Awards in your library

Summary: 19 Awards.

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME: THE STORY OF THE GREAT CATHEDRAL IN FLORENCE by ROSS KING (Humanities, 2004)

ALS Gold Medal

• A Mapmaker's Dream by Cowan James (1998)

Barry Award

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon (First Novel, 2005)

BBC's Big Read

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Best loved novel, 2003, No 94)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME: THE STORY OF THE GREAT CATHEDRAL IN FLORENCE by ROSS KING (Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2001)
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2005)

Borders Original Voices

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon (2005)

Gumshoe Award nominee

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon (European Crime Novel, 2005)

Lectrices de Elle

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Roman, 1995)

Libraires du Québec

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 2005)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter (History, 1998)

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon (2004)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter (General Nonfiction, 1998)

New York Times bestseller

• History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani (Nonfiction, 1991)

Prix du Meilleur livre étranger

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon (Novel, 2004)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Lives of the Artists by Vasari (2008)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafon (2007, No 6)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (55)

The William H. Welch Medal

• The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter (American Association for the History of Medicine, 2003)

Wolfson History Prize

• Shopping in the Renaissance: Consumer Cultures in Italy, 1400-1600 by Evelyn S. Welch (2005)