Rebecca Kim Wells, Shatter the Sky, Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster

Corey E. Flanders editor, Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience, Routledge

Rosalind Chase, Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling, Under Hill Press

Rosalind Chase, Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling, Under Hill Press

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

Publisher of the Year

Why I Never Finished My Dissertation by Laura Foley, Headmistress Press

turn around BRXGHT XYXS by Rosebud Ben-Oni, Get Fresh Books

Burying the Dead by Georgette Gouveia, JMS Books

The Mover by JC Garton, Riversong Books / Sulis International

Monster of the Week by FT Lukens, Duet Books / Interlude Press

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells, Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells, Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster

Monster of the Week by FT Lukens, Duet Books / Interlude Press

Monster of the Week by FT Lukens, Duet Books / Interlude Press

We Three: One and One and One Makes Three by Lara Zielinsky, Supposed Crimes

Three For All by Elia Winters, Cecaelia Press

Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling by Rosalind Chase, Under Hill Press

Out of the Shade by S.A. McAuley / Independently Published

All the Better Part of Me by Molly Ringle, Central Avenue

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press

Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience edited by Corey E. Flanders, Routledge

From Psychoanalytic Bisexuality to Bisexual Psychoanalysis: Desiring in the Real by Esther Rapoport, Routledge

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

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}