Awards in your library

Summary: 21 Awards.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (2006/2008 Edition)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2008)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Social Sciences, 2004)

Alex Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2004)

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

BBC's Big Read

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Best loved novel, 2003, No 125)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver ( Adult Winner, 2000)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, 2008)

British Book Award

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Best Read of the Year, 2008)

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (2000)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini ( co-recipient)

Florida Teens Read

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

Guardian 1000

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (War and travel)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1998)

New York Times bestseller

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction, 1998)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Fiction, 2007)

Oprah's Book Club selection

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)

Orange Prize Shortlist

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)

PEN/Faulkner Award finalist

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)

Pulitzer Prize finalist

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction, 1999)

Reading Across Rhode Island

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2005)

San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Fiction (3), 2007)

Whitcoulls top 100, 2008

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (13)
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (23)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (25)