NAACP Image Awards Winners and Nominees
In 2023, the NAACP celebrates the 54th anniversary of Image Awards. There are 5 titles nominated in eight literature categories; Biography/Autobiography, Children, Debut Author, Fiction,
Instructional, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Youth/Teens
9 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2017
Winner - Biography/Autobiography
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2019 Children’s Africana Book Award Winner or Honoree
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2017
Publication Date: Nov 15, 2016
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780399588174
Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Winner - Children
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
by Gwendolyn Hooks
Publication Date: May 15, 2016
List Price: $18.95
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9781620141564
Imprint: Lee & Low Books
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Parent Company: Lee & Low Books
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Winner - Debut Author
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2019 Children’s Africana Book Award Winner or Honoree
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2017
Publication Date: Nov 15, 2016
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780399588174
Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Winner - Fiction
The Book of Harlan
by Bernice L. McFadden
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 3 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2017 American Book Award
Publication Date: May 03, 2016
List Price: $32.95
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617754456
Imprint: Akashic Books
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books
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Winner - Instructional
The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
by Daymond John
Publication Date: Jan 19, 2016
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781101903599
Imprint: Crown Business
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Winner - Nonfiction
Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2017 BCALA Literary Award
Publication Date: Sep 06, 2016
List Price: $27.99
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780062363596
Imprint: William Morrow
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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Winner - Poetry
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
by Rita Dove
Publication Date: May 17, 2016
List Price: $39.95
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780393285949
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Nominee - Poetry
Thief in the Interior
by Phillip B. Williams
Publication Date: Jan 12, 2016
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 100 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781938584176
Imprint: Alice James Books
Publisher: Alice James Books
Parent Company: University of Maine at Farmington
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Winner - Youth/Teens
As Brave As You
by Jason Reynolds
- A Top 150 Children’s Book
- 4 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Coretta Scott King Award Winning Book 2017
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2016
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Publication Date: May 03, 2016
List Price: $19.99
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9781481415903
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation