Gay books 2021

Rainbow Award Winners

Wrong Number, Right Woman
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Jae(Goodreads Author)

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Rainbow Award for Best Queer woman Book ()On Superior of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating
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Karina Manta

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Rainbow Award for Best Bisexual Guide ()Franklin in Paradise (Paradise #1)
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John Patrick(Goodreads Author)

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Rainbow Award for Leading Asexual Book and nominee for Foremost Debut Book ()The Love Factor
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Quinn Ivins(Goodreads Author)

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Rainbow Award for Foremost Debut Book ()Hair Balls (Balls to the Wall, #8)
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Tara Lain(Goodreads Author)

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Rainbow Award for Homosexual Contemporary Romance ()The Dancer's Dilemma (Campus Connections, #3)
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CJane Elliott(Goodreads Author)

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Rainbow Award for Fluid Contemporary Romance ()Weekend at Bigfoot's
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Addison Albright(Goodreads Author)

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Rainbow Award for Queer Paranormal Romance ()The Silv

It&#;s been a long hour since I last made a post, but hopefully will be a stronger year for posting. I&#;m not sure if I&#;ll be posting regular reviews, as that has been a lot to retain up with, but you can expect to view more posts about what I&#;m looking forward to, my attitude toward reading, and maybe even some analysis of the bookish sphere.

For now, let&#;s look at how went.

Coming from last year where my reading statistics weren&#;t quite where I wanted them to be when it came to reading more diversely, I made particular effort to center my reading and my book buying on books from authors of colour. I saw huge amounts of improvement in this area.

Statistics

Number of books: 65
Pages Read: 18,
Top Genres: Science Fiction (%), Fantasy (%), Horror (20%)
LGBTQ+ Books: 48 / %
Books by Authors of Colour: 47 / % (for comparison, only 34% of the books I read were by authors of colour)
Books by Trans/Nonbinary/Genderqueer Authors: 12 / %

Reflections

was an interesting year for my reading. I read quite a few books that were outside of my comfort zone and actively w

Winners

Congratulations Lammy Award Winners

On June 1, , we announced the winners of the 33rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. These winners were selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from more than 1, book submissions from over publishers.

In addition to the winners below, four special honors were awarded: Ana-Maurine Lara received the Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction, the Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize went to Sarah Gerard and Brontez Purnell, Nancy Agabian received the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction, and the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers was awarded to Taylor Johnson and T Kira Madden.

You can pick up any of the winning books you haven&#;t peruse on our curated list at , where your purchases benefit Lambda Literary.

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Publisher Description

Top Ten Gay Romance brings together the best-selling small stories published by JMS Books that year.

From first cherish to true love, from submission to sensual, from heat to sweet and everything in between, the couples in these stories are sure to keep you turning the pages as you fall in love with them.

With stories by Kris T. Bethke, Jamie Craig, Holly Evening, Ofelia Gränd, Pat Henshaw, Nell Iris, A.C. Katt, Shawn Alley, Wayne Mansfield, and K.L. Noone, this head-over-heels collection goes beyond bedtime reading. Whether happily ever after or happy for now, there's an ending for everyone in here!

Contains the stories: Gingerbread and Good Tidings by Kris T. Bethke, First and Always by Jamie Craig, Blown Away by Holly Day, Kisses and Cabins by Ofelia Gränd, A Kiss in Time by Pat Henshaw, Wake Him with a Kiss by Nell Iris, A Permanent Arrangement by A.C. Katt, Holly Jolly by Shawn Lane, Ugly by Wayne Mansfield, and Cinnamon and Strawberries by K.L. Noone.

GENRE

Romance