Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Golden. Arthur (2006 Edition)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott (2nd reading) Fitzgerald (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Pact by Jodi Picoult ( Criminal Elements, 2006)

Alex Award

• Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen (2007)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (#46)
• Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon (#66)

Amazon.com Best Books

• Duma Key by Stephen King (Mystery and Thriller, 2008)

Anthony Award

• What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Best Novel, 2008)

Anthony Award Nominee

• The Watchman by Robert Crais (Novel, 2008)
• Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child (Novel, 2008)
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson (Novel, 2009)

Barry Award

• Flesh and Bone by John Harvey (British Crime Novel, 2005)
• The Night Gardner by George Pelecanos (Novel, 2007)
• What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Novel, 2008)

Barry Award nominee

• Down River by John Hart (First Novel, 2007)
• Winter of the Wolf Man by Steve Hamilton (Novel, 2001)

Barry Award Nominee

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson (British Crime Novel, 2009)

BBC's Big Read

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott (2nd reading) Fitzgerald (Best loved novel, 2003, No 43)
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Golden. Arthur (Best loved novel, 2003, No 62)

Betty Trask Award

• The Last Song of Dusk by Siddarth Dhanvari Shanghvi (2004)

Black Quill Award

• Duma Key by Stephen King (Nominee)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Life and Times of Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Books, 2007)
• Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen (Adult Fiction Winner, 2007)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, 2008)

Book Sense Pick

• T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton (Dec 2007)
• Down River by John Hart (Oct 2007)

Bram Stoker Award

• Duma Key by Stephen King (Novel, 2008)

British Book Award

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Best Read of the Year, 2008)

California Book Reviewers Award Finalist

• Madras on Rainy Days by Samina Ali

CBA Libris Award

• The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Fiction Book of the Year, 2004)

Crime Writers of Scandinavia

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

CWA

• Borkmann's Point by Hakan (Swediish author) Nesser (Duncan Lawrie International Dagger, Shortlist, 2006)
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson (Duncan Lawrie International Dagger, Shortlist, 2008)
• The Torment of Others by Val McDermid (Gold/Silver Dagger Shortlist, 2004)
• The Woods by Harlen Coben (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, shortlist, 2007)
• Flesh and Bone by John Harvey (Silver Dagger, 2004)

CWA Gold Dagger

• Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason (2005)

CWA Ian Fleming Dagger Award nominee 2009

• The Last Child by John Hart

Edgar Award

• Down River by John Hart (Novel, 2008)
• Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (Novel, 2009)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Vanish by Tess Gerritson (Novel, 2006)
• Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (Novel, 2008)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson (2008)

Florida Book Award

• Black Out by Lisa Unger (2008, silver medal)

Florida Teens Read

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008-2009)

Galaxy British Book Award

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson (2009, Crime Thriller of the Year)

Giller Prize Shortlist

• The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald (2003)

Glasnyckeln

• Jar City by Arnaldur Indridasen (2002)
• Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason (2003)
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson (2006)

Great Lakes Book Award

• Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen (Fiction, 2007)

Guardian 1000

• Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason (Crime)
• Exit Music by Ian Rankin (Crime)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott (2nd reading) Fitzgerald (Love)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

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

• Body Surfing by Anita Shreve (2009)

Gumshoe Award

• Down River by John Hart (First Novel, 2007)
• The Watchman by Robert Crais (Thriller, 2008)

Gumshoe Award nominee

• Jar City by Arnaldur Indridasen (European Crime Novel, 2006)
• The Night Gardner by George Pelecanos (Mystery, 2007)
• What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Mystery, 2008)
• Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child (Thriller, 2008)

Hammett Prize Nominee

• Buzz Cut by James W. Hall (1996)
• The Havana Room by Colin Harrison (2004)
• The Turnaround by George Pelecanos (2008)

IPPY Finalist

• One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash (General Fiction, 2003)

Irish Book Award Nominee

• Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (Popular Fiction, 2007)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 2006)

Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize

• Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler (1980)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Lesbian Fiction, 2003)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott (2nd reading) Fitzgerald (22)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist

• Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (Mystery/Thriller, 2007)

LOST Book Club

• Memoirs of a Geisha by Golden. Arthur

Lovey Award

• Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child (Thriller, 2008)

Macavity Award

• What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Novel, 2008)

Macavity Award Nominee

• Down River by John Hart (First Novel, 2007)
• One Shot by Lee Child (Novel, 2006)
• Vanish by Tess Gerritson (Novel, 2006)
• Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (Novel, 2007)

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