This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Finalists for the 38th Annual Lambda Literary Awards The Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating outstanding LGBTQ+ voices in literature, has its finalists for the 2026 awards. Each of the 26 categories has five finalists, so there’s much to explore. Titles that seemed to be everywhere last year include Hungerstone by Kat Dunn (Lesbian Fiction), The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam by Lana Lin (Lesbian Memoir/Biography), Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline (Transgender Nonfiction), Spent by Alison Bechdel (LGBTQ+ Comics), and Sympathy for Wild Girls by Demree McGhee (Bisexual Fiction). But the fact is that not enough of these books get amplified. If books like Disco Witches of Fire Island by Blair Fell (Gay Romance), The Natural Order of Things by Donika Kelly (Lesbian Poetry; I still think about Kelly’s Bestiary collection), The …