 28)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Adult Fiction Winner, 2003)

Bothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Bram Stoker Award

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (First Novel, 2002)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Novel, 2002)

British Book Award

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (First Fiction, Silver, 2002)

Guardian 1000

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Crime)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Family and self)
• The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008) by Cormac McCarthy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Heartland Prize

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Fiction, 2002)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008) by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2006)

Massachusetts Book Award

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (1974)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (The Reader's List, 5)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (The Reader's List, 28)

National Book Award finalist

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1961)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008) by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

NEA Big Read

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009)

New York Times bestseller

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1960)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Fiction, 1989)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Fiction, 2002)
• The Nanny Diaries: A Novel by Emma McLaughlin (Fiction, 2002)
• My Sister's Keeper: A Novel by Jodi Picoult (Fiction, 2004)
• Nineteen Minutes (Import) by Jodi Picoult (Fiction, 2007)
• The Shack by William P. Young (Paperback Trade Fiction, 2008)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009, No. 40)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2003)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• Here on Earth by ALICE HOFFMAN (1998)
• The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008) by Cormac McCarthy (March 28, 2007)

Orange Prize Longlist

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2003)

Pajiba's Best Books of the Generation

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2007, No 14)

Pulitzer Prize

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1961)
• The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008) by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2007)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (4)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2002)

SF Site Editor's Choice

• The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008) by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2004-2005)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Fiction (4), 2002)
• The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008) by Cormac McCarthy (Best Book (3) 2006)

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time Mystery Writers of America

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (60)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1997, No 7)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1997, No 52)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2007, No 13)
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (2007, No 14)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• My Sister's Keeper: A Novel by Jodi Picoult (2)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (11)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (12)
• Nineteen Minutes (Import) by Jodi Picoult (19)