Tenth Annual

Bisexual Book Awards

Finalists List: Books of 2021

Memoir/Biography

• Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much by Jen Winston, Atria Books/Simon & Schuster
• Love Is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar, Catapult
• Out of the Woods: Nature, Sexuality, and Faith in the Forest by Luke Turner, Greystone Books

Non-Fiction

(No finalists were declared in Non-Fiction this year. The Winner will be announced at our Virtual Tenth Annual Awards Ceremony & Multi-Arts Reading, on Zoom, FB Live and YouTube, date Sat Jan 28 at 7PM ET.)

Literary Fiction

• ·     Finding Bonita by Harrie Farrow, Independently Published
• Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck by Joe Okonkwo, Amble Press/Bywater Books

Romance:

• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun, Atria Books/Simon & Schuster
• The Home I Find With You by Skye Kilaen, Independently Published
• It’s Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake by Claire Christian/Harlequin Trade Publishing
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin/Macmillan
• Tell Me Anything by Skye Kilaen, Independently Published

Speculative Fiction [Bi-fi/Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror/Etc.]

• The Councillor by E. J. Beaton, DAW
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen 
• The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, Bloomsbury Publishing
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, Tor Books/Macmillan
• Three Seeking Stars by Avi Silver, Molewhale Press
• Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell, Tor Books/Macmillan

Teen/Young Adult

• The Ballad of Dinah Caldwell by Kate Brauning, Page Street Publishing
• Five Ways to Fall Out of Love by Emily Martin, Inkyard / Harlequin
• Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi, Scholastic Press / Scholastic Inc.
• Heartstopper Vol. 3 by Alice Oseman, Graphix / Scholastic Inc.
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen 
• ·     Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Coles, Scholastic Press / Scholastic Inc.

Mystery [Private Detectives/ Cops/ Spies]

• After You Died by Dea Poirier, Agora Books / Polis Books
• Investigating Helen by Benna Bos / Flashpoint Publications

Poetry

• Dear Birch by Margaret Christakos, Palimpsest Press
• The Hammer of Witches by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back, Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press
• Zipless by Catherine Lewis, 845 Press

Graphic Novel/Memoir

• Heartstopper Vol. 3 by Alice Oseman, Graphix/Scholastic Inc.
• The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces by Courtney Cook, Tin House

Publisher of the Year

• Macmillan
• Scholastic

Bi Writer of the Year  
{authors listed alphabetically by last name}

• Skye Kilaen, The Home I Find With You, Independently Published
• Catherine Lewis, Zipless, 845 Press
• Lois Shearing, Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life, Jessica Kingsley
• Jen Winston, Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much, Atria Books/Simon & Schuster

Ninth Annual

Bisexual Book Awards

Winners & Finalists List: Books of 2020

{winners are bolded}

Non-Fiction

• Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation by Nikki Hayfield, Routledge
• Bisexuality in Europe: Sexual citizenship, romantic relationships, and bi+ identities by Emiel Maliepaard and Renate Baumgartner (Eds.), Routledge
• Bi the Way: Pastoring Bisexual Christians in Europe by Dr. Carol A. Shepherd, Easy Yoke Publishing

Memoir/Biography 

• The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg, Abrams Press
• Frida in America by Celia Stahr, St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan
• Rust Belt Femme by Raechel Anne Jolie, Belt Publishing

Fiction

• All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Riverhead Books
• Ceremonials by Katharine Coldiron, Kernpunkt Press
• The Company Daughters by Samantha Rajaram, Bookouture
• Exile Music by Jennifer Steil, Viking / Penguin Random House
• Starling Days by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, The Overlook Press / Abrams
• You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat, Catapult

Romance

• Off Balance by Jay Hogan, Southern Lights Publishing
• Redemption by Garrett Leigh, Fox Love Press
• The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt, Graydon House / Harlequin
• The Sex Coach by Garrett Leigh, Fox Love Press
• The Woman Who Fell Through Time by J.M. Frey, Here There Be Publishing

Erotic Fiction:

*Honorable Mention: Bottle Rocket by Erin McLellan, Independently Published 

  (Not enough books to declare finalists or winners.)

Speculative Fiction  [Bi-fi/Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror/Etc.]

• ·      Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne, Tor Books / Macmillan 
• ·      Children of Fury (Dark Nation, Volume III), Old Gold Soul Press
• ·      The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, Tor Books / Tom Doherty     Associates / division of Macmillan Publishers
• ·      Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, William Morrow / HarperCollins
• ·      Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlen, Neon Hemlock Press

Teen/Young Adult Fiction

• Hearts Are Jerks by Gabrielle Harbowy, Heart Bow Books
• Look by Zan Romanoff, Dial Books / Penguin
• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales, Wednesday Books / Macmillan
• Who I Was with Her by Nita Tyndall, HarperTeen / Harper Collins
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson, Scholastic Press

Mystery (Mystery had a winner but no finalists this year)

• The Better Liar by Tanen Jones, Ballantine / Penguin Random House

Poetry

• Again by Jennifer Perrine, Airlie Press
• Crown Noble by Bianca Phipps, Button Poetry
• Magnolia Canopy Otherworld by Erin Carlyle, Driftwood Press

Publisher of the Year

• Macmillan
• Penguin Random House

Bi Writer of the Year {authors listed alphabetically by last name}

• Nikki Hayfield, Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation, Routledge
• Jay Hogan, Off Balance, Southern Lights Publishing
• Samantha Irby, Wow, No Thank You, Vintage / Penguin Random House
• Emiel Maliepaard and Renate Baumgartner (Eds.), Bisexuality in Europe: Sexual citizenship, romantic relationships, and bi+ identities, Routledge
• Samantha Rajaram, The Company Daughters, Bookouture
• Celia Stahr, Frida in America, St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan
• Jennifer Steil, Exile Music, Viking / Penguin Random House
• Nita Tyndall, Who I Was with Her, HarperTeen / Harper Collins
• Molly Wizenberg, The Fixed Stars, Abrams Press

*Bi-colored bookstack image is generously donated by Jeannie of Queer Book Corner on Etsy

Eighth Annual Bisexual Book Awards

Winners & Finalists List: Books of 2019

{winners are bolded}

Non-Fiction

• From Psychoanalytic Bisexuality to Bisexual Psychoanalysis: Desiring in the Real by Esther Rapoport, Routledge
• Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience edited by Corey E. Flanders, Routledge

Memoir/Biography 

• In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press
• Sorted by Jackson Bird, Tiller Press / Simon & Schuster

Fiction

• Attraction by Ruby Porter, Text Publishing
• Naamah by Sarah Blake, Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
• Northern Lights by Raymond Strom, Simon & Schuster 
• Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
• Small Silent Things by Robin Page, Harper Perennial/HarperCollins 

Romance: Tie

• All the Better Part of Me by Molly Ringle, Central Avenue 
• Out of the Shade by S.A. McAuley / Independently Published
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin / Macmillan 
• Return by Rowan Shaw, Independently Published 

Erotic Fiction

• Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling by Rosalind Chase, Under Hill Press
• Three For All by Elia Winters, Cecaelia Press
• We Three: One and One and One Makes Three by Lara Zielinsky, Supposed Crimes

Speculative Fiction  [Bi-fi/Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror/Etc.]

• Monster of the Week by FT Lukens, Duet Books / Interlude Press
• Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells, Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster

Teen/Young Adult Fiction

• Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley, Page Street Kids
• Monster of the Week by FT Lukens, Duet Books / Interlude Press
• The Mover by JC Garton, Riversong Books / Sulis International 

Mystery

• Blood & Bitcoin by L.A. Witt, Independently Published
• Burying the Dead by Georgette Gouveia, JMS Books

Poetry

• A Sand Book by Ariana Reines, Tin House Books 
• turn around BRXGHT XYXS by Rosebud Ben-Oni, Get Fresh Books
• Why I Never Finished My Dissertation by Laura Foley, Headmistress Press

Publisher of the Year

• Routledge
• Simon & Schuster

Bi Writer of the Year
{authors listed alphabetically by last name}

• Sarah Blake, Naamah, Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
• Rosalind Chase, Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling, Under Hill Press
• Corey E. Flanders editor, Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience, Routledge
• Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue, St. Martin’s Griffin / Macmillan 
• Rebecca Kim Wells, Shatter the Sky, Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster

Seventh Annual Bisexual Book Awards

Winners & Finalists List: Books of 2018

{winners are bolded}

Non-Fiction

• Go the Way Your Blood Beats: On Truth, Bisexuality, and Desire by Michael Amherst, Repeater Books
• Many Love by Sophie Lucido Johnson, Touchstone / Simon & Schuster

Memoir/Biography 

• Many Love by Sophie Lucido Johnson, Touchstone / Simon & Schuster
• On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein: My Years with the Exasperating Genius by Charlie Harmon, Imagine Publishing/ Charlesbridge

Fiction

• America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo, Viking / Penguin Random House
• Bhopal Dance by Jennifer Natalya Fink, FC2/University of Alabama Press
• The Prince of Mirrors by Alan Robert Clark, Fairlight Books
• True Ash by Elizabeth J. Colen and Carol Guess, Black Lawrence Press
• The Wild Birds by Emily Strelow, A Barnacle Book / Rare Bird Books

Romance

• Edge of Nowhere by Felicia Davin, Etymon Press
• Jilted by Lilah Suzanne, Interlude Press
• Medley (Changing Lanes) by Layla Reyne, Independently Published
• Rough Sleepers by Nem Rowan, Less Than Three Press
• The Thing About Forever by Michele Engardt, Less Than Three Press
• The Torches We Carry by L.A. Witt, Independently Published

Erotic Fiction

• Carnal Knowledge: The Adoration of a Dangerous Woman and the Death of a Dream by Lexi Mohney, Independently Published
• Whatever Comes First by M.K. Lee, Less Than Three Press

Speculative Fiction  [Bi-fi/Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror/Etc.]

• Cleaning House by Jeanne G’Fellers, Mountain Gap Books
• Dragon Magic by Megan Derr, Less Than Three Press
• The Seeds of Dissolution by William C. Tracy, Space Wizard Science Fantasy 
• Thornfruit by Felicia Davin, Etymon Press
• The Worship of Mystery by J.R. Mabry, The Apocryphile Press

Teen/Young Adult Fiction

• A Love Song for Mr. Dakota by Gene Gant, Harmony Ink Press / Dreamspinner Press
• Palmetto Rose by J.E. Sumerau, Brill / Sense 
• Paris Syndrome by Lisa Walker, Angus & Robertson / HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• We Are Young by Cat Clarke, Quercus Children's Books / Hachette Childrens Group
• The Weekend Bucket List by Mia Kerick, Duet Books / Interlude Press

Mystery: Tie

• Other People’s Oysters by Alexandra CH Nowakowski and JE Sumerau, Brill / Sense
• Reckless Behavior by Cari Z & L.A. Witt, Riptide Publishing
• We Are Young by Cat Clarke, Quercus Children's Books / Hachette Childrens Group
• What You Want to See by Kristen Lepionka, Minotaur Books / St. Martin’s Press
• Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht, Tin House Books

Poetry

• Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri, BreakBeat Poets series, Haymarket Books
• God Was Right by Diana Hamilton, Ugly Duckling Presse
• Like Flesh Covers Bone by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press
• Refuse by Julian Randall, University of Pittsburgh Press
• We Play a Game by Duy Doan, Yale University Press

Publisher of the Year:

Less Than Three Press

Bi Writer of the Year: 3-way tie (Let the jokes about bisexuals and 3-ways

commence!)
{authors listed alphabetically by last name}

• Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart, Viking / Penguin Random House
• Duy Doan, We Play a Game, Yale University Press
• Kate Evans, Target, Coyote Creek Books
• J.R. Mabry, The Worship of Mystery, The Apocryphile Press
• Lilah Suzanne, Jilted, Interlude Press
• Rachel Wiley, Nothing Is Okay, Button Poetry

   Sixth Annual Bisexual Book Awards

   Winners & Finalist List: Books of 2017

{Books are listed alphabetically by title. Winners are bolded. Winners posted June 2, 2018.}

Non-Fiction

• Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager, HarperCollins
• Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child by Telaina Eriksen, Mango Media
• Young Bisexual Women’s Experiences in Secondary Schools by Mary-Anne McAllum, Routledge

Memoir/Biography  

Tie:       

• First Time Ever by Peggy Seeger, Faber & Faber
• A Girl Walks Into a Book by Miranda Pennington, Seal Press/Hachette Book Group
• What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging by Monica Meneghetti, Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press

Fiction

• The Change Room by Karen Connelly, Random House / PenguinRandomHouse
• Enigma Variations by André Aciman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan
• Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press
• Keeping the Faith by A.M. Leibowitz, Supposed Crimes
• The Mathematics of Change by Amanda Kabak, Brain Mill Press
• Pages For Her: A Novel by Sylvia Brownrigg, Counterpoint 

Romance

• Back To You by Chris Scully, Riptide Publishing
• Block and Strike by Kelly Jensen, Dreamspinner Press
• Bonfires by Amy Lane, Dreamspinner Press
• By the Currawong's Call by Welton B. Marsland, Escape Publishing/ Harlequin Enterprises Australia
• Strays (Urban Soul 2) by Garrett Leigh, Riptide Publishing
• Summer Stock by Vanessa North, Riptide Publishing

Erotic Fiction

• Cast From the Earth by Leandra Vane, Self-Published
• Michael’s Wings by Tiffany Reisz, 8th Circle Press
• Rescues and the Rhyssa by TS Porter, Less Than Three Press
• The Shape of Veronica by Stephanie Bull, Tau Press
   

Speculative Fiction  [Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Etc.]

• Island of Exiles by Erica Cameron, Entangled Teen
• Passing Strange by Ellen Klages, Tor Books
• Rescues and the Rhyssa by TS Porter, Less Than Three Press
• The Rules and Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic by F.T. Lukens, Duet Books/Interlude Press
• Run In The Blood by A.E. Ross, NineStar Press
• The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember, Duet/Interlude Press

Teen/Young Adult Fiction

• Being Roy by Julie Aitcheson, Harmony Ink Press
• Grrrls on the Side by Carrie Pack, Duet Books/Interlude Press
• I Hate Everyone But You by Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn, Wednesday Books 
• In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan, Big Mouth House/Small Beer Press
• The Rules and Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic by F.T. Lukens, Duet Books/Interlude Press

Mystery

• Risky Behavior by L.A. Witt & Cari Z, Riptide Publishing 
• Suspicious Behavior by L.A. Witt & Cari Z, Riptide Publishing

Poetry

• Primates from an Archipelago by Irene Suico Soriano, Rabbit Fool Press
• Truth Be Bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS by Julene Tripp Weaver, Finishing Line Press

Publisher of the Year

Tie:

• Dreamspinner Press
• Duet Books/Interlude Press
• Less Than Three Press
• Riptide Publishing

Bi Writer of the Year

{authors listed alphabetically by last name}

• Sylvia Brownrigg (Fiction) Pages For Her, Counterpoint 
• Karen Connelly (Fiction) The Change Room, Random House/ PenguinRandomHouse
• Carmen Maria Machado (Fiction) Her Body and Other Parties, Graywolf Press
• Erin McRae & Racheline Maltese (Romance) The Art of Three, Avian30
• Monica Meneghetti (Memoir/Bio) What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging, Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press
• Peggy Seeger (Memoir/Bio) First Time Ever, Faber & Faber

{Finalists for Bi Writer of the Year are chosen in consultation with the judges, by the Director.}

    Fifth Annual Bisexual Book Awards

    Winners & Finalists List: Books of 2016

         {Winners are bolded}

Non-Fiction

• Advice from a Wild Deuce: The Best of Ask Tiggy by Tiggy Upland, Jennifer L. Bonardi 
• The Changing Dynamics of Bisexual Men's Lives: Social Research Perspectives by Eric Anderson and Mark McCormack, Springer
• Women in Relationships with Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Lexington Books 

Memoir/Biography         

• A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson; Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan
• Virginia Woolf by Ira Nadel, London: Reaktion Books/ Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press

Fiction

• Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert, Persevero Press
• The Regulars by Georgia Clark, Emily Bestler Books/Atria/Simon & Schuster
• Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge, Rare Bird Books

Romance

• Change of Address by Jordan Brock, Riptide Publishing
• Lovers Leap by JL Merrow, Riptide Publishing
• Misinformation by Keelan Ellis, Dreamspinner Press
• Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler, self-published
• Rock N Soul by Lauren Sattersby, Riptide Publishing
• Stuck Landing by Lauren Gallagher, Riptide Publishing
• What Remains by Garrett Leigh, Riptide Publishing

Erotic Fiction

• 24/7 by J A Rock, Riptide Publishing
• The Best Laid Plans by Lauren Gallagher, Samhain Publishing
• Club Trega by Nicole Wood, Riverdale Avenue Books
• The Man on Top of the World by Vanessa Clark, Bold Strokes Books 

Speculative Fiction  [Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Etc.]

• An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows, Angry Robot 
• Enchanted Soles edited by Sasha L. Miller, Less Than Three Press
• For the Clan by Archer Kay Leah, Less Than Three Press
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova, Sourcebooks Fire 
• Necrotech by KC Alexander, Angry Robot 
• The Painted Crown by Megan Derr, Less Than Three Press

Teen/Young Adult Fiction

• Caught Inside by Jamie Deacon, Beaten Track Publishing 
• Look Both Ways by Alison Cherry, Delacorte Press / Random House Children’s Books
• Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee, Duet/Interlude Press 
• Obscura Burning by Suzanne van Rooyen, Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press
• Order in the Court by Casey Lawrence, Harmony Ink Press/Dreamspinner Press
• Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler, Self Published
• The Sum of these Things by Emily O’Beirne, Ylva Publishing

Mystery

• Assassins: Discord by Erica Cameron, Triton Books/Riptide Publishing
• Order in the Court by Casey Lawrence, Harmony Ink Press/Dreamspinner Press

Poetry

• The Body’s Alphabet by Ann Tweedy, Headmistress Press
• Nec(Romantic) by Cathleen Chambless, The Gorilla Press

Graphic Novel/Memoir

• ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery, Stacked Deck Press
• Primahood: Magenta by Tyler Cohen, Stacked Deck Press / J.T. Avery Pacific

Anthology

• ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery, Stacked Deck Press
• Enchanted Soles edited by Sasha L. Miller, Less Than Three Press

Publisher of the Year

• Dreamspinner Press
• Less Than Three Press
• Riptide Publishing

Bi Writer of the Year

• Advice from a Wild Deuce: The Best of Ask Tiggy by Tiggy Upland, Jennifer L. Bonardi 
• The Best Laid Plans by Lauren Gallagher, Samhain Publishing
• The Body’s Alphabet by Ann Tweedy, Headmistress Press
• Obscura Burning by Suzanne van Rooyen, Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press
• Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge, Rare Bird Books

• What Remains by Garrett Leigh, Riptide Publishing 

Books of 2015:

Non-Fiction

• Bisexuality: Identities, Politics, and Theories by Surya Monro, Palgrave/Macmillan 
• Bisexuality in Education: Erasure, Exclusion and the Absence of Intersectionality edited by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Routledge 
• Love's Refraction: Jealousy and Compersion in Queer Women's Polyamorous Relationships by Jillian Deri, University of Toronto Press

Memoir/Biography

• BodyHome by Chelsey Clammer, Hopewell Publications
• Call It Wonder: An Odyssey of Love, Sex, Spirit, and Travel by Kate Evans, Coyote Creek Books 
• Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham by Emily Bingham, Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan

Fiction

• The Ambassador’s Wife by Jennifer Steil, Doubleday
• The Giddy Death of the Gays & the Strange Demise of Straights by Redfern Jon Barrett, Lethe Press 
• Goddess by Kelly Gardiner, Harper360/HarperCollins 
• The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North, Blue Rider Press/Penguin Random House
• The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch, Harper Books/Harper Collins

Romance

• Bound with Honor by Megan Mulry, Riptide Publishing
• Breakaway by Avon Gale, Dreamspinner Press 
• Caught! by J.L. Merrow, Samhain
• The Girl Next Door by Amy Jo Cousins, Samhain
• She Whom I Love by Tess Bowery, Samhain Publishing
• A Winter in Rome by Francis Gideon, Less Than Three Press 

Erotic Fiction

• Dead Ringer by Heidi Belleau and Sam Schooler, Riptide Publishing
• Kneel, Mr. President by Lauren Gallagher, Samhain Publishing
• Let the Wrong Light In by Avon Gale, Dreamspinner Press
• She Whom I Love by Tess Bowery, Samhain Publishing 
• Sunset Park (Five Boroughs #2) by Santino Hassell, Dreamspinner Press
• The Triad Trial by Lauren E. Mitchell, Less Than Three Press

Speculative Fiction

• Ariah by B R Sanders, Love, Sex & Merlot/The Zharmae Publishing Press
• The Harem Master by Megan Derr, Less Than Three Press
• A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman, Prizm Books
• Peripheral People by Michelle Moore and Reesa Herberth, Riptide Publishing
• Seven Tears at High Tide by C.B. Lee, Duet Books
• The Tide of War by Lori A. Witt, Riptide Publishing

Teen/YA Fiction

• Bad Idea by Erica Yang, Queerteen Press/JMS Books 
• Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz, Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster
• Out of Order by Casey Lawrence Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press
• Seven Tears at High Tide by C.B. Lee, Duet Books

Mystery

• Out of Order by Casey Lawrence Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press
• Peripheral People by Michelle Moore and Reesa Herberth, Riptide Publishing

Poetry

• Caprice by Seaton and Duhamel, Sibling Rivalry Press
• No Confession, No Mass by Jennifer Perrine, University of Nebraska Press

Publisher of the Year

Tie:

• Less Than Three Press
• Macmillan

Bi Writer of the Year

{alphabetical by last name of author}

• Kate Evans, author of Call It Wonder: An Odyssey of Love, Sex, Spirit, and Travel, Coyote Creek Books 
• Hannah Moskowitz, author of Not Otherwise Specified, Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster
• B R Sanders, author of Ariah , Love, Sex & Merlot/The Zharmae Publishing Press

Bisexual Fiction

• Best Bi Short Stories edited by Sheela Lambert, Gressive Press/Circlet Press
• Frog Music by Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown/Little, Brown and Company
• In Case of Emergency by Courtney Moreno, McSweeney’s Publishing
• The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters, Riverhead Books /Penguin Random House
• She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya, Arsenal Pulp Press

Bisexual Non-fiction

• A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernández, Beacon Press 
• Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Charles M. Blow, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Gender by Jacob and Diane Anderson-Minshall, Bold Strokes Books
• Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men edited by Robyn Ochs & H. Sharif Williams, Bisexual Resource Center
• The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America By Edward White, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM (and Shot Andy Warhol) By Breanne Fahs, The Feminist Press

Bisexual Romance

• Climbing the Date Palm by Shira Glassman, Prizm Books/Torquere Press
• Crying in the Rain by Debbie McGowan, Beaten Track Publishing
• Heart of the Hurricane by May Woodworth, Big World Network
• Let It Ride by LC Chase, Riptide Publishing 
• One Kiss with a Rock Star by Shari Slade and Amber Lin, self-published
• The Prince of Punk Rock (Radical Rock Stars Book One) by Jenna Galicki, Beau to Beau Publishing 

Bisexual Erotic Fiction/Erotica

• Bound to Be a Groom: An Erotic Historical Novel by Megan Mulry, Riptide Publishing
• Capricious: A Texan Tale of Love and Magic by Julie Cox, Circlet Press
• Memoirs of a Gigolo, Second Omnibus, Volumes 5-7 by Livia Ellis, Riverdale Avenue Books
• Murder on the Mountain by Jaime Fessenden, Dreamspinner Press
• One Kiss with a Rock Star by Shari Slade and Amber Lin, self-published

Bisexual Speculative Fiction [Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror]

• Capricious: A Texan Tale of Love and Magic by Julie Cox, Circlet Press
• Climbing the Date Palm by Shira Glassman, Prizm Books/Torquere Press
• Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis, Amulet/Abrams
• The Pendragon Legacy [Book 1-Sons of Camelot series] by Sarah Luddington, Mirador Publishing
• That Door is a Mischief by Alex Jeffers, Lethe Press

Bisexual Memoir/Biography

• Bad Dyke by Allison Moon, Lunatic Ink
• A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernández, Beacon Press
• Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Charles M. Blow, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Not My Father’s Son: A Memoir by Alan Cumming, Dey Street Books / HarperCollins Publishers
• Susan Sontag: A Biography by Daniel Schreiber, Northwestern University Press
• The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America By Edward White, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Bisexual Teen/Young Adult Fiction

• Frenemy of the People by Nora Olsen, Soliloquy/Bold Strokes Books
• Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis, Amulet/Abrams

Bisexual Mystery

• The Book of Joel by AR Fiano, Astrid Fiano 
• Murder on the Mountain by Jamie Fessenden, Dreamspinner Press

Bisexual Poetry

• Directing Herbert White: Poems by James Franco, Graywolf Press
• Joy Street by Laura Foley, Headmistress Press

Bisexual Anthology

• Big Book of Submission: 69 Kinky Tales edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, Cleis Press
• Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men edited by Robyn Ochs & H. Sharif Williams, Bisexual Resource Center

Bisexual Book Publisher of the Year-Tie

• Bisexual Resource Center
• Circlet Press
• Cleis Press
• Riverdale Avenue Books

Bi Writer of the Year

• Best Bi Short Stories edited by Sheela Lambert, Gressive Press/Circlet Press
• A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernández, Beacon Press
• Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Charles M. Blow, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Memoirs of a Gigolo, Second Omnibus, Volumes 5-7 by Livia Ellis, Riverdale Avenue Books
• Not My Father’s Son: A Memoir by Alan Cumming, Dey Street Books / HarperCollins Publishers
• Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men edited by Robyn Ochs & H. Sharif Williams, Bisexual Resource Center 

Bisexual Fiction

• The City of Devi by Manil Suri, W. W. Norton & Company
• Corona by Bushra Rehman, Sibling Rivalry Press
• Hild by Nicola Griffith, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• The Last Place She’d Look by Arlene Schindler, ExtravaGonzo
• My Education by Susan Choi, Viking Adult
• The Spirit of Detroit by Frank Anthony Polito, Woodward Avenue Books
• The Two Hotel Francforts by David Leavitt, Bloomsbury
   

Bisexual Non-fiction

• Anything That Loves: Comics Beyond Gay and Straight edited by Charles “Zan” Christensen, Northwest Press
• Barriers to Love: Embracing a Bisexual Identity by Marina Peralta with Penelope James, Barriers Press
• Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, Shiri Eisner, Seal Press
• The B Word:Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television, Maria San Filippo, Indiana University Press
• Kissing Oscar Wilde: A Love Story In The City Of Light by Jade Sylvan, Write Bloody Publishing

Bisexual Biography/Memoir

• Anything That Loves: Comics Beyond Gay and Straight edited by Charles “Zan” Christensen, Northwest Press
• Barriers to Love: Embracing a Bisexual Identity by Marina Peralta with Penelope James, Barriers Press
• The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler’s Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia, Alden Jones, Terrace Books/The University of Wisconsin Press

Bisexual Speculative Fiction [Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Etc.]

• Coda by Emma Trevayne, Running Press Kids
• The Elementals by Saundra Mitchell, Harcourt Children’s Books
• Inheritance by Malinda Lo, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Love in The Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block, Henry Holt and Co.
• Pantomime by Laura Lam, Strange Chemistry
• The Stars Change by Mary Anne Mohanraj, Circlet Press
• The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Arthur A. Levine Books
   

Bisexual Teen/Young Adult Fiction

• Bi-Normal by M.G. Higgins (Gravel Road Series), Saddleback Educational Publishing
• Inheritance by Malinda Lo, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Love in The Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block, Henry Holt and Co.
• Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg, Arthur A. Levine Books
• Pantomime by Laura Lam, Strange Chemistry
• The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Arthur A. Levine Books

Bisexual Erotic Fiction/Erotica

• The Flight of the Black Swan: A Bawdy Novella by Jean Roberta, Lethe Press
• House of Sable Locks by Elizabeth Schechter, Circlet Press
• Memoirs of a Gigolo Omnibus by Livia Ellis, Vol. 1-4, Riverdale Avenue Books/ Desire
• The Reunion by Adriana Kraft: B&B Publishing
• Twice the Pleasure: Bisexual Women’s Erotica edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, Cleis Press

Bisexual Book Publisher of the Year

Tie:

• Circlet Press  
• Riverdale Avenue Books
   

Bi Writer of the Year (listed alphabetically by author last name)

• Rachel Kramer Bussel, Twice the Pleasure: Bisexual Women’s Erotica, Cleis Press
• Clive Davis (with Anthony DeCurtis), The Soundtrack of My Life, Simon & Schuster
• Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, Seal Press
• Livia Ellis, Memoirs of a Gigolo Omnibus, Vol. 1-4, Riverdale Avenue Books/ Desire
• Ed Kurtz, A Wind of Knives, Snubnose Press
• Marina Peralta (with Penelope James), Barriers to Love: Embracing a Bisexual Identity, Barriers Press
• Jean Roberta, The Flight of the Black Swan: A Bawdy Novella, Lethe Press

Bisexual Fiction

• Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction, Edited by Brit Mandelo, Lethe Press
• History of a Pleasure Seeker, Richard Mason, Random House / Knopf
• In One Person, John Irving, Simon & Schuster
• The Last Nude, Ellis Avery, Riverhead Books
• Mount Royal, There’s nothing harder than love, Basil Papademos, Tightrope Books 
• Silver Moon, Catherine Lundoff, Lethe Press
• Whitetail Shooting Gallery, Annette Lapointe, Anvil Press Publishers

Bisexual Non-fiction

• Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals, Janet W. Hardy, Beyond Binary Books
• My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B, Cheryl Burke, Topside Signature

Bisexual Speculative Fiction [Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror]

• Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction, Brit Mandelo, Lethe Press
• Gleams of a Remoter World, Fiona Glass, Riptide Publishing
• The Poet and the Prophecy: Magic University Book Four, Cecilia Tan, Ravenous Romance
• Silver Moon, Catherine Lundoff, Lethe Press

Bisexual Erotic Fiction/Erotica

• Mount Royal, There’s nothing harder than love, Basil Papademos, Tightrope Books
• The Poet and the Prophecy: Magic University Book Four, Cecilia Tan, Ravenous Romance
• Times Square Queer: Tales of Bad Boys in the Big Apple, Mykola Dementiuk, Renaissance eBooks

Bisexual Poetry

• Fireflies at Absolute Zero, Erynn Rowan Laurie, Hiraeth Press
• Love Without Limits: The Bi-Laws of Love, Yazmin Monet Watkins, Red Journal Publications
• Shine, Donnelle McGee, Sibling Rivalry Press

Bi Book Publisher of the Year

Three-way tie:

• Lethe Press: published Beyond Binary, Silver Moon
• Riptide Publishing: published Dark Soul, Gleams of a Remoter World
• Sibling Rivalry Press: published For the Comfort of Automated Phrases, Shine

Bi Writer Award

• Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction, Brit Mandelo, Lethe Press 
• Fireflies at Absolute Zero, Erynn Rowan Laurie, Hiraeth Press
• Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals, Janet W. Hardy, Beyond Binary Books
• My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B, Cheryl Burke, Topside Signature
• Mount Royal, There’s nothing harder than love, Basil Papademos, Tightrope Books 
• The Poet and the Prophecy: Magic University Book Four, Cecilia Tan, Ravenous Romance
• Silver Moon, Catherine Lundoff, Lethe Press
• Times Square Queer: Tales of Bad Boys in the Big Apple, Mykola Dementiuk, Renaissance eBooks
• Whitetail Shooting Gallery, Annette Lapointe, Anvil Press Publishers