Awards in your library

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

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (167)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2006 Edition)
• Never Let Me Go (Vintage International) by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006 Edition)
• Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (2006 Edition)
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Bridge Over the Drina by Ivo Andric (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dictionary of Khazars (Vintage International) by Pavic (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lanark: A Life in Four Books (Canongate Classics) by Alasdair Gray (2006/2008 Edition)
• No One Writes to the Colonel (International Writers) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2008 Edition)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2008 edition)
• Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann (2008 Edition)
• Snow by Orhan Pamuk (2008 Edition)
• The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr: Together with a Fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on Ra by E.T.A. Hoffmann (2008 Edition)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• It's a Bird by Steven T. Seagle (2005)
• Pyongyang by Guy Delisle (2006)
• Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling (2006)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2007)

ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens

• Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan (2007)
• Pyongyang by Guy Delisle (2007)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Madness: A Brief History by Roy Porter (Science & Technology, 2004)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (History & Cultures, 2009)
• Never Let Me Go (Vintage International) by Kazuo Ishiguro (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

Alan Paton Award

• A Human Being Died That Night: Confronting Apartheid's Chief Killer by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (2004)

Alex Award

• Never Let Me Go (Vintage International) by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2007)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (Best of, 2001)

Ambassador Book Award

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Fiction, 2008)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2008)

Anthony Award Nominee

• The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Novel, 2006)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Lanark: A Life in Four Books (Canongate Classics) by Alasdair Gray (1981)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (2001)
• Air (Gollancz) by Geoff Ryman (2006)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Coalescent: Homo Superior (Destiny's Children) by Stephen Baxter (2004)
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2005)
• Never Let Me Go (Vintage International) by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006)
• Accelerando by Charles Stross (2006)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt (Gold medal, 2006)

BILBY

• Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling (older readers, 2006)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2005)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2005)

Booker Prize

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000)

Booker Prize Longlist

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2006)
• The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (2008)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Earthly Powers (Vintage Classics) by Anthony Burgess (1980)
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2004)
• Never Let Me Go (Vintage International) by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2007)

Books for a Better Life Award

• In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating by Michael Pollan (2008)

British Book Award

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Literary Fiction Award Shortlist, 2005)
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Literary Fiction, 2005)
• Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling (Book of the Year, 2006)

British Book Awards Author of the Year Shortlist

• Never Let Me Go (Vintage International) by Kazuo Ishiguro (2006)

British Fantasy Award

• Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2001)

British Fantasy Award Nominee

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 2005)

British Science Fiction Association Award

• Air (Gollancz) by Geoff Ryman (Novel, 2005)

British Science Fiction Association Award Shortlist

• Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (2000)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)
• Accelerando by Charles Stross (2005)

Canada Reads Nominee

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2005)

Carnegie Medal Nominee

• Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) by J.K. Rowling (2005)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Fiction, Gold, 2006)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• Never Let Me Go (Vintage International) by Kazuo Ishiguro (Best Book, Eurasia Region, 2006)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlist

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Europe and South Asia, Best Book, 2008)

Costa

• Restless by William Boyd (Novel, 2006)

Costa Shortlist

• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (Novel, 2006)

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

• World Turned Upside Down (Popular Rebellions S) by Christopher Hill

Crossword Prize

• Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra (English-language fiction, 2006)

CWA

• The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, shortlist, 2006)

Dayton Literary Peace Prize

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008)

Duff Cooper Prize

• Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews by Mark Mazower (2004)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Novel, 2006)

Eisner Award nominee

• Unknown Soldier Vol. 1: Haunted House by Joshua Dysart (Best New Series, 2009)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Mystery of Capital by Hernando De Soto (Globalization)
• Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen (Globalization)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee

• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Novel, 2005)
• Air (Gollancz) by Geoff Ryman (Novel, 2006)

Gaylactic Spectrum Shortlist

• The Vesuvius Club: A Lucifer Box Novel by Mark Gatiss (Novel, 2006)

Geffen Award

• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Best Translated Fantasy Book, 2007)

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2005)

Giller Prize Shortlist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Ingenuity Gap: Facing the Economic, Environmental, and Other Challenges of an Increasingly Complex and Unpredictable by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon (Non-fiction, 2001)

Governor General's Literary Award Finalist

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 2003)

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire

• Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (Roman étranger, 2005)

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