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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39 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2013

Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, And The Real Count Of Monte Cristo
by Tom Reiss

List Price: $27.00
Crown (Sep 18, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
by RJ Smith

List Price: $27.50
Gotham (Mar 15, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 464 pages
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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
by Will Allen

List Price: $26.00
Gotham (May 10, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

Interventions: A Life in War and Peace
by Kofi Annan

List Price: $36.00
Penguin Press (Sep 04, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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Winner - Children

Nominee - Children

In the Land of Milk and Honey
by Joyce Carol Thomas

List Price: $16.99
Amistad (Sep 18, 2012)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Nominee - Children

Nominee - Children

Nominee - Children

Winner - Debut Author

Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words
by Darryl L. Lacy

List Price: $9.95
iUniverse (Jun 26, 2012)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 64 pages
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Nominee - Debut Author

The Sister Accord: 51 Ways to Love Your Sister
by Sonia Jackson Myles

List Price: $24.99
Sister Accord (Jan 27, 2012)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 135 pages
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Nominee - Debut Author

Congo: Spirit of Darkness (Volume 1)
by Mayi Ngwala and Allain Ngwala

List Price: $12.99
Genet Press (Oct 30, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 346 pages
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Nominee - Debut Author

Nominee - Debut Author

A Cupboard Full of Coats: A Novel
by Yvvette Edwards

List Price: $14.99
Amistad (Jul 31, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 272 pages
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Winner - Fiction

Nominee - Fiction

Nominee - Fiction

A Wish and a Prayer: A Blessings Novel (Blessings Series)
by Beverly Jenkins

List Price: $13.99
William Morrow Paperbacks (Apr 10, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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Nominee - Fiction



The Secret She Kept


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Nominee - Fiction

Winner - Instructional

Health First!: The Black Woman’s Wellness Guide
by Eleanor Hinton Hoytt and Hilary Beard

List Price: $27.95
SmileyBooks (Feb 01, 2012)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 400 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

Nominee - Instructional

12 Ways to Put Money in Your Pocket Every Month Without a Part-Time Job, the Skinny Book That Makes Your Wallet Fat
by Jennifer S. Matthews

List Price: $19.95
The Pickett-Fennell Group (Nov 23, 2009)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 90 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

It’s Complicated (But It Doesn’t Have to Be): A Modern Guide to Finding and Keeping Love
by Paul Carrick Brunson

List Price: $22.50
Avery (Oct 11, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

Formula 50: A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan That Will Transform Your Life
by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson

List Price: $30.00
Avery (Dec 27, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
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Winner - Nonfiction

The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
by Jeffrey Toobin

List Price: $28.95
Doubleday (Sep 18, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Fraternity: In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history.
by Diane Brady

List Price: $25.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jan 03, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Power Concedes Nothing: One Woman’s Quest for Social Justice in America, from the Courtroom to the Kill Zones
by Connie Rice

List Price: $26.00
Scribner (Jan 10, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation
by Deborah Davis

List Price: $26.00
Atria Books (May 08, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Winner - Poetry

Nominee - Poetry

Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems (National Poetry)
by Marcus Wicker

List Price: $13.99
Harper Perennial (Oct 23, 2012)
Poetry, Paperback, 96 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

Nominee - Poetry

Nominee - Poetry

Hurrah’s Nest (Cedar Tick Natural History Chapbook)
by Arisa White

List Price: $15.00
Virtual Artists Collective (Feb 03, 2012)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 80 pages
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Winner - Youth/Teens

Nominee - Youth/Teens

Nominee - Youth/Teens

Nominee - Youth/Teens

Fire in the Streets
by Kekla Magoon

List Price: $7.99
Aladdin (Aug 27, 2013)
Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Nominee - Youth/Teens