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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45 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2024

Winner – Biography/Autobiography

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

by Joy-Ann Reid

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Do It Anyway: Don’t Give Up Before It Gets Good

Do It Anyway: Don’t Give Up Before It Gets Good

by Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Lovely One: A Memoir

Lovely One: A Memoir

by Ketanji Brown Jackson

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words

By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words

by Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins

Nominee – Biography/Autobiography

Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

by Whoopi Goldberg

Winner – Children

You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!): A Lil Tj Book

You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!): A Lil Tj Book

by Taraji P. Henson, Illustrated by Paul Kellam

Nominee – Children

All I Need to Be

All I Need to Be

by Rachel Ricketts

Nominee – Children

Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair

Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair

by Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Nominee – Children

My Hair Is a Book

My Hair Is a Book

by Maisha Oso, Illustrated by London Ladd

Nominee – Children

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

by Renée Watson, Illustrated by Sherry Shine

Winner – Debut Author

Grown Women

Grown Women

by Sarai Johnson

Nominee – Debut Author

A Kind of Madness

A Kind of Madness

by Uche Okonkwo

Nominee – Debut Author

Swift River

Swift River

by Essie Chambers

Nominee – Debut Author

Masquerade

Masquerade

by O.O. Sangoyomi

Nominee – Debut Author

Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture

Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture

by Shirley Neal

Winner – Fiction

One of Us Knows: A Thriller

One of Us Knows: A Thriller

Nominee – Fiction

Grown Women

Grown Women

by Sarai Johnson

Nominee – Fiction

What You Leave Behind

What You Leave Behind

by Wanda M. Morris

Nominee – Fiction

Neighbors and Other Stories

Neighbors and Other Stories

by Diane Oliver

Nominee – Fiction

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Tia Williams

Winner – Graphic Novel

Punk Rock Karaoke

Punk Rock Karaoke

by Bianca Xunise

Nominee – Graphic Novel

Ghost Roast

Ghost Roast

by Shawnee Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs, Illustrated by Emily Cannon

Nominee – Graphic Novel

Gamerville

Gamerville

by Johnnie Christmas

Nominee – Graphic Novel

Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined

Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined

by David F. Walker

Nominee – Graphic Novel

Black Defender: The Awakening

Black Defender: The Awakening

by David Washington

Winner – Instructional

Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair

Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair

by Tomesha Faxio

Nominee – Instructional

Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience

Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Inner Resilience

by Rebecca Moore

Nominee – Instructional

Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight

Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight

by Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts

Nominee – Instructional

Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us

Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us

by Chante Griffin

Nominee – Instructional

I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free

I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free

by Tabitha Brown

Winner – Nonfiction

Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest

Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest

Nominee – Nonfiction

Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World

Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World

by Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Steven Conn, Daniela Edmeier, and Damarius Johnson

Nominee – Nonfiction

A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune

A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune

by Noliwe Rooks

Nominee – Nonfiction

The 1619 Project a Visual Experience

The 1619 Project a Visual Experience

by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nominee – Nonfiction

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America

Winner – Poetry

This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets

This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets

by Kwame Alexander

Nominee – Poetry

Good Dress

Good Dress

by Brittany Rogers

Nominee – Poetry

Song of My Softening

Song of My Softening

by Omotara James

Nominee – Poetry

Bluff: Poems

Bluff: Poems

Nominee – Poetry

Load in Nine Times: Poems

Load in Nine Times: Poems

by Frank X. Walker

Winner – Youth/Teens

Brushed Between Cultures

Brushed Between Cultures

by Samarra St. Hilaire

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Clutch Time: A Shot Clock Novel

Clutch Time: A Shot Clock Novel

by Caron Butler and justin a. reynolds

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo

Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo

by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi, Illustrated by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson

Nominee – Youth/Teens

Black Star

by Kwame Alexander

Nominee – Youth/Teens

American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky

American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky

by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein