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2022 NAUTILUS WINNERS

11. DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS | Gold Winner

Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind
Barbara Becker
Macmillan Publishers / Flatiron Press

11. DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS | Silver WinnerS

Widow’s Moon: Healing, Hope & Self-Discovery through Grief and Loss
Cara Hope Clark
Self-publish with consultant Geoff Affleck

Overcoming Deepest Grief: A Woman’s Journey
Mary Aviyah Farkas
Self-publish with Ronni Saulo Literary

A Soul Lives On: A Mother’s Memoir of Grief, Astrology, and the Afterlife
Reba Ferguson
Libra Moon Press

Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman’s Guide to Grieving
Merissa N. Gerson
Mandala Publishing / Insight Editions

Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to
Alchemize Grief and Loss
Karen V. Johnson
Hay House

12. HEALTH, HEALING & WELLNESS | Gold Winners

Energetic Herbalism
Kat Maier
Chelsea Green Publishing

The Way of Miracles: Accessing Your Superconsciousness
Mark D. Mincolla PhD
Beyond Words Publishing

12. HEALTH, HEALING & WELLNESS | Silver Winners

This Day in Recovery: 365 Meditations
Lane-Mairead Campbell, & Katie Kandarian-Morris, editors
Skinner House Books

Pain Erasers: Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Safe, Drug-Free Relief
Michelle Schoffro Cook PhD
BenBella Books

What Fresh Hell is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
Heather Corinna
Hachette Go

Above the Din: Diary of the HepC Wonder Drugs
Labar Laskie
HenschellHAUS Publishing

Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering
Scott Small
Crown Publishing

13. HEROIC JOURNEYS | Gold Winner

From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the
Cancer Survivorship Movement
Judith L. Pearson
Lincoln Square Books

13. HEROIC JOURNEYS | Silver Winners

Where You Are is Not Who You Are
Ursula M. Burns
Amistad / HarperCollins

Travel Bravely: A Family’s Journey through Sickle Cell Disease
Adejoke Lolade Ejiofor
Wise Ink Creative Publishing

Two Pieces of Cloth: One Family’s Story of the Holocaust
Joe Gold
Page Two Books

The Bark of the Cony: Not If, but How - a Philosophy of Life
George Nash Smith & Sons
Self Published

Small Miracles: The Inspiring Kids of Variety Village
Mike Strobel
North Channel Press

14. INNER PROSPERITY & RIGHT LIVELIHOOD | Gold Winners

Tickled: A Commonsense Guide to the Present Moment
Duff McDonald
Harper Business

Sit Down to Rise Up
Shelly Tygielski
New World Library

14. INNER PROSPERITY & RIGHT LIVELIHOOD | Silver Winners

The Necktie and the Jaguar: A memoir to help you change your story and find fulfillment
Carl Greer
Chiron

Love Will Lead Us Home: Your Guide for the Journey
Rick Nichols
The Crane’s Nest

Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves
and the World
Sharon Salzberg
Macmillan / Flatiron Books

15. JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | Gold Winners

Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door - Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy
Christopher Mims
Harper Business

Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
Maia Szalavitz
Hachette Go

15. JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | Silver Winners

Last Train to Auschwitz: French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability
Sarah Federman
Univ. Wisconsin Press

The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, & a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease
Daisy Hernández
Tin House

Nothing is Too Big to Fail: How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today
Kerry Killinger, & Linda Killinger
Rosetta Books

Mutiny of Rage: The 1917 Camp Logan Riots and Buffalo Soldiers in Houston
Jaime Salazar
Prometheus

16A. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | Gold Winners

Fox Light: Magic Hidden in Plain Sight
Susan Andra Lion
Wild Vale Press

SPECIAL HONORS AS BEST OF SELF-PUBLISHED

What Was Said to Me: The Life of Sti’tum’atul’wut, a Cowichan Woman
Ruby Peter, with Helene Demers
Royal BC Museum

16A. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | Silver Winners

Hillbilly Queer: a memoir
J.R. Jamison
The Facing Project Press

Stubborn Grace: Faith, Mental Illness, and Demanding a Blessing
Kate Landis
Skinner House Books

Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West
Kathryn Wilder
Torrey House Press

Brain Dance: My Journey with Invisible Illness, Second Chances, & the Wonders of Applied Neuroscience
Diane Grimard Wilson
MindStir Media

16b. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER) | Gold Winners

World as Family: A Journey of Multi-Rooted Belongings
Vishakha Desai
Columbia Univ. Press

My Remarkable Journey
Katherine Johnson, with Joylette Hylick & Katherine Moore
Amistad / HarperCollins

16b. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER) | Silver Winners

Living and Loving in the age of AIDS
Derek Frost
Watkins Publishing

The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The extraordinary life of Mahaprajapati
Wendy Garling
Shambhala Publications

These Walls Between Us: A Memoir of Friendship Across Race and Class
Wendy Sanford
She Writes Press

Hollywood to the Himalayas
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Mandala Publishing

Just As I Am
Cicely Tyson
Amistad / HarperCollins

Guardians of the Trees: A Journey of Hope Through Healing the Planet
Kinari Webb
Macmillan Publishers / Flatiron Books

17. MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS | Gold Winners

Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas
Omar Mouallem
Simon & Schuster Canada

The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
Shugri Said Salh
Algonquin Books

17. MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS | Silver Winners

Beyond Diversity
Rohit Bhargava, & Jennifer Brown
IdeaPress Publishing

The Heartbeat of Iran: Real Voices of a Country and Its People
Tara Kangarlou
Ig Publishing

Terraform: Building a Better World
Propaganda
HarperOne / HarperCollins

The Bumbling Traveller: Sketching the World
Tom Schmidt
Kakibubu Media Ltd.

18. PARENTING & FAMILY | Gold Winners

Prizeworthy: How to Meaningfully Connect, Build Character, and Unlock the Potential of Every Child
Mitch Abblett PhD
Shambhala Publications

I Wish I’d Known: Young People, Drugs and Decisions
Fiona Spargo-Mabbs
Sheldon Press

18. PARENTING & FAMILY | Silver Winners

Growing Your Family: Learn How to Flourish and Thrive as a Military Family
Pearl Gifty Alimo
Koehler Books

The DAD Connection: A Bridge to Your Children
Scott Hanley
Floating Heart Press

Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself
Lisa Marchiano
Sounds True

Raising Resilient Kids: 8 principles for bringing up healthy, happy, successful children who can overcome obstacles and thrive despite adversity
Rhonda Spencer-Hwang
Tyndale

Becoming Us: The Couple’s Guide to Parenthood
Elly Taylor
Three Turtles Press

19A. PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF-HELP (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | Gold Winners

Awaken to Your True Self: Why You’re Still Stuck and How to Break Through
Andrew Daniel
MetaHeal

Breakthrough: How to Overcome Doubt, Fear, and Resistance to Be Your Ultimate Creative Self
Todd Mitchell
Owl Hollow

19A. PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF HELP (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | Silver Winners

Gay the Pray Away: Healing Your Life, Love, and Relationships
Erika Allison
Self-Published

Reflections on Being Your True Self in Any Situation
Cheryl Lafferty Eckl
Flying Crane Press

A NEW NOW: Your Guide to Mastering Wisdom Daily, Achieving Equilibrium, and Empowering Your Nobler Self
Michael Goddart
Clear Path Press

Still on Fire: Field Notes from a Queer Mystic
Jan Phillips
Unity Books

The Quest of Rose: Cosmic Keys of Our Future Becoming
Dr. Anneloes Smitsman, & Dr. Jean Houston
Oxygen Publishing

19B. PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF HELP (LARGE PUBLISHER) | Gold Winners

Shifting Shorelines: Messages from a Wiser Self
Terry Helwig
Viva Editions

Your Time to Thrive: End Burnout, Increase Well-being, and Unlock Your Full Potential
Marina Khidekel, & editors of Thrive Global
Hachette Go

19B. PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF HELP (LARGE PUBLISHER) | Silver Winners

The Hidden Power of Emotions: How to Activate Your Energy Field and Transform Your Life
Melanie Dean PhD
Hay House

Permission to Dream
Chris Gardner
Amistad / HarperCollins

I AM HERE: The Journey from Fear to Freedom
Ashley LeMieux
HarperOne / HarperCollins

IN/ACTION: Rethinking the Path to Results
Jinny Uppal
New Degree Press

20. PSYCHOLOGY / Mental & Emotional Well-Being | Gold Winners

Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma
Alex Iantaffi, PhD LMFT
Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women
Inger Burnett-Zeigler PhD
Amistad / HarperCollins

20. PSYCHOLOGY / Mental & Emotional Well-Being | Silver Winners

From Survive to Thrive: Living Your Best Life with Mental Illness
Margaret S. Chisolm MD, with John Hanc; & Natasha Chugh, Illustrator
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press