Award overlap

Books Recognized by Both the Goodreads Choice Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards

No book has won both the Goodreads Choice Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards. 87 were shortlisted or recognized by both.

Years are award years. Goodreads Choice Awards · Lambda Literary Awards

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Goodreads Choice Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorGoodreads Choice AwardsLambda Literary Awards
Bury Your GaysChuck Tingle
  • 2024 Nominee (Horror)
  • 2025 Finalist (LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction)
Greta & ValdinRebecca K Reilly
  • 2024 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2025 Finalist (Bisexual Fiction)
IcarusK. Ancrum
  • 2024 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2025 Winner (LGBTQ+ Young Adult)
So Let Them BurnKamilah Cole
  • 2024 Nominee (Young Adult Fantasy)
  • 2025 Finalist (LGBTQ+ Young Adult)
The Pairing: Special 1st EditionCasey McQuiston
  • 2024 Nominee (Romance)
  • 2025 Finalist (Bisexual Fiction)
Big SwissJen Beagin
  • 2023 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2024 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
BlackoutsJustin Torres
  • 2023 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2024 Finalist (Gay Fiction)
Family MealBryan Washington
  • 2023 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2024 Winner (Gay Fiction)
Hijab Butch BluesLamya H
  • 2023 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2024 Finalist (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself: A NovelMarisa Crane
  • 2023 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Science Fiction)
  • 2024 Winner (LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction)
Natural BeautyLing Ling Huang
  • 2023 Nominee (Horror)
  • 2024 Winner (Bisexual Fiction)
Alive at the End of the WorldSaeed Jones
  • 2022 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2023 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
All the Flowers KneelingPaul Tran
  • 2022 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2023 Finalist (Transgender Poetry)
Book EatersSunyi Dean
  • 2022 Nominee (Fantasy)
  • 2023 Finalist (LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction)
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea CreaturesSabrina Imbler
  • 2023 Nominee (Nonfiction)
  • 2023 Finalist (LGBTQ+ Nonfiction)
Lost & Found: A MemoirKathryn Schulz
  • 2022 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2023 Winner (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
NightcrawlingLeila Mottley
  • 2022 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2023 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
Our Wives Under the Sea: A NovelJulia Armfield
  • 2022 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Horror)
  • 2023 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic SchoolSonora Reyes
  • 2022 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2023 Winner (LGBTQ+ Young Adult)
A Desolation Called PeaceArkady Martine
  • 2021 Nominee (Science Fiction)
  • 2022 Finalist (LGBTQ Speculative Fiction)
Detransition, BabyTorrey Peters
  • 2021 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2022 Finalist (Transgender Fiction)
Hani And Ishu's Guide To Fake DatingAdiba Jaigirdar
  • 2021 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2022 Finalist (LGBTQ Young Adult)
Hola PapiJohn Paul Brammer
  • 2021 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2022 Finalist (Gay Memoir/Biography)
She Who Became the SunShelley Parker-Chan
  • 2021 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Fantasy)
  • 2022 Finalist (Transgender Fiction)
The Five WoundsKirstin Valdez Quade
  • 2021 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2022 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
Thirsty MermaidsKat Leyh
  • 2021 Nominee (Graphic Novels & Comics)
  • 2022 Finalist (LGBTQ Comics)
Black SunRebecca Roanhorse
  • 2020 Nominee (Fantasy)
  • 2021 Finalist (LGBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror)
How Much of These Hills is GoldC Pam Zhang
  • 2020 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2021 Finalist (Bisexual Fiction)
King and the DragonfliesKacen Callender
  • 2020 Nominee (Middle Grade & Children's)
  • 2021 Winner (LGBTQ Children's/Middle Grade)
Real LifeBrandon Taylor
  • 2020 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2021 Finalist (Gay Fiction)
Shuggie BainDouglas Stuart
  • 2020 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Historical Fiction)
  • 2021 Finalist (Gay Fiction)
Take a Hint, Dani BrownTalia Hibbert
  • 2020 Nominee (Romance)
  • 2021 Finalist (Bisexual Fiction)
The Magic FishTrung Le Nguyen
  • 2020 Nominee (Graphic Novels & Comics)
  • 2021 Finalist (LGBTQ Young Adult)
This Is Major: Notes of Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being DopeShayla Lawson
  • 2020 Nominee (Humor)
  • 2021 Finalist (Bisexual Nonfiction)
Wow, No Thank You.: EssaysSamantha Irby
  • 2020 Nominee (Humor)
  • 2021 Winner (Bisexual Nonfiction)
You Should See Me in a CrownLeah Johnson
  • 2020 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2021 Finalist (LGBTQ Young Adult)
Black Leopard, Red WolfMarlon James
  • 2019 Nominee (Fantasy)
  • 2020 Finalist (LGBTQ SF/F/Horror)
How We Fight for Our LivesSaeed Jones
  • 2019 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2020 Winner (Gay Memoir/Biography)
In the Dream HouseCarmen Maria Machado
  • 2019 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2020 Winner (LGBTQ Nonfiction)
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With MeMariko Tamaki
  • 2019 Nominee (Graphic Novels & Comics)
  • 2020 Finalist (LGBTQ Graphic Novels)
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless GirlsT Kira Madden
  • 2019 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2020 Finalist (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousOcean Vuong
  • 2019 Nominee (Debut Novel)
  • 2019 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2020 Finalist (Gay Fiction)
Red at the BoneJacqueline Woodson
  • 2019 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2020 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
Soft ScienceFranny Choi
  • 2019 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2020 Finalist (Lesbian Poetry)
The DeepRivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
  • 2019 Nominee (Science Fiction)
  • 2020 Winner (LGBTQ SF/F/Horror)
The Priory of the Orange TreeSamantha Shannon
  • 2019 Nominee (Fantasy)
  • 2020 Finalist (LGBTQ SF/F/Horror)
The TraditionJericho Brown
  • 2019 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2020 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
Wilder GirlsRory Power
  • 2019 Nominee (Young Adult Fantasy)
  • 2020 Finalist (LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult)
If They Come for UsFatimah Asghar
  • 2018 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2019 Finalist (Bisexual Poetry)
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape CultureRoxane Gay
  • 2018 Nominee (Nonfiction)
  • 2019 Finalist (Anthology)
The Poet XElizabeth Acevedo
  • 2018 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2019 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
WitchmarkC.L. Polk
  • 2018 Nominee (Debut Author)
  • 2019 Finalist (Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror)
AutoboyographyChristina Lauren
  • 2017 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2018 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
Don't Call Us DeadDanez Smith
  • 2017 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2018 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
HungerRoxane Gay
  • 2017 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2018 Winner (Bisexual Nonfiction)
Nature PoemTommy Pico
  • 2017 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2018 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
The Fact of a BodyAlexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
  • 2017 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2018 Winner (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
The Heart's Invisible FuriesJohn Boyne
  • 2017 Nominee (Historical Fiction)
  • 2018 Finalist (Gay Fiction)
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further PossibilitiesChen Chen
  • 2017 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2018 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
Another BrooklynJacqueline Woodson
  • 2016 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2017 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
even this page is whiteVivek Shraya
  • 2016 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2017 Finalist (Transgender Poetry)
Here Comes the SunNicole Dennis-Benn
  • 2016 Nominee (Debut Goodreads Author)
  • 2017 Winner (Lesbian Fiction)
I'm Just a PersonTig Notaro
  • 2016 Nominee (Humor)
  • 2017 Finalist (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
If I Was Your GirlMeredith Russo
  • 2016 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2017 Finalist (Transgender Fiction)
Lust & WonderAugusten Burroughs
  • 2016 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2017 Finalist (Gay Memoir/Biography)
Night Sky with Exit WoundsOcean Vuong
  • 2016 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2017 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
Symptoms of Being HumanJeff Garvin
  • 2016 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2017 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
The Midnight StarMarie Lu
  • 2016 Nominee (Young Adult Fantasy)
  • 2017 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
What Belongs To YouGarth Greenwell
  • 2016 Nominee (Debut Goodreads Author)
  • 2017 Finalist (Gay Fiction)
When We RiseCleve Jones
  • 2017 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2017 Winner (Gay Memoir/Biography)
More Happy Than NotAdam Silvera
  • 2015 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2016 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens AgendaBecky Albertalli
  • 2015 Nominee (Debut Goodreads Author)
  • 2015 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2016 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
The MarvelsBrian Selznick
  • 2015 Nominee (Middle Grade & Children's)
  • 2016 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
Lies We Tell OurselvesRobin Talley
  • 2014 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2015 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
Not My Father’s SonAlan Cumming
  • 2014 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2015 Finalist (Bisexual Nonfiction)
Prelude to BruiseSaeed Jones
  • 2014 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2015 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love and So Much MoreJanet Mock
  • 2014 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2015 Finalist (Transgender Nonfiction)
The Paying GuestsSarah Waters
  • 2014 Nominee (Historical Fiction)
  • 2015 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic MemoirNicole J. Georges
  • 2013 Nominee (Graphic Novels & Comics)
  • 2014 Winner (Graphic Novel)
Fairyland: A Memoir of My FatherAlysia Abbott
  • 2013 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
  • 2014 Finalist (Gay Memoir/Biography)
Metaphysical DogFrank Bidart
  • 2013 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2014 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
Two Boys KissingDavid Levithan
  • 2013 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2014 Winner (Children’s/Young Adult)
We Are WaterWally Lamb
  • 2013 Nominee (Fiction)
  • 2014 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
Are You My Mother?: A Comic DramaAlison Bechdel
  • 2012 Nominee (Graphic Novels & Comics)
  • 2013 Finalist (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
Slow LightningEduardo C. Corral
  • 2012 Nominee (Poetry)
  • 2013 Finalist (Gay Poetry)
The Miseducation of Cameron Postemily m. danforth
  • 2012 Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)
  • 2013 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)
When She WokeHillary Jordan
  • 2011 Nominee (Science Fiction)
  • 2012 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)