2025 Lamda Literary Awards

Updated August 29, 2025
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Greta & Valdin
Reilly, Rebecca K.
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Delightfully confident . . . a total pleasure' TIMES 'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER 'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime'...
The pairing
McQuiston, Casey
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston's delicious romantic comedy The Pairing. Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, lovers and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on a...
We were the universe
Parsons, Kimberly King
Paper Book
A young mother, in denial after the loss of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt, and grief in this darkly comic, highly anticipated debut novel from Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light (longlisted for the National Book Award).
Cinema love
Tang, Jiaming
Paper Book
'Cinema Love is not just an extraordinary debut but a future classic' Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers'A tender and enrapturing feat of storytelling' Vanessa Chan, author of The Storm We Made'Epic in its reach yet so intimate and nuanced in...
Our evenings : a novel
Hollinghurst, Alan
Paper Book
From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, "an engrossing tale of one man's personal odyssey as he grows up, framed in exquisite language" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) "The finest novel yet from one of the great writers of our...
The safekeep : a novel
Wouden, Yael van der
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE 2025 An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and...
Murray out of water
Tracy, Taylor.
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Natalie Lloyd, and Jasmine Warga, this beautiful novel in verse explores one girl's struggle to regain her magic after a hurricane forces her to move away from her beloved ocean that, she believes, has given her special powers. Bighearted...
Noah Frye gets crushed
Horne, Maggie
Paper Book
In this cute and queer contemporary middle grade comedy about friendship, first crushes, and first kisses, twelve-year-old Noah Frye comes up with a foolproof plan to teach herself how to have a crush on a boy to fit in better with her friends--only to discover she's been looking in the wrong...
Charlotte Illes is not a teacher
Siegel, Katie
Paper Book
The dej vu is strong for 25-year-old former kid detective Charlotte Illes when she lands back in Frencham Middle School - this time as a substitute teacher with a sideline in sleuthing - in the second zany mystery based on the much-loved TikTok web series from @katiefliesaway. For...
Rough pages
Rosen, Lev AC
Paper Book
Set in atmospheric 1950s San Francisco, Rough Pages asks who is allowed to tell their own stories, and how far would you go to seek out the truth. Private Detective Evander "Andy" Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat, the...
The night of Baba Yaga
Ōtani, Akira
Paper Book
A no-holds-barred queer gangland thriller from Japanese debut Akira Otani for fans of Chain Gang All Stars, Bullet Train and Tender is the Flesh
Gender explained : a new understanding of identity in a gender creative world
Ehrensaft, Diane
Paper Book
By now, you've probably heard the terms transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, and gender fluid. You might even know someone who identifies as one of those ways or know someone who is questioning their gender. But what do those terms actually mean? Is this gender exploration just a phase due to over...
Bury your gays
Tingle, Chuck
Paper Book
Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell. But finally, after years of trying to make it, his big moment is here: an Oscar nomination. And the executives at the studio for his long-running streaming series know just the thing to kick his career to the next level: kill...
Metal from heaven : a confession at the end
Clarke, H. A.
Paper Book
For fans of The Princess Bride and Gideon the Ninth- a bloody lesbian revenge tale and political fantasy set in a glittering world transformed by industrial change - and simmering class warfare. He who controls ichorite controls the world. A malleable...

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