2025 Wilde Awards for Nonfiction

February 7, 2026 | Igniting Writing |

This category is for nonfiction books for all ages—from poetry to history to animal behaviors.

WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH, Katey Howes, illustrated by Beth Krommes (Beach Lane)
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: KATE WARNE AND THE RACE TO SAVE ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Beth Anderson, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport (Calkins Creek)
MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS ABOUT THE ANACONDA, Bibi Dumon Tak, translated by Nancy Forest-Filer, illustrated by AnneMarie Van Haeringen, (Levine Querido)
DEATH IN THE JUNGLE: MURDER, BETRAYAL, AND THE LOST DREAM OF JONESTOWN, Candace Fleming (Anne Schwartz Books)
EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS: THE HISTORY AND PERSISTENCE OF OUR DEADLIEST INFECTION, John Green (Crash Course Books)

The books above are all linked to Bookshop.org

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