32nd Annual Lambda Awards Winners
The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Titles of genre interest follow.
LGBTQ SF/F/Horror
- WINNER: The Deep, Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga)
- Stories to Sing in the Dark, Matthew Bright (Lethe)
- The Rampant, Julie C. Day (Aqueduct)
- A Spectral Hue, Craig Laurance Gidney (Word Horde)
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James (Riverhead)
- False Bingo, Jac Jemc (MCD x FSG Originals)
- Wake, Siren, Nina MacLaughlin (FSG Originals)
- The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury)
Gay Fiction
- WINNER: Lot, Bryan Washington (Riverhead)
- The Archive of Alternate Endings, Lindsey Drager (Dzanc)
- Murmur, Will Eaves (Bellevue)
- Lord, João Gilberto Noll (Two Lines)
LGBTQ Nonfiction
- WINNER: In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf)
Lesbian Romance
- WINNER: Aurora’s Angel, Emily Noon (Bluefire)
LGBTQ Children’s/Young Adult
- WINNER: The Grief Keeper, Alexandra Villasante (Putnam)
- Pet, Akwaeke Emezi (Make Me a World)
- Wilder Girls, Rory Power (Delacorte)
The awards were presented virtually on June 1, 2020 in honor of pride month.
For more information, including complete winners lists, see the Lambda Literary website.
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