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100 Essential New England Books

• Bell Jar (P.S.) by Sylvia Plath (Boston Globe, #4)

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

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (1949)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (2006 Edition)
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2006 Edition)
• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (2006/2008 Edition)
• Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson (2006/2008 Edition)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck (2006/2008 Edition)
• unbearable lightness of being, the (Perennial Classics) by milan kundera (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) by Rohinton Mistry (2006/2008 Edition)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (2006/2008 Edition)
• Bell Jar (P.S.) by Sylvia Plath (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Age of Innocence (Norton Critical Editions) by Edith Wharton (2006/2008 Edition)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2006/2008 Edition)
• God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (2009, No 670, Age 8 and over)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2009, No 819, Age 12 and over)

1952 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (17)

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

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (9)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (41)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (34)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2004, 72)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (11)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (17)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (40)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (11)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (18)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (41)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Bell Jar (P.S.) by Sylvia Plath (1971)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994)
• The Tribes of Palos Verdes: A Novel by Joy Nicholson (1999)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol (Non-fiction, 1999)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Fiction, 1999)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1999)
• And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students by Miles Corwin (Social Sciences, 2004)
• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Social Sciences, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque ( War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Own Your Freak, 2005)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson (1993)
• Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation by Arlene Stein (1998)
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2003)
• The First Verse: A Novel by Barry McCrea (2006)
• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (2007)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• Affinity by Sarah Waters (2001)

Alex Award

• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (2002)
• Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2004)

Anthony Award

• Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker (Best Novel, 1996)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (1949)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)

BBC's Big Read

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Best loved novel, 2003, No 06)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 08)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck (Best loved novel, 2003, No 29)
• God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 85)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 136)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (Best loved novel, 2003, No 141)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Best loved novel, 2003, No 178)
• unbearable lightness of being, the (Perennial Classics) by milan kundera (Best loved novel, 2003, No 191)
• A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) by Rohinton Mistry (Best loved novel, 2003, No 196)

Betty Trask Award

• Tipping the Velvet: A Novel by Sarah Waters (1999)
• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (2001)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2001)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)
• Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D.; Dubner Levitt, Stephen J. ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2006)

Booker Prize

• God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (1997)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) by Rohinton Mistry (1996)
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2002)
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (2005)
• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (2006)

Booklist Editors' Choice

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

Bothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

British Book Award

• Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Popular Fiction Award, 2006)

C. Wright Mills Award

• Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare by Frances Fox Piven (1971)
• Men and Women of the Corporation by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1977)
• Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Revised 10th Anniv 2nd Edition) by Patricia Hill Collins (1990)

Canada Reads Nominee

• A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) by Rohinton Mistry (2002)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck (General Literature, Silver, 1939)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) by Rohinton Mistry (Best Book, 1996)
• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (Best First Book, 2001)

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

• The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi

CWA

• The Dante Club: A Novel by Matthew Pearl (Ellis Peters Historical Award Shortlist, 2004)
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Ellis Peters Historical Award, 2002)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Blooding - The True Story of The Narboroough Village Murders by Joseph Wambaugh (Fact Crime, 1990)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2005)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work by Arlie Russell Hochschild (Work & Life)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Work & Life)

Garden State Book Award

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (Teen Fiction Grades 6-8, 1996)

Giller

• A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) by Rohinton Mistry (1995)

Great Lakes Book Award Finalist

• Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Fiction, 2004)

Guardian 1000

• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Crime)
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Crime)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Family and self)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Family and self)
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Family and self)
• God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Family and self)
• Bell Jar (P.S.) by Sylvia Plath (Family and self)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Love)
• unbearable lightness of being, the (Perennial Classics) by milan kundera (Love)
• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (Love)
• The Age of Innocence (Norton Critical Editions) by Edith Wharton (Love)
• Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Affinity by Sarah Waters (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) by Rohinton Mistry (State of the nation)
• The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck (State of the nation)
• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (State of the nation)
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (2000)

Hammett Prize

• Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker (1995)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• unbearable lightness of being, the (Perennial Classics) by milan kundera

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

International Horror Guild Nominee

• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Novel, 2005)

International IMPAC Dublin

• A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) by Rohinton Mistry (Shortlist, 1997)

IPPY Finalist

• Consider the Butterfly by Carol Lynn Pearson (Inspirational/Spiritual, 2003)

Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize

• Mating by Norman Rush (1992)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (Fiction, 2000)

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