Awards in your library

Summary: 64 Awards. Page: [1] 2

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (2006/2008 Edition)
• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (2006/2008 Edition)
• AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD by KAZUO ISHIGURO (2006/2008 Edition)
• A portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce (2006/2008 Edition)
• The tale of Genji, by Lady Murasaki, translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley by Murasaki Shikibu (2008 Edition)
• The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte (2008 edition)

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

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2009, No 729, Age 8 and over)

Aga Khan Prize for Fiction

• The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt (1995)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (1990)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring (movie tie-in edition) by Tracy Chevalier (2001)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Silent spring by Rachel Carson (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas (Non-fiction, 1999)
• The Story of Art by E. H. Gombrich (Non-fiction, 1999)
• What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland (Non-fiction, 1999)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring (movie tie-in edition) by Tracy Chevalier (Humanities, 2004)

Alex Award

• Girl with a Pearl Earring (movie tie-in edition) by Tracy Chevalier (2001)

Alice Davis Hitchcock Award

• Architectural Heritage Of Newport by Antoinette F. Downing (1952)

And/Or Book Award

• Dealmaking in the Film & Television Industry: From Negotiations to Final Contracts by Mark Litwak (Moving Image, 1995)

Andersen - Il Mondo dell'Infanzia

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

BBC's Big Read

• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (Best loved novel, 2003, No 178)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King ( Adult Nonfiction Honor Book, 2004)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick ( Children's Literature Winner, 2008)

The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee

• What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson Davies (1986)

Booker Prize Shortlist

• AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD by KAZUO ISHIGURO (1986)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (Non-Fiction, 1989)

Brothers Judd Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century

• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov

CAA Award

• What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson Davies (Fiction, 1986)

Caldecott Medal

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

Caroline Bancroft History Prize

• Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West, 1890-1945 by Patricia Trenton (1996)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• Notre-Dame of Paris by Allan Temko (Nonfiction, Gold, 1955)
• Celebrating Italy: Tastes & Traditions of Italy as Revealed Through Its Feasts, Festivals & Sumptuous Foods, The by Carol Field (Notable Contribution to Publishishing, Silver, 1984)

The Constance Lindsay Skinner Achievement Award

• Silent spring by Rachel Carson (merit in the realm of books, Women's National Book Association)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by J. W. Powell (004)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Beijing Jeep: A Case Study Of Western Business In China by Jim Mann (Globalization)

George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

• Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte (1991)
• Georgia O'Keeffe by Georgia O'Keeffe (Honorable Mention, 1977)

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

• The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte (International Prize, 1993)

Guardian 1000

• A portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce (Family and self)
• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (Love)
• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (Love)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (1989)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007)

IMBA's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century

• The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte

International and US Councils of Woman Citation

• Silent spring by Rachel Carson

Isaak Walton League Annual Founders Award

• Silent spring by Rachel Carson

Kate Greenaway Medal

• Cal 97 Wolves (2005)

Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits

• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (9)
• A portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce (21)

Martin Beck Award

• An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (1999)

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

• Silent spring by Rachel Carson (5)
• The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas (11)

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

• Silent spring by Rachel Carson (61)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• A portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce (The Board's List, 3)
• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (The Board's List, 4)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

• The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt (Adult Literature, 1998)

National Book Award

• The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas (Arts and Letters, 1975)

National Book Award finalist

• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (Fiction, 1959)
• Notre-Dame of Paris by Allan Temko (Nonfiction, 1956)
• Silent spring by Rachel Carson (Nonfiction, 1963)
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Young People's Literature, 2007)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color by Philip Ball (Criticism, 2002)
• Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King (Criticism, 2003)
• Seeing Through Clothes by Anne Hollander (General Nonfiction, 1978)

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

• Cal 97 Wolves (Bronze Award, 0-5 years category, 2005)

New England Outdoor Writers Association Award for Distinguished Service

• Silent spring by Rachel Carson

New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007)

New York Times bestseller

• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (Fiction, 1958)
• The king must die (A pocket cardinal edition) by Mary Renault (Fiction, 1958)
• The Persian Boy by Mary Renault (Fiction, 1972)
• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (Fiction, 1985)
• What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson Davies (Fiction, 1986)
• The Lyre of Orpheus (Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson Davies (Fiction, 1989)
• An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (Fiction, 1998)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring (movie tie-in edition) by Tracy Chevalier (Fiction, 2000)
• The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman (Fiction, 2003)
• Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings (Harvard paperbacks) by Amy Ruth Kelly (General, 1950)
• The joy of cooking by Irma von Starkloff Rombauer (General, 1951)
• Living free;: The story of Elsa and her cubs by Joy Adamson (General, 1961)
• The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas (General, 1974)
• Chronicle of the 20th Century by Clifton Daniel (Nonfiction, 1987)
• Great Plains by Ian Frazier (Nonfiction, 1989)
• Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me by Marlon Brando (Nonfiction, 1994)

Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List

• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (2009, No. 4)
• Silent spring by Rachel Carson (2009, No. 91)

Norwegian Book Clubs' top 100 books of all time

• The tale of Genji, by Lady Murasaki, translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley by Murasaki Shikibu
• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD by KAZUO ISHIGURO (2003)
• Lolita Vol I-II by Vladimir Nabokov (2003)

Orange Prize Longlist

• Girl with a Pearl Earring (movie tie-in edition) by Tracy Chevalier (2000)

PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize

• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (1986)

Prix Goncourt

• The Lover by Marguerite Duras (1984)

Quill Award

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade, 2007)

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