The Stonewall Book Awards are given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience

Book cover for Only This Beautiful Moment
2024

Only This Beautiful Moment

by Nazemian, Abdi
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Book cover for Last Night at the Telegraph Club
2022

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Lo, Malinda
Call Number: YA

This historical fiction is set in San Francisco, in 1954, when Chinese Americans and immigrants had to live under increased paranoia, racism, and suspicion for having Communist ideas. Lily is interested in discovering what’s outside her Chinatown home. Her parents warned her not to leave their immediate neighborhood, but Lily ventures forth to various places, such as the Telegraph Club, a lesbian bar. This is where she slowly discovers herself and a relationship with her first white friend, Kathleen. All of this means that Lily may end up in dangerous situations and more than she bargained for.

Book cover for Darius the Great Deserves Better
2021

Darius the Great Deserves Better

by Khorram, Adib
Call Number: YA
Book cover for The Black Flamingo
2020

The Black Flamingo

by Atta, Dean
Call Number: YA
Book cover for Hurricane Child
2019

Hurricane Child

by Callender, Kacen
Call Number: x
Book cover for The 57 Bus
2018

The 57 Bus

by Slater, Dashka
Call Number: 306.7680973 S631

The lives of two very different teens intersect on an Oakland, California bus in November, 2013 in this absorbing narrative non-fictional portrait that recounts their lives leading up to and following that fateful day, touching upon race, class, gender identity and the juvenile justice system. Told in short, engrossing chapters and incorporating original poetry that underscores identity issues, both racial and gender, as complex and fluid.

Book cover for If I Was Your Girl
2017

If I Was Your Girl

by Russo, Meredith
Call Number: YA

Amanda Hardy is a transgender young woman transferring to a new school. Determined to keep everyone at a distance until graduation, Amanda is surprised when she makes friends and falls in love for the first time. A thoughtful, moving look at love, and understanding who you really are. 

 

 

Book cover for The Porcupine of Truth
2016

The Porcupine of Truth

by Konigsberg, Bill
Call Number: YA

New Yorker, Carson Speier is forced to spend the summer in Montana so his mother can tend to Carson’s estranged, sick father. Once there, he meets Aisha, who has been kicked out of her home after coming out as a lesbian to her conservative father. The two of them soon embark on a road trip after Carson discovers secret letters his grandfather sent to Carson’s dad, who was under the impression he’d been abandoned as a child long ago. 

 
Book cover for I'll Give You the Sun
2015

I'll Give You the Sun

by Nelson, Jandy
Call Number: YA

Jude and Noah are twins who are opposites in personality - beautiful Jude is popular and a daredevil; Noah is a quiet and sensitive artist. Yet, at the age of thirteen, the two are close, sharing even their own secret language. Three years later, the twins are no longer speaking to each other. The gap that has grown between them seems unbridgeable. Can they come to terms with the tragedy that has struck their family or will they be forever torn apart by their loss? If you love John Green and Rainbow Rowell, you’ll be sure to love this heart-wrenchingly beautiful novel by Jandy Nelson.

Book cover for Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
2014

Beautiful Music for Ugly Children

by Cronn-Mills, Kirstin
Call Number: YA

Gabe is in the latter stages of embracing himself as a transgender man after coming to the realization that he's Gabe and not the Liz his family and schoolmates thought him to be. Gabe discovers an outlet for his love of music when his next door neighbor arranges a radio show for him on the local community radio station, an outlet that gives him the strength to be more public but also challenges him to believe in himself when a radio caller turns into a bully.

Book cover for Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
2013

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
Call Number: YA

Two El Paso, Texas teens, sensitive boys who don't feel like they fit in among the Mexican men they see around them, form a special friendship over the course of one year.

Book cover for Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy
2012

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy

by Wright, Bil
Call Number: YA
Book cover for Almost Perfect
2011

Almost Perfect

by Katcher, Brian
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Book cover for The Vast Fields of Ordinary
2010

The Vast Fields of Ordinary

by Burd, Nick
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