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 Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus (55 BCE)
• Leviathan (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hobbes (1651)
• Candide (Bantam Classics) by Voltaire (1759)
• Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (1787)
• Either/Or: A Fragment of Life (Penguin Classics) by Soren Kierkegaard (1843)
• Origin Of Species by Rh Value Publishing (1859)
• On Liberty (Crofts Classics) by John Stuart Mill (1859)
• Pragmatism by William James (1908)
• Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein (1916)
• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn (1962)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (2006/2008 Edition)
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Jungle (Bantam Classics) by Upton Sinclair (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Plague by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (68)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (10)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (70)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Double Helix by James D.Watson (1968)
• Riddle of the Dinosaur by John Noble Wilford (1986)
• The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll (1991)
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (1992)
• The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (1996)
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (1998)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Double Helix by James D.Watson (Non-fiction, 1999)
• BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, A by Stephen Hawking (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance by Peter Stark (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex by Olivia Judson (Science & Technology, 2004)
• The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story by Richard Preston (Science & Technology, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Sphere by Michael Crichton ( Page Turners -- Adult Novels for Teens, 2000)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Own Your Freak, 2005)
• The Hot Zone by Richard Preston ( What Ails you?, 2006)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Really Useful: The origins of everyday things by Joel Levy (2004)

Alex Award

• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (1998)

The American Society of Church History Albert C. Outler Prize

• Creationists, The by Ronald M. Numbers (1991, Ecumenical Church History)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

• Darwin's Children by Greg Bear (2004)

Bancarella

• Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (1995)

BBC's Big Read

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Best loved novel, 2003, No 15)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Best loved novel, 2003, No 70)
• Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (Best loved novel, 2003, No 175)

BILBY

• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (secondary, 1996)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss ( Children's Literature Honor Book, 2007)

British Book Award

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (Book of the Year, 2004)

Christianity Today Book Awards

• The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel (Apologetics/Evangelism, 2005)
• The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis S. Collins (Apologetics/Evangelism, 2007)
• DARWIN'S BLACK BOX: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael J. Behe (No. 1, 1997, Book of the Year)
• Universe Next Door by James W. Sire (No. 12, 1998, tie)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer (Nonfiction, Gold, 1951)

The Constance Lindsay Skinner Achievement Award

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

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

• The Stranger by Albert Camus
• The Plague by Albert Camus

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

• Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (Jugendbuch, 1994)

ECPA Christian Book Award

• The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel (Missions/Evangelism, 2005)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Mindhunter: Inside the Fbi's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas (Fact Crime, 1996)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (009)
• Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer (020)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Art of War (Pocket Edition) (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Sun Tzu (Strategy)

Guardian 1000

• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Crime)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (Family and self)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Family and self)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Jungle (Bantam Classics) by Upton Sinclair (State of the nation)
• The Plague by Albert Camus (State of the nation)
• Candide (Bantam Classics) by Voltaire (War and travel)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig (War and travel)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, A by Stephen Hawking

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich
• The Plague by Albert Camus
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig

Hugo Nominee

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

International and US Councils of Woman Citation

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

International Fantasy Awards Nominee

• Dragons in Amber : Further Adventures of a Romantic Naturalist by Willey Ley (Non-Fiction, 1952)

Iowa Teen Award Nominee

• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (1994-1995)

Iowa Teen Award Winner

• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (1994-1995)

IPPY

• The Art of War (Pocket Edition) (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Sun Tzu (Multicultural Non-Fiction, 2003)

Isaak Walton League Annual Founders Award

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• Charles Darwin: The Power of Place by E. Janet Browne (Biography, 2003)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• Galapagos (Delta Fiction) by Kurt Vonnegut (1986)
• Darwin's Children by Greg Bear (2004)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (60)

Libraires du Québec

• Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 1996)

Locus Recommended Reading

• Darwin's Children by Greg Bear (Science Fiction Novel, 2003)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• The Blind Watchmaker; Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins (Current Interest, 1987)
• The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner (Science and Technology, 1994)
• Naturalist by Edward O. Wilson (Science and Technology, 1995)

LOST Book Club

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
• BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, A by Stephen Hawking

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

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (5)
• The Double Helix by James D.Watson (7)
• Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas (11)
• The Elements of Style (with Index) by William Jr. Strunk (21)
• Principia Ethica by G.E. Moore (32)
• On Growth and Form: The Complete Revised Edition by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (34)
• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn (69)

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

• True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer (20)
• How To Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff (44)
• The Double Helix by James D.Watson (54)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (61)
• The Elements of Style (with Index) by William Jr. Strunk (75)
• The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society by Dinesh D'Souza (81)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (The Board's List, 41)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (The Board's List, 64)
• Anthem by Ayn Rand (The Reader's List, 7)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig (The Reader's List, 73)

National Book Award

• Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas (Arts and Letters, 1975)

National Book Award finalist

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Fiction, 1952)
• Asa Gray: American Botanist, Friend of Darwin by A. Hunter Dupree (Nonfiction, 1960)
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Nonfiction, 1963)
• Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1987)
• Genius: Life & Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick (Nonfiction, 1992)
• Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel Dennett (Nonfiction, 1995)
• The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology by Horace Freeland Judson (Science (Hardcover), 1980)
• Life in Darwin's Universe: Evolution and the Cosmos by Gene Bylinsky (Science (Hardcover), 1982)
• The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance (Belknap Press) by Ernst Mayr (Science (Hardcover), 1983)
• Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science by Carl Sagan (Science, Paperback, 1981)
• The Double Helix by James D.Watson (The Sciences, 1969)
• The Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus (Translation, 1969)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• Charles Darwin: The Power of Place by E. Janet Browne (Biography/Autobiography, 2002)
• Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior by Jonathan Weiner (General Nonfiction, 1999)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Three Scientist & Gods by Robert Wright (Biography/Autobiography, 1988)
• Naturalist by Edward O. Wilson (Biography/Autobiography, 1994)
• The Diversity of Life (Questions of Science) by Edward O. Wilson (General Nonfiction, 1992)
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (General Nonfiction, 1997)

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