36. Multicultural N-F Juv- Young Adult
GOLD: Sioux Code Talkers of World War II
by Andrea M. Page
(Pelican Publishing)
SILVER: Tom Max in the Wild West: True American Cowboy Stories
as told by Tomás Maximiliano Benavidez
(Lectura Books)
BRONZE: Lost Stories of the Great War
by Rosalie Lauerman
(Self-Published)
37. Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult
GOLD: How to Make a Life: A Tibetan Refugee Family and the Midwestern Family they Adopted
by Madeline Uraneck
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
SILVER: The Stump: My Way Out of Chicago’s South Side
by Terry L. Braddock
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: Breaking Vases: Shattering Limitations & Daring to Thrive
by Dima Ghawi
(Dima Ghawi, LLC)
38. Essay/Creative Non-Fiction
GOLD: Freedom Fighters and Hell Raisers: A Gallery of Memorable Southerners
by Hal Crowther
(Blair)
SILVER: America Deconstructed
by Chaithanya Sohan and Shaima Adin
(Motivational Press)
BRONZE: The Balance Point: A Missing Link in Human Consciousness
by Joseph Jenkins
39. Autobiography/Memoir I (Celebrity/Political/romance)
GOLD: Hurley: From the Beginning
by Hurley Haywood and Sean Cridland
SILVER: Maharishi & Me: Seeking Enlightenment with the Beatles’ Guru
by Susan Shumsky
BRONZE
The People We Wanted to Forget
by Michael G. Harpold
Me & Mario: Love, Power, & Writing with Mario Puzo, Author of The Godfather
by Carol Gino
40. Autobiography/Memoir II (coming of age/family legacy/travel)
GOLD
A Letter to my Daughters: Remembering the Lost Dimensions & the Texture of Life
by Theodore Richards
With Gratitude: A Memoir of Gifts and Givers
by Jerrold S. Felsenthal
SILVER: Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago
by Linda Gartz
BRONZE: Buried Rivers: A Spiritual Journey Into the Holocaust
by Ellen Korman Mains
41. Autobiography/Memoir III (personal struggle/health issues)
GOLD: Nisei Naysayer: The Memoir of Militant Japanese American Journalist Jimmie Omura
by James Matsumoto Omura
SILVER: 48 PEAKS: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains
by Cheryl Suchors
BRONZE: Relentless: How a Massive Stroke Changed my Life for the Better
by Ted W. Baxter
42. Biography
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by Melanie Marquis
SILVER: Pence: The Path to Power
by Andrea Neal
BRONZE: Albright: The Life and Times of John J. Albright
by Mark Goldman
43. AGING/DEATH & DYING
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by Parker J. Palmer
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
SILVER: Before I Leave: Wisdom from the Stories of Six Women Over Eighty
by Jenney Egertson
(Wise Ink Creative Publishing)
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by Helen Lambert
(AARP/DK Publishing)
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by Daniel Clarke and William Clarke
(Tears in the Jungle)
SILVER: Adventures with Durango Pete: Life and Poetry with a Cow Dog Philosofur
by Stephen Hinman
(Barking Crow Publishing)
BRONZE (tie):
Pigs of Paradise: The Story of the World-Famous Swimming Pigs
by T.R. Todd
(Skyhorse Publishing)
45. BUSINESS/CAREERS/SALES
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by Michael Wade, James Macaulay, Andy Noronha, Joel Barbier
(IMD - International Institute for Management Development)
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by Jack Nasher
(Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
BRONZE: The Responsive Leader: How to Be a Fantastic Leader in a Constantly Changing World
by Erik Korsvik Østergaard
(LID Publishing)
46. Cookbooks - General
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(Self-Published)
47. Cookbooks - Specialty
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by Dan Jason and Michele Genest
(Douglas & McIntyre)
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by Mary Ann Esposito; photography by John W. Hession
(Peter E. Randall Publisher)
48. Current Events I (Political/Economic/Foreign Affairs)
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by Shiv Singh and Rohini Luthra
(Ideapress Publishing)
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by Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco
(Skyhorse)
by Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall
(Stanford University Press)
49. Current Events II (Social Issues/Humanitarian)
by Denis Dragovic
(Odyssey Books)
(Praeger)
50. Education I (Workbook/Resources)
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/50g.jpg)
by Tina H. Boogren
(Solution Tree Press)
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/50s.jpg)
by Kristyn Klei Borrero
(Solution Tree Press)
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/50b.jpg)
by Alex Kajitani
(Solution Tree Press)
51. Education II (Commentary/Theory)
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/51g.jpg)
by Danny Iny
(Ideapress Publishing)
Edited by Laura Gray-Rosendale
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by Ruby K. Payne PhD.
(aha! Process)
52a. Nature
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Photographs by Art Wolfe; text by Gregory McNamee; introduction by Wade Davis
(Earth Aware Editions)
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/52ab.jpg)
by Matt Williams
(Indiana University Press)
52b. Environment/Ecology
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by Almir Narayamoga Suruí and Corine Sombrun
(Schaffner Press)
53. Finance/Investment/Economics
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/53s.jpg)
by Bertrand Badré
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/53b.jpg)
by Peggy Doviak
(The RoadRunner Press)
54. LGBT+ Non-Fiction
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/54g.jpg)
by Tomás Prower
(Llewellyn Publications)
55. Gift/Specialty/Journal
![]( http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/55g.jpg)
by Patrick Atkinson
(Beaver’s Pond Press)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/55s.jpg)
by Melissa Lyons; illustrated by Patricia Henderson
(Self-Published)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/55b.jpg)
by Sharon E. Reed
56. Holiday
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/56g.jpg)
by Ndaa Hassan; illustrated by Azra Momin; Edited by Minha Kauser
(Self-Published)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/56s.jpg)
by Pat Hall; illustrated by Tamara Campeau
(Crow’s Foot Books)
57. Health/Medicine/Nutrition
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/57g.jpg)
by Thomas Washing
(Leather Apron Media)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/57s.jpg)
by William Paul Meehan III, MD
(Praeger)
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by Catherine Kurosu, MD, LAc and Aihan Kuhn, CMD, OBT
(YMAA Publication Center)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/57bcan.jpg)
Edited by Madelon L. Finkel, PhD
(Dartmouth College Press)
58. History (U.S.)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/58g3.jpg)
by Scott D. Seligman
(Potomac Books)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/58grum.jpg)
by Rick James
(Harbour Publishing)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/58b.jpg)
59. History (World)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/59g.jpg)
by Brooke N. Newman
(Yale University Press)
![](http://www.independentpublisher.com/includes/37_5/59s.jpg)
by David A. Taylor
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
60. Home & Garden
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by Roberta Sandenbergh, AIA
(Skyhorse Publishing)
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by Steve Griggs
(Hugo House Publishers)