{"id":814,"date":"2025-12-09T16:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/?p=814"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:49:11","slug":"over-the-rainbow-shortlist-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/archives\/814","title":{"rendered":"Over the Rainbow Shortlist, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alexander, T. J. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1503695199\">A Gentleman&#8217;s Gentleman<\/a><\/em>. Vintage Books \/ Penguin Random House, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anderson, E. M. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1492227531\">The Keeper of Lonely Spirits<\/a><\/em>. Mira, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bazterrica, Augustina. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/The-unworthy-:-a-novel\/oclc\/1438663679\">The Unworthy: A Novel<\/a><\/em>. Scribner, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bob the Drag Queen. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1506399483\"><em>Harriet Tubman in Concert<\/em><\/a>. Gallery Books, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crewson, Samantha. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1482622819\">Every Sweet Thing is Bitter<\/a><\/em>. Crooked Lane Books, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deaver, Mason. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1468299729\">The Build-a-Boyfriend Project<\/a><\/em>. Avon \/ HarperCollins, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunn, Kat. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1494975693\">Hungerstone<\/a><\/em>. Zando. 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fagan, Kate. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1482787186\">The Three Lives of Cate Kay<\/a><\/em>. Atria Books, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fellman, Isaac. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1429659571\">Notes from a Regicide<\/a><\/em>. Tor Publishing, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flahive, Grace. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1460929276\">Palm Meridian: A Novel<\/a><\/em>. Avid Reader Press\/Simon and Schuster, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ford, Meg. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1458752462\">Wild\/Hurt: Poems<\/a><\/em>. Button Publishing, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelley, Venessa Vida. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1451508075\">When the Tides Held the Moon<\/a><\/em>. Erewhon Books \/ Kensington Publishing, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Koe, Amanda Lee. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1404053116\">Sister Snake: A Novel<\/a><\/em>. Ecco \/ HarperCollins, 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pacton, Jamie, and Rebecca Podos. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1443718018\">Homegrown Magic<\/a><\/em>. Del Rey, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pueyo, Hache. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1429656819\">But Not Too Bold<\/a><\/em>. Tor, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulley, Natasha. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1429641588\">The Hymn to Dionysus<\/a><\/em>. Bloomsbury, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rosen, Lev A. C. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1414164891\">Rough Pages<\/a><\/em>. Tor Forge, 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schwab, V.E. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1521239458\">Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil<\/a><\/em>. Tor, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stars, Holly. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1443932304\">Murder in the Dressing Room<\/a><\/em>. Berkley Prime Crime, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Todd, Milo. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1451507787\">The Lilac People<\/a><\/em>. Counterpoint, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Underhill, Edward. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1434033770\">The In-Between Bookstore<\/a><\/em>. Avon \/ HarperCollins, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>van Veen, Johanna. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1453192035\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1453192035\">Blood on Her Tongue<\/a>. Poisoned Pen Press \/ Sourcebooks, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vo, Nhgi. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1512589421\">Don&#8217;t Sleep with the Dead<\/a><\/em>. Tor, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waite, Olivia. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1504756687\">Murder by Memory<\/a><\/em>. Tor, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yamamoto, Makana. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1437783657\">Hammajang Luck<\/a><\/em>. Harper Voyager \/ Harpercollins, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yang, Neon. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1452441493\">Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame<\/a><\/em>. Tom Doherty \/ Tor, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Non-Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Atherton, Jeremy Lin. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1521830067\">Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told<\/a><\/em>. Little, Brown, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birdsall, John. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1455397855\">What is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution<\/a><\/em>. W. W. Norton &amp; Company, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boylan, Jennifer Finney. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1429646767\">Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us<\/a><\/em>. Celadon Books, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brook, Daniel. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1491318327\">The Einstein of Sex: Dr Magnus Hirshfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin<\/a><\/em>. W. W. Norton &amp; Company, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cusak, Mark. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1517832003\">Fluid: A Guide for People with Flexible Sexuality<\/a><\/em>. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>de Roberts, Caro. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1455105975\">So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color<\/a><\/em>. Algonquin Books \/ Little, Brown, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Englesman, Jacob. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1484995557\">Lactation for the Rest of Us: A Guide for Queer and Trans Parents and Helpers<\/a>. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evans, Luke. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1465360421\">Boy from the Valleys: My Unexpected Journey<\/a><\/em>. Ebury Spotlight 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kaishian, Patricia Ononiwu. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1461831740\">Forest Euphoria<\/a>. Spiegel &amp; Grau, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kearns, Shannon T. L. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1503955937\">No One Taught Me How to be a Man: What a Trans Man&#8217;s Experience Reveals about Masculinity<\/a><\/em>. Broadleaf Books, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key, John. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1464889661\">Black, Queer, and Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, and Trailblazers<\/a><\/em>. Levine Querido, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kish, Kristen. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1513848245\">Accidentally on Purpose: A Memoir<\/a><\/em>. Little, Brown, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schillache, Brandy. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1517863320\">The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story<\/a><\/em>. W. W. Norton &amp; Company, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takei, George. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1467186590\">It Rhymes with Takei<\/a><\/em>. IDW Publishing | Top Shelf Productions, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tourmaline. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1453618279\">Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson<\/a><\/em>. Tiny Reparations Books \/ Penguin Random House, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whitnell, Dee. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1452599708?oclcNum=1452599708\">Beyond Bananas and Condoms: The LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Sex Education You Never Got at School<\/a><\/em>. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilson, Lucas. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1429284532\">Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors&#8217; Stories of Conversion Therapy<\/a><\/em>. 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