
2018 NAUTILUS GRAND & GOLD WINNERS
PDF of All winners
GRAND WINNER 
PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF HELP: LARGE OR HYBRID PUBLISHER
Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times
Kate Davies, M.A., D. Phil.
New Society Publishers
SPECIAL HONORS AS BEST OF SELF-PUBLISHED
SOCIAL SCIENCE & EDUCATION
Your Body is Your Brain
Amanda Blake
Trokay Press
SPECIAL HONORS AS BEST OF SMALL PRESS
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY OF WESTERN THOUGHT
Stations of the Cosmic Christ
Matthew Fox & Bishop Marc Andrus
with artists M.C. Richards & Ullrrich Javier Lemus
Unity Books
SPECIAL HONORS AS BEST OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
MIDDLE GRADE NON-FICTION
Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People
Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger
Annick Press
SPECIAL HONORS FOR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION
Mary Oliver
With profound gratitude for Mary Oliver’s eloquent,
elegant poetic expression, that will forever touch into the
very depth of our human heart, in rare relationship to the
beautifully mysterious natural world in which we all live…
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
Penguin Press
Grand Prize Winning Author
receives $2,500 prize funds from Nautilus Director - May 2019
Aging consciously

The Aging of Aquarius: Igniting Passion & Purpose as an Elder
Helen Wilkes
New Society Publishers
ANIMALS & NATURE

Rescuing Ladybugs: Inspirational Encounters with Animals that Changed the World
Jennifer Skiff
New World Library
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT PRACTICES

Illustrated Herbiary: Guidance & Rituals from 36 Bewitching Botanicals
Maia Toll & Kate O’Hara, Illustrator
Storey Publishing
BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP

Chief Joy Officer
Rich Sheridan
Portfolio | Penguin RandomHouse
CREATIVE PROCESS

The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times
Lois Farfel Stark
Greenleaf Book Group
ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
Elizabeth Rush
Milkweed Editions
FICTION: SELF-PUBLISHED & SMALL PRESS

Empire of Glass
Kaitlin Solimine
Ig Publishing
FICTION: LARGE PUBLISHER

Speak No Evil
Uzodinma Iweala
Harper
FOOD, COOKING & HEALTHY EATING

Cooking with Scraps
Lindsay-Jean Hard
Workman Publishing
GIFT & SPECIALTY

A Book That Takes Its Time
Irene Smit & Astrid van der Hulst
Workman Publishing
GREEN LIVING / SUSTAINABILITY

Scraps, Peels, & Stems: Recipes and Tips for Rethinking Food Waste at Home
Jill Lightner
Mountaineers Books | Skipstone
DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS

Graceful Exit: How to advocate effectively, take care of yourself, & be present for the death of a loved one
Gustavo Ferrer, MD
Sounds True
HEALTH, HEALING, WELLNESS & VITALITY

Conceivability: What I Learned Exploring the Frontiers of
Fertility
Elizabeth Katkin
Simon & Schuster
HEROIC JOURNEYS

My Father's Gift: How One Man's Purpose Became a
Journey of Hope and Healing
Sixtus Z. Atabong
Koehler Books
INNER PROSPERITY & RIGHT LIVELIHOOD

Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain
Creates Material Reality
Dr. Dawson Church
Hay House
JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

Lost Connections
Johann Hari
Bloomsbury Publishing
JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
Rachel Love Nuwer
Da Capo Press | Hachette Group
MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (Self-Published & Small Press)

Breaking Vases: Shattering Limitations & Daring to Thrive -
A Middle Eastern Woman's Story
Dima Ghawi
Self-Published
MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER)

The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Tale of Coming to America
Mohammed Al Samawi
William Morrow | HarperCollins
MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS

Disturbed in Their Nests: A Journey from Sudan's
Dinkaland to San Diego's City Heights
Alephonsion Deng & Judy A. Bernstein
Blackstone Publishing
PARENTING & FAMILY

Roots and Wings: Childhood Needs a Revolution
Alex Koster
Self-Published
PERSONAL GROWTH (self-published & small press)

Live Ablaze: And Light Up the World
Sarah Davison-Tracy
Ignite Publishers
PERSONAL GROWTH (Large publisher)

Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times
Kate Davies
New Society Publishers
SPECIAL HONOR AS OUR 2018 GRAND PRIZE WINNER
PERSONAL GROWTH (Large publisher)

Lifeshocks - And How to Love Them
Sophie Sabbage
Hodder Stoughton | Hachette
PSYCHOLOGY

Deviced! Balancing Life & Technology in a Digital World
Doreen Dodgen-Magee
Rowman & Littlefield
PHOTOGRAPHY & ARTS

Trees: Between Earth and Heaven
Art Wolfe, Wade Davis & Gregory McNamee
Earth Aware | InsightEditions
POETRY

Isako Isako
Mia Ayumi Malhotra
Alice James Books
Lyric Prose

Glass Needles & Goose Quills: Elementary Lessons in
Atomic Properties, Nuclear Families, & Radical Poetics
Lissa Kiernan
Haley's
RELATIONSHIPS & COMMUNICATION

Love Worth Making
Stephen Snyder, MD
St. Martin's Press
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF EASTERN THOUGHT

Mad Monk Manifesto: A Prescription for Evolution,
Revolution, and Global Awakening
Monk Yun Rou
Mango Publishing Group
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF WESTERN THOUGHT

A Baptist Preacher's Buddhist Teacher
Lawrence E. Carter Sr.
Middleway Press
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF WESTERN THOUGHT

Stations of the Cosmic Christ
Matthew Fox & Bishop Marc Andrus
Unity Books
SPECIAL HONORS AS 2018 BEST OF SMALL PRESS
RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF other traditions

Winds of Spirit: Ancient Wisdom Tools for
Navigating Relationships, Health, and the Divine
Renee Baribeau
Hay House | Enlightenment Productions
SCIENCE & COSMOLOGY

Purpose and Desire
J. Scott Turner
HarperOne
SOCIAL SCIENCES & EDUCATION

The Person You Mean to Be
Dolly Chugh
Harper Business
SOCIAL CHANGE & Social justice

Our Search for Belonging
Howard J. Ross
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
USA & OTHER WORLD CULTURES SPIRITUAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

Healing Justice: Stories of Wisdom and Love
Jarem Sawatsky
Red Canoe Press
WOMEN IN THE 21st Century

Nature, Culture & the Sacred: A Woman Listens for
Leadership
Nina Simons
Green Fire Press
CHILDREN'S CATEGORIES
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS - FICTION STORY

I See You
Michael Genhart & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, Illustrator
Magination Press | APA
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS - NONFICTION

So Many Smarts!
Michael Genhart & Holly Clifton-Brown, Illustrator
Magination Press | APA
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - FICTION STORY

Who Do I Want to Become?
Rumeet Billan PhD
Page Two Books
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - NONFICTION

Howl Like a Wolf
Kathleen Yale & Kaley McKean, Illustrator
Storey Publishing
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED - NONFICTION

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
Traci Sorell
Charlesbridge Publishing | PRH
MIDDLE GRADES - FICTION

A Calf Named Brian Higgins
Kristen Ball
One Elm Books | Red Chair Press
MIDDLE GRADES - NONFICTION

Strong is the New Pretty
Kate T. Parker
Workman Publishing
MIDDLE GRADES - NONFICTION

Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People
Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger
Annick Press
SPECIAL HONORS AS 2018 BEST OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Anger Is a Gift
Mark Oshiro
Tor Teen | Tom Doherty | MacMillan
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION

HOPE NATION
Rose Brock, Editor
Philomel | PRH