Author record · 2024 to 2025

Desiree Akhavan: Awards and Best-of Lists

Desiree Akhavan has won 1 award, the Lambda Literary Awards (2025) for You're Embarrassing Yourself, with 1 year-end list pick in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
Year	Book	Source	Result	Translator
2025	You're Embarrassing Yourself	Lambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)	Winner · Bisexual Nonfiction
2024	You’re Embarrassing Yourself	The Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Biography and memoir