Awards search:Harvard Book Store Top 100

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fiction, novel, racism, legal drama, miscarriage of justice, childhood, scapegoat, rape, bildungsroman, period story, 1930s — 3 more, Americana, Pulitzer Prize, young adult novel
Series
To Kill a Mockingbird (1)

Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell
Paperback, 2012
Tags
dystopia, reincarnation, fiction, quest, science fiction, nesting narrative, novel, period story, Cloud Atlas

The Book of the New Sun, volume 1: Shadow and Claw

by Gene Wolfe
Paperback, 2000
Tags
fiction, fantasy, distant future, Book of the New Sun, unreliable narrator, long walk, novel, Fantasy Masterworks, World Fantasy Award (novel), Nebula Award (best novel), BSFA Award (best novel)
Series
The Book of the New Sun (Omnibus 1-2), Solar Cycle (Omnibus 1-2)

Good Omens

by Neil Gaiman
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fiction, fantasy, humour, parody, apocalypse, angels, prophecy, demons, witchcraft, novel, unlikely friends — 3 more, anti-Christ, hellhound, Chosen One trope

Watchmen

by Alan Moore
Paperback, 1995
Tags
fiction, dystopia, Cold War, super heroes, Watchmen, comic, graphic novel, vigilantism, story with its own mirror, Eisner Award (best writer), Eisner Award (best writer/artist) — 10 more, Eisner Award (best limited series), Eisner Award (best graphic album), Harvey Award (best continuing or limited series), Harvey Award (best single issue or story), Harvey Award (best graphic album), Harvey Award (best writer), Harvey Award (best artist), Harvey Award (best colorist), Eagle Award, ambiguous ending
Collection
Loki's Top 20 graphic novels
Series
Watchmen (1-12)

Popol vuh

by Christian Rugstad Translator
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Verdens hellige skrifter, religion, religious text, Native American, Maya, creation myth, myth, aboriginal people, journey to the underworld

The merry adventures of Robin Hood of great renown in Nottinghamshire

by Howard Pyle
Hardcover, 1946
Tags
Robin Hood, legends, gifts from Ørjan's family, Middle Ages, Great Britain, tricky redistribution of wealth, trickster, confidence tricks, 1100s

Ringenes herre [The Lord of the Rings]

by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
fiction, novel, fantasy, Lord of the Rings, maps, wizards, long walk, quest, good vs. evil, war story, cursed treasure — 6 more, dwarves, gifts from Ørjan's family, Middle-earth, epic, giant spiders, Prometheus Award
Collection
Loki's Top 13 fantasy prose works
Series
The Lord of the Rings (Omnibus 1-3)

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz
Paperback, 2008
Tags
fiction, novel, coming of age, childhood, cursed bloodline, tragedy, life stages, romance, Pulitzer Prize
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