Awards in your library

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#1 business book of 2004

• The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach (BusinessWeek)

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

• PILGRIMS PROGRESS by John (Illustrated By Robert Lawson) Bunyan (1684)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• PILGRIMS PROGRESS by John (Illustrated By Robert Lawson) Bunyan (2006 edition)
• The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (2006 Edition)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2006/2008 Edition)
• THE LONG GOODBYE by Raymond Chandler (2006/2008 Edition)

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

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (2009, No 503, Age 8 and over)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2009, No 729, Age 8 and over)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (2003)
• The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation (2007)
• Harry Potter and the deathly hallows by J. K. Rowling (2008)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2008)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008)

ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens

• The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation (2007)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Mythology by Edith Hamilton (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Social Sciences, 2004)
• John Adams by David McCullough (History, 2004)
• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester (History, 2004)
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Arts & Humanities, 2009)
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)
• The road (Literature & Language Arts, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (What Makes a Family?, 2008)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• Arctic & Antarctic (Eyewitness Books) by Barbara Taylor (1996)
• Pirate (Eyewitness Books) by Richard Platt (1996)
• Ultimate Spy (expanded) by H. Keith Melton (1997)
• Classic American Cars by Quentin Willson (1998)
• The worst-case scenario survival handbook by Joshua Piven (2001)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• Ultimate Spy (expanded) by H. Keith Melton (1997)
• The worst-case scenario survival handbook by Joshua Piven (2001)

Alan Paton Award

• The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 by Thomas Pakenham (1992)

Alex Award

• The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (2003)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2004)
• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (2007)

Ambassador Book Award

• John Adams by David McCullough (Biography/Autobiography, 2002)

American Book Award

• The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch (1998)

Andersen - Il Mondo dell'Infanzia

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Miglior Libro oltre i 12 anni, 2008)

Andre Norton Award

• Harry Potter and the deathly hallows by J. K. Rowling (2007)

Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels

• THE LONG GOODBYE by Raymond Chandler (1953)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

BBC's Big Read

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Best loved novel, 2003, No 09)

BILBY

• Harry Potter and the deathly hallows by J. K. Rowling (older readers, 2008)

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

• The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde (2004)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Adult Fiction Winner, 2001)
• Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2003)
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)
• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Books, 2007)
• The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2007)
• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Adult Fiction Winner, 2007)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick ( Children's Literature Winner, 2008)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, 2008)

Booker Prize

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2002)

Borders Original Voices

• The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier (2007)

Bram Stoker Award

• Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo (Non-Fiction, 2006)

British Book Award

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Best Read of the Year, 2008)
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (Book of the Year, 1997)

British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee

• Something Rotten: A Thursday Next Mystery by Jasper Fforde (2005)

Caldecott Medal

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2008)

Canada Reads Nominee

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)

Carnegie Medal

• The Last Battle (Narnia) by C. S. Lewis (1956)

Carnegie Medal Nominee

• Harry Potter and the deathly hallows by J. K. Rowling (2008)

Combat des livres

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (selection, 2004)

CWA

• The 7 Per Cent Solution (The Seven Percent Solution) by Nicholas Meyer (Gold Dagger, 1975)

CWA Gold Dagger

• The 7 Per Cent Solution (The Seven Percent Solution) by Nicholas Meyer (1975)

Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize

• Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861 by Nelson Lankford (2008)

Dilys Award

• Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde (2004)

Douglas Dillon Book Award

• John Adams by David McCullough (2001)

Edgar Award

• THE LONG GOODBYE by Raymond Chandler (Novel, 1955)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2003)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ( co-recipient)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The wreck of the whaleship Essex : a narrative account by Owen Chase (061)

Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year

• The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman (2005)

Fletcher Pratt Award

• Mapping for Stonewall: The Civil War Service of Jed Hotchkiss by William J. Miller (1993)

Florida Teens Read

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008-2009)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power by Daniel Yergin (Globalization)
• They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators by Harold Evans (Technology & Innovation)

Francis Parkman Prize

• The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough (1978)

Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award

• John Adams by David McCullough (2002)
• The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands (honorable mention, 2001)

Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee

• Son of a Witch: A Novel by Gregory Maguire (Novel, 2006)

Geffen Award

• Harry Potter and the deathly hallows by J. K. Rowling (Best Translated YA or Children SF&F Book, 2008)

Great Lakes Book Award

• Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen (Fiction, 2007)
• City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America by Donald L. Miller (General Nonfiction, 1997)

Guardian 1000

• THE LONG GOODBYE by Raymond Chandler (Crime)
• The road (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (War and travel)

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