Sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table, The Stonewall Book Awards are the first and most enduring awards for GLBT books. The awards are presented annually to English language works of fiction (Barbara Gittings Literature Award) and non-fiction (Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award). They are announced in January to the winning authors or editors, who are given a plaque and cash stipend. First awarded in 1971 as the Gay Book Award, over the years the name of the award has changed:
- 1971-1986 Gay Book Award
- 1987-1989 Gay and Lesbian Book Award
- 1994-1998 Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Book Award
- 1999-2001 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Book Award
- 2002-Now Since 2002, the award has been made under its current name, which derives from the 1969 Stonewall riots
Stonewall Book Award recipients
| 1971 | Isabel Miller | Patience and Sarah |
| 1972 | Peter Fisher | |
| 1972 | Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon | Lesbian/Woman |
| 1973 | No award given. | |
| 1974 | Jeannette Howard Foster | |
| 1975 | Jonathan D. Katz, ed. | |
| 1976 | No award given. | |
| 1977 | Howard Brown | |
| 1978 | Ginny Vida, ed. | |
| 1979 | Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward | |
| 1980 | Winston Leyland, ed. | |
| 1981 | John Boswell | |
| 1982 | Lillian Faderman | |
| 1982 | J.R. Roberts | |
| 1982 | Vito Russo | |
| 1983 | No award given. | |
| 1984 | John D'Emilio | |
| 1985 | Judy Grahn | |
| 1986 | Cindy Patton | |
| 1987 | Walter Williams | |
| 1988 | Joan Nestle | A Restricted Country |
| 1988 | Randy Shilts | And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic |
| 1989 | Alan Hollinghurst | The Swimming Pool Library |
| 1989 | Sarah Schulman | After Delores |
| 1990 Non-fiction | Neil Miller | |
| 1990 Literature | David B. Feinberg | Eighty-Sixed |
| 1991 Non-fiction | Wayne Dynes, ed. | Encyclopedia of Homosexuality ((William Armstrong Percy) |
| 1991 Literature | Minnie Bruce Pratt | Crime against Nature |
| 1992 Non-fiction | Lillian Faderman | |
| 1992 Literature | Paul Monette | Halfway Home |
| 1993 Non-fiction | Eric Marcus | |
| 1993 Literature | Essex Hemphill | |
| 1994 Non-fiction | Phyllis Burke | |
| 1994 Literature | Leslie Feinberg | Stone Butch Blues |
| 1995 Non-fiction | Dorothy Allison | |
| 1995 Non-fiction | Philip Sherman and Samuel Bernstein | |
| 1995 Literature | Marion Dane Bauer | |
| 1996 Non-fiction | Urvashi Vaid | |
| 1996 Literature | Jim Grimsley | Dream Boy |
| 1997 Non-fiction | Fenton Johnson | |
| 1997 Literature | Emma Donoghue | Hood (novel) |
| 1998 Non-fiction | Adam Mastoon | |
| 1998 Literature | Lucy Jane Bledsoe | |
| 1999 Non-fiction | Sarah Schulman | |
| 1999 Literature | Michael Cunningham | The Hours |
| 2000 Non-fiction | Barrie Jean Borich | |
| 2000 Literature | Marci Blackman | |
| 2001 Non-fiction | William N. Eskridge | |
| 2001 Literature | Sarah Waters | Affinity |
| 2002 Non-fiction | Barry Werth | |
| 2002 Literature | Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre Project | The Laramie Project |
| 2003 Non-fiction | Joanne Meyerowitz | |
| 2003 Literature | Noel Alumit | |
| 2004 Non-fiction | John D'Emilio | |
| 2004 Literature | Monique Truong | The Book of Salt |
| 2005 Non-fiction | Joan Roughgarden | |
| 2005 Literature | Colm Tóibín | |
| 2006 Non-fiction | Joshua Gamson | |
| 2006 Literature | Abha Dawesar | Babyji |
| 2007 Non-fiction | Alison Bechdel | Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic |
| 2007 Literature | Andrew Holleran |
