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

You my print a list of all the award winning and nominated books. Learn more at the NAACP Image Awards website.

40 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2023

Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

Click for a larger image of Scenes from My Life: A Memoir

Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
by Michael K. Williams

List Price: $28.99
Crown Publishing Group (Aug 23, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

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Walking in My Joy: In These Streets
by Jenifer Lewis

List Price: $28.99
Amistad (Aug 02, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

Click for a larger image of A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story

A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story
by Raphael G. Warnock

List Price: $28.00
Penguin Press (Jun 14, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
by Michelle Obama

7-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)

List Price: $32.50
Crown Publishing Group (Nov 15, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

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You’ve Been Chosen: Thriving Through the Unexpected
by Cynt Marshall

List Price: $28.00
Ballantine Books (Sep 13, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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Nominee - Children

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Stacey’s Remarkable Books
by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery, Illustrated by Kitt Thomas

List Price: $19.99
Balzer + Bray (Dec 13, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Nominee - Children

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Black Gold
by Laura Obuobi, Illustrated by London Ladd

List Price: $18.99
HarperCollins (Oct 11, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Nominee - Children

Click for a larger image of Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
by Jeanne Walker Harvey, Illustrated by Loveis Wise

List Price: $18.99
HarperCollins (Feb 22, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Nominee - Children

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The Year We Learned to Fly
by Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated by Rafael L�pez

3-time National Bestseller, Juvenile Fiction

List Price: $18.99
Nancy Paulsen Books (Jan 04, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Nominee - Children

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Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Illustrated by Daniel Minter

List Price: $18.99
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers (Feb 15, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 40 pages
Target Age Group: Picture Book
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Nominee - Debut Author

Click for a larger image of Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen
by George McCalman

List Price: $39.99
Amistad (Jul 19, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
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Nominee - Debut Author

Click for a larger image of America Made Me a Black Man: A Memoir

America Made Me a Black Man: A Memoir
by Boyah J. Farah

List Price: $26.99
Harper (Sep 06, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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Nominee - Debut Author

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What the Fireflies Knew
by Kai Harris

List Price: $26.00
Tiny Reparations Books (Feb 01, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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Nominee - Debut Author

Click for a larger image of Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation

Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation
by Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, Michelle Higgins

List Price: $26.00
Convergent Books (Apr 26, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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Nominee - Debut Author

Click for a larger image of Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner

Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner
by Kevin Fredericks and Melissa Fredericks

List Price: $26.00
Convergent Books (Sep 13, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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Nominee - Fiction

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Light Skin Gone to Waste
by Toni Ann Johnson

List Price: $22.95
University of Georgia Press (Oct 15, 2022)
Fiction, Paperback
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Nominee - Fiction

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Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction
by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight

List Price: $27.99
Tordotcom (Nov 15, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 528 pages
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Nominee - Fiction

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The Keeper
by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, Illustrated by Bryan Christopher Moss

List Price: $24.99
Harry N. Abrams (Sep 27, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
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Nominee - Fiction

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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
by Akwaeke Emezi

List Price: $27.00
Atria Books (May 24, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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Nominee - Fiction

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Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

List Price: $27.00
Berkley Books (Apr 12, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

Click for a larger image of Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations

Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations
by Tabitha Brown

List Price: $30.00
William Morrow (Oct 04, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

Click for a larger image of Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self

Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self
by Thema Bryant

List Price: $26.00
TarcherPerigee (Mar 15, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

Click for a larger image of The 5 Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self

The 5 Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self
by Khnum �Stic� Ibomu

List Price: $29.00
Balance (Oct 18, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

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Eat Plants, B*tch
by Pinky Cole

List Price: $28.99
Gallery Books/13A (Nov 15, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
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Nominee - Instructional

Click for a larger image of Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration

Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration
by Tracey Michae�l Lewis-Giggetts

List Price: $27.99
Gallery Books (Feb 01, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

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Finding Me: A Memoir
by Viola Davis

List Price: $28.99
HarperOne (Apr 26, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

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Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
by Cody Keenan

List Price: $29.99
Mariner Books (Oct 04, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Click for a larger image of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
by Linda Villarosa

List Price: $30.00
Doubleday (Jun 14, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Click for a larger image of Who’s Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race

Who’s Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Andrew S. Curran

List Price: $29.95
Belknap Press (Mar 22, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

Click for a larger image of Requiem for the Massacre: A Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Requiem for the Massacre: A Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
by RJ Young

List Price: $27.00
Counterpoint (Nov 01, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

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Best Barbarian: Poems
by Roger Reeves

List Price: $26.95
W. W. Norton & Company (Mar 22, 2022)
Poetry, Hardcover, 120 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

Click for a larger image of Bluest Nude: Poems

Bluest Nude: Poems
by Ama Codjoe

List Price: $16.00
Milkweed Editions (Sep 13, 2022)
Poetry, Paperback, 120 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

Click for a larger image of To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness

To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness
by Robin Coste Lewis

List Price: $35.00
Knopf Publishing Group (Dec 06, 2022)
Poetry, Hardcover, 384 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

Click for a larger image of Concentrate: Poems

Concentrate: Poems
by Courtney Faye Taylor

List Price: $17.00
Graywolf Press (Nov 01, 2022)
Poetry, Paperback, 96 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

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Muse Found in a Colonized Body
by Yesenia Montilla

List Price: $17.95
Four Way Books (Sep 15, 2022)
Poetry, Paperback, 108 pages
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Nominee - Youth/Teens

Click for a larger image of Inheritance: A Visual Poem

Inheritance: A Visual Poem
by Elizabeth Acevedo, Illustrated by Andrea Pippins

List Price: $16.99
Quill Tree Books (May 03, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 48 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Nominee - Youth/Teens

Click for a larger image of Maybe an Artist, a Graphic Memoir

Maybe an Artist, a Graphic Memoir
by Liz Montague

List Price: $24.99
Random House Studio (Oct 18, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Nominee - Youth/Teens

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Cookies & Milk
by Shawn Amos

List Price: $16.99
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (May 24, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Nominee - Youth/Teens

Click for a larger image of Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama

Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama
by Ashley Woodfolk

List Price: $19.99
Feiwel & Friends (Sep 27, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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Nominee - Youth/Teens

Click for a larger image of Me and White Supremacy (Young Readers’)

Me and White Supremacy (Young Readers’)
by Layla Saad

List Price: $17.99
Sourcebooks Explore (Feb 01, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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