Recs if you like Memorial...

Some classic, popular, and lesser-known books about the lives and relationships of men who love men. Recommendations welcome---I'm specifically in search of more books centering trans men! [Created Sep '25]

Autumn Hill is a Prairieland Defendant, sentenced to 50 years in prison for protesting outside of an ICE detention facility, in a move intended to quell all political dissent. To support her, she says “send me more messy gay fiction” especially by queer authors of color!

Books should be paperbacks, purchased new and sent directly from Amazon, and addressed to:

Johnson County Jail, TX Cameron Arnold, 202502023 P.O. Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131

Suggestions very welcome! 🫶🏽 More info in comments!

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

Books where the main character is black and part of the lgbt community! A lot of these came from recommendations on a post I made here, thank you to everyone who replied! And feel free to recommend more! :)

I thought it would be nice to have all of them in one long list.

Fiction books set in Japan

Open to recs!

emotionally resonant and impactful reads that will make you feel all of the feels (and, if you're like me, cry).

The Books that didn't get any of the main awards, but we're still stamped with being an Honor Book.

2016-2025

It's a surprise that competitive debating hasn't produced more authors; the sport naturally lends itself to the kind of interrogations and iterative explorations that I've always found akin to writing. Entries don't strictly have to feature debating (though many do!).