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42 items

• Can't Get Enough

  Ryan, Kennedy,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction nominee

• Chronicles of Ori

  An African Epic

  Rosales, Harmonia, 1984-

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction nominee

• Death of the Author

  a Novel

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction winner

• Happy Land

  Perkins-Valdez, Dolen,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction nominee

• Harlem Rhapsody

  Murray, Victoria Christopher,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction nominee

• Born in Flames

  the Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City

  Ansfield, Bench,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Nonfiction nominee

• From These Roots

  My Fight With Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy /

  Lanier, Tamara, 1962-

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Nonfiction nominee

• Hidden Hospitality

  Untold Stories of Black Hotel, Motel, and Resort Owners From the Pioneer Days to the Civil Rights Era

  Stovall, Calvin,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Nonfiction nominee

• A More Perfect Party

  the Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics

  Tolliver, Juanita,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Nonfiction winner

• American Soul

  the Black History of Food in the United States /

  Malik, Anela

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author nominee, Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional nominee

• High Functioning

  Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy

  Joseph, Judith,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author nominee

• History Lessons

  Wallbrook, Zoe B.,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author nominee

• Red Clay

  Fancher, Charles B.,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author winner

• A Sky Full of Love : B a Novel

  Lewis, Lorna,

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  Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author nominee

• 107 Days

  Harris, Kamala, 1964-

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  Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography nominee

• The Look

  Obama, Michelle, 1964-

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  Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography winner

• Toni at Random

  the Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship /

  Williams, Dana A., 1972-

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  Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography nominee

• Truly

  Richie, Lionel,

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  Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography nominee

• Uncommon Favor

  Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned From All Three

  Staley, Dawn, 1970-

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  Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography nominee

• Braided Heritage

  Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine

  Harris, Jessica B.,

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  Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional nominee