Congratulations to Our 2026 Lambda Literary Award Winners

By Coll Rowe | June 17 2026 | English Language Arts

Congratulations to the Penguin Random House and client books selected as the 2026 Lambda Literary Award Winners in the following categories:

 

LGBTQ+ Middle Grade

Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet

 

Lesbian Fiction

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

 

Transgender Fiction

The Lilac People by Milo Todd

 

LGBTQ+ Mystery

 A Queer Case by Robert Holtom

 

Find the full list of 2026 Lambda Literary Award Winners here.

Hungerstone
Hungerstone
Kat Dunn
9781638934028

The seductive reimagining of a Gothic classic—a repressed wife encounters a mysterious woman who awakens her desire in the “lesbian vampire novel we need.” (Them)

$18.00 US
Feb 24, 2026
Paperback
336 Pages
Zando
Glitch Girl!
Glitch Girl!
Rainie Oet
9780593696521

A middle grade novel in verse about a young trans girl who uses a computer game to process an ADHD diagnosis, isolation, and her relationship to gender.

$10.99 US
Mar 10, 2026
Paperback
448 Pages
Kokila
The Lilac People
The Lilac People
A Novel
Milo Todd
9781640097667

A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis then the Allies, all while protecting the ones he loves.

$17.95 US
May 05, 2026
Paperback
320 Pages
Counterpoint
A Queer Case
A Queer Case
The Selby Bigge Mysteries series
Robert Holtom
9781835413173

A gripping 1920s-set whodunnit, this debut features a queer sleuth who must solve a murder in a mansion on London’s Hampstead Heath without revealing his sexuality, lest he be arrested as a criminal.

$18.99 US
Jun 03, 2025
Paperback
320 Pages
Titan Books
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