The Long List From Which the Lambda Literary Award Finalists Were Selected

Gay Fiction
Adam Anthony McDonald Millivres
Amuse Bouche Anthony Bidulka, Insomniac Press
Beijing Philip Gambone University of Wisconsin Press
Christopher Allison Burnett Broadway Books
Collected Stories David Leavitt Bloomsbury
Denny Smith and Other Stories Robert Gluck Clear Cut Press
Embrace Mark Behr Trafalgar Square Publishing
Fanny Edmund White Harper Collins
Fishboys of Vernazza John Sam Jones Dufour Editions
Fly on the Wall Rupert Smith Millivres Prowler Limited
Gay Blades Ben Tyler Kensington
Huddle Dan Boyle Haworth Press
I'm On My Way Christopher David Christopher David, Inc.
In Clara's Hands Joe Olshan Trafalgar Square Publishing
Last Summer Michael Thomas Ford Kensington Books
Leave Myself Behind Bart Yates Kensington Publishing
Light Out Nick Wood Millivres Prowler Limited
Man About Town Mark Merlis Harper Collins
Mr. Timothy Louis Bayard Harper Collins
Oscar Wilde Discovers America Louis Edwards Simon and Schuster
Out of Bounds Fred Shank & Chris Fisher
Passion Marks Lee Hayes Strebor Books LLC
Perfect Tackle Turner Kane Millivres Prowler
Pulling Taffy Matt Bernstein Sycamore Suspect Thought Press
Random Acts of Hatred George K. Ilsley Arsenal Pulp Press
Sebastian's Tangibles Anthea Ingham Millivres Prowler
Seven Sweet Things Shaun Levin Bluechrome Publishing
Spank the Monkey Rik Isensee Unlimited Publishing
The Beginning of Calamities Tom House Bridge Works Publishing
The Boom Economy Brian Bouldrey University of Wisconsin Press
The Concrete Sky Marshall Moore Haworth Press
The Consequence of Sex Robert C. Reinhart Alyson
The Firebrat David McConnell AttaGirl Press/Damron
The Five Books of Moses Lapinsky Karen X. Tulchinshky Raincoast Books
The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens John Rechy Grove Atlantic / Sony Pictures
The Music of Your Life John Rowell Simon & Schuster
The Palace of Varieties James Lear Millivres Prowler Limited
The Second Glass of Absinthe Michelle Black Tor/Forge Books
The Sex and Dope Show Saga Tobias Maxwell Corey Helfman and Associates
The Substance of God: A Spiritual Thriller Perry Brass Belhue Press
The Way Things Ought To Be Gregory Hinton Kensington Publishing
Through it Came Bright Colors Trebor Healey Haworth Press
Vacation in Ibiza Larence Schimel & Sebas NBM - Eurotica
Where the Boys Are William J. Mann Kensington Publishing
With You in Spirit Steven Cooper Alyson Publications
Zigzagger Manuel Munoz Northwestern University PRess
(additions)
Lives of the Circus Animals Christopher Bram
War Against the Animals Paul Russell St. Martin's Press,m
Dancer Colum McCann
Do Everything in the Dark Gary Indiana
Timoleon Vita Come Home Dan Rhodes
Still Life with June Darren Greer
The Book of Salt Monique Truong
Every Nine Seconds: a Queer as Folk novel Joseph Brockton Pocket Books
The Kitchen Boy: Novel of the Last Tsar Robert Alexander Viking

Lesbian Poetry
Embers Terry Wolverton Red Hen Press
Final Girl Daphne Gottlieb Soft Skull Press
Swirl Susan McCabe Red Hen Press
The Beautiful: Collected Poems Michelle Tea Manic D Press
The Dirt She Ate: Selected and New Poems Minnie Bruce Pratt University of Pittsburgh Press
Wanting in Arabic Trish Salah Tsar Publications
(addition)
Sleuth Elaine Sexton New Issues Poetry and Prose

Gay Poetry
Better To Travel Collin Kelley
Beyond October Shawn Dallas Stradley Black Rock Books
Homonym Edward DeBonis GLB Publishers
Natural Trouble Scott Hightower Forham University Press
Otherhood: Poems Reginald Shepherd University of Pittsburgh Press
Saying the World Peter Pereira Copper Canyon Press
Sky Lounge Mark Bibbins Graywolf Press
Talking in the Dark Billy Merrell Scholastic Inc.
The Charge Patrick Donnelly Ausable Press
The Healing Art Rafael Campo W.W. Norton
The Room Where I Was Born Brian Teare University of Wisconsin Press
The Year We Studied Women Bruce Snider University of Wisconsin Press
With Fingers at the Tips of My Words M.J. Arcaugelini Beautiful Dreamer Press
(additions)
Middle Earth Henri Cole

Lesbian Mystery
Cry Havoc Baxter Clare Bella Books
Damn Straight: A Lillian Byrd Crime Story Elizabeth Sims Alyson Publications
Dispatch to Death Martha Miller New Victoria
Epitaph for an Angel Lauren Maddison Alyson Publications
In Pursuit of Justice Radclyffe Radfic Productions
Owl of the Desert Ida Swearingen New Victoria Publishers
Southland Nina Revoyr Akashic Books
Storm Surge Katlyn Starcrossed Productions
The Woman Who Found Grace Bett Reece Johnson Cleis Press

Gay Mystery
Amuse Bouche Anthony Bidulka Insomniac Press
Blind Eye John Morgan Wilson St. Martin's Minotaur
Bourban Street Blues Greg Herren Kensington
Dead Egotistical Morons Mark Richard Zubro St. Martin's Minotaur
Death Comes Easy ed. Peter Burton Millivres Prowler Limited
Desert Winter Michael Craft St. Martin's Minotaur
It Takes Two Elliot Mackle Alyson Publications
Light Out Nick Wood Millivres Prowler Limited
Mr. Timothy Louis Bayard Harper Collins
Rendezvous Eighteenth Jake Lamar St. Martin's Minotaur
Thai Died William Maltese Green Candy Press
The Actors Guide to Murder Rick Copp Kensington Publishing
The Bottle Ghosts Dorien Grey
The Dirt Peddler Dorien Grey
Tongue Tied Richard Stevenson St. Martin's Minotaur
Wearing Black to the White Party David Stukas Kensington Publishing
With You in Spirit Steven Cooper Alyson Publications

Fiction Anthology
All I Want for Christmas Jon Jeffrey, Chris Kenry, William J. Mann, Ben Tyler Kensington
Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 ed. Angela Brown Alyson Publications
Death Comes Easy ed. Peter Burton Millivres Prowler Limited
M2M ed. Karl Woelz AttaGirl Press / Damron
Necrologue: The Diva Book of the Dead & Undead ed. Helen Sandler Millivres Prowler Limited
Off the Rocks New Town Writers
Telling Moments ed. Lydia Hall University of Wisconsin Press
(additions)
Pulp Friction ed. Michael Bronski St. Martin's Press

Nonfiction Anthology
Boyfriends From Hell Ed. Kevin Bentley Green Candy Press
Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS Robert Klitzman, M.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph D. John Hopkins University Press
Pinned Down By Pronouns ed. Toni Amato and Mary Daries Conviction Books
Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and their Stories Bob Guter / John R. Killacky Haworth Press
The Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name: Essays on Queer Desire and Sexuality ed. Greg Wharton Boheme Press
The Philosopher Queen: Feminist Essays on War, Love and Knowledge Chris Cuomo Rowman & LIttlefield Publishers
Think Again ed. Colin Robinson & Steven Fullwood

Memoir/Autobiography
Black Mountain Days Michael Rumaker Black Mountain Press
Buying Dad:One Woman's Search for the Perfect Sperm Donor Harlyn Aizley Alyson Publications
Cleopatra's Wedding Present Robert Tewdwr Moss University of Wisconsin Press
Dish It Up, Baby! Kristie Helms Firebrand Books
Edge Jeff Mann Haworth Press
Going the Other Way Billy Bean with Chris Bull Avalon Publishing
Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950's Marijane Meaker Cleis Press
Kinkorama Simon Sheppard Alyson Publications
Love in Good Time: a memoir Claire Robson Michigan State University Press
Naked in the Promised Land Lillian Faderman Houghton Mifflin
People Farm Steve Susoyev Moving Finger Press
Pleasures of Time Stephen Harold Riggins Insomniac Press
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders Jennifer Finney Boylan Broadway Books
Talking in the Dark Billy Merrell Scholastic Inc.
The End of Being Known Michael Klein University of Wisconsin Press
The Wrestling Party Bett Williams Alyson Publications
What We Lost Dale Peck Houghton Mifflin
Wrapped in Blue: A Journey of Discovery Donna Rose Living Legacy Press
(addition)
Finding Foo B.D. Wong

Biography
Anna Wickham: A Poet's Daring Life Jennifer Vaughan Jones Madison Books
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith Andrew Wilson Bloomsbury
Intertwined Lives Lois W. Banner Alfred A. Knopf
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin John D'Emilio Free Press / Simon & Schuster
Mike Connolly and the Manly Art of Hollywood Gossip Val Holley McFarland Publishers
Original Youth Keith Fleming Green Candy Press
That Furious Lesbian: The Story of Mercedes de Acosta Robert A. Schanke Southern Illonois University Press
The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde Merlin Holland Harper Collins
The Secret Life of Humphrey Bogart Darwin Porter Georgia Literary Association
Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin ed. Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise Cleis Press
(addition)
Siegfried Sasson: the Journey from the Trenches Jean Moorcroft Wilson

Children's/Young Adult
Gravel Queen Tea Benduhn Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
How My Family Came To Be - Daddy, Papa and Me Andrew R. Aldrich New Family Press
Keeping You a Secret Julie Anne Peters Little, Brown & Co.
Kissing Kate Lauren Myracle Dutton Children's Books
Pebble in a Pool William Taylor Alyson
Rainbow High Alex Sanchez Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Talking in the Dark Billy Merrell Scholastic Inc.
(additions)
Geography Club Bret Hartinger
This Time Around Mark Roeder
Boy Meets Boy David Levithan

Erotica
A Taste for Blood Dianna Lee Haworth Press
Best Gay Erotica 2004 ed. Richard Labonte Cleis Press
Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 ed. Tristan Taormino Cleis Press
Hot and Bothered 4 ed. Karen X. Tulchinsky Arsenal Pulp Press
Johnny Was & Other Tall Tales Greg Wharton Suspect Thought Press
Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire Michael Thomas Ford, Jeff Mann, William J. Mann and Sean Wolfe Kensington Books
Peculiar Passions Ruby Vise Millivres Prowler
Perfect Tackle Turner Kane Millivres Prowler
Quickies 3 ed. James Johnstone Arsenal Pulp Press
Quixotic Erotic Tamai Kobayashi Arsenal Pulp Press
Satyriasis: Literotica 2(squared) Ian Philips Suspect Thoughts Press
Seven Sweet Things Shaun Levin Bluechrome Publishing
Starburst Tanya Doian Millivres Prowler Limited
Ten Thick Inches Kenneth Harrison Seventh Window Press
The Escort Kay Vale Millivres Prowler Limited
The Palace of Varieties James Lear Millivres Prowler Limited
Vacation in Ibiza Larence Schimel & Sebas NBM - Eurotica

Humor
All Sorts Bruno Bouchet Green Candy Press
Betty & Pansy's Severe Queer Review of New York Betty Pearl Cleis
Betty & Pansy's Severe Queer Review of San Francisco Betty Pearl Cleis
Buying Dad: One Woman's Search for the Perfect Sperm Donor Harlyn Aizley Alyson Publications
Chelsea Boys Glen Hanson & Allan Neuwirth Alyson
Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon Based Life Forms to Watch Out For Alison Bechdel Alyson
Fly on the Wall Rupert Smith Millivres Prowler Limited
Men are Pigs, But We Love Bacon Michael Alvear Kensington Publishing
My Big Fat Queer Life Michael Thomas Ford Alyson Books
Sex Lies and Stereotypes Kim Ficera Kensington Publishing
Spank the Monkey Rik Isensee Unlimited Publishing
Susan Slutt: Girl Detective Kate Emburg and Michael Cornelius Vineyard Press
That's Why They're in Cages, People! Joel Perry Alyson Publications
The Beginning of Calamities Tom House Bridge Works Publishing
The Woman in Beige V.G. Lee Millivres Prowler
(additions)
A Funny Thng Happened on the Way to My Sexual Orientation Kage Alan Unbound Books

Romance
Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003 ed. Angela Brown Alyson Publications
Boyfriend 101: A Gay Guys Guide to Dating, Romance and Finding True Love Jim Sullivan Random House
Daytime Drama Dave Benbow Kensington
He's the One Timothy James Beck Kensington Publishing
I'm On My Way Christopher David Christopher David, Inc.
Last Summer Michael Thomas Ford Kensington Books
Maybe Next Time Karin Kallmaker Bella Books
The Sex and Dope Show Saga Tobias Maxwell Corey Helfman and Associates
Then, There was Iron Ellen Barton Mister Thrill Chills
They Say She Tastes Like Honey Michelle Sawyer Alyson Publications
Vacation in Ibiza Larence Schimel & Sebas NBM - Eurotica

Science Fiction/Horror/Fantasy
A Taste for Blood Dianna Lee Haworth Press
Death Comes Easy ed. Peter Burton Millivres Prowler Limited
Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire Michael Thomas Ford, Jeff Mann, William J. Mann and Sean wolfe Kensington Books
Necrologue: The Diva Book of the Dead & Undead ed. Helen Sandler Millivres Prowler Limited
The Red Line of Yarmald Diana Rivers Bella Books
The Substance of God: A Spiritual Thriller Perry Brass Belhue Press
Vampire Thrall Michael Schiefelbein Alyson Publications
(additions)
Elf Child David M. Pierce
Stars: original stories based on the songs of Janis Ian ed. Janis Ian and Mike Resnick

Religion/Spirituality
And Then They Were Nuns Susan J. Leonardi Firebrand Books
Anything But Straight Wayne Besen Haworth Press
Gay Perspective Toby Johnson Alyson Publications
Keeping Faith Fenton Johnson Houghton Mifflin
Reconciling Journey: A Devotional Workbook for Gay and Lesbian Christians Michal Anne Pepper The Pilgrim Press
Shirt of Flame: The Secret Gay Art of War Ko Imani Goko Media
Telling Truths in Church Mark D. Jordan Beacon Press
The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the NEw Testament Theodore W. Jennings Jr. The Pilgrim Press
The Substance of God: A Spiritual Thriller Perry Brass Belhue Press
Trans-gendered: Theology, Ministry and Communications of Faith Justin Tanis The Pilgrim Press
Transgender Journeys Virginia Ramey Mollenkott and Vanessa Sheridan The Pilgrim Press
What is Love? A Simple Buddhist Guide to Romantic Happiness Taro Gold Andrews McMeel Publishing
(additions)
Strength for the Journey: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living Peter Gomes
Gay Witchcraft: Empowering the Tribe Christopher Penczak

LGBT Studies
An Archive of Feeling: Trauma, Sexuality and Lesbian Public Cultures Ann Cuetkovich Duke University Press
Anything But Straight Wayne Besen Haworth Press
Boyfriend 101: A Gay Guys Guide to Dating, Romance and Finding True Love Jim Sullivan Random House
Butterlies Will Burn: Prosecuting Sodomites in Early Modern Spain and Mexico Federico Garza Carvajal University of Texas Press
Couple Therapy with Gay Men David E. Greenan and Gil Tunnell Guilford Productions
Crimson Letter Douglass Shand-Tucci St. Martin's Press
Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret Leila J. Rupp and Verta Taylor University of Chicago Press
Fatherhood for Gay Men Kevin McGarry Haworth Press
Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV and AIDS Roslyn Banish University of Massachusetts Press
Gay and Healthy in a Sick Society: The Minor Details Robert N. Minor The Fairness Project/ Humanity Works!
Gay Dads David Strah Tarcher/Penguin
Gay Seattle: Stories of Exile and Belonging Gary Atkins Univesity of Washington Press
Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora Martin F. Manalansan IV Duke University Press
Kinkorama Simon Sheppard Alyson Publications
Lavender Road to Success Kirk Snyder Ten Speed Press
Love in a Time of HIV: the Gay Men's Guid to sex, dating and relationships Michael Mancilla and Lisa Troshinsky Guilford Publications
Making Girls into Women: American Women's Writing on the Rise of Lesbian Identity Kathryn R. Kent Duke University Press
Men are Pigs, But We Love Bacon Michael Alvear Kensington Publishing
My Breasts, My Choice: Journeys Through Surgery Barbara Brown, Maureen Aslin & Betsy Corey Sumach Press
Officially Gay: The Political Construction of Sexuality in the U.S. Military Gary L. Lehring Temple University Press
Peacocks, Chameleons, Centaurs: Gay Suburbia and the Grammar of Social Identity Wayne H. Brekhus University of Chicago PRess
Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and their Stories Bob Guter / John R. Killacky Haworth Press
Queer Street: Rise and Fall of an American Culture 1947-1985 James McCourt W.W. Norton and Company
Red Threads: The South Asian Queer Connection in Photographs Poulomi Desai & Parminder Sekhon Millivres Prowler
Shirt of Flame: The Secret Gay Art of War Ko Imani Goko Media
Sinners and Citizens Jens Rydstrom University of Chicago Press
Sodomy in Reformation of Germany and Switzerland, 1400-1600 Helmut Puff Univesity of Chicago Press
Speaking for Our Lives Robert B. Ridinger Haworth Press
Strapped for Cash Mack Friedman Alyson Publications
The Healing Art Rafael Campo W.W. Norton
The Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name: Essays on Queer Desire and Sexuality ed. Greg Wharton Boheme Press
The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the NEw Testament Theodore W. Jennings Jr. The Pilgrim Press
The Philosopher Queen: Feminist Essays on War, Love and Knowledge Chris Cuomo Rowman & LIttlefield Publishers
The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde Merlin Holland Harper Collins
The Secret Lives of Married Men David Leddick Alyson Publications
The Sharon Kowalski Case: Lesbian and Gay Rights at Trial Casey Charles University Press of Kansas
The Wrestling Party Bett Williams Alyson Publications
Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin ed. Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise Cleis Press
Touching Feeling: Affect, PEdagogy, Performativity Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Duke University Press
Toward Stonewall" Homosexuality and Society in the Modern Western World Nicholas C. Edsall University of Virginia Press
Transgender Journeys Virginia Ramey Mollenkott and Vanessa Sheridan The Pilgrim Press
True Secrets of Lesbian Desire: Keeping Sex Alive in Long-Term Relationships Renate Stendhal North Atlantic Books
Virginia Woolf's Women Vanessa Curtis University of Wisconsin Press
(additions)
Sappho History Margaret Reynolds

Drama/Theater
Forbidden Acts Ben Hodges Applause Theatre and Cinema Books
Motifs and Repititions & Other Plays C.E. Gatchalian The Noew Hogarth Press
Prok Brian Drader J. Gordon Shilingford Publishing Inc.
The Band Plays Mart Crowley Alyson Publications
Women in Turmoil: Six Plays by Mercedes de Acosta ed. Robert Schanke Southern Illinois University Press

Transgender/GenderQueer
Drag Duriel E. Harris Elixir Press
Final Girl Daphne Gottlieb Soft Skull Press
Gay and Healthy in a Sick Society: The Minor Details Robert N. Minor The Fairness Project/ Humanity Works!
Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora Martin F. Manalansan IV Duke University Press
My Breasts, My Choice: Journeys Through Surgery Barbara Brown, Maureen Aslin & Betsy Corey Sumach Press
Pinned Down By Pronouns ed. Toni Amato and Mary Daries Conviction Books
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders Jennifer Finney Boylan Broadway Books
The Woman in Battle Loreta Janeta Velazquez University of Wisconsin Press
Trans-gendered: Theology, Ministry and Communications of Faith Justin Tanis The Pilgrim Press
Transexualism: Illusions and Reality Colette Chiland Wesleyan University Press
Transgender Journeys Virginia Ramey Mollenkott and Vanessa Sheridan The Pilgrim Press
Wanting in Arabic Trish Salah Tsar Publications
Wrapped in Blue: A Journey of Discovery Donna Rose Living Legacy Press
(additions)
The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism J. Michael Bailey
Gender Frontier Mariette Allen
The Drag King Anthology ed. Donna Troka

Visual Arts/Photography
A Face in the Crowd ed. John Peterson and Martain Bedogne Matthew Shepard Foundation
Checkered Past: A Visual Diary of the 60s and 70s Peter Schlesinger Harry N. Abrams Inc.
Familiar Men Laurie Toby Edison Shifting Focus Press
Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV and AIDS Roslyn Banish University of Massachusetts Press
Legends of Punk: Photos from the Vault Rikki Ercoli Manic D Press
Patrick Angus: Los Angeles Drawings Douglas Blair Turnbaugh Taurus Editions
Red Threads: The South Asian Queer Connection in Photographs Poulomi Desai & Parminder Sekhon Millivres Prowler
Vacation in Ibiza Larence Schimel & Sebas NBM - Eurotica
Women Seeing Women ed. Lonthar Schirmer W.W. Norton