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This post is auto-generated from RSS feed BOOK RIOT. Source: The Best Queer Books of the Year: Meet the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winners
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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