NAACP Image Awards Winners and Nominees

NAACP Image Award LogoThe NAACP Image Awards nominates five books in nine categories for Outstanding Literature: Biography/Autobiography, Children, Debut Author, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Instructional, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Youth/Teens

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45 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2024

Winner - Biography/Autobiography

Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

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

List Price: $26.00
Forefront Books (Apr 23, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

Winner - Children

Nominee - Children

Nominee - Children

My Hair Is a Book
by Maisha Oso, Illustrated by London Ladd

List Price: $19.99
HarperCollins (Sep 17, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Nominee - Children

Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by Ekua Holmes

List Price: $18.99
Candlewick Press (MA) (Sep 03, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Nominee - Children

Winner - Debut Author

Nominee - Debut Author

Nominee - Debut Author

Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture
by Shirley Neal

List Price: $50.00 Now Only $45.99!
Amistad (Nov 26, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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Nominee - Debut Author

Nominee - Debut Author

Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us
by Chante Griffin

List Price: $17.00
PRH Christian Publishing (Jun 04, 2024)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
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Winner - Fiction

Nominee - Fiction

Nominee - Fiction

Nominee - Fiction

Nominee - Fiction

Winner - Graphic Novel

Nominee - Graphic Novel

Nominee - Graphic Novel

Nominee - Graphic Novel

Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined
by David F. Walker

List Price: $35.00
Ten Speed Graphic (Oct 15, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Nominee - Graphic Novel

Winner - Instructional

Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair
by Tomesha Faxio

List Price: $30.00
Clarkson Potter (Apr 02, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

Nominee - Instructional

Nominee - Instructional

Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight
by Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts

List Price: $18.00
Ink & Willow (Oct 29, 2024)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 224 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience
by Rebecca Moore

List Price: $20.00
Leaping Hare Press (Jul 09, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 144 pages
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Winner - Nonfiction

Nominee - Nonfiction

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
by Larry Tye

3-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)

List Price: $32.50
Mariner Books (May 07, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Nominee - Nonfiction

A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
by Noliwe Rooks

List Price: $28.00
Penguin Press (Jul 23, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World
by Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Steven Conn, Daniela Edmeier, and Damarius Johnson

List Price: $40.00
Abrams Books (Nov 12, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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Winner - Poetry

Nominee - Poetry

Nominee - Poetry

Nominee - Poetry

Nominee - Poetry

Winner - Youth/Teens

Nominee - Youth/Teens

Nominee - Youth/Teens

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

List Price: $19.99
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (Jan 16, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Nominee - Youth/Teens