Award overlap

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

4 books won both the Lambda Literary Awards and the National Book Awards between 2008 and 2022, most recently Punks: New & Selected Poems (2022/2022). 38 more were recognized by both without winning both.

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Won both

Books that won both the Lambda Literary Awards and the National Book Awards, most recent first.
Book	Author	Lambda Literary Awards	National Book Awards
Punks: New & Selected Poems	John Keene	2022 Winner (Gay Poetry)	2022 Winner (Poetry)
King and the Dragonflies	Kacen Callender	2021 Winner (LGBTQ Children's/Middle Grade)	2020 Winner (Young People's Literature)
Indecency	Justin Phillip Reed	2019 Winner (Gay Poetry)	2018 Winner (Poetry)
Fire to Fire	Mark Doty	2009 Winner (Gay Poetry)	2008 Winner (Poetry)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Lambda Literary Awards and the National Book Awards without winning both, most recent first.
Book	Author	Lambda Literary Awards	National Book Awards
Blackouts	Justin Torres	2024 Finalist (Gay Fiction)	2023 Winner (Fiction)
Trace Evidence	Charif Shanahan	2024 Winner (Gay Poetry)	2023 Longlist (Poetry)
As She Appears	Shelley Wong	2023 Winner (Lesbian Poetry)	2022 Longlist (Poetry)
Jawbone	Mónica Ojeda	2023 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)	2022 Finalist (Translated Literature)
Lost & Found: A Memoir	Kathryn Schulz	2023 Winner (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)	2022 Longlist (Nonfiction)
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School	Sonora Reyes	2023 Winner (LGBTQ+ Young Adult)	2022 Finalist (Young People's Literature)
Master Suffering	CM Burroughs	2022 Finalist (Bisexual Poetry)	2021 Longlist (Poetry)
Matrix	Lauren Groff	2022 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)	2021 Finalist (Fiction)
The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void	Jackie Wang	2022 Finalist (Bisexual Poetry)	2021 Finalist (Poetry)
Fantasia for the Man in Blue	Tommye Blount	2021 Finalist (Gay Poetry)	2020 Finalist (Poetry)
Guillotine	Eduardo C. Corral	2021 Winner (Gay Poetry)	2020 Longlist (Poetry)
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers	Jenn Shapland	2021 Winner (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)	2020 Finalist (Nonfiction)
Shuggie Bain	Douglas Stuart	2021 Finalist (Gay Fiction)	2020 Finalist (Fiction)
A Sand Book	Ariana Reines	2020 Finalist (Bisexual Poetry)	2019 Longlist (Poetry)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf	Marlon James	2020 Finalist (LGBTQ SF/F/Horror)	2019 Finalist (Fiction)
Build Yourself a Boat	Camonghne Felix	2020 Finalist (Bisexual Poetry)	2019 Longlist (Poetry)
Doomstead Days	Brian Teare	2020 Finalist (Gay Poetry)	2019 Longlist (Poetry)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous	Ocean Vuong	2020 Finalist (Gay Fiction)	2019 Longlist (Fiction)
Pet	Akwaeke Emezi	2020 Finalist (LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult)	2019 Finalist (Young People's Literature)
The Tradition	Jericho Brown	2020 Finalist (Gay Poetry)	2019 Finalist (Poetry)
Disoriental	Négar Djavadi	2019 Winner (Bisexual Fiction)	2018 Finalist (Translated Literature)
lo terciario / the tertiary	Raquel Salas Rivera	2019 Winner (Transgender Poetry)	2018 Longlist (Poetry)
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke	Jeffrey C. Stewart	2019 Finalist (Gay Memoir/Biography)	2018 Winner (Nonfiction)
The Poet X	Elizabeth Acevedo	2019 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)	2018 Winner (Young People's Literature)
Don't Call Us Dead	Danez Smith	2018 Finalist (Gay Poetry)	2017 Finalist (Poetry)
Her Body and Other Parties	Carmen Maria Machado	2018 Winner (Lesbian Fiction)	2017 Finalist (Fiction)
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities	Chen Chen	2018 Finalist (Gay Poetry)	2017 Longlist (Poetry)
Another Brooklyn	Jacqueline Woodson	2017 Finalist (Lesbian Fiction)	2016 Finalist (Fiction)
Bestiary	Donika Kelly	2017 Finalist (Lesbian Poetry)	2016 Longlist (Poetry)
What Belongs To You	Garth Greenwell	2017 Finalist (Gay Fiction)	2016 Longlist (Fiction)
Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda	Becky Albertalli	2016 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)	2015 Longlist (Young People's Literature)
Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh	John Lahr	2015 Winner (Gay Memoir/Biography)	2014 Finalist (Nonfiction)
Metaphysical Dog	Frank Bidart	2014 Finalist (Gay Poetry)	2013 Finalist (Poetry)
The Summer Prince	Alaya Dawn Johnson	2014 Finalist (Children’s/Young Adult)	2013 Longlist (Young People's Literature)
Two Boys Kissing	David Levithan	2014 Winner (Children’s/Young Adult)	2013 Longlist (Young People's Literature)
Double Shadow: Poems	Carl Phillips	2012 Finalist (Gay Poetry)	2011 Finalist (Poetry)
Just Kids	Patti Smith	2011 Finalist (Bisexual Nonfiction)	2010 Winner (Nonfiction)
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade	Justin Spring	2011 Winner (Gay Memoir/Biography)	2010 Finalist (Nonfiction)