A list for books that have been awarded the Stonewall Book Award for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered experience.
This list is for folks to find good books written with queer content!
ALA Youth Media Awards By Year:
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2024
ALSC Notable Children's Books
2024, 2023, 2022
ALA Awards:
Alex Awards 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Batchelder Award Books
Caldecott Award Winners, Honors
Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books
Newbery Award Winners, Honors
Printz Award Winners and Honor Books
Pura Belpre Narrative Award Winners Honorees
Sibert Medal Winners and Honors
Stonewall Book Award Winners
Theodor Seuss Geisel Awards and Honors
This list is for folks to find good books written with queer content!
ALA Youth Media Awards By Year:
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2024
ALSC Notable Children's Books
2024, 2023, 2022
ALA Awards:
Alex Awards 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Batchelder Award Books
Caldecott Award Winners, Honors
Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books
Newbery Award Winners, Honors
Printz Award Winners and Honor Books
Pura Belpre Narrative Award Winners Honorees
Sibert Medal Winners and Honors
Stonewall Book Award Winners
Theodor Seuss Geisel Awards and Honors
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please take the time to add more winners so this list can be larger!
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This list should be complete. Added 17 books both old and new. Would be nice to have an honor list as well.
2025-01-27Stonewall Book Awards
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:
“Lunar Boy,” written and illustrated by Jes and Cin Wibowo and published by HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, is the recipient of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Literature Award.
Stonewall Honor Books for children’s literature
"Marley’s Pride," written by Joëlle Retener, illustrated by DeAnn Wiley and published by Barefoot Books;
"Murray Out of Water," written by Taylor Tracy and published by Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers;
"The Flicker," written by H.E. Edgmon and published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group;
"What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice," written by Jay Leslie, illustrated by Loveis Wise and published by Hillman Grad Books, an imprint of Zando.
Stonewall Young Adult Literature
“Canto Contigo,” written by Jonny Garza Villa and published by Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group, is the recipient of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature Award.
Stonewall Honor Books for Young Adult Literature
Four Honor Books for young adult literature were selected: "Most Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Remix," written by Gabe Cole Novoa and published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group;
"Navigating with You," written by Jeremy Whitley, illustrated by Cassio Ribeiro and published by Maverick, Mad Cave Studios;
"Road Home," written by Rex Ogle and published by Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.;
"Time and Time Again," written by Chatham Greenfield and published by Bloomsbury YA, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., part of Bloomsbury Publishing.
2026-01-26Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Literature Award
“Halfway to Somewhere,” written and illustrated by Jose Pimienta and published by RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
Stonewall Honor Books for Children’s Literature
"Call Me Gray," written by Andrew Larsen and Bells Larsen, illustrated by Tallulah Fontaine and published by Kids Can Press Ltd.;
"The Ink Witch," written by Steph Cherrywell and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.;
" Ollie in Between," written by Jess Callans and published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group; and
“Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver,” written by Sara Holly Ackerman, illustrated by Naoko Stoop and published by Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature Award
“One of the Boys,” written by Victoria Zeller and published by Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Levine Querido.
Stonewall Honor Books for Young Adult Literature
"Devils Like Us," written by L. T. Thompson and published by Bloomsbury YA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing;
"He’s So Possessed with Me," written Corey Liu and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.;
"Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Heart," written by Sarah Miller and published by Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House; and
“Sometimes the Girl,” written by Jennifer Mason-Black and published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
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