Award overlap

Books Recognized by Both the Governor General's Literary Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards

No book has won both the Governor General's Literary Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards. 9 were shortlisted or recognized by both.

Years are award years. Governor General's Literary Awards · Lambda Literary Awards

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Governor General's Literary Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorGovernor General's Literary AwardsLambda Literary Awards
The Green Line | خطّ التماسMakram Ayache
  • 2024 Finalist (Drama)
  • 2025 Winner (LGBTQ+ Drama)
The Summer of Bitter and SweetJen Ferguson
  • 2022 Winner (Young People's Literature – Text)
  • 2023 Finalist (LGBTQ+ Young Adult)
Care Of: Letters, Connections, and CuresIvan Coyote
  • 2021 Finalist (Non-fiction)
  • 2022 Finalist (Transgender Nonfiction)
The Fabulous Zed Watson!Basil Sylvester, Kevin Sylvester
  • 2021 Finalist (Young People's Literature – Text)
  • 2022 Finalist (LGBTQ Children's/Middle Grade)
A History of My Brief BodyBilly-Ray Belcourt
  • 2020 Finalist (Non-fiction)
  • 2021 Finalist (Gay Memoir/Biography)
Butter Honey Pig BreadFrancesca Ekwuyasi
  • 2020 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2021 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)
Holy WildGwen Benaway
  • 2019 Winner (Poetry)
  • 2019 Finalist (Transgender Poetry)
Jonny AppleseedJoshua Whitehead
  • 2018 Finalist (Fiction)
  • 2019 Winner (Gay Fiction)
When Everything Feels like the MoviesRaziel Reid
  • 2014 Winner (Young People's Literature – Text)
  • 2015 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)