Awards in your library

Summary: 43 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2006 Edition)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (1998, 3)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (91)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (91)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Fiction, 1999)
• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Arts & Humanities, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• The luxe by Anna Godbersen ( Fame and Fortune, 2009)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2003)

Alex Award

• The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (2008)

Anthony Award

• In the Woods by Tana French (Best First Novel, 2008)

Anthony Award Nominee

• The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (First Novel, 2008)

Barry Award

• In the Woods by Tana French (First Novel, 2008)

Barry Award nominee

• The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (First Novel, 2008)

BBC's Big Read

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Best loved novel, 2003, No 33)
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Best loved novel, 2003, No 160)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2002)

Borders Original Voices

• Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn (2002)

CWA

• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Ellis Peters Historical Award, 2002)

Edgar Award

• In the Woods by Tana French (First Novel by an American Author, 2008)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Decision-Making)

Founder's Award

• Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander by Edward Porter Alexander (1989/90)

Gourmand World Cookbook

• French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano (Health and nutrition book, 2005)

Guardian 1000

• Barchester Towers: Library Edition (Chronicles of Barsetshire) by Anthony Trollope (Comedy)
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Crime)

Gumshoe Award nominee

• The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (First Novel, 2008)

IPPY

• Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley (Pride & Prejudice Continues) by Linda Berdoll (Historical/Military Fiction, 2007)

Lambda Literary Award

• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Lesbian Fiction, 2002)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist

• In the Woods by Tana French (Mystery/Thriller, 2007)

Macavity Award

• In the Woods by Tana French (First Novel, 2008)

Macavity Award Nominee

• The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (First Novel, 2008)

New York Times bestseller

• A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (Fiction, 1944)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Fiction, 1989)
• A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin (Fiction, 1991)
• Time and Chance (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Sharon Kay Penman (Fiction, 2002)
• The Husband by Dean Koontz (Fiction, 2006)
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (Fiction, 2008)
• People of the Book: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks (Fiction, 2008)
• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Nonfiction, 1997)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• People of the Book: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks (2007)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (2007)

Orange Prize Shortlist

• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (2002)

Pulitzer Prize

• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Fiction, 1975)
• The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 by David M. Potter (History, 1977)
• A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (Novel, 1945)

Reading List Award shortlist

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (2009)

RITA Award

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Best Romance, 1992)

Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award Nominee

• The House at Riverton: A Novel by Kate Morton (Best Novel, 2008)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• Meanest Doll in the World, The by Ann M. Martin (2003)

SEBA Book Award

• Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz (Nonfiction, 1999)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Barchester Towers: Library Edition (Chronicles of Barsetshire) by Anthony Trollope (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (Fiction (7), 2008)

Toronto Globe and Mail Notable Book

• The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (1997, No 81)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (9)