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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 2024
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Do It Anyway: Don’t Give Up Before It Gets Good
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Imprint: WaterBrook Press
(May 07, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593600870
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593600870
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Lovely One: A Memoir
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Imprint: Random House
(Sep 03, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593729908
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593729908
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words
by Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins
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Imprint: Forefront Books
(Apr 23, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Forefront Books
ISBN: 9781637633007
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Forefront Books
ISBN: 9781637633007
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
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Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
(May 08, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 258 pages
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 258 pages
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Nominee – Children
All I Need to Be
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Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
(Apr 02, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781534478329
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781534478329
Nominee – Children
Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
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Imprint: Candlewick Press (MA)
(Sep 03, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763697945
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763697945
Nominee – Children
My Hair Is a Book
by Maisha Oso, Illustrated by London Ladd
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Imprint: HarperCollins
(Sep 17, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063249103
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063249103
Nominee – Children
Cicely Tyson
by Renée Watson, Illustrated by Sherry Shine
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Imprint: Amistad Books for Young Readers
(Nov 05, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 48 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063219991
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 48 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063219991
Nominee – Debut Author
A Kind of Madness
by Uche Okonkwo
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Imprint: Tin House Books
(Apr 16, 2024)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 9781959030386
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 9781959030386
Nominee – Debut Author
Swift River
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Imprint: Simon & Schuster
(Jun 04, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781668027912
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781668027912
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Nominee – Debut Author
Masquerade
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Imprint: Forge
(Jul 29, 2025)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781250904317
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781250904317
Nominee – Debut Author
Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture
by Shirley Neal
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Imprint: Amistad
(Nov 26, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063080836
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063080836
Nominee – Fiction
Grown Women
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Imprint: Harper
(Jul 09, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063294431
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063294431
Nominee – Fiction
What You Leave Behind
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Imprint: William Morrow & Company
(Jun 18, 2024)
Fiction, Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063322219
Fiction, Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063322219
Nominee – Fiction
Neighbors and Other Stories
by Diane Oliver
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Imprint: Grove Press
(Feb 13, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Grove Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 9780802161314
Fiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Grove Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 9780802161314
Nominee – Fiction
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
by Tia Williams
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Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
(Feb 06, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9781538726709
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9781538726709
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Nominee – Graphic Novel
Black Defender: The Awakening
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Imprint: Washington & Company
(May 24, 2024)
Fiction, Paperback, 108 pages
Publisher: Washington & Company
Fiction, Paperback, 108 pages
Publisher: Washington & Company
Nominee – Graphic Novel
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined
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Imprint: Ten Speed Graphic
(Oct 15, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593836118
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593836118
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Nominee – Graphic Novel
Ghost Roast
by Shawnee Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs, Illustrated by Emily Cannon
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Imprint: Versify
(Jan 02, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780358141815
Fiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780358141815
Nominee – Graphic Novel
Gamerville
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Imprint: HarperAlley
(Jul 16, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063056824
Fiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063056824
Winner – Instructional
Historically Black Phrases: From “I Ain’t One of Your Lil’ Friends” to “Who All Gon’ Be There?”
by jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson
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Imprint: Ten Speed Press
(Sep 19, 2023)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781984861719
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781984861719
Nominee – Instructional
I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free
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Imprint: William Morrow & Company
(Jan 30, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063286115
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063286115
Nominee – Instructional
Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us
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Imprint: PRH Christian Publishing
(Jun 04, 2024)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593445594
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593445594
Nominee – Instructional
Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight
by Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
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Imprint: Ink & Willow
(Oct 29, 2024)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593796795
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593796795
Nominee – Instructional
Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience
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Imprint: Leaping Hare Press
(Jul 09, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 144 pages
Publisher: The Quarto Group
ISBN: 9780711294219
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 144 pages
Publisher: The Quarto Group
ISBN: 9780711294219
Nominee – Nonfiction
Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World
by Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Steven Conn, Daniela Edmeier, and Damarius Johnson
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Imprint: Abrams Books
(Nov 12, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 9781419769559
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 9781419769559
Nominee – Nonfiction
A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
by Noliwe Rooks
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Imprint: Penguin Press
(Jul 23, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593492420
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593492420
Nominee – Nonfiction
The 1619 Project a Visual Experience
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Imprint: Clarkson Potter
(Oct 22, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593232255
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593232255
Nominee – Nonfiction
The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
by Larry Tye
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Imprint: Mariner Books
(May 07, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780358380436
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780358380436
Nominee – Poetry
Good Dress
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Imprint: Tin House Books
(Oct 15, 2024)
Poetry, Paperback, 104 pages
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 9781959030836
Poetry, Paperback, 104 pages
Publisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 9781959030836
Nominee – Poetry
Song of My Softening
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Imprint: Alice James Books
(Feb 13, 2024)
Poetry, Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Alice James Books
ISBN: 9781948579247
Poetry, Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Alice James Books
ISBN: 9781948579247
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Nominee – Poetry
Bluff: Poems
by Danez Smith
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Imprint: Graywolf Press
(Aug 20, 2024)
Poetry, Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 9781644452981
Poetry, Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 9781644452981
Nominee – Poetry
Load in Nine Times: Poems
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Imprint: Liveright Publishing Corporation
(Oct 01, 2024)
Poetry, Hardcover, 144 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9781324094937
Poetry, Hardcover, 144 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9781324094937
Winner – Youth/Teens
Everyone’s Thinking It
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Imprint: HarperCollins
(Sep 05, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063225671
Fiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063225671
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Clutch Time: A Shot Clock Novel
by Caron Butler and justin a. reynolds
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Imprint: Katherine Tegen Books
(Sep 03, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063069640
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063069640
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi, Illustrated by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson
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Imprint: Amistad Books for Young Readers
(Jan 23, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063098336
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063098336
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Black Star
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Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
(Sep 24, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9780316442596
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9780316442596
Nominee – Youth/Teens
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
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Imprint: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
(Jan 16, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593323984
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593323984
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