Lambda Literary Award Lesbian Fiction Winners — Complete List (1989–2026)

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  Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

  2026LambdaLesbian Fiction

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• The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

  2025LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

  2024LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang

  2023LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

  2022LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Fiebre Tropical by Julián Delgado Lopera

  2021LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

  2020LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai

  2019LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

  2018LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

  2017LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

  2016LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Yabo by Alexis De Veaux

  2015LambdaLesbian Fiction

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• Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta

  2014LambdaLesbian Fiction
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  The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar

  2013LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor

  2012LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Inferno (a poet's novel) by Eileen Myles

  2011LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  A Field Guide to Deception by Jill Malone

  2010LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  All the Pretty Girls by Chandra Mayor

  2009LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  The IHOP Papers by Ali Liebegott

  2008LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

  2007LambdaLesbian Fiction

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• Babyji by Abha Dawesar

  2006LambdaLesbian Fiction
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  A Seahorse Year by Stacey D'Erasmo

  2005LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Southland by Nina Revoyr

  2004LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

  2003LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Days of Awe by Achy Obejas

  2002LambdaLesbian Fiction

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• Valencia by Michelle Tea

  2001LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

  2000LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison

  1999LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon

  1998LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Memory Mambo by Achy Obejas

  1997LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Autobiography of a Family Photo by Jacqueline Woodson

  1996LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  The Gifts of the Body by Rebecca Brown

  1995LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson

  1994LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound by Judith Katz

  1993LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

  1992LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  Out of Time by Paula Martinac

  1991LambdaLesbian Fiction

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  The Bar Stories: A Novel After All by Nisa Donnelly

  1990LambdaLesbian Fiction

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• Trash: Short Stories by Dorothy Allison

  1989LambdaLesbian Fiction