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Lambda Literary Awards Sapphic Finalists 2023

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Welcome to our special Lambda Literary Awards sapphic finalist edition of MyQueerSapphFic. The 50 books listed here, in multiple categories, were all published in 2022 and are finalists for 2023 Lammy awards.

There are many books here you may not have seen. They come from our traditional LGBTQ+ publishers, from large publishers, from university presses, and from boutique publishers. The authors represented are as diverse as their stories and the publishing houses that took a chance on them.

Enjoy, and happy reading!

Anne & Erin

Lambda Literary Award FinalistsCategory and TitleAuthorPublisher
Lesbian Fiction
Big GirlBig Girl: A Novel

An extraordinary debut novel shot through with remarkable nuance and tenderness, Big Girl traces the intergenerational hungers of the profoundly lovable Malaya Clondon.
Mecca Jamilah SullivanW.W. Norton & Company
Gods of WantGods of Want

Startling stories center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American women in “a voracious, probing collection, proof of how exhilarating the short story can be” (The New York Times Book Review)
K-Ming ChangOne World
JawboneJawbone

“Was desire something like being possessed by a nightmare?”
Mónica Ojeda, translated by Sarah BookerCoffee House Press
NightcrawlingNightcrawling 

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK • A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system.” (Tommy Orange, author of There There).
Leila Mottley Alfred A. Knopf
Our Wives Under the SeaOur Wives Under the Sea: A Novel 

“A deeply strange and haunting novel in the best possible way…An impressive and exciting debut novel that may leave you thinking about your own relationships in a new light.” —NPR
Julia ArmfieldFlatiron Books
Bisexual Fiction
Meet Us by the Roaring SeaMeet Us by the Roaring Sea

New York Times Editors' Choice 2022
An NPR Books We Love 2022
 Akil Kumarasamy, FarrarStraus and Giroux
Mother Ocean Father NationMother Ocean Father Nation 

A riveting, tender debut novel, following a brother and sister whose paths diverge—one forced to leave, one left behind—in the wake of a nationalist coup in the South Pacific.
Nishant BatshaEcco, HarperCollins
Reluctant ImmortalsReluctant Immortals

"For fans of Mexican Gothic, from three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a novel inspired by the untold stories of forgotten women in classic literature..."
Gwendolyn KisteS&S / Sage Press
Roses in the Mouth of a LionRoses, In the Mouth of a Lion: A Novel 

For fans of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community
Bushra RehmanFlatiron Books
Stories No One Hopes Are About ThemStories No One Hopes Are about Them

Stories No One Hopes Are about Them explores convergences of power, privilege, and place.
by A.J. BermudezThe University of Iowa Press
Young Adult
Burn Down, Rise UpBurn Down, Rise Up 

Mysterious disappearances. An urban legend rumored to be responsible. And one group of friends determined to save their city at any cost.
Vincent TiradoSourcebooks Fire
Funny Gyal My Fight against Homophobia in JamaicaFunny Gyal: My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica


Angeline Jackson stands up to the culture of homophobia in Jamaica by sharing the story of her sexual and spiritual awakening as well as her traumatic experience of “corrective rape.”
Angeline Jackson with Susan McClellandDurden Press Ltd
Lake LoreLakelore 

Two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact?
Anna-Marie McLemore, Feiwel & FriendsMacmillan Childrens Publishing Group
The Lesbianas Guide to Catholic SchoolThe Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School 

A sharply funny and moving debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrate her true self.
Sonora ReyesHarperCollins: Balzer + Bray
The Summer of Bitter and SweetThe Summer of Bitter and Sweet 

A powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth.
Jen Ferguson HarperCollins: Heartdrum
Bisexual Nonfiction
Appropriate BehaviorAppropriate Behavior 

Premiering at Sundance in 2014, Desiree Akhavan’s acclaimed debut feature, Appropriate Behavior, introduced the indie film world to the deadpan, irreverent wit that had already won over fans of her trailblazing LGBTQ web series The Slope.
Maria San Filippo McGill-Queen's University Press
Never Simple a MemoirNever Simple: A Memoir 

This gripping and darkly funny memoir “is a testament to the undeniable, indestructible love between a mother and a daughter” (Isaac Mizrahi).
Liz ScheierHenry Holt / Macmillan
OpenOpen: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy 

An unprecedented exploration of polyamory and gaslighting.
Rachel KrantzHarmony Books, Penguin Random House
The Crane WifeThe Crane Wife 

A memoir in essays that expands on the viral sensation “The Crane Wife” with a frank and funny look at love, intimacy, and self in the twenty-first century.
CJ HauserKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
LGBTQ+ NonFicition
The Women's House of DetentionThe Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison 

This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century.
Hugh RyanBold Type Books, Hachette Book Group
LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction
The Book EatersThe Book Eaters

An International Bestseller
An NPR Best Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022
A Book Riot Best Book of 2022
A Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022
A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee
A Library Journal Best Book of 2022
Sunyi DeanTor Books
Into the RiverlandsInto the Riverlands 

"A delicious bonbon of a novella about stories and their unreliable narrators, who wink at their...readers fully expecting us to catch on."—The Wall Street Journal
Nghi VoTor.com Publishing
The Paradox HotelThe Paradox Hotel 

“Time travel, murder, corruption, restless baby dinosaurs, and a snarky robot named Ruby collide in this excellent, noir-inflected, humor-infused, science-fiction thriller.”—The Boston Globe
Rob HartBallentine
The Wicked and the WillingThe Wicked and the Willing 

Love demands sacrifice. Her blood. Her body. Even her life.
Lianyu TanShattered Scepter Press
Lesbian Poetry
As She AppearsAs She Appears 

Paperback Only

Shelley Wong's debut, As She Appears, foregrounds queer women of color in their being and becoming.
Shelley WongYesYes Books
Beast at Every ThresholdBeast at Every Threshold 

Beast at Every Threshold dances between familial hauntings and cultural histories, intimate hungers and broader griefs.
Natalie WeeArsenal Pulp Press
ConcentrateConcentrate 

Courtney Faye Taylor explores the under-told history of the murder of Latasha Harlins―a fifteen-year-old Black girl killed by a Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, after being falsely accused of shoplifting a bottle of orange juice.
Courtney Faye TaylorGraywolf Press
PreludePrelude

Prelude delineates the gay female experience through a poetic reconstruction of the girlhood of Catherine of Siena, a Catholic saint who lived in 1300s Italy and disobeyed her parents by refusing marriage to devote her life to God.
 Brynne Rebele-HenryUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
Bisexual Poetry
50 Things50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse

This is a book of tragicomic gurlesque word-witchery inspired by the Kate Bush cosmos.
Karyna McGlynnSarabande Books
DerelictionDereliction 

Gabrielle Octavia Rucker's debut collection of poetry, moves through childhood and into the afterlife with poems that evoke an artful and urgent sense of the author's "insatiable wandering."
Gabrielle Octavia RuckerThe Song Cave
Meat LoversMeat Lovers 

Meat' is a coming of age in which pony clubs, orphaned lambs and dairy-shed delirium are infused with playful menace and queer longings.
Rebecca HawkesAuckland University Press
Real PhoniesReal Phonies and Genuine Fakes 

What is illusion—a deception, or a revelation? What is a poem—the truth, or “a diverting flash, / a mirror showing everything / but itself”?
Nicky BeerMilkweed Editions
Lesbian Memoir/Biography
Another AppalachiaAnother Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place 

When Neema Avashia tells people where she’s from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving “There are Indian people in West Virginia?”
Neema AvashiaWest Virginia University Press
Brown NeonBrown Neon

A meditation on southwestern terrains, intergenerational queer dynamics, and surveilled brown artists that crosses physical and conceptual borders.
Raquel GutiérrezCoffee House Press
Lost and FoundLost & Found: Reflections on Grief, Gratitude, and Happiness 

“I will stake my reputation on you being blown away by Lost & Found.”—Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Bird by Bird
Kathryn SchulzRandom House
Ma and MeMa and Me

"A nuanced mediation on love, identity, and belonging. This story of survival radiates with resilience and hope." —Publishers Weekly
Putsata ReangFarrar, Straus and Giroux/MCD
Pretty BabyPretty Baby: A Memoir 

A queer teen rebel escapes small-town Appalachia and becomes Los Angeles’s Renowned Lesbian Dominatrix in this searing and darkly funny memoir that upends our ideas about desire, class, and power.
Chris Belcher Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Lesbian Romance
Hard PressedHard Pressed 

For Mira Lavigne, cider is about tradition, elegance, and class.
Aurora ReyBold Strokes Books
If I Don't AskIf I Don't Ask 

Rebecca Keane has it all figured out.
E. J. NoyesBella Books
Queerly BelovedQueerly Beloved 

A people-pleasing baker tries to find her place as a bridesmaid-for-hire.
Susie DumondDial Press
Southbound and DownSouthbound and Down

Rules will be broken, as well as a number of speed limits and maybe more than one heart …
K.B. DraperK.B. Draper, LLC.
The Rules of ForeverThe Rules of Forever 

Public school teacher Cara Talarico is determined to pay off her student loans by the time she turns thirty-five and has sworn off everything fun to make it happen—including dating.
Nan CampbellBold Strokes Books
LGBTQ Romance and Erotica
Kiss Her Once for MeKiss Her Once For Me: A Novel 

A festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord…only to fall for his sister.
Alison CochrunAtria Books
Mistakes Were MadeMistakes Were Made 

A sharp and sexy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend’s mom.
Meryl WilsnerSt. Martin's Griffin
The Romance RecipeThe Romance Recipe

Amy Chambers: restaurant owner, micromanager, control freak.

Sophie Brunet: grump in the kitchen/sunshine in the streets, took thirty years to figure out she was queer.
Ruby BarrettCarina Adores
LGBTQ+ Mystery
Dead Letters from ParadiseDead Letters from Paradise

A spinster postal investigator for the Winston-Salem Dead Letter Office finds herself enmeshed in the mystery of solving who is sending undeliverable love letters to the town’s 18th-century hortus medicus.
Ann McMannByWater Books
Dirt CreekDirt Creek

Who's lying about what happened at Dirt Creek?
Haley ScrivenorFlatiron Books
Lavender HouseLavender House

Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist.
Lev AC RosenMacMillan
LGBTQ+ Comics
MamoMamo

Can Orla shoulder the responsibility of quieting her Mamo's spirit, saving her hometown, and will she have to step up as the new witch of Haresden like Mamo always wanted?
Sas MilledgeBoom! Studios
The Greatest ThingThe Greatest Thing

It’s the first day of sophomore year, and now that Winifred’s two best (and only) friends have transferred to a private school, she must navigate high school on her own.
Sarah Winifred SearleFirst Second

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