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100 Essential New England Books

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Boston Globe)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Billy Budd by Herman Melville (2006 Edition)
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville (2006/2008 Edition)
• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain (2006/2008 Edition)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (2006/2008 Edition)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• Charlotte's web by E. B. White (2009, Ages 5↑)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (2009, Ages 8↑)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain (2009, Ages 8↑)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain (5)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (10)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (53)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (83)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain (5)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (10)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (60)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (84)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Into the Wild (MTI) by Jon Krakauer (1997)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1999)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) by Allen Ginsberg ( Poetry, 2001)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (Own Your Freak, 2005)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (Journey > Destination, 2009)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (1951)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952)

Bancarella

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1953)

BBC's Big Read

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Best loved novel, 2003, No 12)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)
• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (Best loved novel, 2003, No 29)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (Best loved novel, 2003, No 90)
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Best loved novel, 2003, No 161)
• Charlotte's web by E. B. White (Best loved novel, 2003, No 170)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Best loved novel, 2003, No 173)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Best loved novel, 2003, No 185)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• On the road by Jack Kerouac (Audiobook - Adult Fiction, 2001)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Da Vinci code by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)

Books for a Better Life Award

• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (2008)

British Book Award

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

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (General Literature, Silver, 1939)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)

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

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson

Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year

• The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman (2005)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man by Marshall McLuhan (Non-fiction, 1962)

Green Prize for Sustainable Literature

• Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century by Alex Steffen

Guardian 1000

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Crime)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (Family and self)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Family and self)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Love)
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Love)
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Love)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (State of the nation)
• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (State of the nation)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain (War and travel)
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville (War and travel)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (War and travel)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Dharma bums by Jack Kerouac

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Charlotte's web by E. B. White (1953)

James Beard Foundation Award

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

James Beard Foundation Award Nominee

• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (2009)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (22)
• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (34)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (38)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (60)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (76)

Locus

• Down and out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (First Novel, 2004)

Locus Recommended Reading

• Someone comes to town, someone leaves town by Cory Doctorow (Fantasy Novel, 2005)
• Down and out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (First Novel, 2003)
• Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow (Science Fiction Novel, 2004)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter (Science & Technology, 2007)

LOST Book Club

• On the road by Jack Kerouac

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

• Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (72)

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

• Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (56)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Board's List, 2)
• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (The Board's List, 10)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (The Board's List, 55)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (The Board's List, 64)

Mondello

• Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino (Autore italiano, 1984)

National Book Award

• Selected poems by William Carlos Williams (Poetry, 1950)
• Paterson by William Carlos Williams (Poetry, 1950)
• Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (Religion/Inspiration (Hardcover), 1980)

National Book Award finalist

• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (Fiction, 1952)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Fiction, 1953)
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (Nonfiction, 1962)
• Paterson by William Carlos Williams (Poetry, 1952)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (Criticism, 1979)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett (Criticism, 2006)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (General Nonfiction, 2006)

NEA Big Read

• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (2009)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (2009)

Nebula Nominee

• Down and out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (Novel, 2004)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino (1985)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)

New York Times bestseller

• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (Fiction, 1951)
• Charlotte's web by E. B. White (Fiction, 1952)
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Fiction, 1952)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (Fiction, 1957)
• The Da Vinci code by Dan Brown (Fiction, 2003)
• A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (General, 1964)
• Into the Wild (MTI) by Jon Krakauer (Nonfiction, 1996)
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2005)
• LONG TAIL, THE: WHY THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS IS SELLING LESS OF MORE by Chris Anderson (Nonfiction, 2006)
• The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Nonfiction, 2007)
• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern W by Steven Johnson (Non-Fiction, 2006)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Non-Fiction, 2006)

Newbery Honor

• Charlotte's web by E. B. White (1953)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr (2009)
• Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman (2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (2009, No. 15)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2009, No. 18)
• The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck (2009, No. 21)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (2009, No. 39)
• Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton (2009, No. 47)
• Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman (2009, No. 53)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain (2009, No. 54)
• Charlotte's web by E. B. White (2009, No. 74)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
• Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman (2006)
• Novels in Three Lines (New York Review Books Classics) by Felix Feneon (2007)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville (2003)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain (2003)
• The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger (2003)
• On the road by Jack Kerouac (2003)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2003)
• Charlotte's web by E. B. White (2003)
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (2003)
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (2003)

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