Author record · 2015 to 2024

Abdi Nazemian: Awards and Best-of Lists

Abdi Nazemian has won 3 awards, including the Lambda Literary Awards (2015) for The Walk-In Closet, with 1 shortlist or finalist place and 11 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2024Only This Beautiful MomentStonewall Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Children's and Young Adult
2024Only This Beautiful MomentLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · LGBTQ+ Young Adult
2024Desert EchoesBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Older Fiction
2023Only This Beautiful MomentNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Teens
2023Only This Beautiful MomentChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Teen Fiction
2023Only This Beautiful MomentBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers
2023Only This Beautiful MomentKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Teen
2023Only This Beautiful MomentBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young Adult
2023Only This Beautiful MomentThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young adult
2020Like a Love StoryStonewall Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Children's and Young Adult
2019Like a Love StoryNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Teens
2019Like A Love StoryChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Teen Fiction
2019Like a Love StoryEntertainment Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Young Adult
2017The AuthenticsKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Teen
2015The Walk-In ClosetLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Debut Fiction

Books

  1. Only This Beautiful Moment8 sources · 2023 to 2024
  2. Like a Love Story4 sources · 2019 to 2020
  3. Desert Echoes1 source · 2024
  4. The Authentics1 source · 2017
  5. The Walk-In Closet1 source · 2015