The Best Queer Books of the Year: Meet the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winners

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The winners across 26 categories for the 37th annual Lambda Literary Awards are here. The Lambdas—colloquially known as the Lammys—celebrate the best of queer literature, including everything from LGBTQ+ comic books to gay memoir, lesbian fiction to LGBTQ+ children’s books, and more. The winners were chosen from 1,300 submissions, representing 300 publishers.

Check out a selection of the winners below.

Lesbian Fiction: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

Gay Fiction: Henry Henry by Allen Bratton

Bisexual Fiction: How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster by Muriel Leung

Transgender Fiction: Firebugs by Nino Bulling

LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke

Lesbian Romance: Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

Gay Romance: The Spring before Obergefell by Ben Grossberg

LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum

LGBTQ+ Middle Grade: Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy

LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: Glenn Burke, Game Changer by Phil Bildner, illustrated by Daniel J. O’Brien

LGBTQ+ Comics: Putty Pygmalion by Lonnie Garcia

Bisexual Nonfiction: You’re Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan

Transgender Nonfiction: Pretty: A Memoir by KB Brookins

For all 26 winners, check out the Lambda Literary website.

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