Awards in your library

Summary: 31 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook) by Jorge Luis Borges (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (History & Cultures, 2009)

Aventis Prize for Science Books

• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (2004)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (2009, second place)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)
• The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2008)

Books for a Better Life Award

• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman (2008)

C. Wright Mills Award

• Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (2006)

A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan

• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)
• The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis (Spiritual Classics)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Gold, 1997)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, Silver, 2005)

Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year

• The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman (2005)

J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

• The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin (2008)

James Beard Foundation Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Writing on Food, 2007)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Barton Gellman (Current Interest, 2008)
• The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) by Jared M. Diamond (Science and Technology, 1992)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (General Nonfiction, 2006)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Nonfiction, 2007)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)
• The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin (2007)

New York Times bestseller

• Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C.S. Lewis (General, 1956)
• The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal by Desmond Morris (General, 1968)
• A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson (Nonfiction, 1998)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Nonfiction, 2003)
• Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media... by John Stossel (Nonfiction, 2004)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Long Tail, The, Revised and Updated Edition: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel - Why Everything You Know is Wrong by John Stossel (Nonfiction, 2006)
• The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin (Nonfiction, 2007)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Nonfiction, 2007)
• Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Barton Gellman (Nonfiction, 2008)
• The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (Nonfiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Non-Fiction, 2006)
• The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin (Non-Fiction, 2007)
• Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Barton Gellman (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman (Nonfiction, 2008)

Newsweek 50 Books for Our Times

• Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2009)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Borges: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

Orion Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2007, finalist)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2008, finalist)

Phi Beta Kappa Award

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (Science, 1997)

Pulitzer Prize

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (General Non-Fiction, 1998)

Quill Award

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt (Business, 2005)

Recommended by the Book Society

• Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C.S. Lewis (1955)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.) by Jared M. Diamond (General, 1992)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (General, 1998)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (General, 2004)
• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (General, 2007)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (1998)
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (2004)
• The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley (General, 1994)
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (General, 2006)
• Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Vintage) by Neil Shubin (General, 2009)

Salon Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (2007)

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction shortlist

• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (2004)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin (Non-fiction (8), 2007)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (Non-fiction (1), 2007)

Whitcoulls top 100

• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (2008, #77)

Århundrets bibliotek

• Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook) by Jorge Luis Borges