LGBTQIA+ Fiction audiobooks

Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

By: Ashley Herring Blake

Narrated by: Chloe Cannon

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In the wake of a destructive tornado, one girl develops feelings for another in this stunning, tender novel about emerging identity, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish.

When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the... Read more

Felix Yz

By: Lisa Bunker

Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Tara Sands & Erin Spencer

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“If it wasn’t for the fused-with-Zyx thing, I suppose I would just be normal—whatever that means.”
 
When Felix Yz was three years old, a hyperintelligent fourth-dimensional being became fused inside him after one of his father’s science experiments went terribly wrong. The creature is friendly, but Felix—now thirteen—won’t be able to grow to... Read more

The Lotterys Plus One

By: Emma Donoghue

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Sumac Lottery is nine years old and the self-proclaimed "good girl" of her (VERY) large, (EXTREMELY) unruly family. And what a family the Lotterys are: four parents, children both adopted and biological, and a menagerie of pets, all living and learning together in a sprawling house called Camelottery. Then one day, the news breaks that one of... Read more

The Pants Project

By: Cat Clarke

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A Transformer is a robot in disguise. Liv is a boy in disguise. It’s that simple. Liv knows he was always meant tobe a boy, but with his new school’s terrible dress code, he can’t even wear pants. Only Skirts. Operation: PantsProject begins! The only way for Liv to get what he wants is to go after it himself. But to Liv, this isn’t just amission... Read more

The Best Man

By: Richard Peck

Narrated by: Michael Crouch

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery Medalist Richard Peck tells a story of small-town life, gay marriage, and everyday heroes in this novel for fans of Gary Schmidt and Jack Gantos.

Archer Magill has spent a lively five years of grade school with one eye out in search of grown-up role models. Three of the best are his grandpa, the great architect; his dad, the great vintage... Read more

Ingrid Has Two Dads: My Family Is Normal!

By: Nicole Russin-McFarland

Narrated by: Alec Manley Wilson

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Has anyone ever made you feel like you weren't normal? As Ingrid finds out, the only people who think gay life isn't normal are the weirdos themselves! One day at the playground, the class mean girl, Veronica, shouted, "Ingrid is a freak!" with her snotty friends. Why? Because Ingrid has two dads. When Ingrid makes the mistake of pushing... Read more

Lily and Dunkin

By: Donna Gephart

Narrated by: Ryan Gesell, Michael Crouch & Donna Gephart

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED  ONE OF THE BEST KIDS BOOKS OF THE YEAR by NPR  • New York Public Library • JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION • GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS

For readers who enjoyed Wonder and Counting by 7's, award-winning author Donna Gephart crafts a compelling story about two remarkable young people: Lily, a transgender girl, and Dunkin, a boy dealing... Read more

Husky

By: Justin Sayre

Narrated by: Justin Sayre

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"[G]enuinely funny, heart-wrenching . . ." - Kirkus Reviews
"[A] moving journey of self-discovery and a gratifying coming-of-age story." - Publishers Weekly
"Husky . . . is a superb addition to the middle grade literary canon." - VOYA Reviews
"There is not a false note in the writing . . ." - Lambda Literary

A beautifully voiced debut captures an... Read more

The Sixth Man

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: John Feinstein

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

It's basketball season. And for once, triple threat Alex Myers is not the one in the spotlight. There's anew new guy in town, and Max Bellotti promises to turn the Lions' losing streak around and lead the team to a conference title. Alex is psyched, but some of the older guys on the team resent being benched in favor of an upstart freshman. Team... Read more

More Happy Than Not

By: Adam Silvera

Narrated by: Ramón De Ocampo

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Happiness shouldn't be this hard. When it first gets announced, the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure seems too good to be true to Aaron Soto - miracle cure-alls don't tend to pop up in the Bronx projects. Aaron can't forget how he's grown up poor, how his friends all seem to shrug him off, and how his father committed suicide in... Read more

Unspeakable

By: Abbie Todd

Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Megan doesn't speak. She hasn't spoken in months.

Pushing away the people she cares about is just a small price to pay. Because there are things locked inside Megan's head - things that are screaming to be heard - that she cannot, must not, let out.

Then Jasmine starts at school: bubbly, beautiful, talkative Jasmine. And for reasons Megan can't... Read more

The Truth About Twinkie Pie

By: Kat Yeh

Narrated by: Cassandra Morris

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In this quirky, heartwarming coming-of-age novel, two sisters have their lives changed after winning a national cooking contest that takes them to a new town filled with new adventures—and challenges. Take two sisters making it on their own: brainy twelve-year-old GiGi and junior-high-dropout-turned-hairstylist DiDi. Add a million dollars in... Read more

Five, Six, Seven, Nate!

By: Tim Federle

Narrated by: Tim Federle

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award

Encore! Nate Foster’s Broadway dreams are finally coming true in this sequel to Better Nate Than Ever that Publishers Weekly calls... Read more

Better Nate Than Ever

By: Tim Federle

Narrated by: Tim Federle

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a Disney+ Original movie!

“The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Slate Favorite Book of the Year

A small-town... Read more

So Hard to Say

By: Alex Sanchez

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik & August Ross

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Frederick is the shy new boy in school, and Xio is the bubbly chica who lends him a pen on the first day of class. They become fast friends—but when Xio decides she wants to be more than friends, Frederick isn’t so sure. He loves hanging out with Xio and her crew, but he doesn’t like her in that way. Instead he finds himself thinking more and... Read more

Rainbow Road

By: Alex Sanchez

Narrated by: Alston Brown

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Jason Carrillo came out to his basketball team senior year and lost his university scholarship. Now, with graduation behind him and summer ending, he's asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country. But after spending years in the closet and losing his scholarship dream, what message can he offer? Kyle Meeks... Read more

Rainbow High

By: Alex Sanchez

Narrated by: Alston Brown

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Nelson Glassman may have been exposed to the HIV virus and is terrified of testing positive. But what if being positive is the only way to keep the guy of his dreams? Kyle Meeks finally has the guy of his dreams and is ready to do anything to stay by his side, but will "anything" include sabotaging his own future? Jason Carrillo knows he has to... Read more

Rainbow Boys

By: Alex Sanchez

Narrated by: Alston Brown

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Jason Carrillo is a jock with a steady girlfriend, but he can't stop dreaming about sex—with other guys. Kyle Meeks doesn't look gay, but he is. And he hopes he never has to tell anyone—especially his parents. Nelson Glassman is "out" to the entire world, but he can't tell the boy he loves that he wants to be more than just friends.Three teenage... Read more

No Castles Here

By: A.C.E. Bauer

Narrated by: John H. Mayer

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

AUGIE BORETSKI KNOWS how to get by. If you're a scrawny loser in the destitute city of Camden, New Jersey, you keep your head down, avoid the drug dealers and thugs, and try your best to be invisible. Augie used to be good at that, but suddenly his life is changing. . . .

First, Augie accidentally steals a strange book of fairy tales. Then his... Read more

Boy Meets Boy

By: David Levithan

Narrated by: Nicholas Robideau

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

What if you went to a school where it was actually all right to be who you really are? That’s the enchanting place David Levithan has created in his highly acclaimed first novel. But even if the gay kids and the straight kids all get along just fine, even if it’s all right for the quarterback to be a cross dresser named Infinite Darlene and the... Read more