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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 2016
Winner – Biography/Autobiography
Between The World And Me
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Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
(Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780812993547
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780812993547
- 5-time BLK Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- 10-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
- Indies Choice Book Awards (2016)
- NAACP Image Award for Literature (2016)
- Kirkus Prize Winner/Finalist (2015)
- National Book Award Winner/Finalist (2015)
- NYT Notable Book (2015)
- 1-Time Power List Bestseller
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist/Winner (2016)
- Selected for 2 Book Club Reading Lists
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
After The Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye
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Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York
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Imprint: Beacon Press
(Jun 30, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807012604
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807012604
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Power Forward: My Presidential Education
by Reggie Love
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Imprint: Simon & Schuster
(Feb 03, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781476763347
Fiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781476763347
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Winner – Children
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
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Imprint: Albert Whitman & Company
(Feb 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 9780807530177
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 9780807530177
Nominee – Children
New Shoes
by Susan Meyer
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Imprint: Holiday House
(Jan 30, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 9780823425280
Fiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 9780823425280
Nominee – Children
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
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Imprint: Candlewick Press
(Jul 14, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763665937
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763665937
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Nominee – Children
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
by Nikki Grimes
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Imprint: Orchard Books
(Jan 06, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 56 pages
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 9780439793384
Fiction, Hardcover, 56 pages
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 9780439793384
Nominee – Children
If You Plant a Seed
by Kadir Nelson
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Imprint: Balzer + Bray
(Mar 03, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062298898
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062298898
Winner – Debut Author
The Fishermen: A Novel
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Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
(Apr 14, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9780316338370
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9780316338370
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Nominee – Debut Author
The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken
by Wendell Pierce and Rod Dreher
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Imprint: Riverhead Books
(Sep 08, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781594633232
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781594633232
Nominee – Debut Author
The Star Side of Bird Hill
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Imprint: Penguin Press
(Jun 30, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781594205958
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781594205958
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Nominee – Debut Author
The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America
by April Ryan
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Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
(Feb 15, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9781442238411
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9781442238411
Categorized under:
- Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional
- Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- Biography & Autobiography / Memoirs
- Political Science / American Government / Executive Branch
- Political Science / American Government / National
- Political Science / History & Theory
- Social Science / Cultural Studies / African American
- Social Science / Minority Studies
Nominee – Debut Author
The Turner House
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Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(Apr 14, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780544303164
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780544303164
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Winner – Fiction
Stand Your Ground: A Novel
by Victoria Christopher Murray
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Imprint: Touchstone
(Jun 01, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781476792996
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781476792996
Nominee – Fiction
Under the Udala Trees
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Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(Sep 22, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780544003446
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780544003446
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Nominee – Fiction
Mama’s Boy
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Imprint: Gallery Books
(Jul 01, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781476714950
Fiction, Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781476714950
Nominee – Fiction
Driving The King: A Novel
by Ravi Howard
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Imprint: Harper
(Jan 06, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060529611
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060529611
Nominee – Fiction
Ghost Summer: Stories
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Imprint: Prime Books
(Sep 01, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Prime Books
ISBN: 9781607014539
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Prime Books
ISBN: 9781607014539
Winner – Instructional
Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family
by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams
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Imprint: Clarkson Potter
(Feb 03, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780804137935
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780804137935
Nominee – Instructional
Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories
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Imprint: Agate Surrey
(Sep 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Agate Publishing Inc
ISBN: 9781572841734
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Agate Publishing Inc
ISBN: 9781572841734
Nominee – Instructional
Big Words to Little Me: Advice to the Younger Self
by Sakina Ibrahim, Jessie Lee, and Rah Crawford
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Imprint: CreateSpace
(May 26, 2015)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 78 pages
Publisher: On-Demand Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781512388909
Nonfiction, Paperback, 78 pages
Publisher: On-Demand Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781512388909
Nominee – Instructional
Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom
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Imprint: CreateSpace
(Jul 16, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 478 pages
Publisher: On-Demand Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781492769200
Fiction, Paperback, 478 pages
Publisher: On-Demand Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781492769200
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Nominee – Instructional
Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home
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Imprint: Running Press
(Mar 10, 2015)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9780762457557
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9780762457557
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Winner – Nonfiction
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga
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Nominee – Nonfiction
The Light Of The World: A Memoir
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Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
(Apr 21, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9781455599875
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9781455599875
Nominee – Nonfiction
50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership
by Kathey Porter and Andrea Hoffman
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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
(Nov 05, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 178 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781137475015
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 178 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781137475015
Nominee – Nonfiction
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
by Jill Leovy
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Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
(Jan 27, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780385529983
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780385529983
Nominee – Nonfiction
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
by Wil Haygood
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Imprint: Knopf
(Sep 15, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780307957191
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780307957191
Winner – Poetry
How to Be Drawn
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Imprint: William Morrow
(Mar 31, 2015)
Poetry, Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780143126881
Poetry, Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780143126881
Nominee – Poetry
Redbone
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Imprint: Aquarius Press/Willow Books
(Oct 01, 2015)
Poetry, Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: Aquarius Press/Willow Books
ISBN: 9780996139083
Poetry, Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: Aquarius Press/Willow Books
ISBN: 9780996139083
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Nominee – Poetry
Wild Hundreds
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Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
(Sep 09, 2015)
Poetry, Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822963837
Poetry, Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822963837
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Nominee – Poetry
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Ross Gay
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Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
(Jan 07, 2015)
Poetry, Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822963318
Poetry, Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822963318
Nominee – Poetry
Reconnaissance: Poems
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Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
(Sep 01, 2015)
Poetry, Hardcover, 64 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9780374248284
Poetry, Hardcover, 64 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9780374248284
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Winner – Youth/Teens
X: A Novel
by Ilyasah Shabazz, Illustrated by Kekla Magoon
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Imprint: Candlewick Press
(Jan 06, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763669676
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763669676
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Untwine
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Imprint: Scholastic Press
(Sep 29, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780545423038
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780545423038
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Stella by Starlight
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Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
(Jan 06, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781442494978
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781442494978
Nominee – Youth/Teens
You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace
by Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson
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Imprint: CreateSpace
(Sep 29, 2015)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 102 pages
Publisher: On-Demand Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781517594282
Nonfiction, Paperback, 102 pages
Publisher: On-Demand Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781517594282
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Nominee – Youth/Teens
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound
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Imprint: Roaring Brook Press
(Sep 29, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781596439733
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781596439733
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