Awards in your library

Summary: 30 Awards.

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2003)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Social Sciences, 2004)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Social Sciences, 2004)
• What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles (Social Sciences, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (All Kinds of Creepy, 2005)

Alex Award

• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (2002)

BBC's Big Read

• FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC by V.C.ANDREWS (Best loved novel, 2003, No 200)

BILBY

• FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC by V.C.ANDREWS (secondary, 1993)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2002)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Adult Fiction Winner, 2003)

Book Sense Pick

• How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill (Oct 2007)

Bram Stoker Award

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (First Novel, 2002)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Novel, 2002)

British Book Award

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2004)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (First Fiction, Silver, 2002)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Nonfiction, Gold, 2006)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Work & Life)

Heartland Prize

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Fiction, 2002)

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

• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Current Interest, 2001)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (General Nonfiction, 2006)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)

New York Times bestseller

• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2006)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Fiction, 2002)
• Living Loving and Learning by Leo F. Buscaglia (General, 1982)
• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Nonfiction, 1997)
• The Kiss by Kathryn Harrison (Nonfiction, 1997)
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Nonfiction, 2001)
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (Nonfiction, 2006)
• How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill (Nonfiction, 2008)
• Skinny Bitch by Kim Barnouin (Paperback Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous, 2007)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (Non-Fiction, 2006)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Non-Fiction, 2006)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61) by Eckhart Tolle (2008)

Orange Prize Longlist

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2003)

Orion Book Award

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

Pajiba's Best Books of the Generation

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2007, No 14)

Salon Book Award

• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (2006)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (2002)
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2002)

South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2004-2005)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Fiction (4), 2002)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2007, No 13)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (11)
• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (80)