Awards in your library

Summary: 36 Awards.

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

• The Nag Hammadi Library by James M. Robinson (2nd Century)
• The Koran (Bantam Classic) by John Medows Rodwell (7th century)
• Moses Maimonides The Guide for the Perplexed, Unabridged Dover Edition by Moses Maimonides (1190)
• Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx (1848)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Siddhartha (Shambhala Classics) by Hermann Hesse (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Notable Book of the Year

• The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition by James McBride (1997)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition by James McBride (Biography, 1999)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Siddhartha (Shambhala Classics) by Hermann Hesse (Fiction, 1999)
• The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood & The Story of a Return: v. 1 & v. 2 by Marjane Satrapi (History & Cultures, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Siddhartha (Shambhala Classics) by Hermann Hesse (Books for the Soul, 1997)
• The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition by James McBride (Feel Good Books, 1998)

American Book Award

• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (1996)

American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award

• The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change by Randall Collins (1999)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition by James McBride (1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

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

Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award

• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson (honorable mention, 2004)

Frederic W. Ness Book Award

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (2005)

Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Document, 2005)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism (Element Classic Editions) by Anonymous
• Siddhartha (Shambhala Classics) by Hermann Hesse

IPPY

• The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris (Religion, 2005)

Kiriyama Prize

• Japan: A Reinterpretation by Patrick Smith (1997)

Ludwik Fleck Prize

• The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change by Randall Collins (2002)

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (2004)

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

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (72)

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

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (56)

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award

• From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner (General Myth and Fantasy Studies, 1996)

National Book Award

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (Religion/Inspiration (Hardcover), 1980)

National Book Award finalist

• Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington (Nonfiction, 1995)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (Criticism, 1979)

New York Times bestseller

• A History of the Arab Peoples: Second Edition by Albert Hourani (Nonfiction, 1991)
• The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama (Nonfiction, 1992)

Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship

• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize

• Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of by Dennis Tedlock (1986)

PEN/Martha Albrand Award

• The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris (2005)

Phi Beta Kappa Award

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Science, 1997)

Prix du Meilleur livre étranger

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Essay, 2004)

Pulitzer Prize

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (General Non-Fiction, 1998)

Robert F. Kennedy Book Award

• Rethinking Social Policy: Race, Poverty, and the Underclass by Christopher Jencks (Honorable Mention, 1993)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (General, 1998)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (1998)

Victor Turner Prize

• Mama Lola : a Vodou priestess in Brooklyn by Karen McCarthy Brown (Ethnographic Writing, 1992)
• Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache by Keith H. Basso (Ethnographic Writing, 1997), J.I. Staley Prize (2001)