Awards in your library

Summary: 48 Awards.

Guardian 1000 (Comedy)

• Scoop by Evelyn Waugh

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

• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn (1962)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Savage Detectives: A Novel by Roberto Bolano (2008 Edition)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• The Soul of the White Ant by Eugene N. Marais (scholarship/non-fiction)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek Humphry (29)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek Humphry (36)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Double Helix by James D. Watson (1968)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Phillips Feynman (Biography, 1999)
• INNUMERACY MATHEMATICAL ILLITERACY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES by John Allen Paulos (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Double Helix by James D. Watson (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)

And/Or Book Award

• BEING DIGITAL by Nicholas Negroponte (Moving Image, 1995)

Borges' A Personal Library

• Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner

Bram Stoker

• On Writing by Stephen King (Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, 2000)

CBA Libris Award

• A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright (Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2005)

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

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
• A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) by Christopher Alexander

Ditmar Award

• Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino (International Fiction, 1970)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Extraordianry Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay (Booms and Busts)

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

• Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte (1991)

Governor General's Literary Award

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

Guardian 1000

• The Savage Detectives: A Novel by Roberto Bolano (War and travel)

Guardian Essential Library

• Alan Turing : The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (2002)

Herralde

• The Savage Detectives: A Novel by Roberto Bolano (1998)

Hugo Nominee

• On Writing by Stephen King (Best Related Book (Nomination below cutoff), 2001)

International Horror Guild Nominee

• On Writing by Stephen King (Best Non-Fiction, 2000)

IPPY Finalist

• A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright (Essay/Creative Non-Fiction, 2005)
• Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect by Paul R. Ehrlich (Science, 2001)
• E = mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis (Science, 2001)

Irish Book Award Nominee

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Tubridy Show Listener's Choice, 2007)

Locus

• On Writing by Stephen King (Best Non-Fiction, 2001)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter (Science & Technology, 2007)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (Science and Technology, 1997)

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

• The Double Helix by James D. Watson (7)
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (24)
• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn (69)
• A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy (87)

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

• A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper by John Allen Paulos (46)
• The Double Helix by James D. Watson (54)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (The Board's List, 75)

The Morning News Tournament of Books

• Absurdistan: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart (Finalist, 2007)

National Book Award

• How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland (Nonfiction, 1994)
• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Science (Hardcover), 1980)
• Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Nonscientists by Fred Alan Wolf (Science (Paperback), 1982)
• The Mathematical Experience by Philip J. & Hersh Davis, Reuben (Science (Paperback), 1983)
• Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino (Translation, 1969)

National Book Award finalist

• Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1987)
• Genius: Life & Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1992)
• Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel Dennett (Nonfiction, 1995)
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (Science (Hardcover), 1982)
• The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics As the Language of Nature by Heinz R. Pagels (Science (Hardcover), 1983)
• Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science by Carl Sagan (Science, Paperback, 1981)
• The Double Helix by James D. Watson (The Sciences, 1969)

National Book Award Nomination

• The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Janes (1978)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (General Nonfiction, 1981)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel (Biography/Autobiography, 1991)
• Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color by Philip Ball (Criticism, 2002)
• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter (General Nonfiction, 1979)
• How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland (General Nonfiction, 1994)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Nonfiction, 1997)
• American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche (General Nonfiction, 2002)

New York City Book Award

• American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche (Journalism, 2002)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Double Helix by James D. Watson (1968)
• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter (1979)
• Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick (1987)
• Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett (1991)
• The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker (1994)
• Absurdistan: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart (2006)
• The Savage Detectives: A Novel by Roberto Bolano (2007)

New York Times bestseller

• Vox by Nicholson Baker (Fiction, 1992)
• Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life & Times by James Finn Garner (Fiction, 1994)
• Practical Cogitator: The Thinker's Anthology by Charles Curtis (General, 1945)
• The Double Helix by James D. Watson (General, 1968)
• Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science by Carl Sagan (General, 1979)
• Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony by Lewis Thomas (Nonfiction, 1984)
• Metamagical Themas: Questioning for the Essence of Mind and Pattern by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Nonfiction, 1985)
• Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1988)
• INNUMERACY MATHEMATICAL ILLITERACY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES by John Allen Paulos (Nonfiction, 1989)
• Genius: Life & Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1992)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Absurdistan: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart (Fiction & Poetry, 2006)
• The Savage Detectives: A Novel by Roberto Bolano (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)
• Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos by Seth Lloyd (Non-Fiction, 2006)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (2003)

Pulitzer Prize

• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter (General Non-Fiction, 1980)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• Genius: Life & Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick (Biography or Autobiography, 1993)
• Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick (General Non-Fiction, 1988)
• How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland (General Non-Fiction, 1995)
• Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel Dennett (General Non-Fiction, 1996)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Non-Fiction, 1998)
• The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker (General Non-Fiction, 2003)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics by Roger Penrose (General, 1990)
• The Language of Genes by Steve Jones (General, 1994)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick (General, 1989)
• Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology by Eric Drexler (General, 1991)
• Genius: Life & Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick (General, 1993)
• The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker (General, 1995)
• River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life (Science Masters Series) by Richard Dawkins (General, 1996)
• Fire In The Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order by George Johnson (General, 1997)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General, 1999)
• A Brief History of the Future: From Radio Days to Internet Years in a Lifetime by John Naughton (General, 2000)
• Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics by George Johnson (General, 2001)
• The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker (General, 2003)
• The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins (General, 2005)

Rómulo Gallegos

• The Savage Detectives: A Novel by Roberto Bolano (1999)

Science Writing Award

• The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics As the Language of Nature by Heinz R. Pagels (Scientist, 1982)
• Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics by John Archibald Wheeler (Scientist, 1999)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Absurdistan: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart (Best Book (7) 2006)

University of Rochester Best Translated Book of 2007 longlist

• The Savage Detectives: A Novel by Roberto Bolano