The Lambda Literary Awards honor the best in LGBTQ books, and this year’s finalists include 12 Macmillan titles!
Lesbian Fiction
HOW TO WRESTLE A GIRL by Venita Blackburn
Gay Fiction
100 BOYFRIENDS by Brontez Purnell
BRICKMAKERS by Selva Almada
Transgender Fiction
SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-Chan
LGBTQ Nonfiction
GIRLHOOD by Melissa Febos
LET THE RECORD SHOW by Sarah Schulman
Lesbian Poetry
THE RENUNCIATIONS: Poems by Donika Kelly
Lesbian Memoir/Biography
THE 2000s MADE ME GAY: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry
LGBTQ Anthology
THE METHUEN DRAMA BOOK OF TRANS PLAYS edited by Leanna Keyes, Lindsey Mantoan, & Angela Farr Schiller
LGBTQ Young Adult
HANI AND ISHU’S GUIDE TO FAKE DATING by Adiba Jaigirdar
LGBTQ Speculative Fiction
A DESOLATION CALLED PEACE by Arkady Martine
THE TENSORATE SERIES by Neon Yang