Lambda Literary believes that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer literature is fundamental to the preservation of LGBTQ culture, and that LGBTQ lives are affirmed when these stories are written, published, and read. Read the full list of winners of the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards and borrow a few selections from our collection.
Calvin by JR and Vanessa Ford
Inspired by the authors' own transgender child and accompanied by warm and triumphant illustrations, this authentic and personal text promotes kindness and empathy, offering a poignant and inclusive back-to-school message —all should feel safe, respected, and welcomed. Ages 4-8.
The Heartbreak Bakery by A. R. Capetta
Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s queer community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical—and makes everyone who eats them break up. Ages 14+.
Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie
With its endearingly prickly narrator and a cast of characters willing to both challenge her and catch her when she falls, this novel is a clever, moving portrait of a woman and the relationships she thought she could live without.
100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell
Transgressive, foulmouthed, and brutally funny, 100 Boyfriends is a revelatory spiral into the imperfect lives of queer men desperately fighting the urge to self-sabotage.
We Want What We Want by Alix Ohlin
A collection of thirteen stories of people testing the boundaries of their lives.
Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton
An epic, singular look at fandom, creativity, longing, and trans identity.
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun L. Harrison
Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.
Let the Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman
Schulman examines how a group of desperate outcasts changed America forever, and in the process created a livable future for generations of people across the world.
Punch Me Up To The Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome
A raw, poetic, coming-of-age masterwork about Blackness, masculinity and addiction.
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought edited by Briona Simone Jones
A groundbreaking collection tracing the history of intellectual thought by Black lesbian writers.
Stone Fruit by Lee Lai
Bron and Ray's love for each other and for Ray's niece, Nessie, provides an oasis from their fraught family ties. But when their relationship falls apart, they are forced to face the real world, rekindle lapsed family connections, and grapple with their personal identities.
The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver
Two lonely teenage girls in 1940s Washington, DC, discover they have a penchant for solving crimes — and an even greater desire to commit them.
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
What looks like a case of police brutality soon reveals something much stranger. Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it.
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