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100 Essential New England Books

• The Bell Jar (Perennial Classics) by Sylvia Plath (Boston Globe, #4)

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

• The Odyssey by Homer (8th – early 7th century BCE)
• The Aeneid by Virgil (19 BCE)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1869)
• The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek) by F. A. Hayek (1943)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (2006 Edition)
• Another World by Pat Barker (2006 Edition)
• Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers (Concord Library Series) by Henry Williamson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Regeneration by Pat Barker (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Ghost Road by Pat Barker (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (2006/2008 Edition)
• Animal farm by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Bell Jar (Perennial Classics) by Sylvia Plath (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (2006/2008 Edition)
• Waterland by Swift (2006/2008 Edition)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (2009, No 467, Age 8 and over)
• The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein (2009, No 801, Age 12 and over)
• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (2009, No 855, Age 12 and over)

1952 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (17)

1956 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (9)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (41)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (2)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (34)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (1998, 3)
• The Windflower by Laura London (1998, 83)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Love Story by Erich Segal (1970)
• The Bell Jar (Perennial Classics) by Sylvia Plath (1971)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Odyssey by Homer (Poetry, 1999)
• Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (Lewis & Clark Expedition) by Stephen E. Ambrose (Biography, 1999)
• The Story of Art, 16th Edition (Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef//Story of Art) by E.H. Gombrich (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O'Connor (Literature & Language Arts, 2004)
• A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (History, 2004)
• Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg (History, 2004)
• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (Science & Technology, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: August 2009

• The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley (#65)

Ambassador Book Award

• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (Fiction, 1986)
• Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (Lewis & Clark Expedition) by Stephen E. Ambrose (American Studies, 1997)
• The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel (Fiction, 2007)
• Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee (Biography, 2008)

American Horticultural Society Book Award

• The Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman by Judith B. Tankard (1998)

Andre Simon Award

• Wine: A Life Uncorked by Hugh Johnson (2005)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)
• THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS by Muriel Spark (1963)
• The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies (1982)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan (Silver medal, 2003)

Bancroft Prize

• The European discovery of America by Samuel Eliot Morison (1972)

BBC's Big Read

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 08)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 20)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• Animal farm by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 46)
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Best loved novel, 2003, No 82)
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Best loved novel, 2003, No 160)

Best Books 2006 Awards Finalist (Lombardo, Unabridged Audio) Parmenides Publishing

• The Odyssey by Homer

BILBY

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (Older Readers, 1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)
• The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Harr ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2006)
• Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff ( Children's Illustrated Winner, 2007)

Booker Prize

• The Ghost Road by Pat Barker (1995)
• Last Orders by Graham Swift (1996)

The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee

• What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson Davies (1986)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher (2008)
• The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel by Salman Rushdie (2008)
• Love and Summer by William Trevor (2009)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr (1980)
• Loitering with intent by Muriel Spark (1981)
• Waterland by Swift (1983)
• The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies (1986)
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (2005)
• The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher (2008)

Booklist Top of the List: Best of Editors' Choice

• Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee (2007)

Borders Original Voices

• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (2002)

Borges' A Personal Library

• The Aeneid by Virgil

CAA Award

• What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson Davies (Fiction, 1986)

CBA Libris Award

• Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan (Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2003)

Charles Taylor Prize finalist

• Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan (2004)

Ditmar Award

• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (International Fiction, 1978)

Duff Cooper Prize

• Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan (2001)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (1995)

Fawcett Society Book Prize

• Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832 by Stella Tillyard

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein (Wall Street)

Francis Parkman Prize

• The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 by David McCullough (1978)

Galaxy British Book Award

• When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel by Kate Atkinson (2009, shortlist)

Gandalf

• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (Book, 1978)

Gandovere Franciacorta

• You're an Animal, Viskovitz! by Alessandro Boffa (1998)

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

• Waterland by Swift (1983)

Gigamesh

• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (Fantasía, Novela, 1985)

Glasnyckeln

• Jar City: A Thriller (Reykjavik Thriller) by Arnaldur Indriðason (2002)

Gourmand World Cookbook

• Wine: A Life Uncorked by Hugh Johnson (Wine literature book, 2005)

Governor General's Literary Award

• Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan (Non-fiction, 2003)

Guardian 1000

• THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS by Muriel Spark (Comedy)
• Loitering with intent by Muriel Spark (Comedy)
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (Comedy)
• A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark (Comedy)
• The Bell Jar (Perennial Classics) by Sylvia Plath (Family and self)
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Family and self)
• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (Love)
• A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr (Love)
• Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (Love)
• Love Story by Erich Segal (Love)
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Love)
• The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (Love)
• Waterland by Swift (Love)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Animal farm by George Orwell (State of the nation)
• Regeneration by Pat Barker (War and travel)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (War and travel)

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