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 The following 9 books have been read and recommended for consideration by the final list by at least one juror.
Faderman, Lillian. The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Green, Allison. The Ghosts Who Travel with Me: A Literary Pilgrimage through Brautigan’s America. Portland, Oregon: Ooligan Press, 2015.
Joyce, Michael. Foucault, in Winter, in the Linnaeus Garden: A Novel. Buffalo, NY: Starcherone Books, 2015.
Lowrey, Sassafras. Lost Boi. Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015.
Nelson, Maggie. The Argonauts. Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf Press, 2015.
Richardson-Self, Louise. Justifying Same-Sex Marriage: A Philosophical Investigation. London?; New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
Shaw, Adrienne. Gaming at the Edge: Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Tatonetti, Lisa. The Queerness of Native American Literature. Indigenous Americas. Minneapolis?; London: University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Zink, Nell. Mislaid. New York: HarperCollins, 2015.