Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Saturday by Ian McEwan (2006 Edition)
• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay (2009, No 838, Age 12 and over)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2009, No 981, Age 12 and over)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (37)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2004)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008)
• Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1999)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)
• Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery (Science & Technology, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (What Ails you?, 2006)
• The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama ( Change Your World, 2010)

ALA Rainbow List

• Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron (Starred, Young Adult Fiction, 2008)

Alex Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2004)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2004)

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2008)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1987)

Atlantic Monthly Best Book of the Year

• Atonement by Ian McEwan

Aurora Award Shortlist

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

BBC's Big Read

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Best loved novel, 2003, No 131)
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (Best loved novel, 2003, No 154)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Atonement by Ian McEwan ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2006)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, 2008)

Book Sense Pick

• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by Robison John Elder (Oct 2007)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003)
• Saturday by Ian McEwan (2005)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001)
• Arthur & George by Julian Barnes (2005)
• The Secret River by Kate Grenville (2006)

Books for a Better Life Award

• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman (2008)

Boston Globe Best Book of the Year

• Atonement by Ian McEwan

British Book Award

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Best Read of the Year, 2008)

Canada Reads Nominee

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (2002)

Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year

• Atonement by Ian McEwan

Combat des livres

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• The Secret River by Kate Grenville (Best Book, 2006)
• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Best Book, Caribbean and Canada Region, 1987)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (Best First Book, 2004)

Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year

• Atonement by Ian McEwan

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Atonement by Ian McEwan (2002)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ( co-recipient)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2004)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Mutiny on Board Hms Bounty (Great Illustrated Classics) by William Bligh (066)

Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year

• The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman (2005)

Florida Teens Read

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008-2009)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

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

Galaxy British Book Award

• The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (2009, shortlist)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1985)

Guardian 1000

• Barchester Towers (Penguin Classics) by Anthony Trollope (Comedy)
• A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes (Comedy)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (Comedy)
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (Love)
• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (War and travel)

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003)

The Guardian's Text on the Beach: 50 Best Summer Reads Ever

• Atonement by Ian McEwan (2009)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron (2007)

International IMPAC Dublin

• Arthur & George by Julian Barnes (Shortlist, 2007)

Irish Book Award Nominee

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Tubridy Show Listener's Choice, 2007)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• Saturday by Ian McEwan (Fiction, 2005)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand by Richard Reeves (Biography, 2007)
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (Fiction, 2001)

James Tiptree, Jr. Award Shortlist

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Retrospective)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• Place at the Table: The Gay Individual in American Society by Bruce Bawer (Gay Men's Studies, 1993)

Lettre Ulysses Prize for Literary Reportage

• Will the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of China's Peasants by Wu Chuntao

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1986)
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (Fiction, 2002)

Miles Franklin Award Shortlist

• The Secret River by Kate Grenville (2006)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Reader's List, 53)

The Morning News Tournament of Books

• Saturday by Ian McEwan (Semifinalist, 2006)

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