LGBTQIA+ Authors

Spear

By: Nicola Griffith

Narrated by: Nicola Griffith

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and includes a bonus PDF of detailed notes.

A spellbinding and subversive queer recasting of Arthurian myth by the legendary author of Hild

The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring... Read more

Playing with Myself

By: Randy Rainbow

Narrated by: Randy Rainbow

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author with a special appearance from his mom.

An intimate and light-hearted memoir by viral sensation and three-time Emmy-nominated musical comedian Randy Rainbow that takes readers through his life—the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes.

Randy Rainbow, the man who conquered the... Read more

Love That Story

By: Jonathan Van Ness

Narrated by: Jonathan Van Ness

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Emmy-nominated host of Netflix’s Queer Eye follows up his New York Times-bestselling memoir, Over The Top, with this collection of thought-provoking essays on grief and healing, cannabis reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, imposter syndrome, personal style, the HIV safety net, and of, course, how to make your hairdresser love you.In his New York... Read more

It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful

By: Jack Lowery

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 14 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of art collective Gran Fury—which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made propaganda—offers lessons in love and grief.

In the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was annihilating queer people, intravenous drug users, and communities of color in America, and disinformation about the disease ran rampant. Out... Read more

sensationell spirituell - Aktiviere deine innere Superpower (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Sah D'Simone

Narrated by: Oliver Kube

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Sensationell spirituell ist der Guide für eine Generation, die Diversität, Echtheit und Freiheit feiert - und dies auch auf ihren spirituellen Weg mitnehmen möchte. Der junge, queere und spirituelle Lehrer Sah D`Simone reiste um die Welt, lernte von Meistern des tantrischen Buddhismus und entdeckte dabei den für ihn besten spirituellen Weg - und... Read more

Wild and Wicked Things

By: Francesca May

Narrated by: Marisa Calin, Gemma Dawson & Ralph Lister

Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A lush and decadent gothic novel following a young woman’s journey into a glittering world filled with illicit magic, romance, blood debts, and witchcraft in the aftermath of World War I. On Crow Island, people whisper that real magic lurks just below the surface.

Magic doesn’t interest Annie Mason. Not after it stole her future. She’s on the... Read more

Ellen Outside the Lines

By: A. J. Sass

Narrated by: Emma Galvin

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Rain Reign meets Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World in this heartfelt novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, and expanding horizons.

Thirteen-year-old Ellen Katz feels most comfortable when her life is well planned out and people fit neatly into her predefined categories. She attends temple... Read more

break your glass slippers

By: Amanda Lovelace & ladybookmad

Narrated by: Amanda Lovelace

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"more forgetting time.
more midnight dances with yourself."

amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-winning author of the “women are some kind of magic” poetry series, presents a new companion series, “you are your own fairy tale”. the first installment, break your glass slippers, is about overcoming those who don’t see your worth, even if... Read more

Girls Can Kiss Now

By: Jill Gutowitz

Narrated by: Jill Gutowitz

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerable…every page twinkles with brilliance.” —Refinery29

Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby and Trick Mirror, a hilarious, whip-smart collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, pop culture, the internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices... Read more

And They Lived . . .

By: Steven Salvatore

Narrated by: Kirt Graves

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents And They Lived . . . by Steven Salvatore, read by Kirt Graves.

From the author of Can’t Take That Away comes a sex-positive, fairytale-inspired YA novel that celebrates first love and self-acceptance, perfect for fans of What If It’s Us.

"My heart didn't stand a chance. I loved it from once upon a time all the way to its... Read more

Love in the Big City (Ungekürzt)

By: Sang Young Park

Narrated by: Loris Kubeng

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Young flippert zwischen Bude, Hörsaal und den Betten seiner letzten Tinder-Matches hin und her. Er studiert in Seoul, zusammen mit Jaehee, seiner BFF und Mitbewohnerin, zieht er durch die glitzernden Bars und queeren Clubs der Stadt. Mit noch einem Glas Soju in der Hand und eisgekühlten Marlboro Reds zwischen den Lippen beschwören sie die... Read more

Sink or Swim

By: Annabeth Albert

Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux & Joel Leslie

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Albert makes a deeper and more sensitive investigation into what love is than most romances." —New York Times Book Review on Conventionally Yours

A meet-cute leads to more than they expected in this military-hero romance from award-winning author Annabeth Albert  

Navy chief Calder Euler loves to win big. His latest score? A remote mountain... Read more

Blood Feast

By: Malika Moustadraf

Narrated by: Amin El Gamal & Lameece Issaq

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006) is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Africa. Blood Feast is the complete collection of Moustadraf’s published short fiction: haunting, visceral stories by a master of the genre. A teenage girl suffers through a dystopian rite... Read more

Please Miss

By: Grace Lavery

Narrated by: Grace Lavery, Daniel Lavery & Marc Vietor

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“The queer memoir you’ve been waiting for”—Carmen Maria MachadoGrace Lavery is a reformed druggie, an unreformed omnisexual chaos Muppet, and 100 percent, all-natural, synthetic female hormone monster. As soon as she solves her “penis problem,” she begins receiving anonymous letters, seemingly sent by a cult of sinister clowns, and sets out on a... Read more

Devil's Chew Toy

By: Rob Osler

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Seattle teacher and part-time blogger Hayden McCall wakes up sporting one hell of a shiner, with the police knocking at his door. It seems that his new crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing, and they suspect foul play. What happened the night before? And where is Camilo? Determined to find answers, pint-sized, good-hearted Hayden... Read more

Rubyfruit Jungle

By: Rita Mae Brown

Narrated by: Anna Paquin

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Academy Award winner Anna Paquin narrates Rita Mae Brown’s pathbreaking novel Rubyfruit Jungle, available for the first time ever in audio.A landmark coming-of-age novel that launched the career of one of this country’s most distinctive voices, Rubyfruit Jungle remains a transformative work since its original publication almost fifty years... Read more

High-Risk Homosexual

By: Edgar Gomez

Narrated by: Edgar Gomez

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

"I've always found the definition of machismo to be ironic, considering that pride is a word almost unanimously associated with queer people, the enemy of machistas. In particular, effeminate queer men represent a simultaneous rejection and embrace of masculinity . . . In a world desperate to erase us, queer Latinx men must find ways to hold... Read more

Damn Shame

By: David Pevsner

Narrated by: David Pevsner

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A funny, daring, bawdy and incredibly honest memoir from the anti-ageist, anti-body shaming, pro-sex advocate and erotic provocateur.

Over the course of his 35-year career in show business, David Pevsner has done it all. He’s acted on Broadway, off-Broadway, in independent films and on numerous TV network shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Modern... Read more

Spin Me Right Round

By: David Valdes

Narrated by: Anthony Rodriguez

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes, read by Anthony Rodriguez.

From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that’s Back to the Future with a twist, as a gay teen travels back to his parents’ era to save a closeted classmate’s life.

All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his... Read more

Skye Papers

By: Jamika Ajalon

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Twentysomething and restless, Skye flits between cities and stagnant relationships until she meets Scottie, a disarming and disheveled British traveler, and Pieces, an enigmatic artist living in New York. The three recognize each other as kindred spirits—Black, punk, whimsical, revolutionary—and fall in together, leading Skye on an unlikely... Read more

The Life Revamp

By: Kris Ripper

Narrated by: James Cavenaugh

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The hunt is beginning to wear Mason down… until he meets (slightly) famous fashion designer Diego. Everything sparks between them—the banter, the sex, the fiery eye contact across a crowded room. There's just one thing: Diego is already married and living his happily-ever-after, which luckily (or not) for Mason includes outside courtships. But... Read more

Vanishing Monuments

By: John Elizabeth Stintzi

Narrated by: Jo Vannicola

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Amazon Canada First Novel Award finalistA brilliant novel whose lead character returns home to their long-estranged mother who is now suffering from dementia.Alani Baum, a non-binary photographer and teacher, hasn’t seen their mother since they ran away with their girlfriend when they were seventeen — almost thirty years ago. But when Alani... Read more

Even Greater Mistakes

By: Charlie Jane Anders

Narrated by: Maria Liatis, Luis Moreno & Jen Richards

Length: 14 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The woman who can see all possible futures is dating the man who can see the only foreordained future. A wildly popular slapstick filmmaker is drawn, against his better judgment, into working with a fascist militia against a background of social collapse. Two friends must embark on an Epic Quest To Capture The Weapon That Threatens The Galaxy,... Read more

Hear's the Thing

By: Cody Alan

Narrated by: Cody Alan & Keith Urban

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes an audiobook exclusive interview of Cody Alan with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles!Read by the author.We live in a world of noise where everyone is so quick to speak. When we slow down and give someone our full attention, we offer them a safe place to be fully heard and accepted.Hear’s the Thing is a story about what is possible when... Read more