NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS
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CELEBRATING SELF & INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE
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Winners of the 14th Annual Contest!
ADDICTION & RECOVERY
OPIATE NATION: A Memoir of Love, Loss & AcceptanceJude DiMeglio Trang & John M Trang
Self-Published
ADULT COLORING BOOKS
Explore the Sights of Berlin Divided: Berlin UnitedBibi LeBlanc
Culture to Color, LLC
AFRICAN AMERICAN NON-FICTION
T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights PioneerDavid T. Beito & Linda Royster Beito
Independent Institute
ANTHOLOGY
Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat ConroyNicole Seitz & Jonathan Haupt (Editors)
University of Georgia Press
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Yes is the Answer. What is the Question? How Faith in People and a Culture of Hospitality Built a Modern American Restaurant CompanyIdeapress Publishing
Cameron Mitchell
BIOGRAPHY HISTORICAL
Boy on the Bridge: The Story of John Shalikashvili's American SuccessAndrew Marble
University Press of Kentucky
BODY/MIND/SPIRIT
The Big Book of Chakras and Chakra Healing: How to Unlock Your Seven Energy Centers for Healing, Happiness, and TransformationSusan Shumsky
Weiser
BOOK COVER DESIGN: NON-FICTION
To Live on LaFayette Square: Society & Politics in the President's NeighborhoodWilliam Seale
White House Historical Association
BOOK INTERIOR DESIGN: NON-FICTION
What the U.S. Healthcare System Doesn't Want You To Know: Why, And How You Can Do Something About ItThought Collection Publishing
Kat Lahr
BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SMALL BUSINESS
The Non-Obvious Guide To Small Business Marketing (Without A Big Budget)Rohit Bhargava
Ideapress Publishing
BUSINESS GENERAL
Non Obvious Mega Trends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the FutureRohit Bhargava
Ideapress Publishing
BUSINESS MOTIVATIONAL
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your LifeNir Eyal
BenBella Books
CAREER
Always Eat Left Handed ...And Other Secrets For Killing It At Work And In Real LifeRohit Bhargava
Ideapress Publishing
CAREGIVING
Caregiving Done Differently: A Commonsense Approach for Families, Caregivers, and SeniorsLoretta J. Gilbert & Nancy E. Walker
The Common Sense Approach
CHILDREN'S INSPIRATIONAL/MOTIVATIONAL
The RippleMonica Phoebe Stoltzfus & Alexandra Hurley MacVean
Clear Fork Publishing (Spork)
CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION
Your Body, Sick and Well: How Do You Know?Steven Clark Cunningham
Three Conditions Press
COFFEE TABLE BOOKS
Valter of Salt Lake City: The Magic of the TableValter Nassi with Elaine Bapis
Montesansvino Press
COOKBOOKS: REGIONAL
The Big Sky Bounty Cookbook: Local Ingredients and Rustic RecipesChef Barrie Boulds & Jean Petersen
The History Press
CURRENT EVENTS
Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders and Fake News in the Post-Trust EraShiv B. Singh & Rohini Luthra, PhD
Ideapress Publishing
DEATH & DYING
The Goodbye Diaries: A Mother-Daughter MemoirMarisa Bardach Ramel & Sally Bardach
Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
EDUCATION
The EQ Intervention: Shaping a Self-Aware Generation Through Social and Emotional LearningAdam L. Saenz, PhD
Greenleaf Book Group
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FITNESS
Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male BodyMichael Mathews
Oculus Publishers
GREEN LIVING
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond: Volume 1, 3rd Edition: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life and LandscapeBrad Lancaster
Rainsource Press
GRIEF
How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable LossSherry Chapman
Pedigree Publishing
HEALTH GENERAL
My Garden of Flowers: Miracles in the Neonatal Intensive Care UnitManjeet Kaur, MD
Inspirante Publishing LLC
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Dung Beetles of Liberia: A Novel Based on True EventsDaniel V. Meier Jr.
Boutique of Quality Books
HISTORY: US
Stories of Elders: What the Greatest Generations Knows about Technology that You Don'tVeronica Kirin
Identity Publications
HOLIDAY
Miracle of 31st Street: Christmas Cheer Every Day of the Year - Grinch to Gratitude in 26 Days!Susan Sparks
Self-Published
HUMOR
What's That Growing in My Sour Cream? Humorous Observations on Modern LifeBrad Graber
Dark Victory Press
INSPIRATION
Why Am I So Happy: The Sign of True Success is a Happy HeartPaula Neva Vail
Authors Place Press
JUVENILE NON-FICTION
Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San FranciscoKatie Burke
SparksPress
LEADERSHIP
Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team is Waiting ForJonathan Raymond
Ideapress Publishing
MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
ABM is B2B. Why B2B Marketing and Sales is Broken and How to Fix ItSangram Vajre & Eric Spett
Ideapress Publishing
MARRIAGE
Simple Habits For Marital Happiness: Practical Skills And Tools That Build A Strong Satisfying RelationshipCrossLink Publishing
Randy Schroeder, Ph.D.
MISCELLANEOUS
Built to Suck: The Inevitable Demise of the Corporation...and How to Save It?Joseph Jaffe
Ideapress Publishing
NEW ADULT NON-FICTION
Dads For Daughters: How Fathers Can Give Their Daughters a Better, Brighter, Fairer FutureMichelle Travis
Mango Publishing
NON-FICTION
SUBMERGED: Ryan Widmer, his drowned bride and the justice systemJanice Hisle
Chilidog Press LLC
PARENTING & FAMILY
ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You Raise Your KidsLinda & Ty Hatfield & Wendy Thomas Russell
Brown Paper Press
PERSONAL GROWTH
Deep Living with the Enneagram: Recovering Your True NatureRoxanne Howe-Murphy
Enneagram Press
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POLITICAL (TIED)
Liberty in Peril: Democracy and Power in American HistoryRandall G. Holcombe
Independent Institute
POLITICAL (TIED)
Drugs Without the Hot Air: Making Sense of Legal and Illegal DrugsDavid Nutt
UIT Cambridge
PSYCHIATRY/PHYSCHOLOGY
Growing Up Lonely: Disconnection and Misconnection in the Lives of Our ChildrenJ.W. Freiberg
Philia Books, Ltd.
REFERENCE
The Power of Face Reading: A simple illustrated guide to understanding our universal languageMac Fulfer
Global Insight Communications, LLC
REGIONAL NON-FICTION: MIDWEST
Great River City: How The Mississippi Shaped St. LouisAndrew Wanko
Missouri Historical Society Press
REGIONAL NON-FICTION: NORTHEAST
Growing Up Between Stops on the A-train: A MemoirJennifer Y. Johnson-Garcia
Moroen Hus
REGIONAL NON-FICTION: SOUTHEAST
Uncovering Roots: The Rheas of Augusta, Bath and Rockbridge Counties, VirginiaLillian "Sissy Crone" Frazer
AuthorHouse
RELIGION NON-FICTION
Dare To Live Greatly: The Courage To Live A Powerful Christian LifeL.C. Fowler
Self-Published
SALES & MARKETING
The Transparentcy Sale: How Unexpected Honesty and Understanding the Buying Brain Can Transform Your ResultsTodd Caponi
Ideapress Publishing
SELF-HELP MOTIVATIONAL
A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around YouDonna Cameron
She Writes Press
SELF-HELP SPIRITUAL
The Big Book of Chakras and Chakra Healing: How to Unlock Your Seven Energy Centers for Healing, Happiness, and TransformationSusan Shumsky
Weiser
SMALL BOOKS
Love that WORD: 12 Simple WORDS to Inspire Your Christian JourneySandra Gladden
Self-Published
SOCIAL/POLITICAL CHANGE
The Purpose Advantage: How to Unlock New Ways of Doing BusinessJeff Fromm
Ideapress Publishing
SPORTS
History of Pickleball: More Than 50 Years of Fun!Jennifer Lucore & Beverly Youngren
Two Picklers Press
TRUE CRIME
SUBMERGED: Ryan Widmer, his drowned bride and the justice systemJanice Hisle
Chilidog Press LLC
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