Our 2016 Nautilus Book Award Winners
May 4, 2017
The Nautilus Book Awards, honoring titles that “inspire and connect our lives as individuals, communities, and global citizens while also valuing spiritual growth and conscious living,” have been announced. NEGOTIATING THE NONNEGOTIABLE by Daniel Shapiro (Viking), which won the Grand Prize “for
Body, Mind & Spirit Practices
Silver Award: EMOTIONAL RESCUE by Ponlop Dzogchen (TarcherPerigee)
Business & Leadership
Gold Award: NEGOTIATING THE NONNEGOTIABLE by Daniel Shapiro (Viking)
Creative Process
Gold Award: ORIGINALS: How Nonconformists Move the World by Adam Grant (Viking)
Gift & Specialty
Silver Award: I AM HERE NOW: A Creative Mindfulness Guide and Journal by The Mindfulness Project (TarcherPerigee)
Parenting & Family
Silver Award: IT’S OK TO GO UP THE SLIDE: Renegade Rules for Raising Confident & Creative Kids by Heather Shumaker (TarcherPerigee)
Personal Growth
Silver Award: THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG: The Art & Science of Loving the Place You Live by Melody Warnick (Viking)
Silver Award: PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITY: Our Relationships with Ourselves, Each Other, and The World by Rosamund Stone Zander (Viking)
Psychology
Silver Award: DOG MEDICINE: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself by Julie Barton (Penguin)
IT DIDN’T START WITH YOU: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn (Viking)

Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought
Silver Award: FINDING THE BLUE SKY: A Mindful Approach to Choosing Happiness Here and Now by Joseph Emet (TarcherPerigee)
Social Sciences & Education
Gold Award: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING LITTLE: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups by Erika Christakis (Viking)
Silver Award: THE BRIDGE TO BRILLIANCE: How One Principal in a Tough Community is Inspiring the World by Nadia Lopez, with Rebecca Paley (Viking)
Young Adult Fiction
Silver Award: ATLANTIS LOST by T.A. Barron (Philomel/Penguin Young Readers)
Congratulations to all of our award-winning authors, their editors and publishers.
View the complete list of 2016 Nautilus Book Award winners here. Popular Company News
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