NAACP Image Awards Winners and Nominees
The NAACP Image Awards nominates five books in nine categories for Outstanding Literature: Biography/Autobiography, Children, Debut Author, Fiction, Graphic Novel, 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
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- 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
Spiegel & Grau (Nov 15, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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Winner - Children
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
by Gwendolyn Hooks
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Lee & Low Books (May 15, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Winner - Debut Author
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- 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
Spiegel & Grau (Nov 15, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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Winner - Fiction
The Book of Harlan
by Bernice L. McFadden
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2017 American Book Award
Akashic Books (May 03, 2016)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
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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
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Crown Business (Jan 19, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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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
William Morrow (Sep 06, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
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Winner - Poetry
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
by Rita Dove
- A Top 10 Book in the “Poetry Books of the 21st Century” Category
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
W. W. Norton & Company (May 17, 2016)
Poetry, Hardcover, 448 pages
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Nominee - Poetry
Thief in the Interior
by Phillip B. Williams
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Alice James Books (Jan 12, 2016)
Poetry, Paperback, 100 pages
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Winner - Youth/Teens
As Brave As You
by Jason Reynolds
- A Top 150 Children’s Book
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- Coretta Scott King Award Winning Book 2017
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2016
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (May 03, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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