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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39 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2015

Winner – Biography/Autobiography

Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine

Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine

by David Chanoff and Louis Sullivan

Winner – Biography/Autobiography

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

by Misty Copeland

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Handbook For An Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata And My Crazy Mother, And Still Came Out Smiling (With Great Hair)

Handbook For An Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata And My Crazy Mother, And Still Came Out Smiling (With Great Hair)

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Stand Up Straight and Sing!

Stand Up Straight and Sing!

by Jessye Norman

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.

Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.

by Marion Barry Jr. and Omar Tyree

Winner – Children

Dork Diaries 8: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After

Dork Diaries 8: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After

by Rachel Renée Russell

Nominee – Children

Little Melba And Her Big Trombone

Little Melba And Her Big Trombone

by Katheryn Russell-Brown, Illustrated by Frank Morrison

Nominee – Children

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X

by Ilyasah Shabazz

Nominee – Children

Searching For Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl In America

Searching For Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl In America

by Tonya Bolden

Nominee – Children

Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer

Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer

by Tonya Bolden, Illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Winner – Debut Author

Forty Acres: A Novel

Forty Acres: A Novel

by Dwayne Alexander Smith

Nominee – Debut Author

Queen Sugar

Queen Sugar

by Natalie Baszile

Nominee – Debut Author

Time of the Locust: A Novel

Time of the Locust: A Novel

by Morowa Yejide

Nominee – Debut Author

The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame

The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame

by Darrell Miller

Nominee – Debut Author

Remedy for a Broken Angel

Remedy for a Broken Angel

by Toni Ann Johnson

Winner – Fiction

A Wanted Woman

A Wanted Woman

by Eric Jerome Dickey

Nominee – Fiction

Momma: Gone

Momma: Gone

Nominee – Fiction

The Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11)

The Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11)

by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Nominee – Fiction

Another Womans Man (A Gibbons Gold Digger Novel)

Another Womans Man (A Gibbons Gold Digger Novel)

by Shelly Ellis

Nominee – Fiction

An Untamed State

An Untamed State

Winner – Instructional

Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life

Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life

by Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, and Hilary Beard

Nominee – Instructional

Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System

Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System

by Robbin Shipp and Nick Chiles

Nominee – Instructional

Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remix

Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remix

by Bryant Terry

Nominee – Instructional

101 Scholarship Applications - 2015: What It Takes To Obtain A Debt-Free College Education

101 Scholarship Applications - 2015: What It Takes To Obtain A Debt-Free College Education

by Gwen Richardson

Winner – Nonfiction

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

by Bryan Stevenson

Nominee – Nonfiction

Who We Be: The Colorization of America

Who We Be: The Colorization of America

Nominee – Nonfiction

Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America

Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America

by Sheryll Cashin

Nominee – Nonfiction

Bad Feminist: Essays

Bad Feminist: Essays

Nominee – Nonfiction

The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act

The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act

Winner – Poetry

Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen: An American Lyric

by Claudia Rankine

Nominee – Poetry

Digest (Stahlecker Selections)

Digest (Stahlecker Selections)

by Gregory Pardlo

Nominee – Poetry

The New Testament

The New Testament

by Jericho Brown

Nominee – Poetry

We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters

We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters

by Brian Gilmore

Nominee – Poetry

The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013

The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013

by Derek Walcott

Winner – Youth/Teens

Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson

Nominee – Youth/Teens

The Red Pencil

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Illustrated by Shane W. Evans

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Revolution (The Sixties Trilogy)

Revolution (The Sixties Trilogy)

by Deborah Wiles

Nominee – Youth/Teens

The Freedom Summer Murders

The Freedom Summer Murders

by Don Mitchell

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America

Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America

by Russell Freedman