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

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• Iliad by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The sayings of Confucius by Confucius., (5th–4th century BCE)
• The Republic Of Plato: Second Edition by Plato (380 BCE)
• Candide (A Bantam classic) by Voltaire (1759)
• The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859)
• On Liberty (HPC Classics Series) by John Stuart Mill (1859)
• Being and nothingness; an essay in phenomenological ontology by Jean-Paul Sartre (1943)
• Beyond Freedom & Dignity by B. F. Skinner (1971)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006 Edition)
• The death of Ivan Ilych and other stories by graf Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by D. H. Lawrence (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Once and Future King by T. H. White (2006/2008 Edition)
• Women in Love: Cambridge Lawrence Edition (Penguin Classics) by D. H. Lawrence (2006/2008 Edition)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• The First Circle (European Classics) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence (2006/2008 Edition)
• Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2006/2008 Edition)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (2006/2008 Edition)
• Notes from Underground. Newly Translated by Mirra Ginsburg with an Introduction by Donald Fanger. by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sons and Lovers: (A Modern Library E-Book) by D.H. Lawrence (2006/2008 Edition)
• The French Lieutenant s Woman by John Fowles (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2006/2008 Edition)
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (2006/2008 Edition)
• Down There a Study in Satanism by Joris Karl Huysmans (2008 Edition)

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

• The Little Engine That Could: The Complete, Original Edition (A Platt & Munk Classic) by Watty Piper (2009, Age 0-3)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Once and Future King by T. H. White (6)

ABA ABBY Winner

• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Adult, 1998)

Agatha Award Nominee

• One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) by Janet Evanovich (First Novel, 1994)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Report from Engine Co. 82 by Dennis Smith (1972)
• Day One: Before Hiroshima and After by Peter Wyden (1985)
• The pelican brief by John Grisham (1993)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie (Biography, 1999)
• Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Fiction, 1999)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Fiction, 1999)
• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Fiction, 1999)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Two for the dough by Janet Evanovich ( Adult Mysteries for Teens, 1998)
• Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell ( Adult Mysteries for Teens, 1998)
• The client by John Grisham ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)

Allan Nevins Prize

• Democratic Eloquence: The Fight over Popular Speech in Nineteenth-Century America by Kenneth Cmiel (1987)

Ambassador Book Award

• Washington"s Crossing by David Fischer, Hackett (American Studies, 2005)

American Library Association Notable Book

• Max Perkins, editor of genius by A. Scott Berg (1978)

Anthony Award

• Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell (Best First Novel, 1991)

Anthony Award Nominee

• High five by Janet Evanovich (Novel, 2000)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (1940)
• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
• The Once and Future King by T. H. White (1958)
• The French Lieutenant s Woman by John Fowles (1969)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (Gold medal, 2005)
• Postwar : A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt (Gold medal, 2006)
• Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet by James Mann (Honorable mention, 2005)

Bancarella

• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1953)
• The Bible as history; a confirmation of the Book of Books by Werner Keller (1957)
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (1958)
• The client by John Grisham (1994)

Bancroft Prize

• Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History by Robert E. Sherwood (1949)
• Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform by Eric F. Goldman (1953)

Barry Award nominee

• High five by Janet Evanovich (Novel, 2000)

BBC's Big Read

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 46)
• Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Best loved novel, 2003, No 60)
• Papillon by Henri Charriere (Best loved novel, 2003, No 147)
• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Best loved novel, 2003, No 173)
• Sons and Lovers: (A Modern Library E-Book) by D.H. Lawrence (Best loved novel, 2003, No 190)
• The Once and Future King by T. H. White (Best loved novel, 2003, No 198)

Benjamin Franklin Award (Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction, 2007) Stanley Lombardo translation

• Iliad by Homer

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer

Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels

• Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell
• Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2004)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2007)

British Book Award

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (Book of the Year, 2004)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Book of the Year, 2005)

Charles Taylor Prize finalist

• Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917 by Laura M. Mac Donald (2006)
• The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King (2007)

Christopher Award

• Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Max Perkins, editor of genius by A. Scott Berg (Fiction, Gold, 1978)
• In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck (General Literature, Silver, 1936)
• A Diplomatic History of the American People by Thomas A. Bailey (Scholarship, Gold, 1940)

The Constance Lindsay Skinner Achievement Award

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (merit in the realm of books, Women's National Book Association)

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

• MY SILENT WAR by PHILBY KIM
• Fanshen : A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village by William Hinton
• Prejudices;: A selection made by James T. Farrell and with an introd. by him by H. L Mencken
• Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings (Tut Books. a) by Edward S. Morse

Cundill International Prize in History Longlist

• India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha (2008)

CWA

• Two for the dough by Janet Evanovich (Last Laugh Dagger Award, 1996)
• Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell (New Blood Dagger, 1990)
• One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) by Janet Evanovich (New Blood Dagger, 1995)
• Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, No. 3) by Janet Evanovich (Silver Dagger, 1997)

Cyril Connolly's 100 key books of the modern movement from England, France and America 1880-1950

• The Stranger by Albert Camus

Dilys Award

• One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) by Janet Evanovich (1995)
• Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, No. 3) by Janet Evanovich (1998)

Donald Kagan Best Book in European History Prize

• The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World by Ken Alder (2004)

Edgar Award

• The Falcon and The Snowman by Robert Lindsey (Fact Crime, 1980)
• Power to Hurt: Inside a Judge's Chambers : Sexual Assault, Corruption, and the Ultimate Reversal of Justice for Women by Darcy O'Brien (Fact Crime, 1997)
• Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell (First Novel, 1991)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Agatha Christie: An Autobiography (Critical / Biographical, 1978)
• Lament for the Molly Maguires by Arthur H. Lewis (Fact Crime, 1965)
• Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia by Edward Humes (Fact Crime, 1995)
• One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) by Janet Evanovich (First Novel, 1995)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (1998)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer (020)
• Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T.E. Lawrence (024)
• The Oregon Trail by Jr Francis Parkman (031)

Fletcher Pratt Award

• The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian by Shelby Foote (1963)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean (Ethics)
• Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond by Thomas J. Watson (Power)

Francis Parkman Prize

• Eleanor and Franklin; the story of their relationship, based on Eleanor Roosevelt's private papers by Joseph P. Lash (1972)
• Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry (1998)

Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award

• Washington"s Crossing by David Fischer, Hackett (2005)

George Polk Award

• Decline and Fall by Otto Friedrich (1970)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King (Non-fiction, 2006)

Guardian 1000

• The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories by Mark Twain (Comedy)
• The King of Torts by John Grisham (Crime)
• Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Crime)
• Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell (Crime)
• A time to kill by John Grisham (Crime)
• Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Crime)
• Pudd'nhead Wilson (Bantam Classics) by Mark Twain (Crime)
• Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (Family and self)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (Family and self)
• Sons and Lovers: (A Modern Library E-Book) by D.H. Lawrence (Family and self)
• The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Family and self)
• The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Family and self)
• Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by D. H. Lawrence (Love)
• Women in Love: Cambridge Lawrence Edition (Penguin Classics) by D. H. Lawrence (Love)
• The French Lieutenant s Woman by John Fowles (Love)
• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (Love)
• The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence (Love)
• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Love)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Love)
• Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (State of the nation)
• Notes from Underground. Newly Translated by Mirra Ginsburg with an Introduction by Donald Fanger. by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (State of the nation)
• Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (State of the nation)
• The Group by Mary McCarthy (State of the nation)
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (State of the nation)
• Candide (A Bantam classic) by Voltaire (War and travel)
• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (War and travel)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (War and travel)

The Guardian's Text on the Beach: 50 Best Summer Reads Ever

• The death of Ivan Ilych and other stories by graf Leo Tolstoy (2009)
• The French Lieutenant s Woman by John Fowles (2009)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen W. Hawking

Heartland Prize

• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Fiction, 1997)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• The Mighty Ones by Meindert DeJong (1960)

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