#QueerRomanceClub @queerromanceclub

Here’s the shortlist in the three specifically romance categories of the Lammy awards

GAY ROMANCE
It Takes Three To Tango // Jem Wendel. Larking About Press
Our Own Light // Logan Sage Adams. Self-published
Outside the Wire // William Leet. Flashpoint Publications
The Spring Before Obergefell: A Novel // Ben Grossberg. University of Nebraska Press
We Could Be Heroes // Philip Ellis. G.P. Putnam’s Sons | Penguin Random House

LESBIAN ROMANCE
Bachelorette Number Twelve // Jae. Ylva Publishing
Here We Go Again // Alison Cochrun. Atria Books
Loser of the Year // Carrie Byrd. Ylva Publishing
Loving Safoa // Liza Wemakor. Neon Hemlock
Outlaw Hearts // Lori G. Matthews. Bella Books

LGBTQ+ ROMANCE AND EROTICA
Bradford, Bru and Brendan Too // Colin Dereham. Self-published
Leather, Lace and Locs // Anne Shade. Bold Strokes Books
Midsummer // Jena Doyle. Self-published
Mr. Blue Sky // Isla Olsen. Self-published
Oyster // Fearne Hill. Self-published

https://lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-37th-annual-lambda-literary-awards/

I’ve heard of precisely four of these 😂 (one of which we already tried earlier this year).

Let me know if there’s any titles you’d particularly like to see on the voting list, otherwise I’ll read through the blurbs and pick four.

(More about QRC here https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104)

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@bookstodon The list of finalists for the Lambda Awards is out! I'm glad to see that Our Wives Under the Sea made it on there, as well as How Far the Light Reaches, Virology, The Book Eaters, and Into the Riverlands, which are all in my TBR. The other nominees look interesting too so I'm going to be adding to my TBR for sure.

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https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/

I can finally announce that The Mandrake Loves the Olive, my queerplatonic tale inspired by Palestinian herbal folklore, is in Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth which is a finalist for the #Lammys!

Congrats to all of the finalists! 🥳