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Author record · 2014 to 2025

Mike Curato: Awards and Best-of Lists

Mike Curato has won 1 award, the Lambda Literary Awards (2021) for Flamer, with 13 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
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2025GaysiansKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025GaysiansLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Graphic Novels
2025GaysiansChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction
2025GaysiansChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Our Favorite Books
2022Where Is Bina Bear?Publishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2021FlamerLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · LGBTQ Young Adult
2020FlamerNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Teens
2020FlamerChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Teen Graphic Novels and Manga
2020FlamerNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2020FlamerBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers
2020FlamerHorn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2020FlamerSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Graphic Novels
2020FlamerKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Teen
2014Little Elliot, Big CityNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Kids

Books

  1. Flamer8 sources · 2020 to 2021
  2. Gaysians3 sources · 2025
  3. Little Elliot, Big City1 source · 2014
  4. Where Is Bina Bear?1 source · 2022