Narrative Nonfiction Book of the Year Archive

• Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior by Carole Lindstrom
• Black Beach by Shaunna and John Stith
• A Dupatta Is... by Marzieh Abbas
• How to Eat in Space by Helen Taylor
• Jumper by Jessica Lanan
• Kaboom! A Volcano Erupts by Jessica Kulekjian
• Lion on the Inside by Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir
• Nobody Likes Frogs by Barbara Davis-Pyles
• What a Map Can Do by Gabrielle Balkan
• Wombats Are Pretty Weird by Abi Cushman

• Blood! Not Just A Vampire Drink By Stacy Mcanulty
• Fastest Woman On Earth: The Story Of Tatyana Mcfadden By Francesca Cavallo
• Good Eating: The Short Life Of Krill By Matt Lilley
• Luminous: Living Things That Light Up The Night By Julia Kuo
• Journey Of The Midnight Sun By Shazia Afzal
• Listen To The Language Of Trees By Tera Kelley
• Pizza! A Slice Of History By Greg Pizzoli
• The Secret Pocket By Peggy Janicki
• When The Sky Glows By Nell Cross Beckerman
• The Yawn Book By Diana Kim

2023 - The Elephant's New Shoe by Laurel Neme
Nominees:

• Butterflies are Pretty Gross by Rosemary Mosco
• Crossings: Extraordinary structures / Extraordinary Animals by Katy Duffield
• Drop: An Adventure Through the Water Cycle by Emily Kate Moon
• How to Build an Insect by Roberts Gibson
• I am Not a Penguin by Liz Wong
• I'm Trying to Love Rocks by Bethany Barton
• Niki Nakayama: A Chef's Tale in 13 bites by Jamie Michalak
• Secret Code Inside You: All about your DNA by Rajani LaRocca
• Summertime Sleepers by Melissa Stewart

2022 - The Spirit of Springer: the real life rescue of an orphaned Orca by Amanda Abler 
Nominees:

• Dinosaurs are not Extinct by Drew Sheneman
• Facts vs Opinions vs Robots by Michael Rex
• Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh
• Ocean: Waves for All by Stacy McAnulty
• Our Subway Baby by Pete Mercurio
• Run Salmon Run by Bobs & Lolo
• Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola Campbell
• This is How I Know / Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh by Brittany Luby
• Yusra Swims by Julie Abery

2021 - Titan and the wild boars : the true cave rescue of the Thai soccer team by Susan Hood (Winner)
Nomineess:

• Billie Jean! by Mara Rockliff
• The Bug Girl by Sophia Spencer
• How did I get here? : your story from the big bang to your birthday by Philip Bunting
• I'm trying to love math by Bethany Barton
• Magic ramen: the story of Momofuku Ando by Andrea Wang
• Moth : an evolution story by Isabel Thomas
• Pluto gets the call by Adam Rex
• Skulls! By Blair Thornburgh
• When Sue found Sue : Sue Hendrickson discovers her T. rex by Toni Buzzeo

2020 - What Do They Do With All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz (Winner)
Nomineess:

• Adventures to School by Miranda & Baptiste Paul
• Bugs Don't Hug: Six-Legged Parents and Their Kids by Heather Montgomery
• Feathers and Hair: What Animals Wear by Jennifer Ward
• Festival of Colours by Surishtha & Kabir Sehgal
• Hello, Horse by Vivian French
• How to Build a Hug by A. Guglielmo
• The Seal Garden by Ian McAllister
• The Squirrels' Busy Year by Martin Jenkins
• The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk

2019 - Beauty and the Beak by Deborah Lee Rose (Winner)
Nominees:

• A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars Seth Fisherman
• Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty
• Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton
• If Picasso Painted a Snowman by Amy Newbold
• If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams
• Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies
• Our Very Own Dog by Amanda McCardie
• Shark Lady by Jess Keating
• The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring by Gilbert Ford

2018 - I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton (Winner)
Nominees:

• Among a Thousand Fireflies by Helen Frost and Rick Lieder
• Follow the Moon Home by Philippe Cousteau
• Giant Squid by Candace Fleming
• I Am Josephine (And I am a Living Thing) by Jan Thornhill
• My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis by Paul Meisel
• A Nest is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
• Plants Can't Sit Still by Rebecca E. Hirsch
• The Secret Subway by Shana Corey
• Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs