Congratulations to Our 2026 Lambda Literary Award Winners

By Coll Rowe | June 17 2026 | General

Congratulations to the Penguin Random House and client books selected as the 2026 Lambda Literary Award Winners in the following categories:

 

Lesbian Fiction

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

 

Transgender Fiction

The Lilac People by Milo Todd

 

Bisexual Nonfiction

Reading the Waves by Lidia Yuknavitch

 

LGBTQ+ Romance

A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander

 

LGBTQ+ Mystery

 A Queer Case by Robert Holtom

 

Find the full list of 2026 Lambda Literary Award Winners here.

9781638934028

The seductive reimagining of a Gothic classic—a repressed wife encounters a mysterious woman who awakens her desire in the “lesbian vampire novel we need.” (Them)

$18.00 US
Feb 24, 2026
Paperback
336 Pages
Zando

A Novel
9781640097667

A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis then the Allies, all while protecting the ones he loves.

$17.95 US
May 05, 2026
Paperback
320 Pages
Counterpoint

A Memoir
9780593713051

The frank and revealing memoir of a writer who draws from her own creativity to heal.

$29.00 US
Feb 04, 2025
Hardcover
224 Pages
Riverhead Books

A Novel
9780593686201

From the acclaimed author of Chef’s Kiss, a groundbreaking trans Regency romance that’s both delightfully witty and refreshingly iconoclastic.

$18.00 US
Mar 11, 2025
Paperback
336 Pages
Vintage

The Selby Bigge Mysteries series
9781835413173

A gripping 1920s-set whodunnit, this debut features a queer sleuth who must solve a murder in a mansion on London’s Hampstead Heath without revealing his sexuality, lest he be arrested as a criminal.

$18.99 US
Jun 03, 2025
Paperback
320 Pages
Titan Books