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 Wealth of Nations (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by Adam Smith (1776)
• War and Peace (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Leo Tolstoy (1869)
• The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925)
• The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes (1936)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (1949)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (2006 Edition)
• Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Grapes of Wrath [A Viking Compass Book] by John Steinbeck (2006/2008 Edition)
• Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006/2008 Edition)
• Main Street (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Sinclair Lewis (2006/2008 Edition)
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen (2006/2008 Edition)
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2006/2008 Edition)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (2006/2008 Edition)
• War and Peace (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Plague (Essential Penguin) by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (2006/2008 Edition)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Trial by Franz Kafka (2006/2008 Edition)
• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (2006/2008 Edition)
• The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008 edition)

1952 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (17)

1956 Astounding/Analog Science Fiction and Fact All-Time Poll

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (9)

1975 Locus Poll, Best All-Time Novel

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (41)

1987 Locus Poll, Best All-Time SF Novel

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (34)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Fiction, 1999)
• The Grapes of Wrath [A Viking Compass Book] by John Steinbeck (Fiction, 1999)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Obama Barack ( Change Your World, 2010)

Ambassador Book Award

• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (Fiction, 1998)

American Book Award

• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, Revised and Updated Edition by James W. Loewen (1996)
• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (1998)

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)

American Horticultural Society Book Award

• The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-Tails and Selected Bamboos by Rick Darke (2000)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (1949)

BBC's Big Read

• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Best loved novel, 2003, No 08)
• War and Peace (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 20)
• The Grapes of Wrath [A Viking Compass Book] by John Steinbeck (Best loved novel, 2003, No 29)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Best loved novel, 2003, No 54)
• Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Best loved novel, 2003, No 60)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)

Books for a Better Life Award

• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (2008)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Grapes of Wrath [A Viking Compass Book] by John Steinbeck (General Literature, Silver, 1939)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)

Costa

• Day: A novel by A.L. Kennedy (Book of the Year, 2007)

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

• Deschooling Society (Open Forum) by Ivan Illich
• The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes
• A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) by Christopher Alexander

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

• The Stranger by Albert Camus
• The Plague (Essential Penguin) by Albert Camus

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes (Economics)
• The Wealth of Nations (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by Adam Smith (Economics)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

Galaxy British Book Award

• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Obama Barack (2009, shortlist)

Guardian 1000

• The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (Comedy)
• Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Crime)
• The Stranger by Albert Camus (Family and self)
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Love)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Trial by Franz Kafka (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens (State of the nation)
• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (State of the nation)
• Main Street (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Sinclair Lewis (State of the nation)
• The Grapes of Wrath [A Viking Compass Book] by John Steinbeck (State of the nation)
• The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen (State of the nation)
• Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (State of the nation)
• The Plague (Essential Penguin) by Albert Camus (State of the nation)
• Day: A novel by A.L. Kennedy (War and travel)
• War and Peace (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Leo Tolstoy (War and travel)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - An Inquiry into Values by Robert M Pirsig (War and travel)
• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (War and travel)
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2002)

Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher

• Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century

• Guide for the Perplexed by E. F. Schumacher
• The Plague (Essential Penguin) by Albert Camus
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - An Inquiry into Values by Robert M Pirsig

International IMPAC Dublin

• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (Shortlist, 1999)
• The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen (Shortlist, 2003)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (Shortlist, 2007)

James Beard Foundation Award Nominee

• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (2009)

James Fenimore Cooper Prize

• In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien (Best Historical Fiction, 1995)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize

• The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen (Fiction, 2002)

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist

• This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow (1987)

Julian Symons' 100 Best Crime Stories

• Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1886)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (19)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (30)
• The Grapes of Wrath [A Viking Compass Book] by John Steinbeck (34)

Libraires du Québec

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (Lauréat Roman hors Québéc, 2007)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

• The Wealth of Nations (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by Adam Smith
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Cities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs (Current Interest, 1984)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (Science and Technology, 1997)

LOST Book Club

• A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
• The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

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

• The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes (10)
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (21)

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

• Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto (30)
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. (75)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• The Grapes of Wrath [A Viking Compass Book] by John Steinbeck (The Board's List, 10)
• 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell (The Board's List, 13)
• Appointment in Samarra: A Novel by John O'Hara (The Board's List, 22)
• Main Street (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Sinclair Lewis (The Board's List, 68)
• The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (The Board's List, 81)
• The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (The Reader's List, 2)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - An Inquiry into Values by Robert M Pirsig (The Reader's List, 73)

The Morning News Tournament of Books

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (Quarterfinalist, 2006)

National Book Award

• The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow (Fiction, 1954)
• Middle Passage by Charles Johnson (Fiction, 1990)
• The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen (Fiction, 2001)

National Book Award finalist

• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (Fiction, 1997)
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series) by Jane Jacobs (Nonfiction, 1962)
• Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design) by Ian L. McHarg (The Sciences, 1971)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• Rabbit at Rest by John Updike (Fiction, 1990)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Middle Passage by Charles Johnson (Fiction, 1990)
• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (Fiction, 1997)
• The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen (Fiction, 2001)
• How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker (General Nonfiction, 1997)

National Jewish Book Award

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2001)

NEA Big Read

• The Grapes of Wrath [A Viking Compass Book] by John Steinbeck (2009)

Nebula Nominee

• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (Novel, 1975)
• This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow (Novel, 1986)

New York Public Library's Books to Remember list

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Rabbit at Rest by John Updike (1990)
• In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien (1994)
• Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo (1997)
• The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen (2001)

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