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 2016
Winner – Biography/Autobiography
Between The World And Me
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
5-time BLK Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- A New York Times Notable Book of 2015
- 10 Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
- A 1 Time Powerlist Bestseller
- Selected for 2 Book Club Reading Lists
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2015
- National Book Award Honor 2015
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist/Winner 2016
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
ISBN: 9780812993547Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
After The Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780062135513Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780807012604Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
Power Forward: My Presidential Education
by Reggie Love
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781476763347Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Winner – Children
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780807530177Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Children
If You Plant a Seed
by Kadir Nelson
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780062298898Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Children
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
by Nikki Grimes
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780439793384Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
Nominee – Children
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780763665937Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Children
New Shoes
by Susan Meyer
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780823425280Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Winner – Debut Author
The Fishermen: A Novel
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- A New York Times Notable Book of 2015
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
- Selected for 1 Book Club Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Honored Book 2016
ISBN: 9780316338370Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Debut Author
The Turner House
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- A New York Times Notable Book of 2015
- A 1 Time Powerlist Bestseller
- 2016 BCALA Literary Award
- National Book Award Honor 2015
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Honored Book 2016
ISBN: 9780544303164Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Debut Author
The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America
by April Ryan
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781442238411Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Debut Author
The Star Side of Bird Hill
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- 2016 BCALA Literary Award
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Honored Book 2016
ISBN: 9781594205958Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Debut Author
The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken
by Wendell Pierce and Rod Dreher
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781594633232Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Winner – Fiction
Stand Your Ground: A Novel
by Victoria Christopher Murray
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
- A 1 Time Powerlist Bestseller
- Selected for 5 Book Club Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
ISBN: 9781476792996Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Stand Your Ground: A Novel
Nominee – Fiction
Driving The King: A Novel
by Ravi Howard
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780060529611Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Driving The King: A Novel
Nominee – Fiction
Under the Udala Trees
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780544003446Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Fiction
Mama’s Boy
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
- A 1 Time Powerlist Bestseller
- Selected for 1 Book Club Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
ISBN: 9781476714950Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Fiction
Ghost Summer: Stories
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781607014539Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Winner – Instructional
Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family
by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780804137935Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family
Nominee – Instructional
Big Words to Little Me: Advice to the Younger Self
by Sakina Ibrahim, Jessie Lee, and Rah Crawford
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781512388909Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Instructional
Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780762457557Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home
Nominee – Instructional
Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781492769200Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom
Nominee – Instructional
Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781572841734Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Winner – Nonfiction
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- 2016 BCALA Literary Award
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Honored Book 2016
ISBN: 9780062201003Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga
Nominee – Nonfiction
50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership
by Kathey Porter and Andrea Hoffman
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781137475015Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Nominee – Nonfiction
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
by Wil Haygood
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780307957191Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
Nominee – Nonfiction
The Light Of The World: A Memoir
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist/Winner 2016
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Honored Book 2016
ISBN: 9781455599875Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of The Light Of The World: A Memoir
Nominee – Nonfiction
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
by Jill Leovy
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780385529983Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Winner – Poetry
How to Be Drawn
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- National Book Award Honor 2015
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Honored Book 2016
ISBN: 9780143126881Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Poetry
Reconnaissance: Poems
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780374248284Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Poetry
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Ross Gay
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
17-time BLK Bestseller, Poetry
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
- National Book Award Honor 2015
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Honored Book 2016
ISBN: 9780822963318Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series)
Nominee – Poetry
Wild Hundreds
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780822963837Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Poetry
Redbone
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780996139083Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Winner – Youth/Teens
X: A Novel
by Ilyasah Shabazz, Illustrated by Kekla Magoon
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
- National Book Award Honor 2015
- Coretta Scott King Award Winning Book 2016
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
ISBN: 9780763669676Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of X: A Novel
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Untwine
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780545423038Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Youth/Teens
Stella by Starlight
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781442494978Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Nominee – Youth/Teens
You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace
by Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781517594282Publisher: Penguin Random House
Read Our Review of You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace
Nominee – Youth/Teens
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound
List Price: $26.00
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781596439733Publisher: Penguin Random House
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