2025 NAUTILUS WINNERS
Categories 11-20

11 - Death & Dying / Grief & Loss
GOLD WINNER
Walking through Darkness: A Nature-Based Path to Navigating Suffering and Loss
Sandra Ingerman & Llyn Roberts
Union Square & Co. / Sterling Ethos
11 - Death & Dying / Grief & Loss
SILVER WINNERS
12 - Health, Healing & Wellness
GOLD WINNER
Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Soul Loss
David R. Kopacz, MD
Creative Courage Press
12 - Health, Healing & Wellness
SILVER WINNERS
Progress Notes: One Year in the Future of Medicine
Abraham M. Nussbaum
Johns Hopkins University Press
The Centered Heart: Evidence-Based, Mind-Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health
Susi Amendola
Rowman & Littlefield
13 - Heroic Journeys
GOLD WINNER
This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda
Cindy Rasicot
Windhorse Publications
13 - Heroic Journeys
SILVER WINNER
Alice Driver
Simon & Schuster/One Signal Publishers
14 - Inner Prosperity & Right Livelihood
GOLD WINNER
14 - Inner Prosperity & Right Livelihood
SILVER WINNERS
15 - Journalism & Investigative Reporting
GOLD WINNER
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
Nicola Twilley
Penguin Random House
15 - Journalism & Investigative Reporting
SILVER WINNERS
Solidarity and Mercy: The Power of Christian Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine
Chris Herlinger
Morehouse Publishing
We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans
Jordan Chariton
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
16A- Memoir & Personal Journey (Self-Published/Small Press)
GOLD WINNER
2025 Nautilus Book Awards
GRAND WINNER
16A- Memoir & Personal Journey (Self-published/Small Press)
SILVER WINNER
16 B - Memoir & Personal Journey (Large Publisher/Large Hybrid)
GOLD WINNER
16 B - Memoir & Personal Journey (Large Publisher/Large Hybrid)
SILVER WINNERS
17 - Multicultural & Indigenous
GOLD WINNER
17 - Multicultural & Indigenous
SILVER WINNER
Tiná7 Cht Ti Temíxw: We Come From This Land: A Walk through the History of the Squamish People
Squamish Nation
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18 - Parenting & Family
GOLD WINNER
18 - Parenting & Family
SILVER WINNERS
The Promise We Made: Three Universal Soul Promises We Made to Our Children
Efrat Shokef, PhD
Blooming Sage Publishing
19 A - Personal Growth & Self-Help (Self-Publisher/Small Press)
GOLD WINNER
19 A - Personal Growth & Self-Help (Self-Publisher/Small Press)
SILVER WINNERS
Living a Conscious Life: How to Find Peace, Wholeness, and Freedom in a Chaotic World
Donald E. Johnson
Select Books
Move Mountains, Swim Rivers: Peace, Power, and Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century
Timothy J Antrim
Balboa Press
19 B - Personal Growth & Self-Help (Large Publisher/Large Hybrid)
GOLD WINNER
19 B - Personal Growth & Self-Help (Large Publisher/Large Hybrid)
SILVER WINNERS
Super Psyched: Unleash the Power of the 4 Types of Connection and Live the Life You Love
Adam Dorsay, Psy.D.
Amplify Publishing Group
How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away
Emily P. Freeman
HarperCollins
20 - Psychology /Mental & Emotional Well-Being
GOLD WINNER
Ralph De La Rosa
Shambhala Publications
20 - Psychology /Mental & Emotional Well-Being
SILVER WINNERS
The Psychic Psychologist: Heal Your Past, Find Peace in the Present, Transform Your Future
Amanda Charles
Hay House Publishing
Beth Kurland, PhD
Health Communications, Inc.