Awards in your library

Summary: 48 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (2006 Edition)
• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (2006/2008 Edition)
• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (2006/2008 Edition)
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2006/2008 Edition)
• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (17)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (18)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (2003)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (History & Cultures, 2009)
• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (What Makes a Family?, 2008)

BBC's Big Read

• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 54)
• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (Best loved novel, 2003, No 125)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Best loved novel, 2003, No 136)
• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Best loved novel, 2003, No 180)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver ( Adult Winner, 2000)
• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• Lullaby by Chuck Palahnuik (Novel, 2002)

Caldecott Medal

• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1964)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (2000)

Guardian 1000

• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Comedy)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Family and self)
• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy (Love)
• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2002)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1964)

Hugo Nominee

• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel, 1964)

Lambda Literary Award

• Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan by June Jordan (Lesbian Poetry, 2005)

National Book Award

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction (Hardcover), 1983)

National Book Award finalist

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn (History (Paperback), 1981)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1982)

National Jewish Book Award

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2001)

National Poetry Series

• Teahouse of the Almighty (National Poetry) by Patricia Smith (2005)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (1998)

New York Times bestseller

• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Fiction, 1943)
• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Fiction, 1973)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1983)
• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction, 1998)
• White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) by Janet Fitch (Fiction, 1999)
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Fiction, 2002)
• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison (Nonfiction, 1995)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy (2009, No. 48)
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2009, No. 99)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy (2003)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club) by Janet Fitch (1999)
• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)
• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy (2004)

Orange Prize Longlist

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (2002)

Orange Prize Shortlist

• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)

Pajiba's Best Books of the Generation

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2007, No 08)

PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize

• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy (2002)

PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)

Prix des Amis du Monde Diplomatique

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) by Howard Zinn

Pulitzer Prize

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Fiction, 1983)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction, 1999)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (5)
• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (66)

Reading Across Rhode Island

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (2004)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (2002)

SEBA Book Award

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (Fiction, 2003)

SF Site Editor's Choice

• Diary by Chuck Palahnuik (2003)

South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. by Sue Monk. Kidd (2005-2006)

The Ten Greatest Books of All Time - TIME

• Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club) by Leo Tolstoy (2007)

Waterstones Books of the Century

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1997, No 18)

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books

• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1997, No 59)
• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1997, No 93)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver (23)

Young Lions Fiction Award

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2003)

Århundrets bibliotek

• Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry