Lambda Literary Award for Mystery
The Lambda Literary Award for Mystery is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a mystery novel by or about people in the LGBT community. Prior to 2021, the award was separated into separate categories for Gay and Lesbian Mystery.
Recipients
| Year | Category | Author | Title | Result | |
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Goldenboy | Winner | ||
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Death Takes the Stage | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Obedience | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Unicorn Mountain | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Who’s Next | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Skiptrace | Winner | ||
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | The Crystal Curtain | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Heavy Gilt | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Lessons In Murder | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Mundane's World | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Gay Mys. | Simple Suburban Murder | Winner | ||
| 1990 | Gay Mys. | Caravaggio Shawl | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Gay Mys. | Faultlines: Stories of Suspense | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Gay Mys. | Finale edited | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Gay Mys. | Somewhere in the Night | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Lesbian Mys. | The Beverly Malibu | Winner | ||
| 1990 | Lesbian Mys. | The Contactees Die Young | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Lesbian Mys. | Dog Collar Murders | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Lesbian Mys. | Fatal Reunion | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Lesbian Mys. | Hallowed Murder | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Gay Mys. | Howtown | Winner | ||
| 1991 | Gay Mys. | Black Marble Pool | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Gay Mys. | Body To Dye For | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Gay Mys. | Boy Who Was Buried This Morning | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Gay Mys. | Why Isn’t Becky Twitchell Dead? | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Lesbian Mys. | Gaudi Afternoon | Winner | ||
| 1991 | Lesbian Mys. | Ninth Life | Winner | ||
| 1991 | Lesbian Mys. | A Captive In Time | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Lesbian Mys. | Death Down Under | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Lesbian Mys. | Slick | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Gay Mys. | A Country of Old Men | Winner | ||
| 1992 | Gay Mys. | Best Performance by a Patsy | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Gay Mys. | Master’s Counterpoints | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Gay Mys. | Sorry Now? | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Gay Mys. | The Face on the Cutting Room Floor | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Lesbian Mys. | Murder by Tradition | Winner | ||
| 1992 | Lesbian Mys. | Cop Out | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Lesbian Mys. | The Providence File | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Lesbian Mys. | Everything You Have is Mine | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Lesbian Mys. | Final Session | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Gay Mys. | The Hidden Law | Winner | ||
| 1993 | Gay Mys. | Final Atonement | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Gay Mys. | Love You to Death | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Gay Mys. | One for the Master, Two for the Fool | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Gay Mys. | Third Man Out | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Lesbian Mys. | Crazy for Loving | Winner | ||
| 1993 | Lesbian Mys. | Two-Bit Tango | Winner | ||
| 1993 | Lesbian Mys. | Deaths of Jocasta | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Lesbian Mys. | Lavender House Murder | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Lesbian Mys. | Stage Fright | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Gay Mys. | Catilina’s Riddle | Winner | ||
| 1994 | Gay Mys. | Bohannon’s Country | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Gay Mys. | Dead On Your Feet | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Gay Mys. | Mae West Murder Case | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Gay Mys. | Torsos | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Lesbian Mys. | Divine Victim | Winner | ||
| 1994 | Lesbian Mys. | Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Lesbian Mys. | I'll Be Leaving You Always | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Lesbian Mys. | Long Goodbyes | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Lesbian Mys. | Trouble In Transylvania | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Gay Mys. | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Winner | ||
| 1995 | Gay Mys. | Mad Man | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Gay Mys. | Mask for a Diva | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Gay Mys. | Queer Kind of Love | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Gay Mys. | The Alienist | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Lesbian Mys. | Small Sacrifice | Winner | ||
| 1995 | Lesbian Mys. | Body Guard | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Lesbian Mys. | Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Lesbian Mys. | My Sweet Untraceable You | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Lesbian Mys. | Sister's Keeper | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Gay Mys. | Closet | Winner | ||
| 1996 | Gay Mys. | Another Dead Teenager | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Gay Mys. | Queer Kind of Umbrella | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Gay Mys. | Shock to the System | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Gay Mys. | The Venus Throw | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Lesbian Mys. | The Intersection of Law and Desire | Winner | ||
| 1996 | Lesbian Mys. | Baby, It's Cold | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Lesbian Mys. | Faint Praise | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Lesbian Mys. | Hangdog Hustle | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Lesbian Mys. | Night Songs | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Lesbian Mys. | Someone to Watch | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Gay Mys. | Death of Friends | Winner | ||
| 1997 | Gay Mys. | Murder on the Appian Way | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Gay Mys. | Simple Justice | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Gay Mys. | Time to Check Out | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Gay Mys. | Tribe | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Lesbian Mys. | Robber's Wine | Winner | ||
| 1997 | Lesbian Mys. | Final Take | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Lesbian Mys. | Inner Circle | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Lesbian Mys. | Liberty Square | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Gay Mys. | The Magician’s Tale | Winner | ||
| 1998 | Gay Mys. | Gossip | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Gay Mys. | Hostage | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Gay Mys. | Revision of Justice | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Gay Mys. | The Burning Plain | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Lesbian Mys. | Father Forgive Me | Winner | ||
| 1998 | Lesbian Mys. | Apparition Alley | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Lesbian Mys. | Evil Dead Center | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Lesbian Mys. | No Daughter of the South | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Lesbian Mys. | Old Black Magic | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Gay Mys. | Outburst | Winner | ||
| 1999 | Gay Mys. | Dead as a Doornail | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Gay Mys. | Federal Fag | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Gay Mys. | Strachey’s Folly | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Gay Mys. | Uprising | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Lesbian Mys. | The Blue Place | Winner | ||
| 1999 | Lesbian Mys. | Mother May I | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Lesbian Mys. | Past Due | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Lesbian Mys. | Shaman's Moon | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Lesbian Mys. | Wicked Games | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Gay Mys. | Justice at Risk | Winner | ||
| 2000 | Gay Mys. | Drop Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Gay Mys. | Innuendo | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Gay Mys. | The Death of a Constant Lover | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Gay Mys. | The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Lesbian Mys. | Hunting the Witch | Winner | ||
| 2000 | Lesbian Mys. | Lost Daughters | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Lesbian Mys. | Murder Undercover | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Lesbian Mys. | She Came in Drag | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Lesbian Mys. | Sleeping Bones | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Gay Mys. | The Limits of Justice | Winner | ||
| 2001 | Gay Mys. | A Density of Souls | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Gay Mys. | Love’s Last Chance | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Gay Mys. | Name Games | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Gay Mys. | Nothing Gold Can Stay | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Lesbian Mys. | Mommy Deadest | Winner | ||
| 2001 | Lesbian Mys. | Booked for Murder | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Lesbian Mys. | The Case of the Orphanned Bassoonists | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Lesbian Mys. | Death Understood | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Lesbian Mys. | When Evil Changes Face | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Gay Mys. | Rag and Bone | Winner | ||
| 2002 | Gay Mys. | Boy Toy | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Gay Mys. | Making a Killing | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Gay Mys. | Sex and Murder.Com | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Gay Mys. | The Butcher’s Son | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Lesbian Mys. | Merchant of Venus | Winner | ||
| 2002 | Lesbian Mys. | Back to Salem | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Lesbian Mys. | Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Lesbian Mys. | Moving Targets | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Lesbian Mys. | Witchfire | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Gay Mys. | The Snow Garden | Winner | ||
| 2003 | Gay Mys. | Hot Spot | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Gay Mys. | Murder in the Rue Dauphine | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Gay Mys. | The Hired Man | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Gay Mys. | The Lodger | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Lesbian Mys. | Good Bad Woman | Winner | ||
| 2003 | Lesbian Mys. | Immaculate Midnight | Winner | ||
| 2003 | Lesbian Mys. | Accidental Murder | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Lesbian Mys. | The Weeping Buddha | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Lesbian Mys. | Death by Prophecy | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Gay Mys. | Blind Eye | Winner | ||
| 2004 | Gay Mys. | Bourbon Street Blues | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Gay Mys. | Dead Egotistical Morons | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Gay Mys. | It Takes Two | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Gay Mys. | Wearing Black to the White Party | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Lesbian Mys. | Damn Straight | Winner | ||
| 2004 | Lesbian Mys. | Cry Havoc | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Lesbian Mys. | The Woman Who Found Grace | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Lesbian Mys. | Epitaph for an Angel | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Lesbian Mys. | Owl of the Desert | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Gay Mys. | Flight of Aquavit | Winner | ||
| 2005 | Gay Mys. | Jackson Square Jazz | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Gay Mys. | Moth and Flame | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Gay Mys. | Someone You Know | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Gay Mys. | The Role Players | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Lesbian Mys. | Hancock Park | Winner | ||
| 2005 | Lesbian Mys. | An Intimate Ghost | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Lesbian Mys. | Commitment to Die | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Lesbian Mys. | The Wombat Strategy | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Lesbian Mys. | Death by Discount | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Gay Mys. | One of These Things is Not Like the Other | Winner | ||
| 2006 | Gay Mys. | Cajun Snuff | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Gay Mys. | The Actor’s Guide to Greed | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Gay Mys. | The Paper Mirror | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Gay Mys. | White Tiger | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Lesbian Mys. | Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders | Winner | ||
| 2006 | Lesbian Mys. | Darkness Descending | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Lesbian Mys. | The Iron Girl | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Lesbian Mys. | Justice Served | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Lesbian Mys. | Women of Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Gay Mys. | The Lucky Elephant Restaurant | Winner | ||
| 2007 | Gay Mys. | Mardi Gras Mambo | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Gay Mys. | Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Gay Mys. | The Back Passage | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Gay Mys. | The Hell You Say | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Lesbian Mys. | The Art of Detection | Winner | ||
| 2007 | Lesbian Mys. | The Weekend Visitor | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Lesbian Mys. | Idaho Code | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Lesbian Mys. | Night Vision | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Lesbian Mys. | Sleep of Reason | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Gay Mys. | Murder in the Rue Chartres | Winner | ||
| 2008 | Gay Mys. | Double Abduction | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Gay Mys. | Drag Queen in the Court of Death | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Gay Mys. | Mahu Surfer | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Gay Mys. | Pierce | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Gay Mys. | Stain of the Berry | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Lesbian Mys. | Wall of Silence | Winner | ||
| 2008 | Lesbian Mys. | In the Name of the Father | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Lesbian Mys. | Laura's War | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Lesbian Mys. | Mortal Groove | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Lesbian Mys. | Selective Memory | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Gay Mys. | First You Fall | Winner | ||
| 2009 | Gay Mys. | Mahu Fire | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Gay Mys. | Spider Season | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Gay Mys. | Sundowner Ubuntu | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Gay Mys. | The Fisher Boy | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Lesbian Mys. | Whacked | Winner | ||
| 2009 | Lesbian Mys. | Blind Faith | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Lesbian Mys. | Calling the Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Lesbian Mys. | Losers Weepers | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Lesbian Mys. | Sweet Poison | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Gay Mys. | What We Remember | Winner | ||
| 2010 | Gay Mys. | All Lost Things | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Gay Mys. | Killer of Orchids | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Gay Mys. | Murder in the Garden District | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Gay Mys. | Straight Lies | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Lesbian Mys. | Death of a Dying Man | Winner | ||
| 2010 | Lesbian Mys. | Command of Silence | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Lesbian Mys. | The Mirror and the Mask | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Lesbian Mys. | From Hell to Breakfast | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Lesbian Mys. | Toasted | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Gay Mys. | Echoes | Winner | ||
| 2011 | Gay Mys. | Cockeyed | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Gay Mys. | Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Gay Mys. | Smoked | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Gay Mys. | Vieux Carre Voodoo | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Lesbian Mys. | Fever of the Bone | Winner | ||
| 2011 | Lesbian Mys. | The Cruel Ever After | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Lesbian Mys. | Missing Lynx | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Lesbian Mys. | Parallel Lies | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Lesbian Mys. | Water Mark | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Gay Mys. | Red White Black and Blue | Winner | ||
| 2012 | Gay Mys. | Blue’s Bayou | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Gay Mys. | Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Gay Mys. | Malabarista | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Gay Mys. | The Affair of the Porcelain Dog | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Lesbian Mys. | Dying to Live | Winner | ||
| 2012 | Lesbian Mys. | Hostage Moon | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Lesbian Mys. | Rainey Nights: A Rainey Bell Thriller | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Lesbian Mys. | Retirement Plan | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Lesbian Mys. | Trick of the Dark | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Gay Mys. | Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery | Winner | ||
| 2013 | Gay Mys. | Bokassa’s Last Apostle | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Gay Mys. | Dos Equis | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Gay Mys. | Fires of London | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Gay Mys. | The Yellow Canary | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Lesbian Mys. | Ill Will | Winner | ||
| 2013 | Lesbian Mys. | Jacob's War | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Lesbian Mys. | Lemon Reef | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Lesbian Mys. | Molly: House on Fire | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Lesbian Mys. | Rest for the Wicked | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery | Winner | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | Baton Rouge Bingo | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | Boystown 5: Murder Book | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | Fierce | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | Foxed | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | Pawn of Satan | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | Pretty Boy Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | High Desert | Winner | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | Cross and Burn | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | Death of the Demon | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | The Killer Wore Leather: A Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | Point of Betrayal | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | The Rainey Season | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | She Overheard Murder | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | Taken by the Wind | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | Turning on the Tide | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | Web of Obsessions | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Lesbian Mys. | The Wild Beasts of Wuhan: An Ava Lee Novel | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | Blackmail, My Love: A Murder Mystery | Winner | ||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | A Gathering Storm | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | Boystown 6: From the Ashes | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | Calvin’s Head | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | DeadFall | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | Fair Game | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | Moon Over Tangier | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | The Next | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Lesbian Mys. | The Old Deep and Dark | Winner | ||
| 2015 | Lesbian Mys. | The Acquittal | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Lesbian Mys. | Done to Death | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Lesbian Mys. | Slash and Burn | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Lesbian Mys. | UnCatholic Conduct | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | Boystown 7: Bloodlines | Winner | ||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | After the Horses | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | Cheap as Beasts | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | Introducing Sunfish & Starfish: Tropical Drag Queen Detectives | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | Murder and Mayhem | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | Orient | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | The Boys from Eighth and Carpenter | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | The Swede | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Lesbian Mys. | Ordinary Mayhem | Winner | ||
| 2016 | Lesbian Mys. | Tarnished Gold | Winner | ||
| 2016 | Lesbian Mys. | The Grave Soul | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Lesbian Mys. | The Red Files | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Lesbian Mys. | The Tattered Heiress: Volume Two of the Charlotte Olmes Mystery Series | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Lesbian Mys. | Illicit Artifacts | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Lesbian Mys. | No Good Reason | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Lesbian Mys. | Relatively Rainey | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Gay Mys. | Speakers of the Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery | Winner | ||
| 2017 | Gay Mys. | Bitter Legacy | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Gay Mys. | Homo Superiors | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Gay Mys. | Lay Your Sleeping Head | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Gay Mys. | Nights in Berlin | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Lesbian Mys. | Pathogen | Winner | ||
| 2017 | Lesbian Mys. | Blood Money Murder | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Lesbian Mys. | Bury Me When I'm Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Lesbian Mys. | Collide-O-Scope | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Lesbian Mys. | Final Cut | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Lesbian Mys. | Requiem for Immortals | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Lesbian Mys. | Under Contract | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Lesbian Mys. | Walk-in | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | Night Drop | Winner | ||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | Boystown 10: Gifts Given | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | Love is Heartless | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | Ring of Silence | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | Street People | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | The Mystery of the Curiosities | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | Tramps and Thieves | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | Long Shadows | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Lesbian Mys. | Huntress | Winner | ||
| 2018 | Lesbian Mys. | The Girl on the Edge of Summer | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Lesbian Mys. | The Last First Time | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Lesbian Mys. | A Quiet Death | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Lesbian Mys. | Fever in the Dark | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Lesbian Mys. | Murder Under the Fig Tree: A Palestine Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Lesbian Mys. | Odd Numbers | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Lesbian Mys. | Repercussions | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | Late Fees: A Pinx Video Mystery | Winner | ||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | Black Diamond Fall | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | Boystown 11: Heart’s Desire | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | Death Checks In | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | Dodging and Burning: A Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | Somewhere Over Lorain Road | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | Survival Is a Dying Art: An Angus Green Novel | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | The God Game: A Dan Sharp Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Lesbian Mys. | A Study in Honor: A Novel | Winner | ||
| 2019 | Lesbian Mys. | Alice Isn't Dead: A Novel | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Lesbian Mys. | The Locket | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Lesbian Mys. | A Matter of Blood | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Lesbian Mys. | A Whisper of Bones | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Lesbian Mys. | Secrets of the Last Castle | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Lesbian Mys. | Stolen: A Kieran Yeats Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | Carved in Bone: A Henry Rios Novel | Winner | ||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | ChoirMaster: A Mister Puss Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | Death Takes a Bow | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | Rewind | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | Royal Street Reveillon | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | The Fourth Courier | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | The Nowhere | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | The Quaker | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Lesbian Mys. | Galileo | Winner | ||
| 2020 | Lesbian Mys. | The Blood Runs Cold | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Lesbian Mys. | The Hound of Justice | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Lesbian Mys. | The Mirror of Muraro | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Lesbian Mys. | Gnarled Hollow | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Lesbian Mys. | Twisted at the Root: A Jane Lawless Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2021 | LGBTQ | I Hope You're Listening | Winner | ||
| 2021 | LGBTQ | Death Before Dessert | Finalist | ||
| 2021 | LGBTQ | Find Me When I'm Lost | Finalist | ||
| 2021 | LGBTQ | Fortune Favors the Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2021 | LGBTQ | Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | LGBTQ | The Savage Kind | Winner | ||
| 2022 | LGBTQ | Bath Haus | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | LGBTQ | Finding the Vein | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | LGBTQ | Lies With Man | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | LGBTQ | Murder Under Her Skin | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | LGBTQ+ | Dirt Creek: A Novel | Winner | ||
| 2023 | LGBTQ+ | Finalist | |||
| 2023 | LGBTQ+ | And There He Kept Her | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | LGBTQ+ | Dead Letters from Paradise | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | LGBTQ+ | Lavender House | Finalist | ||
| 2024 | LGBTQ+ | A Calculated Risk | Winner | ||
| 2024 | LGBTQ+ | Don't Forget the Girl | Finalist | ||
| 2024 | LGBTQ+ | Finalist | |||
| 2024 | LGBTQ+ | Transitory | Finalist | ||
| 2024 | LGBTQ+ | Where the Dead Sleep | Finalist |