Awards in your library

Summary: 24 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Social Sciences, 2009)

BBC's Big Read

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Best loved novel, 2003, No 191)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)

Guardian 1000

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Love)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• New Seeds of Contemplation (Shambhala Library) by Thomas Merton
• Zen mind, beginner's mind by Shunryu Suzuki
• Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

James Beard Foundation Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Writing on Food, 2007)

Kiriyama Prize

• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2007)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Fiction, 1984)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (General Nonfiction, 2006)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1984)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)

New York Times bestseller

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Fiction, 1984)
• Buddha by Karen Armstrong (Nonfiction, 2001)
• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2006)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (Non-Fiction, 2006)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Non-Fiction, 2006)

Orion Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2007, finalist)

Quill Award

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt (Business, 2005)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (General, 2007)

Salon Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)

SWR-Bestenliste

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1984)

Turner Tomorrow Fellowship

• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (1991)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1997, No 46)

ZDF Das große Lesen - Die Lieblingsbücher der Deutschen

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (35)

Århundrets bibliotek

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera