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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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39 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2016

Winner – Biography/Autobiography
Between The World And Me

Between The World And Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages

5-time BLK Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)

ISBN: 9780812993547Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Biography/Autobiography
After The Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye

After The Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye

by Jan Gaye and David Ritz

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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

One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York

by Arthur Browne

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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

Power Forward: My Presidential Education

by Reggie Love

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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

Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

by Carole Boston Weatherford

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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

If You Plant a Seed

by Kadir Nelson

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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

Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts

by Nikki Grimes

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780439793384Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Children
Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box

Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box

by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780763665937Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Children
New Shoes

New Shoes

by Susan Meyer

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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

The Fishermen: A Novel

by Chigozie Obioma

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780316338370Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Debut Author
The Turner House

The Turner House

by Angela Flournoy

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
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

The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America

by April Ryan

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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

The Star Side of Bird Hill

by Naomi Jackson

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
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

The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken

by Wendell Pierce and Rod Dreher

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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

Stand Your Ground: A Novel

by Victoria Christopher Murray

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781476792996Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Fiction
Driving The King: A Novel

Driving The King: A Novel

by Ravi Howard

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780060529611Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Fiction
Under the Udala Trees

Under the Udala Trees

by Chinelo Okparanta

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780544003446Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Fiction
Mama’s Boy

Mama’s Boy

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781476714950Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Fiction
Ghost Summer: Stories

Ghost Summer: Stories

by Tananarive Due

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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

Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family

by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780804137935Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Instructional
Big Words to Little Me: Advice to the Younger Self

Big Words to Little Me: Advice to the Younger Self

by Sakina Ibrahim, Jessie Lee, and Rah Crawford

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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

Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home

by Egypt Sherrod

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780762457557Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Instructional
Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom

Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom

by Cortez R. Rainey

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781492769200Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Instructional
Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories

Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories

by Jocelyn Delk Adams

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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

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga

by Pamela Newkirk

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780062201003Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Nonfiction
50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership

50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership

by Kathey Porter and Andrea Hoffman

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781137475015Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Nonfiction
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

by Wil Haygood

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780307957191Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Nonfiction
The Light Of The World: A Memoir

The Light Of The World: A Memoir

by Elizabeth Alexander

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781455599875Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Nonfiction
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

by Jill Leovy

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780385529983Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Winner – Poetry
How to Be Drawn

How to Be Drawn

by Terrance Hayes

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780143126881Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Poetry
Reconnaissance: Poems

Reconnaissance: Poems

by Carl Phillips

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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)

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series)

by Ross Gay

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages

16-time BLK Bestseller, Poetry

ISBN: 9780822963318Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Poetry
Wild Hundreds

Wild Hundreds

by Nate Marshall

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780822963837Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Poetry
Redbone

Redbone

by Mahogany L. Browne

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780996139083Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Winner – Youth/Teens
X: A Novel

X: A Novel

by Ilyasah Shabazz, Illustrated by Kekla Magoon

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780763669676Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Youth/Teens
Untwine

Untwine

by Edwidge Danticat

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9780545423038Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Youth/Teens
Stella by Starlight

Stella by Starlight

by Sharon M. Draper

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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

You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace

by Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781517594282Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Nominee – Youth/Teens
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound

Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

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Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
ISBN: 9781596439733Publisher: Penguin Random House

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