Awards search:Notable Books List

Star of the Sea

by Joseph O'Connor
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Rec'd by Fourpawz2, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Ragtime

by E. L. Doctorow
Paperback, 2006
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1900s, 1910s, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Turn of the Century, Jazz — 44 more, Jazz Age, Ragtime, Gilded Age, Explorers, North Pole, North Pole Exploration, Robert Peary, Fame, Celebrities, Harry Houdini, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Emma Goldman, Financier, Art Collectors, Politics, Anarchists, Socialism, Immigrants, Immigration, Race Relations, Race, Racism, Viiolence, Jews, Poverty, Relationships, Family, Marriage, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), National Book Critics Circle Award, Time's All-Time 100, The Modern Library's 100 Best, Nebula Nominee, Adapted to Film, Academy Award Nominee, Rec'd by PaulCranswick, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from BookDepository, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed December 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Death of Vishnu

by Manil Suri
Paperback, no date
Tags
21st Century, Fiction, Indian Literature, Literary Fiction, Death, Dying, Gods, Vishnu, Bombay, Booker Prize Longlist, PEN/Faulkner Award finalist — 3 more, Used, From Montreal Book Bloggers (Amanda), Acquired in 2011
Series
The Hindu Gods (book 1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Unconsoled

by Kazuo Ishiguro
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Rec'd by Kristyna, Nobel Prize, Whitbread Shortlist, Cheltenham Prize, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Science Fiction & Fantasy), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Unconsoled

by Kazuo Ishiguro
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2019
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

True History of the Kelly Gang

by Peter Carey
Paperback, 2001
Tags
19th Century, 20th Century, Fiction, Australian Literature, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Kelly Gang, Bildungsroman, Bushrangers, Outlaws, Melbourne — 9 more, Victoria, Australia, Booker Prize, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Crime), Used, Read in 2009, BookMooch, Literary Fiction
Collection
Read
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Something Happened

by Joseph Heller
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Rec'd by Charles from Bbam
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

by Andrew Solomon
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Psychology, Psychiatry, Depression, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Gift from Dad, To Read
Status
Available
Call number
616.85270092

L'Amant (French Edition)

by Marguerite Duras
Paperback, 1984
Tags
500 Great Books by Women, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), Prix Goncourt, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
843.912

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter: A Novel

by Mario Vargas Llosa
Paperback, 2007
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, Peruvian Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Memoirs, Authors, Radio, Soap Operas, Relationships, Romance — 18 more, Illicit Romance, Love, Marriage, Scandal, Mental Breakdown, Humour, Latin America, Lima, Peru, Nobel Prize, Rec'd by Donna828, New, Purchased from BookDepository, To Read, Acquired in 2011, TIOLI, Read in 2011, Completed December 2011
Collections
Read, To Give/Trade/Sell, Read in 2011
Status
Available
Call number
86364

The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin
Digital audiobook, 2008
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Nonfiction, American Literature, Essays, African American, National Book Award Finalist, David Bowie's Top 100, Audiobook, Narrated by Jesse L. Martin, Library Book (National) — 2 more, OverDrive, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
305.896

Catherine la Grande (French Edition)

by Henri Troyat
Paperback, 2007
Tags
18th Century, 20th Century Publication, Nonfiction, History, Russian History, Biography, Catherine the Great, Royalty, Romanovs, Women, Russia — 3 more, Prix des Ambassadeurs, En français, Read in 2006
Collection
Read
Status
Available
Call number
947.063092

Philosopher's Pupil

by Iris Murdoch
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Philosophy, England, Audiobook, Narrated by Gildart Jackson, Purchased from Audible.com — 1 more, Acquired in 2014
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Stone Angel

by Margaret Laurence
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Rec'd by LizzieD, Rec'd by brenzi, Rec'd by thorold, Library Book, Canadian Author Challenge
Series
Manawaka cycle (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Stone Angel

by Margaret Laurence
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Canada Reads Nominee, 500 Great Books by Women
Series
Manawaka cycle (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Everything That Rises Must Converge

by Flannery O'Connor
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1960s, Fiction, American Literature, Short Stories, Relationships, Family, Racism, Race Relations, Religion — 20 more, Christianity, Rural Life, Morals, Morality, Southern, Southern Gothic, America, National Book Award Finalist, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Audiobook, Narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Narrated by Karen White, Narrated by Mark Bramhall, Narrated by Lorna Raver, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Audible Sale, Read in 2015, Completed October 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

by Eudora Welty
Ebook, 1982
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Southern Gothic, Southern, America, National Book Award, eBook, Kindle — 2 more, Kindle Daily Deal, Acquired in 2013
Collection
eBooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

by Carl G. Jung
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Nonfiction, Autobiography, Jung, Jungian, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Synchronicity, To Read
Status
Available
Call number
150.1954092

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

by C. G. Jung
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by James Cameron Stewart, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, $6.95, Acquired in 2020
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
150.1954092

The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel

by Luis Alberto Urrea
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2011
Series
The Hummingbird's Daughter (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America

by Alex Kotlowitz
Digital audiobook, 2010
Tags
20th Century, 1980s, Nonfiction, American History, African American, Race, Race Relations, Poverty, Children, Sociology, Social Issues — 20 more, Public Housing, Inner Cities, Urban Studies, Violence, Relationships, Families, Siblings, Brothers, Education, Journalism, Current Affairs, Chicago, America, New York Public Library's Books of the Century, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Audiobook, Narrated by Dion Graham, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Daily Deal, Acquired in 2015
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
305.230977311

Lust for Life

by Irving Stone
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Nonfiction, Art, Artists, Biography, Rec'd by PaulCranswick, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

Les racines du ciel

by Romain Gary
Paperback, 1972
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Prix Goncourt, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), Rec'd by Deern, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
848

Edith Wharton: A Biography

by R. W. B. Lewis
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Biography, Authors, Writers, Pulitzer Prize, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

by Barbara W. Tuchman
CD audiobook, 2005
Tags
14th Century, 20th Century Publication, Nonfiction, History, European History, Middle Ages, Social History, National Book Award, BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, 500 Great Books by Women, Rec'd by Chatterbox — 5 more, Audiobook, Narrated by Nadia May, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Audible Sale
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
944.025

Saints and Strangers (King Penguin)

by Angela Carter
Paperback, 1987
Tags
Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2019
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Joys of Yiddish

by Leo Rosten
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Nonfiction, Judaism, Yiddish, Language, Library Book, Audiobook, Abridged
Status
Available
Call number
439

A Division Of The Spoils (Raj Quartet, 4)

by Paul Scott
Paperback, 2007
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Colonialism, British Raj, War, WWII, Indian Independence, India, Omnibus — 6 more, Hardcover, Everyman's Library, Rec'd by Donna828, Rec'd by Chatterbox, Purchased from BookDepository, Acquired in 2013
Collection
Everyman's Library
Series
The Raj Quartet (4)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Book of Illusions

by Paul Auster
Paperback, 2003
Tags
20th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Identity, Death, Cinema, Silent Film, Hollywood, New York — 6 more, New Mexico, America, 1001 Books, New, Read in 2009, BookMooch
Collection
Read
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Gift

by Vladimir Nabokov
Paperback, 1991
Tags
Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
891.7342

Deliverance

by James Dickey
Paperback, 2011
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, American Literature, Adventure, Suspense, Thriller, Canoeing, Southern, Hillbilies, Survival, Men — 16 more, Masculinity, Friendship, Appalachia, Georgia, America, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (War and travel), National Book Award Finalist, Time's All-Time 100, Esquire's 75 Books Every Man Should Read, Adapted to Film, Audiobook, Narrated by Will Patton, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Audible Sale
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Master Georgie

by Beryl Bainbridge
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
19th Century, 1840s, 1850s, 1854, 20th Century Publication, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Relationships, Love — 20 more, Photography, Doctors, War, Crimean War, Death, London, England, Crimea, Ukraine, Booker Prize Shortlist, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (War and travel), Orange Prize Longlist, Used, Hardcover, From Montreal Book Bloggers (Avis), Acquired in 2011, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed June 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Love

by Toni Morrison
Paperback, 2005
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, American Literature, Nobel Prize, Used, Women, America, Purchased from The Word, Literary Fiction, To Read, Acquired in 2008
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Love

by Toni Morrison
CD audiobook, 2003
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, African American, Audiobook, Narrated by the Author, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2019
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Remembering Babylon: A Novel

by David Malouf
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Booker Prize Shortlist, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
823

Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller

by Judith Thurman
Paperback, 1995
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Nonfiction, Biography, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen, Danish Literature, Literary Biography, Literary Criticism, Literature, Authors — 7 more, Women, Women Writers, Denmark, Kenya, Africa, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2014
Status
Available
Call number
839.81372

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

by Ron Chernow
Digital audiobook, 2012
Tags
Nonfiction, Biography, Rockefeller, Audiobook, Narrated by Grover Gardner, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2020
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
338.7622382092

The Dollmaker

by Harriette Arnow
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Rec'd by jdthloue, 500 Great Books by Women, National Book Award Finalist
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon
CD audiobook, 2007
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Crime Fiction, Science Fiction, Alternate History, Speculative Fiction, Detective, Mystery, Murder — 14 more, Judaism, Jews, Hugo Award, Locus Award, Nebula Award, Salon Book Award, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist, ALA Notable Books for Adults, Edgar Award Nominee, Library Book, Audiobook, Narrated by Peter Riegert, Acquired in 2015, American Authors Challenge 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

July's People

by Nadine Gordimer
Digital audiobook, 1999
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1980s, Fiction, South African Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Apartheid, Postcolonial, Race, Race Relations — 12 more, Relationships, South Africa, Nobel Prize, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (State of the nation), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), Audiobook, Narrated by Nadia May, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
823

Montana 1948

by Larry Watson
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Rec'd by msf59, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

1876: A Novel: Narratives of Empire, Book 3

by Gore Vidal
Digital audiobook, 2019
Tags
20st Century Literature, American Literature, Audiobook, Narrated by Grover Gardner, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, Acquired in 2021
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Narratives of Empire (3)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Leviathan

by Paul Auster
Paperback, 1993
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Prix Médicis, Rec'd by Kristyna, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2019
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Human Factor

by Graham Greene
Digital audiobook, 2009
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Espionage, Spy, Cold War, Suspense, Thriller, South Africa, Russia — 4 more, Audiobook, Narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2014
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

Staying On

by Paul Scott
Paperback, ?
Tags
Booker Prize, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (State of the nation), Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels, Audiobook, Narrated by Paul Shelley, Seen on Audible.com
Series
The Raj Quartet (coda)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Birthday Boys

by Beryl Bainbridge
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890-1914

by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Cassette Audiobook , 2005
Tags
19th Century, 20th Century, Nonfiction, History, European History, Fin de siècle, Pre-WWI, War, WWI, Audiobook, Narrated by Nadia May — 2 more, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2014
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
The Coming of the Great War (1)
Status
Available
Call number
909.82

Bruno's Dream

by Iris Murdoch
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Dying, Death, Spiders, Widowhood, Relationships, Passion — 5 more, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Booker Prize Shortlist, Audiobook, Narrated by Simon Prebble, Audible.com
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Heat and Dust

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Booker Prize, 500 Great Books by Women, ALA Notable Books for Adults
Status
Available
Call number
823

The Snow Leopard: (Penguin Orange Collection)

by Peter Matthiessen
Paperback, 2016
Tags
Rec'd by calm, National Book Award, 501 Must-Read Books, AbeBooks: 50 Essential Travel Books, ALA Notable Books for Adults, National Geographic Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time, Penguin Classics Deluxe, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2019
Status
Available
Call number
915.496
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