Awards in your library

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

• The Koran by Alan Jones (7th century)
• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Penguin Classics) by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2006 Edition)
• The Real Charlotte by E. oe. Somerville (2006 Edition)
• In the Forest by Edna O'Brien (2006 Edition)
• Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin (2006 Edition)
• The Sea by John Banville (2006/2008 Edition)
• Enduring Love by Ian McEwan (2006/2008 Edition)
• Broken April by Ismail Kadare (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Master : A Novel by Colm Toibin (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (2006/2008 Edition)
• Tropic of Cancer (1960s A) by Henry Miller (2006/2008 Edition)
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (2006/2008 Edition)
• Plot Against America, The by Philip Roth (2006/2008 Edition)
• Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland (2008 Edition)
• Vernon God Little: A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death by D. B. C. Pierre (2008 Edition)

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

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ("The Chronicles of Narnia") by C. S. Lewis (2009, No 503, Age 8 and over)

The Age Non Fiction Book Of The Year

• A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb (2004)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell (59)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell (57)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Ball Four by Jim Bouton (1970)
• Serpico by Peter Maas (1973)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller (Drama, 1999)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Fiction, 1999)
• In Code by Sarah Flannery (Science & Technology, 2004)
• What Is the What by Dave Eggers (History & Cultures, 2009)
• Plot Against America, The by Philip Roth (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore ( Change Your World, 2010)
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama ( Change Your World, 2010)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Graffiti World (Street Graphics / Street Art) by Nicholas Ganz (2006)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• The Master : A Novel by Colm Toibin (2005)

Alan Paton Award

• Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham (1992)

Ambassador Book Award

• Jesse James by T.J. Stiles (Biography/Autobiography, 2003)
• EDITH WHARTON. by Hermione. Lee (Biography, 2008)

American Book Award

• Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg (2003)

And/Or Book Award

• The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot by Larry J. Schaaf (Photography, 2002)
• Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945 by Matthew S. Witkovsky (Photography, 2008)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)

Arthur Ross Book Award

• Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World by Samantha Power (Gold medal, 2003)

Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist

• The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk (2007)

Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Prize for Non-Fiction

• Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg

BBC's Big Read

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ("The Chronicles of Narnia") by C. S. Lewis (Best loved novel, 2003, No 09)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Best loved novel, 2003, No 11)
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 85)

Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature

• Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (1988)

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

• Vernon God Little: A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death by D. B. C. Pierre (2003)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ( Adult Fiction Winner, 2004)
• Plot Against America, The by Philip Roth (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2005)
• Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2007)

Booker Prize

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (1997)
• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000)
• Vernon God Little: A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death by D. B. C. Pierre (2003)
• The Sea by John Banville (2005)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe (1998)
• The Master : A Novel by Colm Toibin (2004)
• A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry (2005)
• Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland (2006)

Booklist Top of the List: Best of Editors' Choice

• EDITH WHARTON. by Hermione. Lee (2007)

British Book Award

• My Life by Bill Clinton (Biography of the Year, 2005)
• Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore (History Book of the Year, 2004)
• Stupid White Men by Michael Moore (Book of the Year, 2003)
• Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (Book of the Year, 2004)
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Book of the Year, 2005)
• Himalaya by Michael Palin (TV & Film Book of the Year, 2005)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II by George Weigel (Holy Men and Women)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves by Adam Hochschild (Nonfiction, Gold, 2005)

Costa Shortlist

• DISTRICT AND CIRCLE by SEAMUS HEANEY (Poetry, 2006)

CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century

• Ball Four by Jim Bouton

Cyril Connolly's 100 key books of the modern movement from England, France and America 1880-1950

• The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus

Drama Desk Award

• Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade (New American Play, 1974-1975)

Edge Hill Short Story Prize

• Mothers and Sons: Stories by Colm Toibin (2007)

Elizabeth Longford Prize

• Making Friends with Hitler: Lord Londonderry and Britain's Road to War by Ian Kershaw (2005)

Encore Award

• Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin (1993)
• Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland (2007)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (069)

Femina

• The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton (Étranger, 2004)
• The Story of Chicago May by Nuala O'Faolain (Étranger, 2006)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind (Office Politics)
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Strategy)

Forward Poetry Prize

• Downriver by Sean O'Brien (Best Collection, 2001)
• Touching the Bones by Tom French (Best First Collection, 2002)

Galaxy British Book Award

• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (2009, shortlist)

Giuseppe Acerbi

• Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor (Irlanda, 2003)

Guardian 1000

• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Comedy)
• Enduring Love by Ian McEwan (Crime)
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Family and self)
• The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus (Family and self)
• Tropic of Cancer (1960s A) by Henry Miller (Love)
• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry (War and travel)

Hammett Prize

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000)

Hawthornden Prize

• Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland (2007)

International IMPAC Dublin

• Enduring Love by Ian McEwan (Shortlist, 1999)
• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Shortlist, 2002)
• A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry (Shortlist, 2007)
• Winterwood by Patrick McCabe (Shortlist, 2008)
• The Master : A Novel by Colm Toibin (Winner, 2006)

IPPY

• Khrushchev by William Taubman (Biography, 2004)
• Towers of Deception: The Media Cover-up of 9/11 by Barrie Zwicker (Current Events, 2007)
• What Is the What by Dave Eggers (General Fiction, 2007)
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Multicultural Non-Fiction, 2003)
• Robert Polidori: After the Flood by Robert Polidori (Photography, 2007)

Irish Book Award

• The Sea by John Banville (Novel, 2006)
• Winterwood by Patrick McCabe (Novel, 2007)
• Connemara: Listening to the Wind by Tim Robinson (Non-Fiction, 2007)

Irish Book Award Nominee

• Irish Tales of Mystery And Magic by Eddie Lenihan (Children's, 2007)
• In Search of Iraq: From Baghdad to Babylon by Richard Downes (Non-Fiction, 2007)
• Northabout: Sailing the North East and North West Passages by Jarlath Cunnane (Non-Fiction, 2007)
• The Stolen Village by Des Ekin (Non-Fiction, 2007)
• Forza Italia: A Journey in Search of Italy and its Football by Paddy Agnew (Sports Book, 2007)
• Dublin V Kerry by Tom Humphries (Sports Book, 2007)
• Every Single Ball: The Brian Corcoran Story by Brian Corcoran (Sports Book, 2007)
• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Tubridy Show Listener's Choice, 2007)
• Winterwood by Patrick McCabe (Tubridy Show Listener's Choice, 2007)

Irish Book Award Nominee (Newcomer, 2007), Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

• Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse by Philip O Ceallaigh

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