Stonewall Book Award Winners

1.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,140 ratings
2.
Stone Butch Blues
Stone Butch Blues 4.53 avg rating — 34,585 ratings
3.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic 4.39 avg rating — 28,867 ratings
4.
The Vast Fields of Ordinary
The Vast Fields of Ordinary
by: Nick Burd
3.93 avg rating — 10,712 ratings
5.
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America 4.02 avg rating — 4,057 ratings
6.
The Teahouse Fire
The Teahouse Fire 3.48 avg rating — 3,695 ratings
7.
Patience & Sarah
Patience & Sarah 3.91 avg rating — 5,147 ratings
8.
Almost Perfect
Almost Perfect 3.85 avg rating — 9,161 ratings
9.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,854 ratings
10.
Geography of the Heart: A Memoir
Geography of the Heart: A Memoir 4.25 avg rating — 451 ratings
11.
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature 4.27 avg rating — 2,523 ratings
12.
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies 4.19 avg rating — 2,406 ratings
13.
Affinity
Affinity 3.75 avg rating — 28,186 ratings
14.
The Master
The Master 3.84 avg rating — 11,580 ratings
15.
Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America
Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America 3.88 avg rating — 88 ratings
16.
Grief
Grief 3.64 avg rating — 1,034 ratings
17.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 663,105 ratings
18.
Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature
Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 400 ratings
19.
Stray Dog Winter
Stray Dog Winter 3.48 avg rating — 107 ratings
19.
The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco
The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco 4.30 avg rating — 307 ratings
21.
Light Fell
Light Fell 3.82 avg rating — 289 ratings
22.
Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003
Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
23.
Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture
Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture 4.39 avg rating — 59 ratings
23.
Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People
Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People 4.06 avg rating — 898 ratings
23.
How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States
How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States 3.95 avg rating — 496 ratings
26.
Dog Years
Dog Years
by: Mark Doty
3.90 avg rating — 2,990 ratings
27.
Letters to Montgomery Clift
Letters to Montgomery Clift 3.93 avg rating — 242 ratings
28.
The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal
The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal 3.90 avg rating — 121 ratings
29.
Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America
Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America 4.07 avg rating — 245 ratings
30.
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence 3.95 avg rating — 5,104 ratings
31.
Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry
Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry 4.49 avg rating — 281 ratings
32.
Halfway Home
Halfway Home 3.96 avg rating — 275 ratings
32.
The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture 3.99 avg rating — 113 ratings
34.
A Restricted Country
A Restricted Country 4.32 avg rating — 387 ratings
34.
Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS
Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
36.
The Swimming-Pool Library
The Swimming-Pool Library 3.72 avg rating — 11,029 ratings
37.
Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present
Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present 4.02 avg rating — 844 ratings
38.
Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970
Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970 4.01 avg rating — 267 ratings
39.
Sex Variant Women in Literature
Sex Variant Women in Literature 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings
40.
Art on Fire
Art on Fire 4.28 avg rating — 74 ratings
41.
More of This World or Maybe Another
More of This World or Maybe Another 4.17 avg rating — 485 ratings
42.
Sweet Like Sugar
Sweet Like Sugar 4.01 avg rating — 280 ratings
43.
A Queer History of the United States
A Queer History of the United States 3.90 avg rating — 3,315 ratings
44.
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy 3.43 avg rating — 1,023 ratings
45.
Babyji
Babyji 3.32 avg rating — 1,336 ratings
46.
The Book of Salt
The Book of Salt 3.53 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
47.
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin 4.24 avg rating — 791 ratings
48.
The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project 4.19 avg rating — 14,160 ratings
49.
Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet
Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
50.
Po Man's Child
Po Man's Child 4.12 avg rating — 65 ratings
51.
My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage
My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage 3.95 avg rating — 155 ratings
52.
Working Parts
Working Parts 3.70 avg rating — 88 ratings
53.
The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People
The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
54.
Hood
Hood 3.62 avg rating — 2,908 ratings
55.
Dream Boy
Dream Boy 3.92 avg rating — 4,879 ratings
56.
Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation (Stonewall Book Award Winner)
Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation (Stonewall Book Award Winner) 3.92 avg rating — 132 ratings
57.
Uncommon Heroes: A Celebration of Heroes and Role Models for Gay and Lesbian Americans
Uncommon Heroes: A Celebration of Heroes and Role Models for Gay and Lesbian Americans 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
58.
Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son
Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
59.
Crime Against Nature
Crime Against Nature 4.31 avg rating — 165 ratings
60.
Encyclopedia of Homosexuality
Encyclopedia of Homosexuality 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
61.
Eighty-Sixed
Eighty-Sixed 3.99 avg rating — 605 ratings
62.
In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change
In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings
63.
After Delores
After Delores 3.84 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
64.
Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds
Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds 4.24 avg rating — 238 ratings
65.
Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography
Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
66.
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century 4.19 avg rating — 936 ratings
67.
Now the Volcano: Anthology of Latin American Gay Literature
Now the Volcano: Anthology of Latin American Gay Literature 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
68.
Now That You Know: What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality
Now That You Know: What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality 3.95 avg rating — 57 ratings
69.
Our right to love: A lesbian resource book
Our right to love: A lesbian resource book 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
70.
Familiar Faces Hidden Lives: The Story Of Homosexual Men In America Today
Familiar Faces Hidden Lives: The Story Of Homosexual Men In America Today 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
71.
The Gay Mystique: The Myth and Reality of Male Homosexuality
The Gay Mystique: The Myth and Reality of Male Homosexuality 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
72.
Lesbian/ Woman
Lesbian/ Woman 4.16 avg rating — 69 ratings
73.
The Cancer Journals
The Cancer Journals 4.42 avg rating — 5,109 ratings
74.
The Ladder: The Arno Series on Homosexuality
The Ladder: The Arno Series on Homosexuality 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
74.
Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights 4.27 avg rating — 491 ratings
76.
The Thirty Names of Night
The Thirty Names of Night 4.02 avg rating — 5,056 ratings
76.
I Kissed Shara Wheeler
I Kissed Shara Wheeler 3.86 avg rating — 100,662 ratings
78.
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son 4.07 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
78.
American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men
American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men 3.55 avg rating — 128 ratings
78.
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial 4.16 avg rating — 188 ratings
78.
The Gods of Tango
The Gods of Tango 4.07 avg rating — 2,818 ratings
78.
The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games
The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games 4.34 avg rating — 74 ratings
83.
The Last Nude
The Last Nude 3.90 avg rating — 27,415 ratings
83.
Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims
Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims 3.95 avg rating — 79 ratings
83.
Prelude to Bruise
Prelude to Bruise 4.25 avg rating — 2,678 ratings
83.
We Are Little Feminists: Families
We Are Little Feminists: Families 4.42 avg rating — 167 ratings
87.
Cantoras
Cantoras 4.38 avg rating — 7,904 ratings
88.
Melissa
Melissa
by: Alex Gino
4.09 avg rating — 47,338 ratings
88.
How We Fight For Our Lives
How We Fight For Our Lives 4.27 avg rating — 22,736 ratings
90.
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children 3.90 avg rating — 7,142 ratings
90.
This Day in June
This Day in June 4.18 avg rating — 1,714 ratings
90.
When Aidan Became A Brother
When Aidan Became A Brother 4.52 avg rating — 2,274 ratings
93.
The Porcupine of Truth
The Porcupine of Truth 3.86 avg rating — 2,282 ratings
93.
The Black Flamingo
The Black Flamingo
by: Dean Atta
4.33 avg rating — 33,243 ratings
95.
Fat Angie (Fat Angie, #1)
Fat Angie (Fat Angie, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 4,809 ratings
95.
The Great Believers
The Great Believers 4.29 avg rating — 161,768 ratings
97.
Go the Way Your Blood Beats: On Truth, Bisexuality and Desire
Go the Way Your Blood Beats: On Truth, Bisexuality and Desire 3.90 avg rating — 197 ratings
98.
Julián Is a Mermaid
Julián Is a Mermaid 4.50 avg rating — 10,298 ratings
99.
Hurricane Child
Hurricane Child 3.78 avg rating — 4,420 ratings
100.
Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers
Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers 3.99 avg rating — 455 ratings
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