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Adler and Van
Doren's Recommended Reading List
Aesop
Prize For a Folklore Book for Children, 1992-2000
Africa's
Best 100 Books of the Century
Agatha
Award for Best Cozy Mystery Novel, 1989-2003
Agatha
Award for Best First Cozy Mystery Novel, 1989-2003
Alan Paton
Award for Non-Fiction Writing, 1989-2003
Albert
J. Beveridge Award for the Best Book in English on the History of the
United States, Latin America, or Canada, 1939-2002
Alex Award
for Adult Books for Young Adults, 1998-2003
All-Time
Children's Best-Selling Books in the United States as of January 1, 1996
American
Booksellers Book of the Year for Children's Literature, 1993-2000
American Library
Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Book
Awards, 1972-2002
American
Library Association's 100 Best Books for Teens
American
Scientist's 100 or so Books that Shaped a Century of Science
Anthony
Award for Best First Mystery Novel, 1986-2002
Anthony
Award for Best Mystery Novel, 1986-2002
Anthony
Bourdain's Favourite Books About Food
Arney's
Great and Significant Books in Sociology
Arozena's
Best Books in Ethics
Arthur
C. Clarke Award for the Best British Science Fiction Novel, 1987-2003
Arthur
Ellis Award for Best Canadian Crime Novel, 1984-2003
Arthur
Ellis Award for Best First Canadian Crime Novel, 1987-2003
Association
for the Study of Literature and Environment's Twelve Classic Nature and
Environment Books
Audie
Award for Best Audio Unabridged Fiction, 1996-2003
Audie
Award for Best Audio Unabridged Nonfiction, 1996-2003
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Fantasy Fiction, 1995-2002
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Horror Fiction, 1995-2002
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Science Fiction, 1995-2002
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Speculative Long Fiction for Children, 2002
Aurealis
Award for Excellence in Young Adult Speculative Fiction, 1995-2002
Australian
Children's Book of the Year Award - Eve Pownall Award for Information Books,
1993-2003
Australian
Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, 1946-2003
Australian
Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers, 1982-2003
Australian
Children's Early Childhood Book of the Year Award, 2003
Australian
Children's Picture Book of the Year Award, 1956-2003
Aventis
(Rhone-Poulenc) General Prize for Science Books, 1988-2002
Aventis
(Rhone-Poulenc) Junior Prize for Science Books, 1988-2002
B
Bancroft
Prize for American History and Diplomacy, 1948-2003
Banned
Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
Barzun
and Taylor's Classic Crime Novels
Best Outdoor
Literature Book of the Year, 1997-2002
Best
Twelve African Books of the Twentieth Century
Best-Selling
U.S. Hardcover Fiction, Year-By-Year, 1900-2002
Best-Selling
U.S. Hardcover Nonfiction, Year-By-Year, 1900-2002
Black
Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award for Fiction,
1994-2002
Black
Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award for Nonfiction,
1994-2002
Bloom's
Western Canon, Part I: The Theocratic Age: 2000BC - 1321 AD
Bloom's
Western Canon, Part II: The Aristocratic Age: 1321 - 1832
Bloom's
Western Canon, Part III: The Democratic Age: 1832 - 1900
Bloom's
Western Canon, Part IV: The Chaotic Age: 20th Century
Bollingen
Prize for Poetry by an American Citizen, 1949-2003
Book Sense
Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction, 1991-2002
Booker
(Man Booker) Prize for Fiction, 1969-2003
Books
by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World
Booksellers'
100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Century
Boston
Book Review Bingham Poetry Prize, 1995-1999
Boston
Book Review Fisk Fiction Prize, 1995-1999
Boston
Book Review Rea Nonfiction Prize, 1995-1999
Boston
Globe-Horn Book Award for a Children's Picture Book, 1967-2002
Boston
Globe-Horn Book Children's Book Award, Fiction and Poetry, 1967-2002
Boston
Globe-Horn Book Children's Book Award for Nonfiction, 1976-2002
Bourgeau's
Classic Mystery Books
BP Natural
World Book Prize, 1987-2002
Bram
Stoker Award for Best Collection of Horror Stories, 1987-2002
Bram
Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel, 1987-2002
Brill's Content
- The Essential Media Bookshelf
Britain's
Favourite Ten Children's Books
British
Science Fiction Association Award, 1969-2002
Burgess'
99 Best English-Language Novels
C
C. J.
Dennis Prize for Australian Poetry, 1985-2002
Caldecott
Medal for Illustration of a Book for Children, 1938-2003
Canadian
Authors Association's Award for Fiction, 1975-2002
Canadian
Authors Association's Vicky Metcalf Award, 1981-2001
Canadian
Library Association's Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award,
1971-2002
Canadian
Library Association's Book of the Year Award for Children, 1947-2002
Canadian
Library Association's Young Adult Book Award, 1981-2002
Carnegie
Medal for an Outstanding Book for Children, 1936-2001
Casey
Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year, 1983-2002
Chairman
of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Professional Military Reading List
Chief
of Staff of the Air Force's Reading List, July 22, 2002
Chief
of the U.S. Naval Operations Reading List
The
Children's Laureate, 1999-2003
Children's
Literature Association's Eleven Best American Children's Books of the Past
200 Years
Christianity
Today's Top Ten Religious Books of the Century
Clifton
Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
Clifton
Fadiman's Ten Best Books of Fiction
Clute's
Classic Science Fiction Titles
Commandant
of the U.S. Marine Corps Official Reading List
Commonwealth
Writer's Prize for Best First Book, 1989-2003
Commonwealth
Writer's Prize for Overall Best Book, 1987-2003
Connolly's
100 Key Books of the Modern Movement
Coretta
Scott King Award for a Children's Book by an African American Author, 1970-2003
Coretta
Scott King Award for a Children's Book by an African American, Illustrator,
1979-2003
Counterpunch's
Favorite 100 Nonfiction Books in Translation Published in English Since
1900
Counterpunch's
Top 100 Nonfiction Works First Published in English in the 20th Century
Crime
Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger Prize, 1986-2003
Crime
Writers' Association's Ellis Peters Dagger for Best Historical Mystery,
1999-2003
Crime
Writers' Association's Gold Dagger for Nonfiction , 1978-2003
Crime
Writers' Association's Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, 2003
Crime
Writers' Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger, 1973-2003
Crime
Writers' Association's Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction, 1955-2003
Crime
Writers' Association's Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction, 1955-2003
C.S.
Lewis Summer Institute's Bibliography for Time and Eternity
D
Daniel
S. Burt's Recommended Historical Novels
Dartmouth
Medal for an Outstanding Reference Work, 1975-2002
Down's 111
Books That Shaped Western Civilization
E
Edgar
Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime Book, 1948-2003
Edgar Allan
Poe Award for Best First Mystery Novel, 1946-2003
Edgar Allan
Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel, 1954-2003
Edna
Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, 1991-2002
Ellery
Queen's Twelve Best Detective Stories
Ellis
Peters Dagger for Best Historical Mystery, 1999-2003
The Environmentalist's
Bookshelf's Top 40 Books
F
Feminista's
Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by Women
The
Fifty Twentieth-Century Works Most Cited in the Arts & Humanities Citation
Index, 1976-1983
Financial
Times/Booz-Allen & Hamilton Best Business Book, 1996-1998
Firecracker
Alternative Book Award for Fiction, 1996-2002
Firecracker
Alternative Book Award for Nonfiction, 1996-2002
Frankfurt
eBook Award Grand Prize Winners, 2000-2001
Frederic
G. Melcher Book Award for a Significant Contribution to Religious
Liberalism,
1964-2003
Frederic
W. Ness Book Award for Contributing to Liberal Education, 1980-2002
G
Gilbar's
Good Books in Art
Gilbar's
Good Books in Health and Medicine
Gilbar's
Good Books in Politics
Giles
Lyon's Top 10 Cricket Books
Giller
Prize for Best Canadian Novel or Short Story Collection, 1994-2003
Glenfiddich
Award for the Best Drink Book of the Year, 1972-2003
Glenfiddich
Award for the Best Food Book of the Year, 1972-2003
Good
Reading's 100 Significant Books
Goodman
Fielder Wattie Book Award, 1968-1993
Governor
General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration, 1987-2003
Governor
General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 1987-2003
Governor
General's Award for Fiction, 1936-2002
Governor
General's Award for Nonfiction, 1936-2002
Great
Books Foundation's Reading List
Great
Books Program at St. John's College
Griffen
Poetry Prize, 2001-2002
Guardian
Children's Fiction Award, 1967-2002
Guardian
First Book Award, 1965-2002
H
Hackett
and Burke's Early Best Sellers in America
Hamalian's
Good Reading in Women's Studies
Hammett Prize
for Best Work in Crime Writing, 1992-2002
Hans
Christian Andersen Biennial Awards for Children's Literature, 1966-2002
Hawthornden
Prize for Imaginative Literature, 1919-2002
Haycraft-Queen
Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction
Haycraft's
Detective Story Bookshelf
Hochfield's
Great and Significant Books in Essays, Letters, Criticism
Home Business
Magazine's Top 10 Home Business Books
Horror
Writer Association's Top 40 Horror Books of All Time
Howells
Medal for American Fiction, 1925-2000
Hugo Award
for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1953-2003
Hungry Mind
Review's 100 Best 20th- Century American Books
Hurwitz's
Good Reading in Ancient Greek Literature
Hurwitz's
Good Reading in Ancient Roman Literature
I
International
Horror Guild Award for Best Horror Novel, 1995-2002
International
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for the Novel, 1996-2003
An
Introduction to Works in Aesthetics
An
Introduction to Works on Computers and Computer Science
Iraq - A
New York Times Reading List, 1990-2003
J
James
Tate Black Memorial Prize for Biography, 1919-2002
James
Tate Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 1919-2002
James
Tiptree Jr. Award for Gender-Bending Science Fiction or Fantasy, 1992-2003
Jane
Addams Award for a Children's Picture Book, 1993-2003
Jane
Addams Book Award for Children's Literature, 1953-2003
Joanna
Trollope's Favourite 19th Century Novels
John
Burroughs Medal for a Distinguished Book of Natural History, 1926-2002
John
Creasey Memorial Award for Best First Crime Novel, 1973-2002
John
W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1973-2002
Jon
Courtenay Grimwood's Favourite Cult Science Fiction Novels, 2002
Jones
and Newman's 100 Best Horror Books
K
Kanigel's
Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury
Kate Greenaway
Medal for Illustration of Children's Books, 1956-2001
Kate Tufts
Discovery Award for Poetry, 1994-2003
Keating's
100 Best Crime and Mystery Books
Kingsley
Tufts Poetry Award, 1993-2003
Kiriyama
Pacific Rim Book Prize, 1996-2002
Koret Jewish
Book Award for Biography/Autobiography, 1999-2004
Koret
Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 1999-2004
Koret
Jewish Book Award for History, 1999-2004
Koret
Jewish Book Award for Philosophy and Thought, 1999-2004
Kraszna-Krausz
Photography Book Awards, 1985-2003
L
Lachman's
One Hundred Notable American Novels of Detection
Lambda
Literary Award for Gay Fiction, 1989-2002
Lambda
Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, 1989-2002
A Latino
National Conversation - Recommended Reading for Adults
A Latino
National Conversation - Recommended Reading for Children and Young Adults
Lehman's Recommended
Detective Novels and Stories
Lenore
Marshall Poetry Prize, 1975-2002
Library
Journal's Most Influential Fiction of the 20th Century
Locus
Award for Best Fantasy Novel, 1978-2002
Locus
Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1971-2002
LOGOS
Project's Books That Shaped the Century
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for a Mystery/Thriller Novel, 2001-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, 1981-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 1981-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1981-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 1981-2004
Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, 1981-2004
Louis Brownlow
Award for an Outstanding Book in Public Administration,
1969-2002
M
Macavity
Award for Best First Mystery Novel, 1987-2002
Macavity
Award for Best Mystery Novel, 1987-2002
Man Booker
Prize for Fiction, 1969-2003
Margaret
A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing Books for Teenagers,
1988-2003
Marian
Engel Award to a Female Canadian Writer, 1986-2002
Massachusetts
Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature, 2003
Massachusetts
Book Award for Children's Picture Books, 2002
Massachusetts
Book Award for Fiction, 2003
Massachusetts
Book Award for Nonfiction, 2003
Massachusetts
Book Award for Poetry, 2003
Matthew
Fort's Favourite Classic Cookbooks
Michael L.
Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2002-2003
Mildred
L. Batchelder Award for Children's Books in Translation, 1968-2003
Miles
Franklin Award for an Australian Novel or Play, 1957-2002
Modern
Library's 100 Best English-Language Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century
Modern
Library's 100 Best English-Language Novels of the Twentieth Century
Montana
Book Award for Fiction, 1994-1995
Montana
Book Award for Nonfiction, 1994-1995
Montana
Book Award for Poetry, 1994-1995
Montana
New Zealand Deutz Medal for Fiction, 1996-2003
Montana
New Zealand Book Award for Nonfiction, 1996-2003
Montana
New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, 1996-2003
Motley
Fool's Top Financial Investing Books of All Time
Mythopoeic
Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, 1971-2002
N
National
Book Award for Fiction, 1950-2003
National
Book Award for Nonfiction, 1950-2003
National
Book Award for Poetry, 1950-2003
National
Book Award for Young People's Literature, 1969-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and Autobiography, 1983-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, 1975-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1975-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction, 1975-2003
National
Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, 1975-2003
National
Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century
Nebula
Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1965-2002
Nero
Wolfe Award for Best Fair Play Mystery Novel, 1979-2002
Nettie
Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction, 1985-2002
Neustadt
International Prize for Literature, 1970-2002
New
York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism,1988-2002
New
York Public Library's Books of the Century
New Zealand
Book Award for Fiction, 1976-1995
New Zealand
Book Award for Nonfiction, 1976-1995
New Zealand
Book Award for Poetry, 1976-1995
New
Zealand Post Children's Book Award for a Picture Book, 1997-2003
New
Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Junior Fiction, 1997-2003
New
Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Non-Fiction, 1997-2003
Newbery
Medal for Children's Literature, 1922-2003
Nobel Prize
Winners in Literature, 1901-2002
O
Oleksiw's
100 Classic British Mystery Novels
The
100 Best Books in the History of Literature
The
One Hundred Most Frequently Challenged Books in the United States, 1990-2000
Oprah's
Book Club Selections, 1996-2002
Orange
Prize for Fiction by a Woman, 1996-2003
Outside
Magazine's Twenty Five Essential Books for the Well Read Explorer
Oxford
World's Classics
P
Parker
Romantic Novel of the Year, 1960-2003
Pearlman's
"An Asian Ethos"
Pearlman's
Booklist of Native American Ideas
PEN-Book-of-the-Month
Club Translation Prize, 1963-2003
PEN-Faulkner
Award for Fiction, 1981-2003
Phi
Beta Kappa Award for an Outstanding Book on Science, 1959-2001
Phi Beta
Kappa Christian Gauss Award for an Outstanding Book of Literary Scholarship
or Criticism,
1951-2002
Phi Beta
Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for an Outstanding Book on the Human Condition,
1960-2001
Philip
K. Dick Award for Best Original Science Fiction Paperback, 1983-2002
Philip
Ward's A Lifetime's Reading: The World's 500 Greatest Books
Phoenix
Award for Children's Literature, 1985-2003
Poets
Laureate of England , 1616 to Date
Poets
Laureate of the United States, 1986-2003
Powell's
Core List of Books in Astronomy
Prapa's
Great and Significant Books in Economics
Pringle's
100 Best English-Language Fantasy Novels
Prix
Aurora Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel, 1982-2003
Prix
Goncourt for French Literature, 1903-2002
Prometheus
Award for the Best Libertarian Novel, 1979-2002
Pulitzer
Prize for Biography and Autobiography, 1917-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for Drama, 1918-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction, 1918-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for General Nonfiction, 1962-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for Poetry by an American Author, 1922-2004
Pulitzer
Prize for United States History, 1917-2004
Pura Belpre
Awards for Writers & Illustrators of Children's Literature, 1996-2002
Q
R
Ralph
J. Bunche Award for a Book in Political Science, 1978-2002
Raphael
and McLeish's Recommendations in Literary Criticism
Raphael
and McLeish's Recommendations in Philosophy
Raphael
and McLeish's Recommendations in Psychology
Rex
Stout's Ten Favorite Detective Stories
Robert
F. Kennedy Book Award, 1981-2003
Roddman's
Great and Significant Books in Biography and Autobiography
Romance
Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Long Historical Romance Novel,
1982-2002
Romance
Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Regency Romance,1985-2002
The
Royal Marines, A Recommended Reading List from the Imperial War Museum
S
Samuel
Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, 1999-2003
Schwartz's
Ten Greatest Law Books
Scott
O'Dell Historical Fiction Award for Children or Young Adults, 1984-2002
Scottish
Arts Council Book of the Year, 2002-2003
Scottish
Arts Council Children's Book Award, 1999-2001
Searles'
Basic Reading List in Science Fiction
A
Select Bibliography of the English Language
Seymour-Smith's
Finest Works of Fiction
Seymour-Smith's
100 Most Influential Books
Seymour-Smith's
Recommended Works of Fiction
Shamus
Award for Best First Private Eye Novel, 1985-2002
Shamus Award
for Best Private Eye Novel, 1982-2002
Sidewise
Awards for Alternate History, 1996-2003
Simon
Schama's Favourite History Books, 2002
Snodgrass'
Utopian Literature; The Primary Sources
Somerset
Maugham's Ten Best Novels of the World
Sports
Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time
Stephen Leacock
Medal for Humor, 1947-2003
St. Mark's
Additional 100 Best English Language Novels of the Twentieth Century
Sunburst
Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, 2001-2002
Sunday
Times Fiction Award, 2001-2003
Syme and
Kanter's 100 Essential Books for Jewish Readers
Symon's
100 Best Crime Stories
T
Tanning
Prize for Poetry, 1994-1999
The
Ten Bestselling Books of All-Time
Thomas
Cook Travel Book Award, 1980-2003
Thurber
Prize for American Humor, 1997-2001
Tony Award
for Best Broadway Play, 1948-2003
Top 50
All-Time Bestselling Children's Books as of January 1, 2001
T.S.
Eliot Prize for Best New Collection of Poetry, 1993-2002
Twenty
Top Reference Books
U
Union
of American Hebrew Congregations' Significant Jewish Books
United
Kingdom's 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman
U.S. Army
Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List
United States
Golf Association's International Book Award, 1987-2002
Utne Readers'
Recommended Books
V
Vance
Palmer Prize for Australian Fiction, 1985-2002
W
Walt
Whitman Award for Poetry, 1975-2003
Waterstone's
Top 100 Books of the Century
Weatherford's
Great and Significant Books in Anthropology
Western
Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel, 1954-2003
Western
Writers of America Spur Award for Best Novel of the West, 1954-2003
Whitbread
Award for Children's Book of the Year, 1972-2003
Whitbread
Book Award for Biography Autobiography, 1971-2003
Whitbread
Book Award for First Novel, 1981-2003
Whitbread
Book Award for Poetry, 1971-2003
Whitbread
Book Award for the Novel, 1971-2003
Whitbread
Book of the Year, 1975-2003
W H Smith
Literary Award, 1959-2003
William
Hill Sports Book of the Year, 1989-2002
Wink's Personal
Favorites in Detective Fiction
Woodrow
Wilson Foundation Award for Best Book on Government, Politics or International
Affairs,
1974-2002
Women's
Almanac Readings in Women's Studies
World
Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel, 1975-2002
World
of Islam: A Minneapolis Public Library Booklist, 2002
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