Awards in your library

Summary: 38 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• Jazz by Toni Morrison (2006 Edition)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (2006 Edition)

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

• Clockwork by Phillip Pullman (2009, No 681, Age 8 and over)

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

• Butterfly Burning: A Novel by Yvonne Vera (creative writing)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman (1987)
• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (2002)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman ( Teens from Other Times, 1998)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Clockwork by Phillip Pullman (1999)

BBC's Big Read

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Best loved novel, 2003, No 124)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2004)

Booker Prize Longlist

• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (2001)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (First Novel, 2000)

British Book Award

• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Children's Book of the Year, 2001)

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

• Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami (2006)

Frederic W. Ness Book Award

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

Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle

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

Guardian 1000

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman (1988)
• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (2001)

IPPY Silver

• Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century by Michael Dumanis (Anthologies, 2007)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Fiction, 2000)

Kiriyama Prize

• Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami (Fiction, 2007)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2007)

Lambda Literary Award Nominee

• World Famous Love Acts by Brian Leung (Gay Men's Debut Fiction, 2004)

Locus Recommended Reading

• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Fantasy Novel, 2000)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (First Novel, 2000)

Meilleur Livre Étranger

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (2004)

National Book Award finalist

• Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington (Nonfiction, 1995)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• On Photography by Susan Sontag (Criticism, 1977)

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

• Clockwork by Phillip Pullman (Silver Award, 9-11 years category, 1997)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• On Photography by Susan Sontag (1977)
• Jazz by Toni Morrison (1992)

New York Times bestseller

• Jazz by Toni Morrison (Fiction, 1992)
• Photographs Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990 by Annie Leibovitz (Nonfiction, 1991)
• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison (Nonfiction, 1995)
• Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2006)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• After Dark (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami (Fiction & Poetry, 2007)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (2009, No. 84)

NPR's Best Picture Books

• Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz (2008)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz (2008)

Prix du Meilleur livre étranger

• Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Essay, 2004)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• Jazz by Toni Morrison (56)

Whitbread

• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Book of the Year, 2001)

Whitbread Shortlist

• Clockwork by Phillip Pullman (Children's Book, 1996)

World Fantasy Award Nominee

• The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (Novel, 2001)

Young Lions Fiction Award

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (2001)