Awards in your library

Summary: 48 Awards.

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (History & Cultures, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food by Penn Jillette ( Teen Culture, 1999)

Ambassador Book Award

• Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks (Current Affairs, 2007)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks (Honorable mention, 2007)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• Bag the Elephant: How to Win and Keep Big Customers by Steve Kaplan (Business, 2006)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2004)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)
• Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)

British Book Award

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Book of the Year, 2005)

Business Week Top Ten Books of the Year

• The Paradox of Choice : Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz

Colby Award

• Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell (2009)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)

ECPA Gold Medallion Book Award

• Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge (Inspirational, 2002)

Edgar Award

• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Fact Crime, 2004)

Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year

• China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America by James Kynge (2006)

Firecracker Alternative Book Award

• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (Nonfiction, 2002)

forbes.com Top Ten Books of the Year

• The Paradox of Choice : Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini (Power)
• Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner (Project Management)
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Strategy)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

Great Lakes Book Award Finalist

• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (General Nonfiction, 2003)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Harry Chapin Media Award

• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (Book, 2001)

IPPY Bronze

• The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson (Finance/Investment/Economics, 2007)

IPPY Finalist

• Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten by Stephen Few (Business/Career/Sales, 2005)
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Current Events, 2005)
• Bag the Elephant: How to Win and Keep Big Customers by Steve Kaplan (Outstanding Books of the Year, 2006)

James Beard Foundation Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Writing on Food, 2007)

Jolt Awards

• Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) by Andy Oram (2007)

Kiriyama Prize

• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2007)

Kiriyama Prize Finalist

• Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China by John Pomfret (Nonfiction, 2007)

Lionel Gelber Prize Shortlist

• Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks (2007)

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

• Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner (61)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (The Reader's List, 1)

National Book Award finalist

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Fiction, 1958)
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Nonfiction, 1999)
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Nonfiction, 2003)
• Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.) by Peter Hessler (Nonfiction, 2006)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner (General Nonfiction, 1986)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (General Nonfiction, 2006)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Nonfiction, 2007)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)

New York Times bestseller

• The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2007)
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Fiction, 1957)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Fiction, 2003)
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (Fiction, 2003)
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Nonfiction, 1999)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2000)
• Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) by Anthony Bourdain (Nonfiction, 2000)
• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (Nonfiction, 2001)
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins (Nonfiction, 2001)
• See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer (Nonfiction, 2002)
• The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton (Nonfiction, 2002)
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Nonfiction, 2003)
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2006)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man by Dalton Fury (Nonfiction, 2008)
• The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America by James Bamford (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood by Michael Lewis (Nonfiction, 2009)
• The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David Kessler (Nonfiction, 2009)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Non-Fiction, 2006)
• Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks (Non-Fiction, 2006)
• Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.) by Peter Hessler (Non-Fiction, 2006)
• Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (Nonfiction, 2008)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2009)
• The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr (2009)

Orion Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2007, finalist)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2008, finalist)

PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award finalist

• Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks (2007)

Prometheus Award

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Hall of Fame, 1983)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks (General Non-Fiction, 2007)

Quill Award

• Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt (Business, 2005)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (92)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious by Gerd Gigerenzer (General, 2008)

Salon Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2007)
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden (Nonfiction, 1999)

San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year

• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (2003)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks (Best Book (5) 2006)
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Non-fiction (6), 2007)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Non-fiction (1), 2007)
• Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang (Non-fiction (7), 2008)

Warwick Prize for Writing

• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein (2009, winner)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2007, No 5)
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (2007, No 16)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (7)