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The following titles have been read and recommended for inclusion in the final list by at least one juror.
Fiction
- Armfield, Julia. Private Rites: A Novel. Flatiron, 2024.
- Arnett, Kristen. Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One. Riverhead, 2025.
- Dinan, Nicole. Disappoint Me: A Novel. Dial Press / Random House, 2025.
- Greathouse, Torrin A. DEED. Wesleyan University Press, 2024.
- Hewitt, Séan. Open, Heaven: A Novel. Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
- Mare, Annie. Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Salon. Ace, 2025.
- Reid, Taylor Jenkins. Atmosphere. Ballantine / Random House, 2025.
- Scrivenor, Hayley. Girl Falling. Flatiron, 2025.
- Wilsner, Meryl. My Best Friend’s Honeymoon. St. Martin’s Griffin. 2025.
Non-fiction
- Erlick, Eli. Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850 – 1950. Beacon Press, 2025.
- Hailey, Leisha and Kate Moennig. So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All. St. Martin’s Press, 2025.
- Roberson, Michael. Ballroom: A History, a Movement, a Celebration. Running Press, 2025.
- Stratton, Alexis, Adam Polaski, and Jasmine Beach-Ferrara. Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Front Lines of the Movement for Transgender Youth. Ig Publishing, 2024.