Award overlap

Books That Won Both the American Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards

1 book has won both the American Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards: High-Risk Homosexual (2023/2023). 9 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. American Book Awards · Lambda Literary Awards

Won both

Books that won both the American Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorAmerican Book AwardsLambda Literary Awards
High-Risk HomosexualEdgar Gomez
  • 2023 Winner (Gay Memoir/Biography)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the American Book Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorAmerican Book AwardsLambda Literary Awards
Why Willie Mae Thornton MattersLynnée Denise
  • 2024 Finalist (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
NightcrawlingLeila Mottley
  • 2023 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of FlowersJake Skeets
  • 2020 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
In West MillsDe'Shawn Charles Winslow
  • 2020 Finalist (Gay Fiction)
On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousOcean Vuong
  • 2020 Finalist (Gay Fiction)
The New Negro: The Life of Alain LockeJeffrey C. Stewart
  • 2019 Finalist (Gay Memoir/Biography)
Nature PoemTommy Pico
  • 2018 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
A Simple Revolution: The Making of an Activist PoetJudy Grahn
  • 2013 Finalist (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
PleaseJericho Brown
  • 2009 Finalist (Gay Poetry)