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Stonewall Book Awards 2022

The 2022 Stonewall Book Awards went to Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo and Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (Children's and Young Adult), Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (Literature) and Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi (Nonfiction). 11 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Losource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoffsource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Sorrowland by Rivers Solomonsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezisource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlowsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgatesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefersource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chamberssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Manssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aokisource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Stone Fruit by Lee Laisource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. A History of Scars by Laura Leesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulmansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broomesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes: And the Unwritten History of the Trans Experience by Zoë Playdonsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Stonewall Book Awards

Award winners and Honor Books from the Rainbow Round Table's Stonewall Book Awards list. Year is the award year the Round Table uses, announced each January. Categories: Literature (Barbara Gittings Literature Award), Poetry (Barbara Gittings Poetry Award, given separately in 2023 and 2025), Nonfiction (Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award) and Children's and Young Adult (Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Award, first given in 2010). The 2024 Literature & Poetry award was a single combined award and sits under Literature. Some years have two winners in a category. The 2021 page lists a Literature shortlist after the Honor Books; those are recorded as Shortlist. The 2012 annotated Picture of Dorian Gray was an Honor Book in both Literature and Nonfiction and appears once in each. Children's and Young Adult author fields name the writer, then the illustrator when credited.

Organization: American Library Association Rainbow Round Table. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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