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100 Essential New England Books

• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (Boston Globe)

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

• Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (3rd century BCE)
• The Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus (2 - 5th century BCE)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (2006 Edition)
• God Bless You, Mr.Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut (2006 Edition)
• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Maltese Falcon (Vintage Crime) by Hammett (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cat's Cradle (Penguin Science Fiction) by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's: Breakf by Truman Capote (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes Mysteries (Penguin)) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man (Oxford World's Classics) by Gustave Flaubert (2006/2008 Edition)
• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Wordsworth Classics) by Joseph Conrad (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Quiet American by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2006/2008 Edition)
• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne (2009, Ages 5↑)
• The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (2009, Ages 8↑)

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

• The Demolished Man (Penguin science fiction) by Alfred Bester (7)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• The Demolished Man (Penguin science fiction) by Alfred Bester (14)
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (22)
• Cities in Flight by James Blish (27)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Gateway (Millennium SF Masterworks S) by Frederik Pohl (8)
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (14)
• The Demolished Man (Penguin science fiction) by Alfred Bester (18)
• Ubik (Panther Science Fiction) by Philip K. Dick (37)

Académie française

• Wind, Sand and Stars (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.) by Antoine De Saint-Exupery (Grand prix du roman, 1939)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (67)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (69)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut (1979)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (Drama, 1999)
• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (Fiction, 1999)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach ( Books for the Soul, 1997)
• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (Books for the Soul, 1997)

Anthony Award Nominee

• The Maltese Falcon (Vintage Crime) by Hammett (Novel Of The Century, 2000)

Apollo Award

• Gateway (Millennium SF Masterworks S) by Frederik Pohl (1979)

Balrog Fantasy Award

• The One Tree (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen Donaldson (Best Novel, 1983)

Bancarella

• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (1989)

Barzun and Taylor's Classics of Crime

• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)

BBC's Big Read

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Best loved novel, 2003, No 94)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Best loved novel, 2003, No 128)
• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (Best loved novel, 2003, No 161)
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (Best loved novel, 2003, No 179)

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Books in Canada First Novel Award Shortlist

• Generation X by Douglas Coupland (1991)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
• The Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers (Novel, 1997)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• The Wounded Land (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen Donaldson (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1981)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (Novel, 1978)
• Tik-tok by John Sladek (Novel, 1983)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers (1997)

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

• The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (Penguin Psychology) by R.D. Laing

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

• The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Wordsworth Classics) by Joseph Conrad

Ditmar Award

• Protector by Larry Niven (International Fiction, 1975)

Ditmar Shortlist

• Gateway (Millennium SF Masterworks S) by Frederik Pohl (International Fiction, 1978)
• Tik-tok by John Sladek (International Fiction, 1986)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Wind, Sand and Stars (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.) by Antoine De Saint-Exupery (003)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The 48 Laws of Power (A Joost Elffers Production) by Robert Greene (Power)
• The Art of Strategy by Sun Zi (Strategy)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

• Quantity Theory of Insanity by SELF (1991)

Guardian 1000

• Death and the Penguin (Panther) by Andrey Kurkov (Comedy)
• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (Comedy)
• Fatherland by Robert Harris (Crime)
• The Maltese Falcon (Vintage Crime) by Hammett (Crime)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Crime)
• The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Crime)
• A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Crime)
• The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Wordsworth Classics) by Joseph Conrad (Crime)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's: Breakf by Truman Capote (Love)
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Sirens of Titan (Coronet Books) by Kurt Vonnegut (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Sentimental Education: The Story of a Young Man (Oxford World's Classics) by Gustave Flaubert (State of the nation)
• Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics) by Herman Melville (War and travel)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (War and travel)
• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (War and travel)

H.R.F. Keating's 100 Best Crime & Mystery Books

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes Mysteries (Penguin)) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (4)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6)
• The Maltese Falcon (Vintage Crime) by Hammett (16)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Road Less Travelled (Arrow New-Age) by M.Scott Peck
• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Hugo

• The Demolished Man (Penguin science fiction) by Alfred Bester (Novel, 1953)
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Novel, 1963)
• Gateway (Millennium SF Masterworks S) by Frederik Pohl (Novel, 1978)

Hugo Nominee

• Sirens of Titan (Coronet Books) by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1960)
• Cat's Cradle (Penguin Science Fiction) by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1964)
• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1970)
• Protector by Larry Niven (Novel, 1974)
• Jem (Sf Masterworks 41) by Frederik Pohl (Novel, 1980)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• The Maltese Falcon (Vintage Crime) by Hammett
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

International Fantasy Awards Nominee

• Player piano by Kurt Vonnegut (Fiction, 1953)
• The Demolished Man (Penguin science fiction) by Alfred Bester (Fiction, 1954)

International Horror Guild Award

• Declare by Tim Powers (Novel, 2000)

IPPY

• Leading the Revolution (Harvard Business School Press S.) by Gary Hamel (Business/Career, 2001)
• The Art of Strategy by Sun Zi (Multicultural Non-Fiction, 2003)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award

• Gateway (Millennium SF Masterworks S) by Frederik Pohl (1978)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (1978)
• Tik-tok by John Sladek (1984)
• Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut (1986)

Jolt Awards

• Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steven C. McConnell (1993)

Julian Symons' 100 Best Crime Stories

• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1894)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (54)
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (75)

Lectrices de Elle

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Roman, 1995)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

• The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (Penguin Psychology) by R.D. Laing
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Locus

• Last Call by Tim Powers (Fantasy Novel, 1993)
• Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers (Fantasy Novel, 1998)
• Gateway (Millennium SF Masterworks S) by Frederik Pohl (Novel, 1978)

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