Lambda Literary Award for Mystery

{{short description|Annual literary award for mystery novels with LGBT-themes}}

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The Lambda Literary Award for Mystery is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a mystery novel by or about people in the LGBT community. Prior to 2021, the award was separated into separate categories for Gay and Lesbian Mystery.

Recipients

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!Official Category Title

!Abbreviation

!Award Year(s)

Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction

|Lesb. M/SF

|1989

Gay Mystery/Science Fiction

|Gay M/SF

|1989

Lesbian Mystery

|Lesbian Mys.

|1990-2020

Gay Mystery

|Gay Mys.

|1990-2020

LGBTQ Mystery

|LGBTQ

|2021

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|+Lambda Literary Award for Mystery finalists and winners

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Author

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

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! rowspan="10" |1989

! rowspan="5" |Gay M/SF

|{{Sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|Goldenboy

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=2010-01-13|title=1st Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/01/lambda-literary-awards-1988/|access-date=2022-01-22|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122021049/https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/01/lambda-literary-awards-1988/|url-status=live}}

|Death Takes the Stage

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Obedience

|Unicorn Mountain

|Who’s Next

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! rowspan="5" |Lesb. M/SF

|{{sortname|Antoinette|Azolakov}}

|Skiptrace

|Winner

|The Crystal Curtain

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Heavy Gilt

|Lessons In Murder

|Mundane's World

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! rowspan="10" |1990

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Mark Richard|Zubro}}

|Simple Suburban Murder

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=1990-07-13|title=2nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1990/07/lambda-literary-awards-1989/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315070210/https://lambdaliterary.org/1990/07/lambda-literary-awards-1989/|url-status=live}}

|Caravaggio Shawl

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Faultlines: Stories of Suspense

|Finale edited

|Somewhere in the Night

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Katherine V.|Forrest}}

|The Beverly Malibu

|Winner

|The Contactees Die Young

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Dog Collar Murders

|Fatal Reunion

|Hallowed Murder

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! rowspan="10" |1991

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|Howtown

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=1991-07-13|title=3rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1991/07/lambda-literary-awards-1990/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315070209/https://lambdaliterary.org/1991/07/lambda-literary-awards-1990/|url-status=live}}

|Black Marble Pool

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Body To Dye For

|Boy Who Was Buried This Morning

|Why Isn’t Becky Twitchell Dead?

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Barbara|Wilson|Barbara Wilson (author)}}

|Gaudi Afternoon

| rowspan="2" |Winner (tie)

| rowspan="2" |

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|{{sortname|Lauren|Wright Douglas}}

|Ninth Life

|A Captive In Time

| rowspan="3" |Finalist

| rowspan="3" |

|Death Down Under

|Slick

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! rowspan="10" |1992

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Joseph|Hansen|Joseph Hansen (writer)}}

|A Country of Old Men

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=1992-07-14|title=4th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1992/07/lambda-literary-awards-1991/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205005629/https://lambdaliterary.org/1992/07/lambda-literary-awards-1991/|url-status=live}}

|Best Performance by a Patsy

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Master’s Counterpoints

|Sorry Now?

|The Face on the Cutting Room Floor

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Katherine V.|Forrest}}

|Murder by Tradition

|Winner

|Cop Out

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|The Providence File

|Everything You Have is Mine

|Final Session

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! rowspan="10" |1993

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|The Hidden Law

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1993-07-14 |title=5th Annual Lambda Literary Awards |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1993/07/lambda-literary-awards-1992/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |archive-date=2022-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122021111/https://lambdaliterary.org/1993/07/lambda-literary-awards-1992/ |url-status=live }}

|Final Atonement

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Love You to Death

|One for the Master, Two for the Fool

|Third Man Out

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Jaye|Maiman}}

|Crazy for Loving

| rowspan="2" |Winner (tie)

| rowspan="2" |

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|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Pincus}}

|Two-Bit Tango

|Deaths of Jocasta

| rowspan="3" |Finalist

| rowspan="3" |

|Lavender House Murder

|Stage Fright

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! rowspan="10" |1994

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Steven|Saylor}}

|Catilina’s Riddle

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=1994-07-14|title=6th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1994/07/lambda-literary-awards-1993/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101053850/https://lambdaliterary.org/1994/07/lambda-literary-awards-1993/|url-status=live}}

|Bohannon’s Country

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Dead On Your Feet

|Mae West Murder Case

|Torsos

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Mary|Wings}}

|Divine Victim

|Winner

|Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|I'll Be Leaving You Always

|Long Goodbyes

|Trouble In Transylvania

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! rowspan="10" |1995

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|John|Berendt}}

|Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=1995-07-15|title=7th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1995/07/lambda-literary-awards-1994/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205005709/https://lambdaliterary.org/1995/07/lambda-literary-awards-1994/|url-status=live}}

|Mad Man

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Mask for a Diva

|Queer Kind of Love

|The Alienist

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Small Sacrifice

|Winner

|Body Guard

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend

|My Sweet Untraceable You

|Sister's Keeper

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! rowspan="11" |1996

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|R. D.|Zimmerman}}

|Closet

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=2012-03-04|title=8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards {{!}} Lambda Literary|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/14/lambda-literary-awards-1995/|access-date=2022-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304081005/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/14/lambda-literary-awards-1995/ |archive-date=2012-03-04 }}

|Another Dead Teenager

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Queer Kind of Umbrella

|Shock to the System

|The Venus Throw

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! rowspan="6" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|J. M.|Redmann}}

|The Intersection of Law and Desire

|Winner

|Baby, It's Cold

| rowspan="5" |Finalist

| rowspan="5" |

|Faint Praise

|Hangdog Hustle

|Night Songs

|Someone to Watch

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! rowspan="9" |1997

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|Death of Friends

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Antonio|first=Gonzalez Cerna|date=1997-07-15|title=9th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1997/07/lambda-literary-awards-1996/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424170645/https://lambdaliterary.org/1997/07/lambda-literary-awards-1996/|url-status=live}}

|Murder on the Appian Way

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Simple Justice

|Time to Check Out

|Tribe

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! rowspan="4" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Robber's Wine

|Winner

|Final Take

| rowspan="3" |Finalist

| rowspan="3" |

|Inner Circle

|Liberty Square

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! rowspan="10" |1998

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|David|Hunt|David Hunt (writer)}}

|The Magician’s Tale

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Antonio|first=Gonzalez Cerna|date=1998-07-15|title=10th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1998/07/lambda-literary-awards-1997/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122021049/https://lambdaliterary.org/1998/07/lambda-literary-awards-1997/|url-status=live}}

|Gossip

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Hostage

|Revision of Justice

|The Burning Plain

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Randye|Lordon}}

|Father Forgive Me

|Winner

|Apparition Alley

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Evil Dead Center

|No Daughter of the South

|Old Black Magic

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! rowspan="10" |1999

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|R. D.|Zimmerman}}

|Outburst

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Antonio|first=Gonzalez Cerna|date=1999-07-15|title=11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/1999/07/lambda-literary-awards-1998/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224130047/https://lambdaliterary.org/1999/07/lambda-literary-awards-1998/|url-status=live}}

|Dead as a Doornail

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Federal Fag

|Strachey’s Folly

|Uprising

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Nicola|Griffith}}

|The Blue Place

|Winner

|Mother May I

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Past Due

|Shaman's Moon

|Wicked Games

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! rowspan="10" |2000

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|John Morgan|Wilson}}

|Justice at Risk

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Antonio|first=Gonzalez Cerna|date=2000-07-15|title=12th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2000/07/lambda-literary-awards-1999/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205005720/https://lambdaliterary.org/2000/07/lambda-literary-awards-1999/|url-status=live}}

|Drop Dead

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Innuendo

|The Death of a Constant Lover

|The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Hunting the Witch

|Winner

|Lost Daughters

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Murder Undercover

|She Came in Drag

|Sleeping Bones

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! rowspan="10" |2001

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|John Morgan|Wilson}}

|The Limits of Justice

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2001-07-10|title=13th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2001/07/lambda-literary-awards-2000/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123122540/https://lambdaliterary.org/2001/07/lambda-literary-awards-2000/|url-status=live}}

|A Density of Souls

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Love’s Last Chance

|Name Games

|Nothing Gold Can Stay

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Jean|Marcy}}

|Mommy Deadest

|Winner

|Booked for Murder

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|The Case of the Orphanned Bassoonists

|Death Understood

|When Evil Changes Face

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! rowspan="10" |2002

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|Rag and Bone

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2002-07-10|title=14th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2002/07/lambda-literary-awards-2001/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804145706/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2002/07/lambda-literary-awards-2001/|url-status=live}}

|Boy Toy

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Making a Killing

|Sex and Murder.Com

|The Butcher’s Son

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Merchant of Venus

|Winner

|Back to Salem

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy

|Moving Targets

|Witchfire

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! rowspan="10" |2003

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Christopher|Rice}}

|The Snow Garden

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Schechner|first=Karen|date=2003-06-04|title=Lambda Literary Foundation Presents 2003 Lammies|url=http://archivenews.bookweb.org/news/lambda-literary-foundation-presents-2003-lammies.html|access-date=2022-01-14|website=American Booksellers Association|archive-date=2022-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114215043/http://archivenews.bookweb.org/news/lambda-literary-foundation-presents-2003-lammies.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2003-07-10|title=15th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2003/07/lambda-literary-awards-2002/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2020-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506234143/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2003/07/lambda-literary-awards-2002/|url-status=live}}

|Hot Spot

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Murder in the Rue Dauphine

|The Hired Man

|The Lodger

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Woodcraft}}

|Good Bad Woman

| rowspan="2" |Winner (tie)

| rowspan="2" |

style="background:LemonChiffon;

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Immaculate Midnight

|Accidental Murder

| rowspan="3" |Finalist

| rowspan="3" |

|The Weeping Buddha

|Death by Prophecy

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! rowspan="10" |2004

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|John Morgan|Wilson}}

|Blind Eye

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2004-07-10|title=16th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2004/07/lambda-literary-awards-2003/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205005653/https://lambdaliterary.org/2004/07/lambda-literary-awards-2003/|url-status=live}}

|Bourbon Street Blues

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Dead Egotistical Morons

|It Takes Two

|Wearing Black to the White Party

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Sims}}

|Damn Straight

|Winner

|Cry Havoc

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|The Woman Who Found Grace

|Epitaph for an Angel

|Owl of the Desert

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! rowspan="10" |2005

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{Sortname|Anthony|Bidulka}}

|Flight of Aquavit

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2005-07-09|title=17th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2005/07/lambda-literary-awards-2004/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095405/https://lambdaliterary.org/2005/07/lambda-literary-awards-2004/|url-status=live}}

|Jackson Square Jazz

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Moth and Flame

|Someone You Know

|The Role Players

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Katherine V.|Forrest}}

|Hancock Park

|Winner

|An Intimate Ghost

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|Commitment to Die

|The Wombat Strategy

|Death by Discount

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! rowspan="10" |2006

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|D. Travers|Scott}}

|One of These Things is Not Like the Other

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2013-12-11|title=18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/09/lambda-literary-awards-2005/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211105334/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/09/lambda-literary-awards-2005/|archive-date=11 December 2013|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary}}

|Cajun Snuff

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|The Actor’s Guide to Greed

|The Paper Mirror

|White Tiger

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Alicia|Gaspar De Alba}}

|Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders

|Winner

|Darkness Descending

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|The Iron Girl

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|Justice Served

|{{sortname|Katherine V.|Forrest}}

|Women of Mystery

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="10" |2007

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Garry|Ryan}}

|The Lucky Elephant Restaurant

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=2006-04-30|title=19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023311/https://lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Greg|Herren}}

|Mardi Gras Mambo

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Randall|Peffer}}

|Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues

|{{sortname|James|Lear}}

|The Back Passage

|{{sortname|Josh|Lanyon}}

|The Hell You Say

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Laurie R.|King}}

|The Art of Detection

|Winner

|{{sortname|Jessica|Thomas}}

|The Weekend Visitor

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Joan|Opyr}}

|Idaho Code

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Night Vision

|{{sortname|Rose|Beecham}}

|Sleep of Reason

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="11" |2008

! rowspan="6" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Greg|Herren}}

|Murder in the Rue Chartres

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=2008-06-05|title=2008 Lambda Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-818/2008-Lambda-Award-Winners-Announced|access-date=2022-01-12|website=McNally Robinson Booksellers|language=en|archive-date=2022-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819055254/https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-818/2008-Lambda-Award-Winners-Announced|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2007-04-30|title=20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2007/04/lambda-literary-awards-2007-2/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120014347/https://lambdaliterary.org/2007/04/lambda-literary-awards-2007-2/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Chris|Beakey}}

|Double Abduction

| rowspan="5" |Finalist

| rowspan="5" |

|{{sortname|Caro|Soles}}

|Drag Queen in the Court of Death

|{{sortname|Neil|Plakcy}}

|Mahu Surfer

|{{sortname|Roberto|Ferrari|nolink=1}}

|Pierce

|{{sortname|Anthony|Bidulka}}

|Stain of the Berry

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Gabrielle|Goldsby}}

|Wall of Silence

|Winner

|{{sortname|Gerri|Hill}}

|In the Name of the Father

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Ursula|Steck}}

|Laura's War

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Mortal Groove

|{{sortname|Jennifer L.|Jordan}}

|Selective Memory

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="10" |2009

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Scott|Sherman}}

|First You Fall

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2010-02-18|title=21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/02/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123120952/https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/02/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Neil|Plakcy}}

|Mahu Fire

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|John Morgan|Wilson}}

|Spider Season

|{{sortname|Anthony|Bidulka}}

|Sundowner Ubuntu

|{{sortname|Stephen|Anable}}

|The Fisher Boy

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Josie|Gordon}}

|Whacked

|Winner

|{{sortname|Diane|Anderson-Minshall}}

|Blind Faith

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Ali|Vali}}

|Calling the Dead

|{{sortname|Jessica|Thomas}}

|Losers Weepers

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Sweet Poison

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="10" |2010

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Michael Thomas|Ford}}

|What We Remember

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Valenzuela|first=Tony|date=2010-05-10|title=22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/05/2010-awards-finalists-winners/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809233141/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2010/05/2010-awards-finalists-winners/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Josh|Aterovis}}

|All Lost Things

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Ralph|Ashworth}}

|Killer of Orchids

|{{sortname|Greg|Herren}}

|Murder in the Garden District

|{{sortname|Rob|Byrnes}}

|Straight Lies

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|J. M.|Redmann}}

|Death of a Dying Man

|Winner

|{{sortname|Paulette|Callen}}

|Command of Silence

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|The Mirror and the Mask

|{{sortname|Joan|Opyr}}

|From Hell to Breakfast

|{{sortname|Josie|Gordon}}

|Toasted

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="10" |2011

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|David|Lennon}}

|Echoes

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=2011-05-27|title=23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2011/05/23rd-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123125313/https://lambdaliterary.org/2011/05/23rd-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Richard|Stevenson|Richard Lipez}}

|Cockeyed

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|{{sortname|I.E.|Woodward}}

|Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers

|{{sortname|Garry|Ryan}}

|Smoked

|{{sortname|Greg|Herren}}

|Vieux Carre Voodoo

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Val|McDermid}}

|Fever of the Bone

|Winner

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|The Cruel Ever After

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

|{{sortname|Kim|Baldwin}}

|Missing Lynx

|{{sortname|Stella|Duffy}}

|Parallel Lies

|{{sortname|J. M.|Redmann}}

|Water Mark

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="10" |2012

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Richard|Stevenson|Richard Lipez}}

|Red White Black and Blue

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=2012-06-05|title=24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2012/06/24th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-in-new-york/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108035149/https://lambdaliterary.org/2012/06/24th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-in-new-york/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|David|Lennon}}

|Blue’s Bayou

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite magazine|last=Lee|first=Stephan|date=2012-03-20|title=24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists announced|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/03/20/lambda-literary-award/|access-date=2022-01-17|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en|archive-date=2022-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127083529/https://ew.com/article/2012/03/20/lambda-literary-award/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries

|{{sortname|Garry|Ryan}}

|Malabarista

|{{sortname|Jess|Faraday}}

|The Affair of the Porcelain Dog

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Kim|Baldwin}}

|Dying to Live

|Winner

|{{sortname|AJ|Quinn}}

|Hostage Moon

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|R. E.|Bradshaw}}

|Rainey Nights: A Rainey Bell Thriller

|{{sortname|Martha|Miller}}

|Retirement Plan

|{{sortname|Val|McDermid}}

|Trick of the Dark

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="10" |2013

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Jeffrey|Round}}

|Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Yates|first=Ryan|date=2013-06-04|title=2013 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/2013-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-179194/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Autostraddle|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112001728/https://www.autostraddle.com/2013-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-179194/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2013-06-04|title=25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/06/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108192318/https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/06/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Rod|Shelton}}

|Bokassa’s Last Apostle

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Anthony|Bidulka}}

|Dos Equis

|{{sortname|Janice|Law}}

|Fires of London

|{{sortname|Steve Neil|Johnson}}

|The Yellow Canary

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|J. M.|Redmann}}

|Ill Will

|Winner

|{{sortname|C.P.|Rowlands}}

|Jacob's War

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Robin|Silverman}}

|Lemon Reef

|{{sortname|R. E.|Bradshaw}}

|Molly: House on Fire

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Rest for the Wicked

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="20" |2014

! rowspan="9" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Janice|Law}}

|The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=bent|date=2014-06-03|title=Full List of 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/full-list-of-2014-lambda-literary-award-winners-214124/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=IndieWire|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112003115/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/full-list-of-2014-lambda-literary-award-winners-214124/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2014-06-03|title=Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2014/06/winners-of-the-26th-annual-lambda-literary-awards-announced/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912131635/https://lambdaliterary.org/2014/06/winners-of-the-26th-annual-lambda-literary-awards-announced/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Greg|Herren}}

|Baton Rouge Bingo

| rowspan="8" |Finalist

| rowspan="8" |

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Boystown 5: Murder Book

|{{sortname|David|Lennon}}

|Fierce

|{{sortname|Garry|Ryan}}

|Foxed

|{{sortname|Jonathan|Gregory|nolink=1}}

|In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery

|{{sortname|Mark|Zubro}}

|Pawn of Satan

|{{sortname|Jon|Michaelsen}}

|Pretty Boy Dead

|{{sortname|Sarah|Black}}

|The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="11" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Katherine V.|Forrest}}

|High Desert

|Winner

|{{sortname|Val|McDermid}}

|Cross and Burn

| rowspan="10" |Finalist

| rowspan="10" |

|{{sortname|Anne|Holt}}

|Death of the Demon

|{{sortname|Laura|Antoniou}}

|The Killer Wore Leather: A Mystery

|{{sortname|Ann|Roberts|Anne Roberts (writer)}}

|Point of Betrayal

|{{sortname|R. E.|Bradshaw}}

|The Rainey Season

|{{sortname|Jean|Sheldon}}

|She Overheard Murder

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Taken by the Wind

|{{sortname|Jenna|Rae}}

|Turning on the Tide

|{{sortname|Diane|Wood|Diane Wood (writer)}}

|Web of Obsessions

|{{sortname|Ian|Hamilton|Ian Hamilton (writer)}}

|The Wild Beasts of Wuhan: An Ava Lee Novel

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="13" |2015

! rowspan="8" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Katie|Gilmartin}}

|Blackmail, My Love: A Murder Mystery

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Karma|date=2015-06-04|title=Lambda Literary Award 2015 Winners Announced|url=https://www.alibris.com/blog/lambda-literary-award-2015-winners-announced/?doing_wp_cron=1642192409.1770710945129394531250|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Alibris|archive-date=2022-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114215043/https://www.alibris.com/blog/lambda-literary-award-2015-winners-announced/?doing_wp_cron=1642192409.1770710945129394531250|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Hertzel|first=Laurie|date=2015-06-18|title=Ellen Hart wins her sixth Lambda Award|url=https://www.startribune.com/ellen-hart-wins-her-sixth-lambda-award/308217311/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Star Tribune|archive-date=2015-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622063459/http://www.startribune.com/ellen-hart-wins-her-sixth-lambda-award/308217311/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Jameson|Currier}}

|A Gathering Storm

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Boystown 6: From the Ashes

|{{sortname|David|Swatling}}

|Calvin’s Head

|{{sortname|David|Lennon}}

|DeadFall

|{{sortname|Josh|Lanyon}}

|Fair Game

|{{sortname|Janice|Law}}

|Moon Over Tangier

|{{sortname|Rafe|Haze}}

|The Next

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|The Old Deep and Dark

|Winner

|{{sortname|Anne|Laughlin}}

|The Acquittal

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |

|{{sortname|Charles|Atkins|Charles Atkins (writer)}}

|Done to Death

|{{sortname|Valerie|Bronwen}}

|Slash and Burn

|{{sortname|Stevie|Mikayne}}

|UnCatholic Conduct

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="16" |2016

! rowspan="8" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Boystown 7: Bloodlines

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Johns|first=Merryn|date=2016-07-05|title=2016 LAMMYS A Huge Success|url=https://www.curvemag.com/diversity-and-inclusion/lgbtqi-awards/2016-lammys-a-huge-success/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=CURVE|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221033523/https://www.curvemag.com/blog/lgbtqi-awards/2016-lammys-a-huge-success/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2016-06-07|title=28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2016/06/28th-annual-lammy-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108170932/https://lambdaliterary.org/2016/06/28th-annual-lammy-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Jeffrey|Round}}

|After the Horses

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web|date=2016-03-08|title=Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted|url=http://www.out.com/art-books/2016/3/08/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-revealed-carrie-brownstein-hasan-namir-truman|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Out|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208012803/https://www.out.com/art-books/2016/3/08/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-revealed-carrie-brownstein-hasan-namir-truman|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Jon|Wilson}}

|Cheap as Beasts

|{{sortname|Wallace|Godfrey}}

|Introducing Sunfish & Starfish: Tropical Drag Queen Detectives

|{{sortname|Rhys|Ford}}

|Murder and Mayhem

|{{sortname|Christopher|Bollen}}

|Orient

|{{sortname|Tom|Mendicino}}

|The Boys from Eighth and Carpenter

|{{sortname|Robert|Karjel}}

|The Swede

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="8" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Victoria|Brownworth}}

|Ordinary Mayhem

| rowspan="2" |Winner (tie)

| rowspan="2" |

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

|{{sortname|Ann|Aptaker}}

|Tarnished Gold

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|The Grave Soul

| rowspan="6" |Finalist

| rowspan="6" |

|{{sortname|Lee|Winter}}

|The Red Files

|{{sortname|Debra|Hyde}}

|The Tattered Heiress: Volume Two of the Charlotte Olmes Mystery Series

|{{sortname|Stevie|Mikayne}}

|Illicit Artifacts

|{{sortname|Cari|Hunter}}

|No Good Reason

|{{sortname|R. E.|Bradshaw}}

|Relatively Rainey

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="13" |2017

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|J. Aaron|Sanders}}

|Speakers of the Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Veron|first=Luis Damian|date=2017-06-14|title=29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced: FULL LIST|url=https://www.towleroad.com/2017/06/lambda-literary-award-winners/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Towleroad Gay News|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095220/https://www.towleroad.com/2017/06/lambda-literary-award-winners/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Dal|Maclean}}

|Bitter Legacy

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web|date=2017-03-14|title=29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/03/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230200700/https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/03/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|L. A.|Fields}}

|Homo Superiors

|{{sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|Lay Your Sleeping Head

|{{sortname|Janice|Law}}

|Nights in Berlin

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="8" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Jessica L.|Webb}}

|Pathogen

|Winner

|{{sortname|Jessie|Chandler}}

|Blood Money Murder

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |

|{{sortname|Cheryl A.|Head}}

|Bury Me When I'm Dead

|{{sortname|Andrea|Bramhall}}

|Collide-O-Scope

|{{sortname|Lynn|Ames}}

|Final Cut

|{{sortname|Lee|Winter}}

|Requiem for Immortals

|{{sortname|Jennifer L.|Jordan}}

|Under Contract

|{{sortname|T. L.|Hart}}

|Walk-in

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="16" |2018

! rowspan="8" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Night Drop

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Froemming-Carter|first=Rah|date=2018-06-05|title=2018 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://bookriot.com/2018-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=BOOK RIOT|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095230/https://bookriot.com/2018-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2018-06-05|title=30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2018/06/lambda-literary-award/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121230859/https://lambdaliterary.org/2018/06/lambda-literary-award/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Boystown 10: Gifts Given

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web|last=Boureau|first=Ella|date=2018-03-06|title=30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2018/03/lambda-literary-award-finalists/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2020-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319061534/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2018/03/lambda-literary-award-finalists/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Kim|Fielding}}

|Love is Heartless

|{{sortname|Mark|Zubro}}

|Ring of Silence

|{{sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|Street People

|{{sortname|C. S.|Poe}}

|The Mystery of the Curiosities

|{{sortname|Rhys|Ford}}

|Tramps and Thieves

|{{sortname|Kate|Sherwood|nolink=1}}

|Long Shadows

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="8" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|A. E.|Radley}}

|Huntress

|Winner

|{{sortname|J. M.|Redmann}}

|The Girl on the Edge of Summer

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |

|{{sortname|Andrea|Bramhall}}

|The Last First Time

|{{sortname|Cari|Hunter}}

|A Quiet Death

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Fever in the Dark

|{{sortname|Kate Jessica|Raphael}}

|Murder Under the Fig Tree: A Palestine Mystery

|{{sortname|Anne|Holt}}

|Odd Numbers

|{{sortname|Jessica L.|Webb}}

|Repercussions

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="15" |2019

! rowspan="8" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Late Fees: A Pinx Video Mystery

|Winner

|{{Cite web|date=2019-06-04|title=31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/06/lambda-literary-awards-31st-winners/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122004938/https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/06/lambda-literary-awards-31st-winners/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Joseph|Olshan}}

|Black Diamond Fall

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web|date=2019-03-07|title=31st Annual Lammy Finalists|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/03/31st-annual-lammy-finalists/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124171137/https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/03/31st-annual-lammy-finalists/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Boystown 11: Heart’s Desire

|{{sortname|David S.|Pederson}}

|Death Checks In

|{{sortname|John|Copenhaver|nolink=1}}

|Dodging and Burning: A Mystery

|{{sortname|Bud|Gundy}}

|Somewhere Over Lorain Road

|{{sortname|Neil S.|Plakcy}}

|Survival Is a Dying Art: An Angus Green Novel

|{{sortname|Jeffrey|Round}}

|The God Game: A Dan Sharp Mystery

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="7" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Claire|O'Dell}}

|A Study in Honor: A Novel

|Winner

|{{sortname|Joseph|Fink}}

|Alice Isn't Dead: A Novel

| rowspan="6" |Finalist

| rowspan="6" |

|{{sortname|Gerri|Hill}}

|The Locket

|{{sortname|Catherine|Maiorisi}}

|A Matter of Blood

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|A Whisper of Bones

|{{sortname|A. Rose|Mathieu}}

|Secrets of the Last Castle

|{{sortname|Linda J.|Wright}}

|Stolen: A Kieran Yeats Mystery

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="14" |2020

! rowspan="8" |Gay Mys.

|{{sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|Carved in Bone: A Henry Rios Novel

|Winner

|{{Cite web|title=2020 Winners|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2020-winners/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206094210/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2020-winners/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Aviles|first=Gwen|date=2020-06-01|title=Lambda Literary announces 25 winning books for annual Lammy Awards|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/select/nbc-out/best-lgbtq-books-lammy-awards-lambda-literary-ncna1215746|access-date=2022-01-11|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095220/https://www.nbcnews.com/select/nbc-out/best-lgbtq-books-lammy-awards-lambda-literary-ncna1215746|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=Vanderhoof|first=Erin|date=2020-06-01|title=EXCLUSIVE: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/lambda-literary-lammy-32nd-annual-award-winners|access-date=2022-01-11|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610010109/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/lambda-literary-lammy-32nd-annual-award-winners|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Michael|Craft}}

|ChoirMaster: A Mister Puss Mystery

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

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|{{sortname|David S.|Pederson}}

|Death Takes a Bow

|{{sortname|Marshall|Thornton}}

|Rewind

|{{sortname|Greg|Herren}}

|Royal Street Reveillon

|{{sortname|Timothy Jay|Smith}}

|The Fourth Courier

|{{sortname|Chris|Gill|nolink=1}}

|The Nowhere

|{{sortname|Liam|McIlvanney}}

|The Quaker

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="6" |Lesbian Mys.

|{{sortname|Ann|McMan}}

|Galileo

|Winner

|{{sortname|Catherine|Maiorisi}}

|The Blood Runs Cold

| rowspan="5" |Finalist

| rowspan="5" |

|{{sortname|Claire|O'Dell}}

|The Hound of Justice

|{{sortname|Amelia|Ellis}}

|The Mirror of Muraro

|{{sortname|Charlotte|Greene}}

|Gnarled Hollow

|{{sortname|Ellen|Hart}}

|Twisted at the Root: A Jane Lawless Mystery

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |2021

! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ

|{{sortname|Tom|Ryan||nolink=1}}

|I Hope You're Listening

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Essen|first=Leah Rachel von|date=2021-06-02|title=Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://bookriot.com/2021-lambda-literary-awards/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=BOOK RIOT|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120084551/https://bookriot.com/2021-lambda-literary-awards/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Winners|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2021-winners/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109013027/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2021-winners/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Qiao|first=Vicky|date=2020-06-02|title=Indigenous anthology Love After The End wins Lambda Literary Award|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/indigenous-anthology-love-after-the-end-wins-lambda-literary-award-1.6050249|access-date=2022-01-11|website=CBC Books|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095219/https://www.cbc.ca/books/indigenous-anthology-love-after-the-end-wins-lambda-literary-award-1.6050249|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|A. E.|Radley}}

|Death Before Dessert

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web|last=Gentes|first=Brian|date=2021-03-15|title=2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2021/03/2021-lambda-literary-award-finalists/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315125603/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2021/03/2021-lambda-literary-award-finalists/|url-status=live}}

|{{sortname|Cheryl A. |Head}}

|Find Me When I'm Lost

|{{sortname|Stephen|Spotswood}}

|Fortune Favors the Dead

|{{sortname|Rosalie|Knecht}}

|Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |2022

! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ

|{{Sortname|John|Copenhaver|nolink=|link=John Copenhaver (writer)}}

|The Savage Kind

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Segal |first=Corinne |date=2022-06-13 |title=Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards! |url=https://lithub.com/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2022-lambda-literary-awards/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615235437/https://lithub.com/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2022-lambda-literary-awards/ |url-status=live }}

|{{Sortname|P. J.|Vernon}}

|Bath Haus

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=Current Finalists |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613042400/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |url-status=dead }}

|{{Sortname|Jennifer|Hanlon Wilde}}

|Finding the Vein

|{{Sortname|Michael|Nava}}

|Lies With Man

|{{Sortname|Stephen|Spotswood}}

|Murder Under Her Skin

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |2023

! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ+

|{{Sortname|Hayley|Scrivenor}}

|Dirt Creek: A Novel

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=2023 Winners |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2023-winners/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525004753/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2023-winners/ |url-status=live }}

|{{Sortname|David C|Dawson}}

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

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=Current Finalists |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613042400/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |url-status=dead }}

|{{Sortname|Joshua|Moehling}}

|And There He Kept Her

|{{Sortname|Ann|McMan}}

|Dead Letters from Paradise

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

|Lavender House

|-style="background:LemonChiffon;

! rowspan="5" |2024

! rowspan="5" |LGBTQ+

|{{Sortname|Cari|Hunter}}

|A Calculated Risk

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Sobhan |first=Athena |date=2024-06-12 |title=2024 Lambda Literary Awards - See the Complete List of Winners |url=https://people.com/2024-lambda-literary-awards-see-the-complete-list-of-winners-8662165 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615095824/https://people.com/2024-lambda-literary-awards-see-the-complete-list-of-winners-8662165 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=People |language=en}}

|Don't Forget the Girl

|{{Sortname|Rebecca|McKanna}}

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards |url=https://www.them.us/story/lambda-literary-awards-2024-shortlist-announcement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405165014/https://www.them.us/story/lambda-literary-awards-2024-shortlist-announcement |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=them.}}

|{{Sort|Good Ones|The Good Ones}}

|{{Sortname|Polly|Stewart}}

|Transitory

|{{Sortname|J. M.|Redmann}}

|Where the Dead Sleep

|{{Sortname|Joshua|Moehling}}

References

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Category:Mystery and detective fiction awards

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