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 2015
Winner – Biography/Autobiography
Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine
by David Chanoff and Louis Sullivan
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780820346632Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Winner – Biography/Autobiography
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781476737997Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Handbook For An Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata And My Crazy Mother, And Still Came Out Smiling (With Great Hair)
by Rosie Perez
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780307952394Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Stand Up Straight and Sing!
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780544003408Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.
by Marion Barry Jr. and Omar Tyree
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781593095055Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Winner – Children
Dork Diaries 8: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781481421843Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Children
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781442412163Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Children
Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer
by Tonya Bolden, Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781419707926Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Children
Searching For Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl In America
by Tonya Bolden
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781419708466Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Children
Little Melba And Her Big Trombone
by Katheryn Russell-Brown, Illustrated by Frank Morrison
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781600608988Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Winner – Debut Author
Forty Acres: A Novel
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781476730530Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Debut Author
Queen Sugar
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780670026135Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Debut Author
Time of the Locust: A Novel
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781476731353Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Debut Author
The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781939447753Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Debut Author
Remedy for a Broken Angel
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781940503028Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Winner – Fiction
A Wanted Woman
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780525954279Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Fiction
An Untamed State
by Roxane Gay
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780802122513Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Fiction
Another Womans Man (A Gibbons Gold Digger Novel)
by Shelly Ellis
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781410470713Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Fiction
The Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11)
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781455526130Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Fiction
Momma: Gone
by Nina Foxx
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781625174499Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Winner – Instructional
Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life
by Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, and Hilary Beard
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780812984897Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Instructional
Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remix
by Bryant Terry
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781607745310Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Instructional
Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System
by Robbin Shipp and Nick Chiles
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781932841909Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Instructional
101 Scholarship Applications - 2015: What It Takes To Obtain A Debt-Free College Education
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780692360286Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Winner – Nonfiction
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780812994520Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Nonfiction
Bad Feminist: Essays
by Roxane Gay
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780062282712Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Nonfiction
Who We Be: The Colorization of America
by Jeff Chang
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780312571290Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Nonfiction
Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780807086148Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Nonfiction
The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act
by Clay Risen
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781608198245Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Winner – Poetry
Citizen: An American Lyric
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
17-time BLK Bestseller, Poetry
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Poetry
- NYT Best Book of the 21st Century
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
ISBN: 9781555976903Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Poetry
The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780374125615Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Poetry
We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780692273272Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Poetry
The New Testament
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781556594571Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Poetry
Digest (Stahlecker Selections)
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781935536505Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Winner – Youth/Teens
Brown Girl Dreaming
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
2-time BLK Bestseller, Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780399252518Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Youth/Teens
The Red Pencil
by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Illustrated by Shane W. Evans
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780316247801Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Revolution (The Sixties Trilogy)
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780545106078Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Youth/Teens
The Freedom Summer Murders
by Don Mitchell
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780545477253Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America
List Price: $29.95
University of Georgia Press (Feb 01, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780823429219Publisher: University of Georgia Press