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| Bisexual Fiction |  Myrlin Hermes, The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet |  | 
| Bisexual Non-Fiction |  Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools | Paula Byrne, Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of BridesheadMichael Gregg Michaud, Sal MineoPatti Smith, Just KidsCandace Walsh and Laura Andre, Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women
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| Gay Debut Fiction |  David Pratt, Bob the Book | Chris Corkum, XOXO HaydenTom Mendicino, ProbationTom Schabarum, The PalisadesRob Stephenson, Passes Through
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| Gay Erotica |  Jon Macy, Teleny and Camille | Hank Edwards, Vancouver NightsWilliam Holden, A Twist of Grimm: Erotic Fairy Tales for Gay MenRichard Labonté, Best of the Best Gay Erotica 3Jerry Wheeler, Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top
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| Gay Fiction |  Adam Haslett, Union Atlantic |  | 
| Gay Memoir/Biography |  Justin Spring, Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade | Bryan Batt, She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My MotherR. Tripp Evans, Grant Wood: A LifeSelina Hastings, The Secret Lives of Somerset MaughamGale Chester Whittington, Beyond Normal: The Birth of Gay Pride
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| Gay Mystery |  David Lennon, Echoes | Greg Herren, Vieux Carre VoodooGarry Ryan, SmokedRichard Stevenson, CockeyedI. E. Woodward, Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers
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| Gay Poetry |  Brian Teare, Pleasure | Greg Hewett, darkacreMichael Klein, then, we were still livingJames Schuyler, Other Flowers: Uncollected PoemsJames L. White, The Salt Ecstasies
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| Gay Romance |  Erik Orrantia, Normal Miguel |  | 
| Lesbian Debut Fiction |  Amber Dawn, Sub Rosa |  | 
| Lesbian Erotica |  Tristan Taormino, ed., Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica | Kathleen Warnock and Lea DeLaria, Best Lesbian Erotica 2011D Alexandria, This Is How We Do It: A Raw Mix of Lesbian Erotica
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| Lesbian Fiction |  Eileen Myles, Inferno (a poet’s novel) |  | 
| Lesbian Memoir/Biography |  Barbara Hammer, Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life 
  Julie Marie Wade, Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures | Katherine A. Briccetti, Blood StrangersAmie Klempnauer Miller, She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) MotherhoodChely Wright, Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer
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| Lesbian Mystery |  Val McDermid, Fever of the Bone |  | 
| Lesbian Poetry |  Anna Swanson, The Nights Also | Jen Currin, The Inquisition YoursElizabeth J. Colen, Money for SunsetsEleanor Lerman, The Sensual World Re-EmergesLaurie MacFadyen, White Shirt
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| Lesbian Romance |  Cate Culpepper, River Walker | Georgia Beers, Starting from ScratchKarin Kallmaker, Above TemptationAnn Roberts, Beacon of LoveLindsey Stone, Awakening to Sunlight
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| LGBT Anthology |  Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation |  | 
| LGBT Children's/Young Adult |  Jane Eagland, Wildthorn |  | 
| LGBT Drama |  Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey and Lisa Kron, Oedipus at Palm Springs: A Five Lesbian Brothers Play |  | 
| LGBT Non-Fiction |  Virginie Despentes, King Kong Theory | Stuart Biegel, The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public SchoolsEmma Donoghue, Inseparable: Desire Between Women in LiteratureNoach Dzmura, Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish CommunityJallen Rix, Ex-Gay No Way: Survival and Recovery from Sexual Abuse
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| LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror |  Sandra McDonald, Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories | Nene Adams, Flowers of EdoSteve Berman, Wilde Stories 2010: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative FictionJane Fletcher, Wolfsbane WinterTanith Lee, Disturbed by Her Song
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| LGBT Studies |  Scott Herring, Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism 
  Gayle Salamon, Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality | Deborah Cohler, Citizen Invert Queer: Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century BritainRafael de la Dehesa, Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil: Sexual Rights Movements in Emerging DemocraciesFran Martin, Backward Glances: Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the Female Homoerotic Imaginary
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| Transgender Fiction |  Zoe Whittall, Holding Still for As Long As Possible |  | 
| Transgender Non-Fiction |  Noach Dzmura, Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community | Michelle Alexander and Michelle Diane Rose, The Color of SunlightKate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman, Gender Outlaws: The Next GenerationKristen Schilt, Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender InequalityRebecca Swan, Assume Nothing
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