Awards in your library

Summary: 32 Awards.

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

• Tao Te Ching by Laozi (3rd century BCE)
• The Nag Hammadi Library by James M. Robinson (2nd Century)
• Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western Spirituality) by Daniel Chanan Matt (12th century)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY by Arthur C. Clarke (2006/2008 Edition)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY by Arthur C. Clarke (28)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY by Arthur C. Clarke (38)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)

And/Or Book Award

• Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte (Moving Image, 1995)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition: A Novel by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics) by Juan Mascaro

British Book Award

• The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition: A Novel by Dan Brown (Book of the Year, 2005)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini (Power)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Meditations on the Tarot by Anonymous
• The Transcendent Unity of Religions (Quest Book) by Frithjof Schuon
• The Gospel of Thomas (Shambhala Library)
• The Thirteen Petalled Rose by Adin Steinsaltz

The James Beard Cookbook Award - Food Reference & Technique

• Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed by Shirley Corriher (1998)

Kitchen Book Award: James Beard Foundation

• I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking by Alton Brown

KitchenAid Cookbook Hall of Fame

• The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking: Techniques and Recipes by Barbara Tropp (2004)

LOST Book Club

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking

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

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (72)

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

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (56)

National Book Award

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (Religion/Inspiration (Hardcover), 1980)

National Book Award finalist

• Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1987)

National Book Award Nomination

• The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind by Julian Jaynes (1978)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (Criticism, 1979)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick (1987)
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking (1988)
• Consciousness Explained by Daniel C Dennett (1991)

New York Times bestseller

• The Secret (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2006)
• The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure by James Redfield (Fiction, 1994)
• The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition: A Novel by Dan Brown (Fiction, 2003)
• The Mind In Action: Being a Layman's Guide to Psychiatry by Eric Berne (General, 1948)
• Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships by Eric Berne (General, 1965)
• Body Language by Julius Fast (General, 1970)
• Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent (General, 1982)
• Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Nonfiction, 1985)
• The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom (Nonfiction, 1987)
• Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1988)
• Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential by Caroline Myss (Nonfiction, 2002)

Prometheus Award

• The Illuminatus! Trilogy The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, and Leviathan by Robert Anton Wilson Shea Robert (Hall of Fame, 1986)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick (General Non-Fiction, 1988)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick (General, 1989)
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking (General, 1989)
• Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology by Eric Drexler (General, 1991)

Science Writing Award

• In Search of Ancient Astronomies by E. C. Krupp (Scientist, 1978)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY by Arthur C. Clarke (2008)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking (1997, No 79)
• 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY by Arthur C. Clarke (1997, No 87)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition: A Novel by Dan Brown (2007, No 5)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition: A Novel by Dan Brown (7)
• The Secret (80)