Over the Rainbow Books

The following titles have been read and recommended for inclusion in the final list by at least one juror.

Fiction

• Aleman, Daniel. I Might Be in Trouble. Grand Central / Hachette, 2024.
• Curato, Mike. Gaysians. Algonquin / Little, Brown, 2025.
• Grischow, Becca. I’ll Get Back to You. Penguin, 2024.
• James, Amy. Crash Test. Avon / HarperCollins, 2025.
• Moffat, Jennifer. Flirty Dancing. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2025.
• Naudé, S. J. Fathers and Fugitives. Europa Editions, 2024.
• Parks-Ramage, Jonathan. It’s Not the End of the World: A Novel. Bloomsbury, 2025.
• Pilcher, Eleanor. That’s What She Said: A Novel. Avon / Harper Collins, 2025.
• Race, Holly. Six Wild Crowns. Orbit, 2025.
• Rigg, Maria. Extinction Capital of the World. HarperCollins, 2025.
• Roveto, Vanessa. Mulholland Dive. CLASH Books, 2025.
• Slaughter, Jodie. Ready to Score. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2025.

Non-Fiction

• Bailar, Schuyler. He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters. Hachette, 2023.
• Brathwhite, Lester Fabian. Rage: On Being Queer, Black, Brilliant… and Completely Over It. Tiny Reparations, 2024.
• Cassidy, Mel. Radical Relating: A Queer and Polyamory-informed Guide to Love Beyond the Myth of Monogamy. North Atlantic Books, 2025.
• Englesman, Jacob. Lactation for the Rest of Us: A Guide for Queer and Trans Parents and Helpers. Jessica Kingsley, 2025.
• Gomez, Edgar. Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays. Crown, 2025.
• Hsu, Stephanie and Ka-Man Tse. My Race is My Gender: Portraits of Nonbinary People of Color. Rutgers University Press, 2024.
• Key, Jon. Black, Queer, and Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, & Trailblazers. Levine Querido, 2024.
• Malloy, Tuck. Expansive Love: A Practical Guide to Relationship Anarchy. Jessica Kingsley, 2025.
• Romesburg, Don. Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School. Rutgers University Press, 2025.

The following titles have been read and recommended for inclusion in the final list by at least one juror.

Fiction

• Fonseca, Sarah, Octavia Saenz, and Trish Bendix. The New Lesbian Pulp. Feminist Press at CUNY, 2025.
• Hardcastle, Dylin. A Language of Limbs. Dutton / Penguin Random House, 2025.
• Vuong, Ocean. The Emperor of Gladness. Penguin Press / Penguin Random House, 2025.

The following titles have been read and recommended for inclusion in the final list by at least one juror.

Fiction

• Deaver, Mason. The Build-a-Boyfriend Project. Avon / HarperCollins, 2025.
• Greenwell, Garth. Small Rain. Picador, 2025.
• Laskey, Celia. Cover Story. Grand Central Publishing, 2025.
• Merbaum, Lindsey. Vampires at Sea. Creature Publishing, 2025.

Non-Fiction

• Brook, Daniel. The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a Visionary of Weimar Berlin. W. W. Norton, 2025.
• Kearns, Shannon T. L. No One Taught Me How to Be a Man. Broadleaf Books, 2025.
• Takei, George, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger, José Villarrubia, and Nathan Widick. It Rhymes with Takei. Top Shelf / IDW, 2025.

The following titles have been read and recommended for inclusion in the final list by at least one juror.

Fiction

• Anderson, E. M. The Keeper of Lonely Spirits. Mira, 2025.
• Bazterrica, Agustina. The Unworthy: A Novel. Scribner / Simon & Schuster, 2025.
• Burt, Stephanie. Super Gay Poems: LGBTQIA+ Poetry After Stonewall. Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, 2025.
• Dumond, Susie. Bed and Breakup. The Dial Press, 2025.
• Fagan, Kate. The Three Lives of Cate Kay. Atria, 2025.
• Flahive, Grace. Palm Meridian. Avid Reader Press, 2025.
• Ford, Meg. Wild/Hurt. Button Publishing, 2025.
• Goldberg, Zach. I’d Rather Be Destroyed. Button Poetry, 2024.
• Hillis, Kat. Dead and Breakfast. Berkeley Prime Crime, 2025.
• Karst, Leslie. Waters of Destruction. Severn House, 2025.
• O’Brien, Cory. Two Truths and a Lie. Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House, 2025.
• Pell, Tanya. Her Wicked Roots: A Gothic Tale. Gallery Books, 2025.
• Siegel, Natasha. As Many Souls as Stars. William Morrow / HarperCollins 2025.
• Swindle, Renée. Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn. Tiny Reparations / Penguin Random House, 2025.
• Tingle, Chuck. Lucky Day. Nightfire / Tor, 2025.
• Waite, Olivia. Murder By Memory. Tordotcom, 2025.
• Wilde, Rae. I Can Fix Her. Clash Books, 2025.
• Yamamoto, Makana. Hammajang Luck. Harper Voyager / HarperCollins, 2025.

Non-Fiction

• Evans, Luke. Boy from the Valleys: My Unexpected Journey. Ebury Spotlight, 2024.
• Felts, Jason and Richard Branson. Hollywood Virgin: Breaking into and out of Show Business. Wiley, 2025.
• George, Kadija, Cheryl Robson, and Stella Dadzie. Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years. Supernova Books, 2024.
• Iantaffi, Alex. Trans and Disabled. An Anthology of Identities and Experiences. Jessica Kingsley, 2025.
• Mulvaney, Dylan. Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer. Abrams Image, 2025.
• Schillace, Brandy. The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story. W. W. Norton, 2025.
• Tourmaline. Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson. Tiny Reparations / Penguin Random House, 2025.
• Whitnell, Dee. Beyond Bananas and Condoms: The LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Sex Education You Never Got at School. Jessica Kingsley, 2025.
• Wilson, Lucas F. W. and Garrard Conley. Shame Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy. Jessica Kingsley, 2025.

The following titles have been read and recommended for inclusion in the final list by at least one juror.

Fiction

• Alexander, T. J. A Gentleman’s Gentleman. Vintage Books / Penguin Random House, 2025.
• Bob. Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert. Gallery Books, 2025.
• Clements, Mikaella. Feast While You Can. Grand Central Publishing, 2024.
• Crewson, Samantha. Every Sweet Thing is Bitter. Crooked Lane Books, 2025.
• Dunlap, A. Rae. The Resurrectionist. Kensington, 2025.
• Griffin, Sarah Maria. Eat the Ones You Love. Tor, 2025.
• Haslett, Adam. Mothers and Sons. Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
• Kaste, Erin. Foul Play. Bold Strokes Books, 2025.
• Klune, TJ. The Bones Beneath My Skin. Tor, 2025.
• McKenzie, Mia. These Heathens. Random House / Penguin Random House, 2025.
• Pacton, Jamie, and Rebecca Podos. Homegrown Magic. Del Rey, 2025.
• Piper, Hailey. A Game in Yellow. Saga Press / Simon & Schuster, 2025.
• Pueyo, Hache. But Not Too Bold. Tor, 2025.
• Qin, Emily Yu-Hsuan. Aunt Tigress. DAW Books, 2025.
• Schwab, V. E. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. Tor, 2025.
• Spalding, Amy. On Her Terms. Kensington, 2025.
• Stars, Holly. Murder in the Dressing Room. Berkley Crime Prime, 2025.
• Thomas, H. Nigel. A Different Hurricane. Dundurn Press, 2025.
• Truelove, Barbara. Of Monsters and Mainframes. Ezeekat Press / Bindery Books, 2025.
• Underhill, Edward. The In-Between Bookstore. Avon / HarperCollins, 2025.
• van Veen, Johanna. Blood on Her Tongue. Poisoned Pen Press / Sourcebooks, 2025.
• Vo, Nghi. Don’t Sleep With the Dead. Tordotcom / Tor, 2025.
• Wijesekara, Maithree. The Prince Without Sorrow. Harper Voyager / HarperCollins, 2025.
• Yang, Neon. Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame. Tordotcom / Tor, 2025.

Non-Fiction

• De Robertis, Caro. So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill / Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
• Kaishian, Patricia Ononiwu. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature. Spiegel & Grau, 2025.