NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work2016

Given by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Other Names: Image Award, NAACP Image Award Finalist, NAACP Image award in children’s literature, NAACP Image for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work, , Outstanding Literary Work for Children by the NAACP
39 Works / 40 Items 17,900 Books 1,005 Reviews 4.2
Stages:
All, Winner (135), Nominee (583)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (45), 2023 (40), 2022 (40), 2021 (40), 2020 (40), 2019 (40), 2018 (40), 2017 (40), 2016 (40), 2015 (40), 2014 (21), 2013 (33), 2012 (33), 2011 (13), 2010 (9), 2009 (2), 2008 (15), 2007 (14), 2006 (11), 2005 (3), 2004 (6), 2003 (6), 2002 (2), 2001 (1), 1999 (3), 1996 (2), 1994 (1)
Announced:
March 15: Winner2024 Recent
January 25: Nominee2024 Recent

Winner 8

WorkCategoryYear
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBiography/Autobiography2016
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordChildren2016
The Fishermen by Chigozie ObiomaDebut Author2016
Stand Your Ground: A Novel by Victoria Christopher MurrayFiction2016
Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family by Alice RandallInstructional2016
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela NewkirkNonfiction2016
How to Be Drawn (Poets, Penguin) by Terrance HayesPoetry2016
X: A Novel by Ilyasah ShabazzYouth/Teens2016

Nominee 40

WorkCategoryYear
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesBiography/Autobiography2016
One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York by Arthur BrowneBiography/Autobiography2016
After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye by Jan GayeBiography/Autobiography2016
Power Forward: My Presidential Education by Reggie LoveBiography/Autobiography2016
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda RhimesBiography/Autobiography2016
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordChildren2016
Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box by Michael S. BandyChildren2016
Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts by Nikki GrimesChildren2016
New Shoes by Susan Lynn MeyerChildren2016
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir NelsonChildren2016
The Fishermen by Chigozie ObiomaDebut Author2016
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesDebut Author2016
The Turner House by Angela FlournoyDebut Author2016
The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi JacksonDebut Author2016
The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken by Wendell PierceDebut Author2016
Stand Your Ground: A Novel by Victoria Christopher MurrayFiction2016
Mama's Boy by ReShonda Tate BillingsleyFiction2016
Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive DueFiction2016
Driving the King by Ravi HowardFiction2016
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo OkparantaFiction2016
Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family by Alice RandallInstructional2016
Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories by Jocelyn Delk AdamsInstructional2016
Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom by Cortez R. RaineyInstructional2016
Big Words to Little Me : Advice to the Younger Self by Sakina IbrahimInstructional2016
Keep Calm . . . It's Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home by Egypt SherrodInstructional2016
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela NewkirkNonfiction2016
The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth AlexanderNonfiction2016
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America by Wil HaygoodNonfiction2016
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill LeovyNonfiction2016
50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership by Kathey PorterNonfiction2016
How to Be Drawn (Poets, Penguin) by Terrance HayesPoetry2016
Redbone by Mahogany L. BrownePoetry2016
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross GayPoetry2016
Wild Hundreds (Pitt Poetry Series) by Nate MarshallPoetry2016
Reconnaissance : poems by Carl PhillipsPoetry2016
X: A Novel by Ilyasah ShabazzYouth/Teens2016
Untwine by Edwidge DanticatYouth/Teens2016
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. DraperYouth/Teens2016
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound by Andrea Davis PinkneyYouth/Teens2016
You Are Wonderfully Made : 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace by Sylvia RichardsonYouth/Teens2016

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