35th Lambda Literary Awards

|Roses, In the Mouth of a Lion

|McGill–Queen's University Press

|Mother Ocean Father Nation

|Ecco/HarperCollins

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! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Maria|San Filippo}}

|Appropriate Behavior

|Winner

|Carrying It Forward: Essays from Kistahpinanihk

|Wolsak and Wynn Publishers

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|Never Simple: A Memoir

|Henry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers

|Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy

|Harmony Books / Penguin Random House

|{{Sort|Crane Wife|The Crane Wife}}

|Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Poetry

|{{Sortname|Nicky|Beer}}

|Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes

|Milkweed Editions

|Winner

|Dereliction

|{{Sort|Song Cave|The Song Cave}}

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|indecent hours

|Four Way Books

|50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse

|Sarabande Books

|Meat Lovers

|Auckland University Press

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! rowspan="5" | Comics

|{{Sortname|Sas|Milledge}}

|Mamo

|BOOM! Studios

|Winner

|{{Sort|Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings|A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings}}

| Tin House

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{Sortname|Gabriel|Ebensperger}}, trans. by Kelley D. Salas

|Gay Giant

|Street Noise Books

|Other Ever Afters

|Random House Graphic

|{{Sort|Greatest Thing|The Greatest Thing}}

|First Second Books

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Fiction

|{{Sortname|Danny|Ramadan}}

|{{Sort|Foghorn Echoes|The Foghorn Echoes}}

|Canongate Books

|Winner

{{Sortname|Marcial|Gala}}, trans. by Anna Kushner

|Call Me Cassandra

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|God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

|{{Sort|Public Space|A Public Space}}

{{Sortname|João Gilberto|Noll}}, trans. by Edgar Garbelotto

|Hugs and Cuddles

|Two Lines Press

|My Government Means To Kill Me

|Auckland University Press

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Memoir/Biography

|{{Sortname|Edgar|Gomez}}

|High-Risk Homosexual

|Soft Skull Press

|Winner

|All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir

|Penguin Group

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|{{Sort|Angel in Sodom|An Angel in Sodom}}

|Chicago Review Press

|Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York

|Empire State Editions

|I’m Not Broken

|Vintage Books

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Poetry

|{{Sortname|Padraig|Regan}}

|Some Integrity

|Carcanet Press

|Winner

|Alive at the End of the World

|Coffee House Press

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|Brother Sleep

|Alice James Books

|Pleasure

|Four Way Books

|Super Model Minority

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Romance

|{{Sortname|Kosoko|Jackson}}

|I’m So Not Over You

|Berkley Romance

|Winner

|Forever After

|Self-published

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|Forever, Con Amor

|Self-published

|Just One Night

|Self-published

|Two Tribes

|Self-published

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Fiction

|{{Sortname|K-Ming|Chang}}

|Gods of Want

|One World

|Winner

|Big Girl

|W. W. Norton & Company

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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{{Sortname|Mónica|Ojeda}}, trans. by Sarah Booker

|Jawbone

|Coffee House Press

|Nightcrawling

|Alfred A. Knopf

|Our Wives Under the Sea

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Memoir/Biography

|{{Sortname|Kathryn|Schulz}}

|Lost & Found: Reflections on Grief, Gratitude, and Happiness

|Random House

|Winner

|Brown Neon

|Coffee House Press

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|Ma and Me

|West Virginia University Press

|Pretty Baby: A Memoir

|Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

|Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Poetry

|{{Sortname|Shelley|Wong}}

|As She Appears

|YesYes Books

|Winner

|Beast at Every Threshold

|Arsenal Pulp Press

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|Concentrate

|Graywolf Press

|Prelude

|University of Pittsburgh Press

|Yearn

|Diode Editions

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Romance

|{{Sortname|Nan|Campbell|nolink=1}}

|{{Sort|Rules of Forever|The Rules of Forever}}

|Bold Strokes Books

|Winner

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|Queerly Beloved

|Dial Press

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Aurora|Rey}}

|Hard Pressed

|Bold Strokes Books

|{{Sortname|E. J.|Noyes}}

|If I Don’t Ask

|Bella Books

|{{Sortname|K. B.|Draper}}

|Southbound and Down

|K.B. Draper, LLC

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Anthology

|{{Sortname|Julie R.|Enszer}} and Elena Gross

|OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture

|Rutgers University Press

|Winner

|{{Sortname|Michael|Walsh|link=Michael Walsh (author)}} (Ed.)

|Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology

|Autumn House Press

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Elias|Jahshan}}

|This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers

|Saqi Books

|{{Sortname|Laura|Erickson-Schroth}}

|Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities (2nd ed.)

|Oxford University Press

|{{Sortname|Isabela|Oliveira}} and Jed Sabin

|Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth

|Speculatively Queer

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Children's

|{{Sortname|Wallace|West|nolink=1}}

|Mighty Red Riding Hood

|Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

|Winner

|{{Sortname|Carole Boston|Weatherford}} and Rob Sanders, illus. by Byron McCray

|{{Sort|Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin|A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin}}

|Henry Holt Books for Young Readers

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|{{Sortname|Hinaleimoana|Wong-Kalu}}, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson, illus. by Daniel Sousa

|Kapaemahu

|Kokila

|{{Sortname|Nina|LaCour}}

|Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle

|Candlewick Press

|{{Sortname|Robb|Pearlman}}, illus. by Dani Jones

|{{Sort|Sublime Ms. Stacks|The Sublime Ms. Stacks}}

|Bloomsbury Publishing

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Drama

|Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)

|Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) & Antigone: 方

|Playwrights Canada Press

|Winner

|{{Sortname|kai fig|taddei}}

|Duecentomila

|Playwrights Canada Press

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|{{Sortname|Sikivu|Hutchinson}}

|Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic

|Self-published

|{{Sortname|Tom|Ford|nolink=1}} (writer) and Alex Syiek (music and lyrics)

|{{Sort|Show on the Roof|The Show on the Roof}}

|Boise Contemporary Theater

|{{Sortname|Hansol|Jung}}

|Wolf Play

|Samuel French, a Concord Theatricals Company

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica

|{{Sortname|Alison|Cochrun}}

|Kiss Her Once For Me

|Atria Books

|Winner

|{{Sortname|Ruby|Barrett}}

|{{Sort|Romance Recipe|The Romance Recipe}}

|Carina Adores

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Meryl|Wilsner}}

|Mistakes Were Made

|St. Martin's Griffin

|{{Sortname|Edie|Cay}}

|{{Sort|Lady’s Finder|A Lady’s Finder}}

|Self-published

|{{Sortname|Joseph|Brennan|link=Joseph Brennan (author)}}

|Loose Lips: A Gay Sea Odyssey

|Hard Crossing Press

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Middle Grade

|{{Sortname|Maulik|Pancholy}}

|Nikhil Out Loud

|HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray

|Winner

|{{Sortname|David|Levithan}}

|Answers In the Pages

|Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|{{Sortname|Kyle|Lukoff}}

|Different Kinds of Fruit

|Dial Books for Young Readers

|{{Sortname|Maggie|Horne}}

|Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One

|HarperCollins/Clarion Books

|{{Sortname|Michael|Leali}}

|{{Sort|Civil War of Amos Abernathy|The Civil War of Amos Abernathy}}

|HarperCollins

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Mystery

|{{Sortname|Hayley|Scrivenor}}

|Dirt Creek: A Novel

|Little, Brown and Company

|Winner

|{{Sortname|David C|Dawson}}

|{{Sort|Death in Berlin|A Death in Berlin}}

|Park Creek Publishing

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|{{Sortname|Joshua|Moehling}}

|And There He Kept Her

|Poisoned Pen Press

|{{Sortname|Ann|McMan}}

|Dead Letters from Paradise

|Bywater Books

|{{Sortname|Lev A.C.|Rosen}}

|Lavender House

|Forge Books

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Hafizah Augustus|Geter}}

|{{Sort|Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin|The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin}}

|Random House

|Winner

|{{Sortname|Sabrina|Imbler}}

|How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Joseph|Osmundson}}

|Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between

|W.W. Norton & Company

|{{Sortname|Ricky|Tucker}}

|And the Category Is…: Inside New York’s Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community

|Beacon Press

|{{Sortname|Hugh|Ryan|nolink=1}}

|{{Sort|Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison|The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison}}

|Bold Type Books, Hachette Book Group

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Speculative Fiction

|{{Sortname|Lianyu|Tan}}

|{{Sort|Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel|The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel}}

|Shattered Scepter Press

|Winner

|{{Sortname|Sunyi|Dean}}

|Book Eaters

|Tor Books

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Nghi|Vo}}

|Into the Riverlands

|Tor.com

|{{Sortname|Khan|Wong}}

|{{Sort|Circus Infinite|The Circus Infinite}}

|Angry Robot

|{{Sortname|Rob|Hart|dab=author}}

|{{Sort|Paradox Hotel|The Paradox Hotel}}

|Ballantine Books

|-style="background:lightyellow"

! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Studies

|{{Sortname|Darieck|Scott}}

|Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics

|New York University Press

|Winner

|{{Sortname|Mairead|Sullivan}}

|Lesbian Death: Desire and Danger between Feminist and Queer

|University of Minnesota Press

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Marlon B.|Ross}}

|Sissy Insurgencies: A Racial Anatomy of Unfit Manliness

|{{Sortname|Vivian L.|Huang}}

|Surface Relations: Queer Forms of Asian American Inscrutability

|{{Sortname|Jafari S.|Allen}}

|There’s a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life

|Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins

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! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ Young Adult

|{{Sortname|Sonora|Reyes}}

|{{Sort|Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School|The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School}}

|Winner

|{{Sortname|Vincent|Tirado}}

|Burn Down, Rise Up

|Sourcebooks

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Angeline|Jackson}} with Susan McClelland

|Funny Gyal: My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica

|Dundurn Press

|{{Sortname|Anna-Marie|McLemore}}

|Lakelore

|Feiwel & Friends

|{{Sortname|Jen|Ferguson}}

|{{Sort|Summer of Bitter and Sweet|The Summer of Bitter and Sweet}}

|Heartdrum/HarperCollins

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! rowspan="5" |Transgender Fiction

|{{Sortname|Cat|Fitzpatrick}}

|{{Sort|Call-Out|The Call-Out}}

|Seven Stories Press

|Winner

|{{Sortname|James|Hannaham}}

|Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta

|Little, Brown and Company

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Izzy|Wasserstein}}

|All the Hometowns You Can’t Stay Away From

|Neon Hemlock

|{{Sortname|Morgan|Thomas|nolink=1}}

|Manywhere

|William Morrow and Company

|{{Sortname|Maya|Deane}}

|Wrath Goddess Sing

|- style="background:lightyellow"

! rowspan="5" |Transgender Nonfiction

|{{Sortname|Emma|Grove}}

|{{Sort|Third Person|The Third Person}}

|Drawn & Quarterly

|Winner

|{{Sortname|Kit|Heyam}}

|Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

|Basic Books

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|{{Sortname|Cecilia|Gentili}}

|Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist

|LittlePuss Press

|{{Sortname|Jeremiah|Moss}}

|Feral City: On Finding Liberation in Lockdown New York

|W. W. Norton & Company

|{{Sortname|Cameron|Awkward-Rich}}

|{{Sort|Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment|The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment}}