LGBT Books 2006

Anthologies | Arts & Culture | Bisexual | Childrens/Young Adult
Drama/Theater |Humor | LGBT Nonfiction | LGBT Studies
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror | Spirituality | Transgender

Lesbian Fiction | Lesbian Romance | Lesbian Mystery | Lesbian Poetry
Lesbian Memoir/Biography | Lesbian Erotica | Lesbian Debut Fiction

Gay Fiction | Gay Romance | Gay Mystery | Gay Poetry
Gay Memoir/Biography | Gay Erotica | Debut Gay Fiction

ANTHOLOGIES (14)

• Confessions of the Other Mother, edited by Harlyn Aizley (Beacon)
• A Fictional History of the United States, edited by T Cooper & Adam Mansbach (Akashic Books)
• From Boys to Men, edited by Ted Gideonse & Rob Williams (Carroll & Graf)
• Love, Bourbon Street, edited by Greg Herren & Paul J. Willis (Alyson)
• Charmed Lives, edited by Toby Johnson & Steve Berman (Lethe Press)
• The Future is Queer, edited by Richard Labonte & Lawrence Schimel (Arsenal Pulp)
• No Margins: Writing Canadian Fiction in Lesbian, edited by Catherine Lake & Nairne Holtz (Insomniac)
• Paws & Reflect, edited by Neil Plakcy & Sharon Sakson (Alyson)
• Self-Organizing Men, edited by Jay Sennett (Homofactus Press)
• Bi Guys, edited by Ron Jackson Suresha (Harrington Park Press)
• Bi Men, edited by Ron Jackson Suresha & Pete Chvany (Harrington Park Press)
• Yuri Mongatori 3 (ALC Publishing)
• Romance for Life, edited by Lori L. Lake and Tara Young (Intaglio)
• What I Want From You, edited by Linda Zeiser & Trena Machado (Raw Art Press)

ARTS & CULTURE (12)

• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
• Insane Passions by Christine Coffman (Wesleyan Univ Press)
• Cinemachismo by Sergio de la Mora (University of Texas Press)
• Sex Objects by Jennifer Doyle (University of Minnesota Press)
• GAY L.A. by Lillian Faderman & Stuart Timmons (Basic Books)
• Gay Art by Felix Lance Falkon & Thomas Waugh (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Blood Beats: Vol 1 by Ernest Hardy (Redbone Press)
• Column Inches by Eric Hunter (Book Surge)
• The Book of Boy Trouble by Robert Kirby and David Kelly (Green Candy Press)
• The American Musical & the Performance of Personal Identity by Raymond Knapp (Princeton University Press)
• Independent Queer Cinema by Gary Kramer (Harrington Park Press)
• Mobius Trip by Giti Thadani (Spinifex Press)

BISEXUAL (12)

• Eros by Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio (Harrington Park Press)
• Affirmative Psychotherapy with Bisexual Women & Men by Ronald Fox (Harrington Park Press)
• Three Sides to Every Story by Clarence Nero (Harlem Moon/Doubleday)
• Bi Men, edited by Ron Jackson Suresha & Pete Chvany (Harrington Park Press)
• Bi Guys, edited by Ron Jackson Suresha (Harrington Park Press)
• The Bisexual's Guide to the Universe, Michael Szymanski & Nicole Kristal (Alyson)

CHILDRENS/YOUNG ADULT (17)

• Wolfcry by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Random House Children's Books)
• The Boys and the Bees by Joe Babcock (Carroll & Graf)
• Playing the Field by Phil Bildner (Simon & Schuster)
• The Manny Files by Christian Burch (Simon & Schuster)
• Life As I Knew It by Randi Hacker (Simon & Schuster)
• Is He or Isn't He? by John Hall (Avon)
• A Queer Circle of Friends by Lisa Lees (Phreeky Dragon Press)
• Wide Awake by David Levithan (Random House Children's Books)
• Full Spectrum, edited by David Levithan & Billy Merrell (Random House Children's Books)
• Between Mom & Jo by Julie Anne Peters (Little Brown)
• Tripping to Somewhere by Kristopher Reisz (Simon & Schuster)
• Skip Macalester by J.E. Robinson (Harrington Park Press)
• Getting It by Alex Sanchez (Simon & Schuster)
• Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan (Simon & Schuster)
• Now Is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer (Houghton Mifflin)
• Erik & Isabelle's Junior Year at Foresthill High by Kim Wallace (Foglight Press)
• Pearl's Christmas Present by Thomas S. Wurst (Pearl & Dotty)

DRAMA/THEATER (9)

• To Nineveh by Bekah Brunstetter (United Stages)
• Questa by Victor Bumbalo (Broadway Publishing Inc.)
• Confessions of a Mormon Boy by Stephen Fales (Alyson)
• Broken by C.E. Gatchalian (New Bard Press)
• Life Expectancies: Monologues That Challenge by Michael Kearns (Heinemann)
• 1001 Beds by Tim Miller (University of Wisconsin)
• Where Do We Live & Other Plays by Christopher Shinn (TCG)
• Rock the Line by Kathleen Warnock (United Stages)
• And He Made a Her by Doric Wilson (United Stages)

HUMOR (8)

• Queen of the Oddballs by Hilary Carlip (HarperCollins)
• Tush by Jaffe Cohen (Carroll & Graf)
• The Big Book of In Your Face Gay Etiquette by Daniel Curzon (Igna Books)
• My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan (Little Brown)
• Roy & Al by Ralf Konig (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Gay-2-Zee by Donald Reuter (St. Martins)
• The Bisexual's Guide to the Universe by Michael Szymanski & Nicole Kristal (Alyson)
• Chelsea Boys: Steppin Out by Glen Hanson and Allan Neuwirth (Bruno Gmunder)

LESBIAN POETRY (16)

• Inch Aeons by Nuala Archer (Les Figues Press)
• Collected Poems by Djuna Barnes (University of Wisconsin)
• Domain of Perfect Affection by Robin Becker (University of Pittsburgh)
• Days of Good Looks by Cheryl Clarkes (Carroll & Graf)
• Like All We Love by Kate Evans (The Q Press)
• The Butterfly Effect by Susan Hawthorne (Spinifex Press)
• Sleeping Upside Down by Kate Lynn Hibbard (Silverfish Review Press
• Thirst by Mary Oliver (Beacon)
• The Truant Lover by Juliet Patterson (Nightboat Books)
• Lemon Hound by Sina Queyras (Coach House Books)
• First Person Red Summer (Two Fingers Press)
• Not Just a Personal Ad by Vittoria Repetto (Guernica Editons)
• Hopeless Insomniac by Laura Riehman (Laura Riehman)
• Touch to Affliction by Nathalie Stephens (Coach House Books)
• What I Want From You edited by Linda Zeiser & Trena Machado (Raw Art Press)
• Emergency Contact by Tara-Michele Ziniuk (McGillian Books)

LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY (13)

• Eros by Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio (Harrington Park Press)
• Intimate Politics by Bettina Aptheker (Seal Press)
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
• Queen of the Oddballs by Hilary Carlip (HarperCollins)
• Hit by a Farm by Catherine Friend (Carroll & Graf)
• Incognito Street by Barbara Sjoholm (Seal Press)

LESBIAN EROTICA (13)

• Wild Abandon by Ronica Black (Bold Strokes)
• Walk Like a Man by Laurinda D. Brown (Q-Boro Books)
• First-Timers edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Alyson)
• Glamour Girls edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Harrington Park Press)
• 18th & Castro by Karin Kallmaker (Bella Books)
• Master Han's Daughter by Midori (Circlet Press)
• Stake Through the Heart by Various (Bella Books)
• Erotic Interludes 4 edited by Radclyffe & Stacey Seaman (Bold Strokes)
• Erotic Interludes 3 edited by Radclyffe & Stacey Seaman (Bold Strokes)
• Wild Nights edited by Therese Szymanski (Bella Books)
• Perfect Valentine edited by Therese Szymanski & Barbra Johnson (Bella Books)
• Best Lesbian Erotica 2007 edited by Tristan Taromino & Emma Donoghue (Cleis Press)
• A Taste of Sin by Fiona Zedde (Kensington)

LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION (20)

• The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery (Riverhead)
• Black Marks by Kirsten Dinnall Hoyte (Akashic)
• Erzulie's Skirt by Ana-Maurine Lara (Redbone Press)
• Slipstream by Leslie Larson (Crown)
• Origami Striptease by Peggy Munson (Suspect Thoughts)

GAY FICTION (30)

• 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous by Graeme Aitken (Green Candy Press)
• The Toronto You Are Leaving by Gordon Stewart Anderson (Untroubled Heart, Inc.)
• Some Phantom/No Time Flat by Stephen Beachy (Suspect Thoughts)
• Summer Cruising by Dave Benbow (Palari)
• Planting Eli by Jeff Black (Harrington Park Press)
• Exiles in America by Christopher Bram (William Morrow)
• Every Visible Thing by Lisa Carey (HarperCollins)
• The Fallen by Joshua Dagon (Breur Media)
• Izzy and Eve by Neal Drinnan (Green Candy Press)
• Full Circle by Michael Thomas Ford (Kensington)
• Intermezzo by Charles Frary (I-Universe)
• Journey to Love by Peter Gebeshian (I-Universe)
• The Deaf-Mute Boy by Joseph Geraci (Univ of Wisconsin)
• The Age of Cities by Brett Josef Grubisic (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• A Map of the Harbor Islands by J.G. Hayes (Harrington Park Press)
• Brethren: Raised by Wolves, Volume 1 by W.A. Hoffman (Alien Perspective)
• Manbug by George Illsley (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Alternatives to Sex by Stephen McCauley (Simon & Schuster)
• Virginia Bedfellows by Gavin Morris (Harrington Park Press)
• Strings Attached by Nick Nolan (Little Eden Press)
• Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues by Randall Peffer (Bleak House Books)
• The Good Neighbor by Jay Quinn (Alyson)
• Secret Anniversary of the Heart by Lev Raphael (Leap Frog Press)
• The Lucky Elephant Restaurant by Garry Ryan (NeWest Press)
• Now Is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer (Houghton Mifflin)
• Clouds & Eclipses by Gore Vidal (Carroll & Graf)
• Secretly Inside by Hans Warren (Univ of Wisconsin)
• What I Did Wrong by John Weir (Viking)
• Suspension by Robert Westfield (HarperCollins)
• 5 Minutes & 42 Seconds by Timothy Williams (HarperCollins)

GAY ROMANCE (16)

• Someone Like You by Timothy James Beck (Kensington)
• Summer Cruising by Dave Benbow (Palari)
• When the Stars Come Out by Rob Byrnes (Kensington)
• Friends, Lovers, & Roses by Vernon Clay (Harrington Park Press)
• Standish by Erastes (PD Publishing)
• Journey to Love by Peter Gebeshian (I-Universe)
• Brethren: Raised by Wolves, Volume 1 by W.A. Hoffman (Alien Perspective)
• Jagger's Revolution by Kevin Hunter (Author House)
• Adagio by Chris Owen (Casperian Books)
• Discreet Young Gentleman by MJ Pearson (Seventh Window)
• Ransom by Lee Rowan (Linden Bay)
• Two Boys in Love by Lawrence Schimel (Seventh Window)
• Surf 'N Turf by Scott & Scott (Romenticc)
• Doo-Lang Love by Chad Sosna (I-Universe)
• Two Spirits by Walter Williams & Toby Johnson (Lethe Press)
• Going Down in La-La Land by Andy Zeffer (Harrington Park Press)

GAY MYSTERY (13)

• Candy from Strangers by Mark Coggins (Bleak House Books)
• Mardi Gras Mambo by Greg Herren (Kensington)
• The Hell You Say by Josh Lanyon (I-Universe)
• The Back Passage by James Lear (Cleis Press)
• The Literary Six by Vince Liaguno (Outskirts Press)
• Beyond Machu by William Maltese (Harrington Park Press)
• Strings Attached by Nick Nolan (Little Eden Press)
• Vesper by Hilary Palencar (LuLu)
• Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues by Randall Peffer (Bleak House Books)
• The Lucky Elephant Restaurant by Garry Ryan (NeWest Press)
• Rhapsody in Blood by John Morgan Wilson (St. Martins)
• A Habit for Death by Chuck Zito (Midnight Ink Books)
• Everyone's Dead But Us by Mark Richard Zubro (St. Martins Minotaur)

GAY POETRY (14)

• But So Did Her Brother! by Brian Kevin Beck (Wonderside Productions)
• Gutted by Justin Chin (Manic D Press)
• Deviant Propulsion by CA Conrad (Soft Skull Press)
• The Album That Changed My Life by Jeffrey Conway (Cold Calm Press)
• A History of My Tattoo by Jim Elledge (Stonewall)
• The Burning of Troy by Richard Foerster (BOA)
• Other Fugitives & Other Strangers by Rigoberto Gonzalez (Tupelo Press)
• Sweet Son of Pan by Trebor Healey (Suspect Thoughts)
• The Eros Conspiracy by Greg Hewett (Coffee House Press)
• The Damaged Good by G. Winston James (Vintage Entity Press)
• On the Tongue by Jeff Mann (Gival Press)
• Riding Westward by Carl Philips (FSG)
• When the Eye Forms by Dwaine Rieves (Tupelo)
• Mirrors for Gold by Roberto Tejada (Krupskaya)

GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY (25)

• Going to Heaven by Elizabeth Adams (Soft Skull Press)
• Satyr Square by Leonard Barkan (FSG)
• The Romanian by Bruce Benderson (Tarcher/Penguin)
• Untold Stories by Alan Bennett (FSG)
• Under the Rainbow by John Carlyle (Carroll & Graf)
• The Bill From My Father by Bernard Cooper (Simon & Schuster)
• The Man Who Married Susan Sontag by Edward Field (University of Wisconsin)
• Butterfly Boy by Rigoberto Gonzalez (University of Wisconsin)
• Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son by Kevin Jennings (Beacon)
• I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell (HarperCollins)
• 35 Cents by Matty Lee (Suspect Thoughts)
• Here's What We'll Say by Reichen Lehmkuhl (Carroll & Graf)
• David Wojnarowicz by Sylvere Lotringer (MIT Press)
• The Confession by James McGreevey (Regan Books)
• Tweaked by Patrick Moore (Kensington)
• Fish by T. J. Parsell (Carroll & Graf)
• History of Swimming by Kim Powers (Carroll & Graf)
• Writing a Jewish Life by Lev Raphael (Carroll & Graf)
• Without You by Anthony Rapp (Simon & Schuster)
• Behind the Mask of the Mattachine by James T. Sears (Harrington Park Press)
• My Undoing by Aiden Shaw (Carroll & Graf)
• My Father's Keeper by Jonathan Silin (Beacon)
• Out of Bounds by Roy Simmons & Damon Dimarco (Carroll & Graf)
• Exile in Guyville by Dave White (Alyson)
• My Lives by Edmund White (HarperCollins)

GAY EROTICA (9)

• Jagger's Revolution by Kevin Hunter (Author House)
• Best Gay Erotica 2007 edited by Richard Labonte & COEDITOR (Cleis Press)
• The Days of Sodom by Dirk Lang (Bruno Gmunder Verlag)
• Sensuous Mates by Bill Lee (GLB Publishers)
• Sticky by Steve MacIsaac & Dale Lazarov Drawn, Out Press)
• A History of Barbed Wire by Jeff Mann (Suspect Thoughts)
• Bi Guys edited by Ron Suresha (Harrington Park Press)
• Inside Him by Joel Tan (Carroll & Graf)
• Hot On His Trail by Zavo (Alyson)

GAY DEBUT FICTION (26)

• A Scarecrow's Bible by Martin Hyatt (Suspect Thoughts)
• The Zookeeper by Alex MacLennan (Alyson)
• Send Me by Patrick Ryan (Dial Press)
• Suspension by Robert Westfield (HarperCollins)
• 5 Minutes & 42 Seconds by Timothy Williams (HarperCollins)

This is a list of titles nominated for 2006 Lambda Literary Awards, which were presented in 25 categories. Click on a category below to see the nominees for the year's awards.

Nominations were accepted between September 1 and December 1, 2006. Finalists in each category were announced on March 1, 2007. Winners in each category were announced on Thursday, May 31, at the Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony in New York City.

See the 2006 Lambda Literary Award winners and finalists >