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

• The Republic of Plato by Francis MacDonald Cornford (380 BCE)
• Le Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (1532)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Names by Don DeLillo (2006 edition)
• Fables (Classics) by Aesop (2006 Edition)
• City Primeval by Elmore Leonard (2006 Edition)
• Vineland by Thomas Pynchon (2006 Edition)
• Ratner's Star V495 by Don Delillo (2006 Edition)
• Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon (2006 Edition)
• Billy Bathgate (Picador Books) by E.L. Doctorow (2006 Edition)
• Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) by Don DeLillo (2006 Edition)
• The World According to Garp by John Irving (2006 Edition)
• The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (2006 Edition)
• Go Down Moses V884 by William Faulkner (2006 Edition)
• The Hamlet by William Faulkner (2006 Edition)
• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• La Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette (2006/2008 Edition)
• Jacques le fataliste et son maître by Denis Diderot (2006/2008 Edition)
• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (2006/2008 Edition)
• Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan (2006/2008 Edition)
• The floating opera by John Barth (2006/2008 Edition)
• Rabbit, Run by John Updike (2006/2008 Edition)
• Stupeur et Tremblements by Amélie Nothomb (2006/2008 Edition)
• Underworld by Don DeLillo (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2006/2008 Edition)
• Absalom Absalom V780 by William Faulkner (2006/2008 Edition)
• Sound & Fury V5 by William Faulkner (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear and loathing in Las Vegas; a savage journey to the heart of the American dream by Hunter S. Thompson (2006/2008 Edition)
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (2006/2008 Edition)
• L'Etranger by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• V. by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Smiley's People by John Le Carre (2006/2008 Edition)
• Fear of Flying by Erica Jong (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (2006/2008 Edition)
• Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard (2006/2008 Edition)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (2006/2008 Edition)
• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (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)
• The Penguin Complete Grimms' Tales for Young and Old by Jacob Grimm (2009, Ages 5↑)
• When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne (2009, Ages 5↑)
• Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino (2009, Ages 5↑)
• Fables (Classics) by Aesop (2009, Ages 8↑)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Fantasy Novel

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (2)

Académie française

• Stupeur et Tremblements by Amélie Nothomb (Grand Prix du roman, 1999)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (67)

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (69)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Doonesbury Chronicles by Garry B. Trudeau (1975)
• Doonesbury's Greatest Hits by G. B. Trudeau (1978)
• Right Stuff O/R by Tom Wolfe (1980)
• Way Things Work by David Macaulay (1990)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (Drama, 1999)
• Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinzki (Fiction, 1999)
• What Color is Your Parachute by Richard Nelson Bolles (Social Sciences, 2009)

Ambassador Book Award

• The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (Fiction, 1988)
• Underworld by Don DeLillo (Fiction, 1998)

American Book Award

• Underworld by Don DeLillo (1998)

American Horticultural Society 75 Great American Garden Books

• Sunset western garden book (1997)

Andre Simon Award

• Vintage: The Story of Wine by Hugh Johnson (1989)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1973)
• The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux (1981)
• Ancient Evenings (Picador Books) by Norman Mailer (1983)

Bad Sex in Fiction Award

• I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe (2004)

BBC's Big Read

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Best loved novel, 2003, No 25)
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 85)
• Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog (Everyman Pbs.) by Jerome K Jerome (Best loved novel, 2003, No 101)
• The World According to Garp by John Irving (Best loved novel, 2003, No 165)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Best loved novel, 2003, No 174)

BILBY

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Older Readers, 1997)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Books, 2007)

Booker Prize

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (1997)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• Way Things Work by David Macaulay (Non-Fiction, 1989)

British Guild of Food Writers

• Indian Cookery by Madhur Jaffrey (Cookery Book of the Year, 1999)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)
• The Age of Napoleon (The Story of Civilization, Vol. 11) (His the Story of Civilization ; Pt. 11) by Will Durant (Nonfiction, Silver, 1975)

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

• Sunset western garden book
• Fear and loathing in Las Vegas; a savage journey to the heart of the American dream by Hunter S. Thompson

CWA

• Dans les bois éternels by Fred Vargas (Duncan Lawrie International Dagger, Shortlist, 2008)
• Debout les morts by Fred Vargas (Duncan Lawrie International Dagger, Winner, 2006)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre (Gold Dagger, 1963)
• The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre (Gold Dagger, 1977)

CWA Gold Dagger

• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre (1963)
• The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre (1977)

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

• L'Etranger by Albert Camus

Edgar Award

• Helter Skelter: The True Story Of The Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi (Best Fact Crime, 1975)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre (Novel, 1965)
• Promised Land (Penguin Crime Fiction) by Robert B. Parker (Novel, 1977)

Edgar Award Nominee

• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Novel, 1984)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Right Stuff O/R by Tom Wolfe (026)

Femina

• L'Imprécateur by René-Victor Pilhes (1974)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Best and Brightest -1 by David Halberstam (Decision-Making)
• Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright (Globalization)
• The Effective Executive (Piper) by Peter F. Drucker (Negotiating & Managing)
• Le Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (Office Politics)

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

• City Primeval by Elmore Leonard (International Prize, 1986)

Guardian 1000

• Jacques le fataliste et son maître by Denis Diderot (Comedy)
• Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog (Everyman Pbs.) by Jerome K Jerome (Comedy)
• V. by Thomas Pynchon (Crime)
• The Name of the Rose (Picador Books) by Umberto Eco (Crime)
• Sanctuary (Modern Classics) by William Faulkner (Crime)
• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Crime)
• Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard (Crime)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre (Crime)
• As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Family and self)
• L'Etranger by Albert Camus (Family and self)
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Family and self)
• My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (Family and self)
• Sound & Fury V5 by William Faulkner (Family and self)
• La Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette (Love)
• Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan (Love)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (State of the nation)
• Underworld by Don DeLillo (State of the nation)
• Vineland by Thomas Pynchon (State of the nation)
• The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinzki (War and travel)
• Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (War and travel)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (War and travel)
• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (War and travel)

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

• Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan (2009)
• Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (2009)

Gumshoe Award nominee

• Pars vite et reviens tard by Fred Vargas (European Crime Novel, 2006)

Hammett Prize

• Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard (1991)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1938)
• Way Things Work by David Macaulay (1989)

Hugo Nominee

• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1964)
• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel, 1970)
• Children Of Dune by Frank Herbert (Novel, 1977)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre

Interallié

• La possibilité d'une île - Prix Interallié 2005 by Michel Houellebecq (2005)

International IMPAC Dublin

• Underworld by Don DeLillo (Shortlist, 1999)

Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize

• Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) by Don DeLillo (1989)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre (Fiction, 1977)
• The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux (joint winner, fiction, 1981)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut (1986)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (3)
• Sound & Fury V5 by William Faulkner (5)
• Underworld by Don DeLillo (19)
• Absalom Absalom V780 by William Faulkner (32)
• The Sot-weed Factor by John Barth (42)
• Slaughterhouse-five: Or the Children's Crusade. A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (54)
• Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) by Don DeLillo (55)
• Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (83)

Lectrices de Elle

• Pars vite et reviens tard by Fred Vargas (Policier, 2002)

Lettre Ulysses Prize for Literary Reportage

• Voyage aux pays du coton : Petit précis de mondialisation by Erik Orsenna (2nd prize, 2006)

Libraires

• Pars vite et reviens tard by Fred Vargas (2002)

Libraires du Québec

• Stupeur et Tremblements by Amélie Nothomb (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 2000)

Locus Recommended Reading

• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (Science Fiction Novel, 2006)

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