NAACP Image Awards Winners and Nominees
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The NAACP Image Awards nominates five books in nine categories for Outstanding Literature. You may print a list of all the award-winning and nominated books. Learn more at the NAACP Image Awards website.
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Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Debut Author Biography/Autobiography Children Youth/Teens Instructional Graphic Novel
Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Debut Author Biography/Autobiography Children Youth/Teens Instructional Graphic Novel
38 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2014
Winner – Biography/Autobiography
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
List Price: $27.95
Beacon Press (Jan 29, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 360 pages
ISBN: 9780807050477Publisher: Beacon Press
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker
List Price: $27.99
Harper (Sep 24, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
ISBN: 9780062005595Publisher: HarperCollins
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Buck: A Memoir
by MK Asante
List Price: $25.00
Spiegel & Grau (Aug 20, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
ISBN: 9780812993417Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Mom & Me & Mom
by Maya Angelou
List Price: $25.00
Knopf (Apr 02, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
ISBN: 9781400066117Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington
List Price: $30.00
Avery (Oct 17, 2013)
Young Adult, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 496 pages
ISBN: 9781592407491Publisher: Penguin Random House
Winner – Children
Nelson Mandela
by Kadir Nelson, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
List Price: $17.99
Katherine Tegen Books (Jan 02, 2013)
Picture Book, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN: 9780061783746Publisher: HarperCollins
Nominee – Children
I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl!
List Price: $14.95
Dreamtitle Publishing (Oct 07, 2013)
Picture Book, Fiction, Hardcover, 36 pages
ISBN: 9780615785516Publisher: Dreamtitle Publishing
Nominee – Children
You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!
by Jonah Winter
List Price: $17.99
Schwartz & Wade (Jan 08, 2013)
Picture Book, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN: 9780375868443Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Nominee – Children
Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream For Me
by Daniel Beaty, Illustrated by Bryan Collier
List Price: $18.99
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Dec 17, 2013)
Picture Book, Fiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN: 9780316209175Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Nominee – Children
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
List Price: $17.99
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Jul 30, 2013)
Picture Book, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN: 9780316070133Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Winner – Debut Author
Nine Years Under
by Sheri Booker
List Price: $17.00
Knopf (Jul 01, 2014)
Fiction, Paperback, 272 pages
ISBN: 9781592407620Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Debut Author
Ghana Must Go
by Taiye Selasi
List Price: $25.95
Penguin Press (Mar 05, 2013)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
ISBN: 9781594204494Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Debut Author
The Returned
by Jason Mott
List Price: $24.95
Amistad (Aug 27, 2013)
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
ISBN: 9780778315339Publisher: HarperCollins
Nominee – Debut Author
On the Come Up: A Novel, Based on a True Story
by Hannah Weyer
List Price: $25.00
Nan A. Talese (Jul 23, 2013)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
ISBN: 9780385537322Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Nominee – Debut Author
Better Than Good Hair: The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy, Gorgeous Natural Hair!
Winner – Fiction
Anybody’s Daughter
List Price: $16.99
Goldman House Publishing (Oct 27, 2013)
Fiction, Paperback, 374 pages
ISBN: 9780989293501Publisher: Goldman House Publishing
Nominee – Fiction
Never Say Never
by Victoria Christopher Murray
List Price: $15.00
Touchstone (Jun 04, 2013)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
ISBN: 9781451695779Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Nominee – Fiction
Who Asked You?
List Price: $27.95
Knopf (Sep 17, 2013)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
ISBN: 9780670785698Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Fiction
Little Green
List Price: $25.95
Knopf (May 14, 2013)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
ISBN: 9780385535984Publisher: Penguin Random House
Winner – Instructional
The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life
List Price: $35.00
Avery (Oct 01, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
ISBN: 9781583334737Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Instructional
Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education
by Donna Ford
List Price: $29.95
Prufrock Press (Jun 15, 2013)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 125 pages
ISBN: 9781618210494Publisher: Prufrock Press
Nominee – Instructional
Do I Look Like an ATM?: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children
by Sabrina Lamb
List Price: $14.95
Chicago Review Press (Mar 01, 2013)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
ISBN: 9781613744055Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Nominee – Instructional
The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs
List Price: $16.95
Johnson Media Inc (Jan 22, 2013)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 268 pages
ISBN: 9780988479708Publisher: Johnson Media Inc
Nominee – Instructional
Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don’t Have It)
by Sherri Shepherd and Billie Fitzpatrick
List Price: $25.99
It Books (Apr 30, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
ISBN: 9780062226242Publisher: HarperCollins
Winner – Nonfiction
Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery
by Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer
List Price: $35.00
Temple University Press (Dec 05, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
ISBN: 9781439909850Publisher: Temple University Press
Nominee – Nonfiction
High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
by Carl Hart
List Price: $26.99
Amistad (Jun 11, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 340 pages
ISBN: 9780062015884Publisher: HarperCollins
Nominee – Nonfiction
Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations
by Retha Powers
List Price: $40.00
Grand Central Publishing (Nov 19, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 832 pages
ISBN: 9780316010177Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Nominee – Nonfiction
Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones
by Hill Harper
List Price: $27.50
Knopf (Nov 05, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
ISBN: 9781592407248Publisher: Penguin Random House
Winner – Poetry
Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers
List Price: $17.95
University of Georgia Press (May 01, 2013)
Poetry, Paperback, 71 pages
ISBN: 9780820345413Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Poetry
Hum (Ala Notable Books for Adults)
by Jamaal May
List Price: $15.95
Alice James Books (Nov 19, 2013)
Poetry, Paperback, 80 pages
ISBN: 9781938584022Publisher: Alice James Books
Nominee – Poetry
Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid
List Price: $19.99
William Morrow (Oct 29, 2013)
Poetry, Hardcover, 160 pages
ISBN: 9780688156978Publisher: HarperCollins
Nominee – Poetry
The Cineaste: Poems
List Price: $26.95
W. W. Norton & Company (Apr 01, 2013)
Poetry, Hardcover, 144 pages
ISBN: 9780393239157Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Nominee – Poetry
The Collected Poems of Ai
by Ai Ogawa
List Price: $35.00
W. W. Norton & Company (Feb 04, 2013)
Poetry, Hardcover, 464 pages
ISBN: 9780393074901Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Winner – Youth/Teens
Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Older Readers)
List Price: $24.99
Candlewick Press (Jan 22, 2013)
Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 160 pages
ISBN: 9780763651176Publisher: Candlewick Press
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Raising The Bar
List Price: $19.99
Amistad (May 04, 2013)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 144 pages
ISBN: 9780310740704Publisher: HarperCollins
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Invasion
List Price: $17.99
Scholastic Press (Sep 24, 2013)
Middle Grade, Fiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
ISBN: 9780545384285Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Serafina’s Promise
by Ann E. Burg
List Price: $16.99
Scholastic Press (Sep 24, 2013)
Middle Grade, Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
ISBN: 9780545535649Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Nominee – Youth/Teens
God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories For Teens
List Price: $13.99
Judson Press (Jun 18, 2013)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 144 pages
ISBN: 9780817017330Publisher: Judson Press
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