This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Biography/Autobiography.
| Year | Author(s) | Title | Result | |
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| 2007 | Winner | [1] | ||
| Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley | Nominee | [2] | ||
| Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero | Nominee | |||
| Jokes My Father Never Taught Me | Nominee | |||
| Unbowed | Nominee | |||
| 2008 | Winner | [3] | ||
| , Gerald Levert, and Lyah Leflore | I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship | Nominee | [4] | |
| My Grandfather's Son | Nominee | |||
| and David Steele | Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith | Nominee | ||
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| 2009 | Winner | [5] [6] | ||
| 2010 | and Emily Bernard | Michelle Obama: The First Lady In Photographs | Winner | [7] |
| Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud | Nominee | [8] | ||
| POPS: A Life of Louis | Nominee | |||
| and Buzz Bissinger | Shooting Stars | Nominee | ||
| Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne | Nominee | |||
| 2011 | You Don’t Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles | Winner | [9] | |
| 2012 | and Michael Shnayerson | My Song: A Memoir | Winner | [10] |
| No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington | Nominee | |||
| and John Wesley Carlos | Nominee | |||
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| Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention | Nominee | |||
| 2013 | Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change | Winner | [11] | |
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| 2014 | Winner | [12] | ||
| Mom & Me & Mom | Nominee | |||
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| Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker | Nominee | |||
| Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington | Nominee | |||
| 2015 | and Louis Sullivan | Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine | Winner | [13] |
| Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina | Nominee | |||
| Stand Up Straight and Sing! | Nominee | |||
| and Omar Tyree | Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr. | Nominee | ||
| Handbook For An Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata And My Crazy Mother, And Still Came Out Smiling (With Great Hair) | Nominee | |||
| 2016 | Between the World And Me | Winner | [14] | |
| One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York | Nominee | |||
| and David Ritz | After the Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye | Nominee | ||
| Power Forward: My Presidential Education | Nominee | |||
| Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person | Nominee | |||
| 2017 | Winner | |||
| Around the Way Girl: A Memoir | Nominee | |||
| Answering the Call: An Autobiography of the Modern Struggle to End Racial Discrimination in America | Nominee | |||
| Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, A Young Black Man's Education | Nominee | |||
| and Maurice White | My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire | Nominee | ||
| 2018 | and Cari Lynn | Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women | Winner | [15] |
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| Chester B. Himes | Nominee | |||
| Obama: The Call of History | Nominee | |||
| We're Going to Need More Wine | Nominee | |||
| 2019 | Becoming | Winner | [16] | |
| Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist | Nominee | |||
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| and Deborah G. Plant | Nominee | |||
| 2020 | More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) | Winner | [17] | |
| Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System | Nominee | |||
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| and Randee St. Nicholas | My Name Is Prince | Nominee | ||
| Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward | Nominee | |||
| 2021 | and Tamara Payne | Winner | [18] | |
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| Olympic Pride, American Prejudice | Nominee | |||
| Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player | Nominee | |||
| 2022 | Will | Winner | [20] [21] | |
| Just As I Am | Nominee | |||
| Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement | Nominee | |||
| Unprotected: A Memoir | Nominee | |||
| Until I Am Free | Nominee | |||
| 2023 | Scenes from My Life: A Memoir | Winner | ||
| You’ve Been Chosen: Thriving Through the Unexpected | Nominee | [22] | ||
| Walking in My Joy: In These Streets | Nominee | |||
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| 2024 | Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement | Winner | [23] | |
| Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts | Nominee | [24] | ||
| Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds | Nominee | |||
| Nothing Is Missing | Nominee | |||
| Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes | Nominee |