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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2006 Edition)
• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings : Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Olaudah Equiano (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Lord of the Rings (One Volume Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Graham Greene (2006/2008 Edition)
• THE STONE DIARIES by Carol Shields (2006/2008 Edition)
• Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hours by Michael Cunningham (2006/2008 Edition)
• Dispatches by Michael Herr (2006/2008 Edition)
• Democracy by Joan Didion (2008 Edition)

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

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2009, No 467, Age 8 and over)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• The Lord of the Rings (One Volume Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (15)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Lord of the Rings (One Volume Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (1)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2)

AAR Top 100 Romances

• THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE by NIFFENEGGER (2004, 72)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (37)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (37)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Tinkerbelle by Robert Manry (1966)
• In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason (1985)
• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (1991)
• Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1996)
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (1997)
• Pay It Forward by Catherine Hyde (2001)
• The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg (2003)
• The Lovely Bones: A Novel (2003)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Biography, 1999)
• A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Patricia Hersch (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Souls of Black Folk (Penguin Classics) by W. E. B. Du Bois (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.) by Sebastian Junger (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (Fiction, 1999)
• In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason (Fiction, 1999)
• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1999)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg (Social Sciences, 2004)
• The Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander (History, 2004)
• The Red Tent, Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel by Anita Diamant (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Maiden voyage by Tania Aebi ( Facing Nature Head On, 1998)
• Summer Sisters A Novel by Judy Blume ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (War: Conflict and Consequences, 2002)
• Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Lock it, Lick it, Click it: Diaries, Letters and Email, 2003)
• The Lovely Bones: A Novel (All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven (2001)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven (2001)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner

• The Hours by Michael Cunningham (1999)

Albert B. Corey Prize

• The Middle Ground : Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indi by Richard White (1992)

Albert J. Beveridge Award

• The Middle Ground : Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indi by Richard White (1992)

Alex Award

• The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.) by Sebastian Junger (1998)
• The Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander (1999)
• The Hungry Ocean : A Swordboat Captain's Journey by Linda Greenlaw (2000)
• In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (2001)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (2002)
• THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE by NIFFENEGGER (2004)

Ambassador Book Award

• Lake Wobegone Days by Garrison Keillor (Fiction, 1986)
• Among Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder (American Studies, 1990)
• In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (American Studies, 2001)
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2002)
• Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeffrey Eugenides (Fiction, 2003)

American Book Award

• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (1996)

American Horticultural Society 75 Great American Garden Books

• Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses by Michael A. Dirr (1997)

Arthur C. Clarke Award

• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (1987)

Augustpriset

• Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman (Årets svenska skönlitterära bok, 1993)

Aurora Award Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (1986)

BBC's Big Read

• The Lord of the Rings (One Volume Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 01)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• Bridget Jones's Diary - A Novel by Helen Fielding (Best loved novel, 2003, No 75)
• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (Best loved novel, 2003, No 131)
• Master and commander by Patrick O'Brian (Best loved novel, 2003, No 149)

BILBY

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)
• The Lord of the Rings (One Volume Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 2002)

Bolton-Johnson Prize

• Huarochiri: An Andean Society Under Inca and Spanish Rule by Karen Spalding (honorable mention, 1985)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Ahab's wife, or, The star-gazer : a novel by Sena Jeter Naslund ( Adult Honor Book, 2000)
• The Hours by Michael Cunningham ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2001)
• The Red Tent, Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel by Anita Diamant (Adult Fiction Winner, 2001)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)
• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2004)
• THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE by NIFFENEGGER ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2004)
• The Lovely Bones: A Novel (Adult Fiction Winner, 2003)

Booker Prize

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2002)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (1986)
• THE STONE DIARIES by Carol Shields (1993)

Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year

• How to avoid huge ships, or, I never met a ship I liked by John W. Trimmer (1992)

Bram Stoker Award

• The Lovely Bones: A Novel (First Novel, 2002)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• The Lovely Bones: A Novel (Novel, 2002)

British Book Award

• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (Book of the Year, 1997)
• Bridget Jones's Diary - A Novel by Helen Fielding (Book of the Year, 1998)
• THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE by NIFFENEGGER (Popular Fiction Award, 2006)
• The Lovely Bones: A Novel (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2004)
• Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisburger (TV & Film Book of the Year, 2007)

Bästa svenska kriminalroman

• Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman (1993)

C. Wright Mills Award

• Sidewalk by Mitchell. Duneier (1999)

CAA Award

• The Colony of Unrequited Dreams: A Novel by Wayne Johnston (Fiction, 1999)

Canada Reads Nominee

• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (2002)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)
• The Colony of Unrequited Dreams: A Novel by Wayne Johnston (2003)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• The Lord of the Rings (One Volume Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien (Literary Classics)

Combat des livres

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (selection, 2004)
• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (selection, 2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Lovely Bones: A Novel (First Fiction, Silver, 2002)
• American Colonies : The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States, Volume1) (Hist of the USA) by Alan Taylor (Nonfiction, Gold, 2001)

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (Best Book, Caribbean and Canada Region, 1987)

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

• The Souls of Black Folk (Penguin Classics) by W. E. B. Du Bois

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)
• THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE by NIFFENEGGER (2005)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea (Penguin Classics) by Richard Henry Dana (014)
• Sailing alone around the world by Joshua Slocum (027)
• The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.) by Sebastian Junger (030)
• 'Gipsy Moth' circles the world by Francis Chichester, Sir (047)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (Decision-Making)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Work & Life)

Francis Parkman Prize

• The Middle Ground : Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indi by Richard White (1992)

Frederic W. Ness Book Award

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (2005)

Giller Prize Shortlist

• The Colony of Unrequited Dreams: A Novel by Wayne Johnston (1998)

Giuseppe Acerbi

• Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman (Paesi del Nord Europa, 1999)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 1985)
• THE STONE DIARIES by Carol Shields (Fiction, 1993)

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