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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Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Debut Author Biography/Autobiography Children Youth/Teens Instructional Graphic Novel
Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Debut Author Biography/Autobiography Children Youth/Teens Instructional Graphic Novel
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
ISBN: 9780307382467Publisher: Penguin Random House
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
ISBN: 9781592406579Publisher: Penguin Random House
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
ISBN: 9781592407101Publisher: Penguin Random House
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
ISBN: 9781594204203Publisher: Penguin Random House
Winner – Children
What Color Is My World?: The Lost History Of African-American Inventors
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
List Price: $17.99
Candlewick Press (Jan 03, 2012)
Picture Book, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 44 pages
ISBN: 9780763645649Publisher: Candlewick Press
Nominee – Children
Indigo Blume And The Garden City
Word of Mouth Books/Capital BookFest (Sep 01, 2012)
Picture Book, Fiction, Paperback, 28 pages
ISBN: 9781888018981Publisher: Word of Mouth Books/Capital BookFest
Nominee – Children
Harlem’s Little Blackbird
by Renée Watson, Illustrated by Christian Robinson
List Price: $17.99
Random House Books for Young Readers (Oct 23, 2012)
Picture Book, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN: 9780375869730Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Children
Fifty Cents And A Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
by Jabari Asim
List Price: $16.99
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Dec 04, 2012)
Picture Book, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 48 pages
ISBN: 9780316086578Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Nominee – Children
In the Land of Milk and Honey
List Price: $16.99
Amistad (Sep 18, 2012)
Picture Book, Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
ISBN: 9780060253837Publisher: HarperCollins
Winner – Debut Author
Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words
List Price: $9.95
iUniverse (Jun 26, 2012)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 64 pages
ISBN: 9781475930801Publisher: Author Solutions
Nominee – Debut Author
Antebellum a Novel
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
ISBN: 9780984666300Publisher: Genet Press
Nominee – Debut Author
The Sister Accord: 51 Ways to Love Your Sister
List Price: $24.99
Sister Accord (Jan 27, 2012)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 135 pages
ISBN: 9780615530079Publisher: Sister Accord
Nominee – Debut Author
A Cupboard Full of Coats: A Novel
List Price: $14.99
Amistad (Jul 31, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 272 pages
ISBN: 9780062183736Publisher: HarperCollins
Winner – Fiction
The Reverend’ss Wife (Reverend Curtis Black #9)
List Price: $24.99
Grand Central Publishing (May 01, 2012)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
ISBN: 9780446572477Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Nominee – Fiction
Silent Cry (Zane Presents)
Strebor Books (Jan 01, 2012)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
ISBN: 9781620907214Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Nominee – Fiction
The Secret She Kept
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Gallery Books (Jan 01, 2012)
Fiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
ISBN: 9781620901724Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Nominee – Fiction
Destiny’s Divas: A Novel
by Victoria Christopher Murray
List Price: $15.00
Touchstone (Jun 05, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
ISBN: 9781451650464Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Nominee – Fiction
A Wish and a Prayer: A Blessings Novel (Blessings Series)
List Price: $13.99
William Morrow Paperbacks (Apr 10, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
ISBN: 9780061990809Publisher: HarperCollins
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
ISBN: 9781401936952Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Instructional
The No Excuse Guide To Success: No Matter What Your Boss--Or Life--Throws At You
by Jim Smith
List Price: $14.99
Career Press (Jun 22, 2012)
Nonfiction, Paperback
ISBN: 9781601632128Publisher: Career Press
Nominee – Instructional
It’s Complicated (But It Doesn’t Have to Be): A Modern Guide to Finding and Keeping Love
List Price: $22.50
Avery (Oct 11, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
ISBN: 9781592407699Publisher: Penguin Random House
Nominee – Instructional
Formula 50: A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan That Will Transform Your Life
List Price: $30.00
Avery (Dec 27, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
ISBN: 9781583335024Publisher: Penguin Random House
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
List Price: $19.95
The Pickett-Fennell Group (Nov 23, 2009)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 90 pages
ISBN: 9780615338255Publisher: The Pickett-Fennell Group
Winner – Nonfiction
The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
List Price: $28.95
Doubleday (Sep 18, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
ISBN: 9780385527200Publisher: Penguin Random House
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
ISBN: 9780385524742Publisher: Penguin Random House
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 Book Company (Jan 10, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
ISBN: 9781416575009Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Nominee – Nonfiction
Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation
List Price: $26.00
Atria Books (May 08, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
ISBN: 9781439169810Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Nominee – Nonfiction
The Courage To Hope: How I Stood Up To The Politics Of Fear
List Price: $24.99
Atria Books (Aug 28, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
ISBN: 9781451650945Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Winner – Poetry
Speak Water
by Truth Thomas
List Price: $7.99
Cherry Castle Publishing (Jun 12, 2012)
Poetry, Kindle eBook, 96 pages
Publisher: Cherry Castle Publishing
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
ISBN: 9780944048016Publisher: Virtual Artists Collective
Nominee – Poetry
Thrall: Poems
List Price: $23.00
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Aug 28, 2012)
Poetry, Hardcover, 96 pages
ISBN: 9780547571607Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominee – Poetry
The Ground: Poems
List Price: $23.00
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (May 22, 2012)
Poetry, Hardcover, 96 pages
ISBN: 9780374167080Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Nominee – Poetry
Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems (National Poetry)
List Price: $13.99
Harper Perennial (Oct 23, 2012)
Poetry, Paperback, 96 pages
ISBN: 9780062191014Publisher: HarperCollins
Winner – Youth/Teens
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders
by Barack Obama and Gregory Reed
List Price: $19.95
Amber Books (Oct 15, 2012)
Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Paperback, 318 pages
ISBN: 9781937269388Publisher: Amber Communications Group
Nominee – Youth/Teens
The Mighty Miss Malone
List Price: $15.99
Wendy Lamb Books (Jan 10, 2012)
Middle Grade, Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
ISBN: 9780385734912Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Pinned
List Price: $17.99
Scholastic Press (Oct 01, 2012)
Middle Grade, Fiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
ISBN: 9780545057189Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Fire in the Streets
by Kekla Magoon
List Price: $7.99
Aladdin (Aug 27, 2013)
Middle Grade, Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
ISBN: 9781442422315Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Nominee – Youth/Teens
The Diary Of B. B. Bright, Possible Princess
by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams, Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
List Price: $19.95
Turner (Sep 25, 2012)
Middle Grade, Fiction, Hardcover, 192 pages
ISBN: 9781618580153Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
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