2023 NAUTILUS WINNERS Categories 1-10
Grand Winner
Animal & Nature - Gold
Reclaiming the Sacred: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World
Jeff Golden
Self Published
01. AGING CONSCIOUSLY | GOLD WINNERS
Alive Until You're Dead: Notes on the Home Stretch
Susan Moon
Shambhala Publications
Fairy Tale Wisdom: Stories for the Second Half of Life
William L. Randall, Barbara Lewis, & W. Andrew
Achembaum
ElderPress Books
01. AGING CONSCIOUSLY | SILVER WINNERS
Moonlight Serenade: Embracing Aging Mindfully
Gordon Wallace, Ph.D.
Friesen Press
The Back Forty: 7 Essential Embraces to Launch Life's Radical Second Half
Darrell W. Gurney
Hunter Arts Publishing
The 60-Something Crisis: How to Live an Extraordinary Life in Retirement
Barbara L Pagano
ElderPress Books
02. ANIMALS & NATURE | GOLD WINNERS
The Creative Lives of Animals
Carol Gigliotti
NYU Press
The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants
Karen Bakker
Princeton University Press
02. ANIMALS & NATURE | SILVER WINNERS
Otherlands
Thomas Halliday
Penguin Random House
Sacred Sendoffs: An Animal Chaplain’s Advice For Surviving Animal Loss, Making Life Meaningful, & Healing The Planet
Sarah A. Bowen
Monkfish Book Publishing
Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses
Jackie Higgins
Atria Books, Simon, and Schuster
02. ANIMALS & NATURE: FOCUSED TOPICS | GOLD WINNER
A World in a Shell Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions
Thom van Dooren
The MIT Press
02. ANIMALS & NATURE: FOCUSED TOPICS | SILVER WINNERS
A Most Remarkable Creature
Jonathan Meiburg
Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Random House
Animal Biographies: Toward a History of Individuals
Éric Baratay, author, Lindsay Turner, translator
University of Georgia Press
Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs
Juli Berwald
Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
03. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT PRACTICES | GOLD WINNER
Mind Fuel
Bear Grylls and Will Van Der Hart
John Murray Press
03. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT PRACTICES | SILVER WINNERS
Connecting to the Earth's Limitless & Natural Healing Energy Made Simple
Michiel U.R. David
Earth Energy Management
Essentials of Medical Intuition: A Visionary Path to Wellness
Wendie Colter
Watkins Publishing
Drawn into the Dream: How Drawing Your Dreams Can Take You to the Land of Awes
Walter Berry
Precocity Press
Healing Against The Odds: How To Rise From The Ashes Of Cancer
Leslie Peake
Red Thread Publishing
03. BODY ~ MIND ~ SPIRIT PRACTICES: FOCUSED TOPIC YOGA | GOLD WINNERS
Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change
Octavia Raheem
Shambhala Publications
The Esoteric Science of Restorative Yoga; Lost Technology of Consciousness
Paul Archer
Self Published
03. BODY ~ MIND ~ SPIRIT PRACTICES: FOCUSED TOPIC YOGA | SILVER WINNERS
Fallen Star: A Return to Self through the Eight Limbs of Yoga
Molly Chanson and Anne Chanson - Illustr
Shanti Arts
The Energy to Heal - Find Lasting Freedom From Stress and Trauma Through Energy Medicine Yoga
Lauren Walker
Llewellyn Worldwide
Water Yoga
Christa Fairbrother
Singing Dragon
04A. BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP (SMALL PRESS, SELF-PUBLISHED) | GOLD WINNERS
Cultivating Transformations - A Leader's Guide to Connecting the Soulful and the Practical
Jardena London, Ivan Petrushevski cover art
BAI Press
Leading Through Loss: How to Navigate Grief at Work
Margo M Fowkes
Find Your Harbor Press
04A. BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP (SMALL PRESS, SELF-PUBLISHED) | SILVER WINNERS
Changemaker Playbook: The New Physics of Leadership in a World of Explosive Change
Henry F. De Sio, Jr.
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Maximum Impact Potential: How To Own Your Value Become A Wealth Circulator And Uplift Millions
Alok Appadurai
WorldChangers Media
First Generation Wealth: Three Guiding Principles for LongLasting Wealth and an Enduring Family Legacy
Robert Balentine, Adrian Cronje, PhD
Linx
Promotions Are SO Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive
Julie Winkle Giulioni
ATD Press
The Zen Executive: Gems of Wisdom for Enlightened Leadership
Jim Blake
Unity Books
04B. BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP (LARGE PUBLISHER) | GOLD WINNERS
Hangry: A Startup Journey
Mike Evans
HBG/Legacy Lit
Leading Inclusion
Gena Cox
Page Two
04B. BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP (LARGE PUBLISHER) | SILVER WINNERS
Choosing Leadership: Revised and Expanded: How to Create a Better Future by Building Your Courage, Capacity, and Wisdom
Linda Ginzel
Health Communications, Inc.
LIFT: Fostering The Leader In You Amid Revolutionary Global Changes
Faisal Hoque
Fast Company Press
Leading with Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today's Workforce
Gautham Pallapa
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Power, for All
Julie Battilana, Tiziana Casciaro
Simon and Schuster
Unmuted-How to Show Up, Speak Up, and Inspire Action
Heather Hansen
Bloomsbury Business UK
04B. FOCUSED TOPIC | SILVER WINNER
Financial Adulting
Ashley Feinstein Gerstley
Wiley & Sons
05. CREATIVITY & INNOVATION | GOLD WINNER
Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life
Matthew Dicks
New World Library
05. CREATIVITY & INNOVATION | SILVER WINNERS
Buoyant: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Becoming Wildly Successful, Creative, and Free
Susie deVille
Page Two
Critique is Creative: The Critical Response Process in Theory and Action
Liz Lerman, John Borstel
Wesleyan University Press
The Creative Trance: Altered States of Consciousness and the Creative Process
Tobi Zausner
Cambridge University Press
05. FOCUSED TOPIC: WRITING | GOLD WINNER
Voice First: A Writer's Manifesto
Sonya Huber
University of Nebraska Press
05. FOCUSED TOPIC: WRITING | GOLD WINNER
Story and Structure: A Complete Guide
Leon Conrad, Jason Chuang- Illustr
The Squeeze Press
06. ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT | GOLD WINNERS
At Home on an Unruly Planet
Madeline Ostrander
Henry Holt and Company
The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren When Uncertainty's a Sure Thing
Larry L. Rasmussen
Broadleaf Books
06. ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT | SILVER WINNERS
Earthlings
Adrian Parr
Columbia University Press
Returning the Self to Nature: Undoing Our Collective Narcissism and Healing Our Planet
Jeanine M. Canty
Shambhala Publications
Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World
Asia Suler
North Atlantic Books
Writer in a Life Vest: Essays from the Salish Sea
Iris Graville
Homebound Publications
07A. FICTION (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | GOLD WINNER
Where Butterflies Go to Die
Michael Ringering
Evolved Publishing Inc
07A. FICTION (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | SILVER WINNERS
Goods & Effects
Al Schnupp
Golden Antelope Press
The Chinese Woman from the Painting
Florence Tholozan (author), N. Theo (Translator)
Harvard Square Editions
Soulful Return
Fidelis O Mkparu
DX VAROS PUBLISHING
The Lottery Winner’s Greatest Ride: A Millionaire, A Young Reporter . . . And A Journey To Find What Matters Most
Skip Johnson
Self Published
07A. FOCUSED TOPIC: SPIRITUAL FICTION | GOLD WINNER
Return of the Avatars: The Cosmic Architect Tools of Our Future Becoming
Anneloes Smitsman, Jean Houston
Oxygen Publishing
07A. FOCUSED TOPIC: SPIRITUAL FICTION | SILVER WINNERS
Confluence
Mary Elizabeth Gillilan
Independent Writers Studio Press
Holy Parrot
Angel A
Angel's Leap
Ekstasis – The Return of the Sovereign Heart
M.I.Dugast
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Weep, Woman, Weep
Maria DeBlassie
Kitchen Witch Press
07A. FOCUSED TOPIC: HISTORICAL FICTION | GOLD WINNER
The Picture Bride
Lee Geum-yi, translated by An Seonjae
Macmillan
07A. FOCUSED TOPIC: HISTORICAL FICTION | SILVER WINNER
Not A Real Enemy The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man's Fight for Freedom
Robert Wolf with Janice Harper
Amsterdam Publishers
07A. FOCUSED TOPIC: GRAPHIC NOVEL | SILVER WINNER
Ancient Futures Episode One: The Rise of Valentino Cruz
Steven White, Aaron McConnell - Illustr
Seven Studio, LLC
07B. FICTION (LARGE PUBLISHER) | GOLD WINNER
Lark Ascending
Silas House
Algonquin Books
07B. FICTION (LARGE PUBLISHER) | SILVER WINNERS
Into The Attic
Ellen Sherman
Koehlerbooks
The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell
Kelly Flanagan
InterVarsity Press
08. FOOD, COOKING, & HEALTHY EATING (SMALL PRESS) | GOLD WINNERS
LOVE Peace & Vegetables: Recipes for Conscious Living
Marcela Benson
Infinite Light Publishing & Media, LLC
From Scratch Adventures in Harvesting, Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging on a Fragile Planet
David Moscow, Jon Moscow
Permuted Press
08. FOOD, COOKING, & HEALTHY EATING (SMALL PRESS) | SILVER WINNERS
Flavour with Benefits: France
Cathy Connally, Charley Best, Camilla Charnock -Illustr
Collesano Publishing
NOURISH: Plant-based Recipes to Feed Body Mind and Soul
Terry Walters, Sarah Snow, Megan Snow- Illustrs, Julie Bidwell-photography
Terry Walters, LLC
The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles - Expanded Edition
Rinku Bhattacharya
Hippocrene Books
08. FOOD, COOKING, & HEALTHY EATING (SMALL PRESS) | GOLD WINNERS
Good Enough
Leanne Brown
Workman Publishing
Cooking from the Spirit
Tabitha Brown
William Morrow
08. FOOD, COOKING, & HEALTHY EATING (LARGE PRESS) | SILVER WINNERS
Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two
Lei Shishak
Skyhorse Publishing
Our Fermented Lives: A History of How Fermented Foods Have Shaped Cultures & Communities
Julia Skinner
Storey Publishing
The Humane Table
Dr. Robin R. Ganzert
Green Leaf
09. GIFT & SPECIALTY | GOLD WINNER
No Justice, No Peace
Devin Allen
Legacy Lit
09. GIFT & SPECIALTY | SILVER WINNERS
Mom Milestones
Grace Farris
Workman Publishing
The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy
Edited by James Crews
Storey Publishing
Why We Travel
Patricia Schultz
Workman Publishing
09. FOCUSED TOPIC: DAILY WISDOM BOOKS | GOLD WINNERS
Flourish, A 365-Day Guided Path Towards Love: How to Experience More Joy, Live with More Intention, and Be True to Yourself
Allison McCabe Bruce
Flourish Integral Health
The Way of the Goddess: Daily Rituals to Awaken Your Inner Warrior and Discover Your True Self Ananta Ripa Ajmera, Gaby Gohlar- Illustr
Penguin Random House TarcherPerigee Imprint
09. FOCUSED TOPIC: DAILY WISDOM BOOKS | SILVER WINNERS
Rise and Shine - How to transform your life, morning by morning
Kate Oliver & Toby Oliver
Piatkus
Love is Everything: A Year with Hadewijch of Antwerp
Andrew Harvey, Translator
Medio Media
Glossary of Life - A Path to Joy, Balance, and Peace
Manny Garcia
Self Published
09. FOCUSED TOPIC: CARD DECKS | SILVER WINNERS
Joy Cards
Michelle Burke, Lilamani de Silva (co-author/Illustr)
Beyond Words Publishing
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The Weiser Tarot (Revised and updated edition)
Arthur Edward Waite, Pamela Colman Smith, and The Editors of Weiser Books
Red Wheel/Weiser LLC
10. GREEN, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES / SUSTAINABILITY | GOLD WINNERS
Charged
James Morton Turner
University of Washington Press
Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World
Hannah Lewis
Chelsea Green Publishing
10. GREEN, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES / SUSTAINABILITY | SILVER WINNERS
Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It
Sarah J Morath, Abigail Johnson - Illustr, Charlotte Morath, cover art
Cambridge University Press
The Blue Revolution: Hunting, Harvesting, and Farming Seafood in the Information Age
Nicholas P. Sullivan
Island Press
Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities
Jared Rosenbaum
New Society Publishers