Friday, September 9, 2011

The Awards and Honors Alison Bechdel's Fun Home has Earned

1. Strong Recommendation:  QueerReader.com
2. Winner of the Stonewall Book Award--Israel Fish Nonfiction Award.
3. Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award in Memoir.
4. Finalist for the Quill Award in Graphic Narrative.
5. Double finalist for the Lambda Book Award
6. Nominated for the GLAAD Media Award and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award.
7. New York Times Bestseller.
8. Los Angeles Times Bestseller.
9. San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller.
10. Boston Globe Bestseller.
11. Book Sense Bestseller.
12. One of the 10 Best Books of the Year: Time Magazine
13. Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work