Awards in your library

Summary: 36 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (2006/2008 Edition)
• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (2006/2008 Edition)
• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Journey > Destination, 2009)

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall (#85)

BBC's Big Read

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Best loved novel, 2003, No 90)

Benjamin Franklin Award

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Audiobook - Adult Fiction, 2001)

Eisner Award

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Best Graphic Album, 1988)

Guardian 1000

• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (War and travel)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.) by Robert M. Pirsig (War and travel)

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Jack Kerouac
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.) by Robert M. Pirsig

Harvey Award

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Graphic Album, 1988)

Hugo

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Other Forms, 1988)

Jolt Awards

• Head First Design Patterns by Elisabeth Freeman (2004)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (38)

Locus

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Nonfiction/Related/Reference, 1988)

LOST Book Club

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (The Board's List, 55)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.) by Robert M. Pirsig (The Reader's List, 73)
• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (The Reader's List, 80)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan (Biography, 2004)
• The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel (Biography/Autobiography, 1991)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan (2004)

New York Times bestseller

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (Fiction, 1957)
• Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy Mcdonough (Nonfiction, 2002)
• Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century by Hunter S. Thompson (Nonfiction, 2003)
• Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan (Nonfiction, 2004)
• Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford (Nonfiction, 2009)
• Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall (Nonfiction, 2009)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford (Nonfiction, 2009)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2009, No. 39)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (2003)

Publishers Weekly's Best Books: 2009

• Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford

Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Best Books: 2009

• Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford

Publishing Triangle 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels

• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs

Quill Award

• Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan (Biography/Memoir, 2005)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (31)
• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (73)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science) by Roger Penrose (General, 1990)

San Francisco Chronicle list of The 20th Century's 100 Best Fiction of the American West

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (1999)

Squiddy Award

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (Favorite Limited Series, 1988)

The Sunday Times Bestseller

• Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.) by Robert M. Pirsig (2008)

Thomas Cook Travel Book Award

• American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders by Richard Grant (2004)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Non-fiction (10), 2008)

Time's 10 All-Time Graphic Novels

• Watchmen by Alan Moore

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

• Watchmen by Alan Moore
• Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs
• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac

Waterstones Books of the Century

• On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac (1997, No 14)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.) by Robert M. Pirsig (1997, No 68)