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Posted on March 15, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The finalists have emerged from more than 1,000 book submissions for the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards.
Winners of the award that honors the best in LGBTQ books will be revealed June 1.
Here are the nominees for four of the twenty-four categories; the other shortlists, for nonfiction, poetry, and various smaller genres, can be found on Lambda Literary’s website.
Lesbian fiction
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Bestiary, by K-Ming Chang
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Butter Honey Pig Bread, by Francesca Ekwuyasi
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Exile Music, by Jennifer Steil
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Fiebre Tropical, by Juli Delgado Lopera
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Pizza Girl, by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Gay fiction
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Cleanness, by Garth Greenwell
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Neotenica, by Joon Oluchi Lee
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Real Life, by Brandon Taylor
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Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart
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This Town Sleeps, by Dennis E. Staples
Bisexual fiction
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Catherine House, by Elisabeth Thomas
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How Much of These Hills is Gold, by C Pam Zhang
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Silence Is My Mother Tongue, by Sulaiman Addonia
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Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert
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You Exist Too Much, by Zaina Arafatt
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