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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.