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
2018 NAUTILUS GOLD WINNERS
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