Awards in your library

Summary: 41 Awards.

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

• Montaigne: Essays by Michel de Montaigne (1580)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Blithedale romance : an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism by Nathaniel Hawthorne (2006 Edition)
• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (2008 Edition)
• Black Box by Amos Oz (2008 Edition)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (1992)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (Non-fiction, 1999)
• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (Science & Technology, 2009)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman ( Going Alternative, 1997)

Ambassador Book Award

• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2002)

American Book Award

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (1992)

American Library Association Notable Book

• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1993)

Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature

• Touching the void by Joe Simpson (1988)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Empire Falls by Richard Russo ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2002)
• The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber ( Adult Fiction Honor Book, 2003)

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

• In the spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould

Eisner Award

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Best Graphic Album: Reprint, 1992)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• Touching the void by Joe Simpson (069)

Femina

• Black Box by Amos Oz (Étranger, 1988)

Guardian 1000

• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (War and travel)

Guardian First Book Award

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2008)

Harvey Award

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Graphic Album of Previously Published Work, 1992)

James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist

• The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber (Fiction, 2003)

John Burroughs Medal

• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (1977)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Fiction, 1992)

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

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (24)

National Book Award

• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 1992)

National Book Award finalist

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (Science (Hardcover), 1982)

National Book Critics Circle Award

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Criticism, 2007)
• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 1992)
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (General Nonfiction, 1981)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Biography/Autobiography, 1991)
• The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky (Criticism, 1998)
• Danger on Peaks by Gary Snyder (Poetry, 2004)

NCR Book Award

• Touching the void by Joe Simpson (1989)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (1991)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007)

New York Times bestseller

• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Fiction, 1991)
• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Fiction, 1992)
• A Widow for One Year: A Novel by John Irving (Fiction, 1998)
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2001)
• The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber (Fiction, 2002)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Non-Fiction, 2007)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• Montaigne: Essays by Michel de Montaigne

Pulitzer Prize

• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction, 2002)
• Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman (Special Awards and Citations - Letters, 1992)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (General Nonfiction, 2008)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• This Side Of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald (91)

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction shortlist

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2008)

San Francisco Chronicle list of The 20th Century's 100 Best Nonfiction of the American West

• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (1999)

SWR-Bestenliste

• Montaigne: Essays by Michel de Montaigne (1998)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Fiction (1), 2001)
• The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber (Fiction (2), 2002)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (Non-fiction (5), 2007)

Tony Award

• The Crucible (Penguin Classics) by Arthur Miller (Play, 1953)

Warwick Prize for Writing

• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2009, shortlist)

Western Heritage Award

• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Western Novel, 1993)

Whitbread Shortlist

• The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber (First Novel, 2000)