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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38 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2014

Winner – Biography/Autobiography

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

by Jeanne Theoharis

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker

Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker

by Stanley Crouch

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Buck: A Memoir

Buck: A Memoir

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Mom & Me & Mom

Mom & Me & Mom

by Maya Angelou

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

by Terry Teachout

Winner – Children

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

by Kadir Nelson, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Nominee – Children

I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl!

I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl!

by Betty K. Bynum

Nominee – Children

You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

by Jonah Winter

Nominee – Children

Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream For Me

Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream For Me

by Daniel Beaty, Illustrated by Bryan Collier

Nominee – Children

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song

by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

Winner – Debut Author

Nine Years Under

Nine Years Under

by Sheri Booker

Nominee – Debut Author

Ghana Must Go

Ghana Must Go

by Taiye Selasi

Nominee – Debut Author

The Returned

The Returned

Nominee – Debut Author

On the Come Up: A Novel, Based on a True Story

On the Come Up: A Novel, Based on a True Story

by Hannah Weyer

Nominee – Debut Author

Better Than Good Hair: The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy, Gorgeous Natural Hair!

Better Than Good Hair: The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy, Gorgeous Natural Hair!

by Nikki Walton with Ernessa T. Carter

Winner – Fiction

Anybody’s Daughter

Anybody’s Daughter

by Pamela Samuels Young

Nominee – Fiction

Never Say Never

Never Say Never

by Victoria Christopher Murray

Nominee – Fiction

Who Asked You?

Who Asked You?

by Terry McMillan

Nominee – Fiction

Little Green

Little Green

by Walter Mosley

Winner – Instructional

The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life

The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life

by Robin Quivers

Nominee – Instructional

Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education

Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education

Nominee – Instructional

Do I Look Like an ATM?: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children

Do I Look Like an ATM?: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children

by Sabrina Lamb

Nominee – Instructional

The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs

by Kevin D. Johnson

Nominee – Instructional

Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don’t Have It)

Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don’t Have It)

by Sherri Shepherd and Billie Fitzpatrick

Winner – Nonfiction

Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery

Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery

by Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer

Nominee – Nonfiction

High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society

High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society

Nominee – Nonfiction

Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations

Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations

by Retha Powers

Nominee – Nonfiction

Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones

Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones

Winner – Poetry

Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

by Frank X. Walker

Nominee – Poetry

Hum (Ala Notable Books for Adults)

Hum (Ala Notable Books for Adults)

Nominee – Poetry

Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid

Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid

by Nikki Giovanni

Nominee – Poetry

The Cineaste: Poems

The Cineaste: Poems

by A. Van Jordan

Nominee – Poetry

The Collected Poems of Ai

The Collected Poems of Ai

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)

Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Older Readers)

by Tanya Lee Stone

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Raising The Bar

Raising The Bar

by Gabrielle Douglas

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Invasion

Invasion

by Walter Dean Myers

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Serafina’s Promise

Serafina’s Promise

Nominee – Youth/Teens

God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories For Teens

God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories For Teens

by Romal J. Tune

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