Awards in your library

Summary: 28 Awards.

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

• The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition by F. A. Hayek (1943)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Non-fiction, 1999)

Amazon.com Best Books

• The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (Science, 2008)

CBC Graphic Novels for Young Readers

• The Fate of the Artist by Eddie Campbell

The Constance Lindsay Skinner Achievement Award

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (merit in the realm of books, Women's National Book Association)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy by Joseph A. Schumpeter (Economics)
• The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind (Office Politics)
• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein (Wall Street)

Guardian First Book Award

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2008)

International and US Councils of Woman Citation

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Isaak Walton League Annual Founders Award

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Jolt Awards

• Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell (1993)

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

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (5)

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

• The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition by F. A. Hayek (16)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (61)

National Book Award finalist

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Nonfiction, 1963)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Criticism, 2007)

New England Outdoor Writers Association Award for Distinguished Service

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007)

New York Times bestseller

• The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition by F. A. Hayek (General, 1943)
• Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics (O'Rourke, P. J.) by P. J. O'Rourke (Nonfiction, 1998)
• The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros (Nonfiction, 2008)
• The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash by Charles R. Morris (Nonfiction, 2008)
• The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips (Nonfiction, 2009)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Non-Fiction, 2007)
• The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash by Charles R. Morris (Nonfiction, 2008)
• The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (Nonfiction, 2008)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx (2009, No. 30)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (2009, No. 91)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (General Nonfiction, 2008)

Quill Award

• The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (History/Current Events/Politics, 2007)

Rod and Gun Editors of Metropolitan Manhattan Conservation Award

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Why Beauty Is Truth: The History of Symmetry by Ian Stewart (General, 2008)
• The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (General, 2009)

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction shortlist

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2008)

The Schweitzer Medal

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Animal Welfare Institute)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics) by Karl Marx (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Non-fiction (5), 2007)

Warwick Prize for Writing

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2009, shortlist)