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 2020

Winner – Biography/Autobiography

More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)

by Elaine Welteroth

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

My Name Is Prince

My Name Is Prince

by Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

The Beautiful Ones

The Beautiful Ones

by Prince Rogers Nelson

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward

Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward

by Valerie Jarrett

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

by Cyntoia Brown-Long

Winner – Children

Sulwe

Sulwe

by Lupita Nyong’o, Illustrated by Vashti Harrison

Nominee – Children

Ruby Finds a Worry

Ruby Finds a Worry

by Tom Percival

Nominee – Children

Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment

Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment

by Parker Curry and Jessica Curry, Illustrated by Brittany Jackson

Nominee – Children

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

by Barry Wittenstein, Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Nominee – Children

Hair Love

Hair Love

by Matthew A. Cherry, Illustrated by Vashti Harrison

Winner – Debut Author

I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer

I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer

by Hal Banfield

Nominee – Debut Author

The Farm

The Farm

by Joanne Ramos

Nominee – Debut Author

More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty

More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty

by Erica Campbell

Nominee – Debut Author

Such a Fun Age

Such a Fun Age

Winner – Fiction

The Revisioners

The Revisioners

by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Nominee – Fiction

The Water Dancer

The Water Dancer

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nominee – Fiction

Red at the Bone

Red at the Bone

by Jacqueline Woodson

Nominee – Fiction

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

by Margaret Busby

Nominee – Fiction

Out of Darkness, Shining Light

Out of Darkness, Shining Light

by Petina Gappah

Winner – Instructional

Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America

Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America

by Karen Arrington

Nominee – Instructional

Inspire Your Home: Easy Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous

Inspire Your Home: Easy Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous

Nominee – Instructional

Letters to the Finishers (who struggle to finish)

Letters to the Finishers (who struggle to finish)

by Candace E. Wilkins

Nominee – Instructional

More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty

More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True Beauty

by Erica Campbell

Nominee – Instructional

Vegetables Unleashed: A Cookbook

Vegetables Unleashed: A Cookbook

by Jose Andres and Matt Goulding

Nominee – Nonfiction

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

Nominee – Nonfiction

The Yellow House: A Memoir

The Yellow House: A Memoir

by Sarah M. Broom

Nominee – Nonfiction

Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Nominee – Nonfiction

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

Winner – Poetry

Felon: Poems

Felon: Poems

by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Nominee – Poetry

Mistress

Mistress

by Chet’la Sebree

Nominee – Poetry

Honeyfish

Honeyfish

by Lauren K. Alleyne

Nominee – Poetry

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland

by Damaris B. Hill

Nominee – Poetry

The Tradition

The Tradition

by Jericho Brown

Winner – Youth/Teens

Around Harvard Square

Around Harvard Square

by Christopher John Farley

Nominee – Youth/Teens

The Forgotten Girl

The Forgotten Girl

by India Hill Brown

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk

Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk

by Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze

Nominee – Youth/Teens

I’m Not Dying with You Tonight

I’m Not Dying with You Tonight

by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Hot Comb

Hot Comb

by Ebony Flowers

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