LGBTQIA+ Fiction audiobooks
Aetherbound
By: E.K. Johnston
Narrated by: Ashley Eckstein
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
A thought-provoking new YA space adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka.
Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a mysterious remote space station, E. K. Johnston's latest is story of survival and self-determination.
Pendt Harland's family sees her as a waste of food on their... Read more
How to Become a Planet
By: Nicole Melleby
Narrated by: Rachel Jacobs
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
A Publishers Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2021
One of The Nerd Daily's “Anticipated Queer Book Releases You Can’t Miss in 2021”
One of Lambda Literary's “May’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature”
“Gorgeous.” —BuzzFeed
The two most important things to know about Pluto Timoney: (1) she’s always loved outer space (obviously); and (2) her favorite... Read more
Hot Stew
By: Fiona Mozley
Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST ELMET
“Stunningly clever . . . A deliciously spicy stew indeed.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A story about money and power, love and art, sex work and gentrification . . . Enjoyable and impressive on every page.” —USA Today
In the middle of the bustle of London’s Soho, among the theaters and sex shops and... Read more
Sasha Masha
By: Agnes Borinsky
Narrated by: Agnes Borinsky
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Transgender author Agnes Borinsky deftly explores gender identity and queer romance in this heart-wrenching debut novel.
Alex feels like he is in the wrong body. His skin feels strange against his bones. And then comes Tracy, who thinks he's adorably awkward, who wants to kiss him, who makes him feel like a Real Boy. But it is not quite enough.... Read more
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows
By: Olivia Waite
Narrated by: Morag Sims
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
When Agatha Griffin finds a colony of bees in her warehouse, it’s the not-so-perfect ending to a not-so-perfect week. Busy trying to keep her printing business afloat amidst rising taxes and the suppression of radical printers like her son, the last thing the widow wants is to be the victim of a thousand bees. But when a beautiful beekeeper... Read more
View audiobookI'll Be the One
By: Lyla Lee
Narrated by: Greta Jung
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Diverse book recommended by The Today Show * A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year * Bank Street Best Book of the Year * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA’s Rainbow Book List Top 10 for Teen ReadersThe world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun, thoughtful rom-com celebrating... Read more
View audiobookThe Black Flamingo
By: Dean Atta
Narrated by: Dean Atta
Length: 3 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Stonewall Book Award Winner * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All TimeA fierce coming-of-age verse novel about identity and the power of drag, from acclaimed poet and performer Dean Atta. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Jason Reynolds, and Kacen Callender.Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he’s navigated... Read more
View audiobookThis Town Sleeps
By: Dennis E. Staples
Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Set on a reservation in far northern Minnesota, This Town Sleeps explores the many ways history, culture, landscape, and lineage shape our lives, our understanding of the world we inhabit, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of it all.
On an Ojibwe reservation called Languille Lake, within the small town of Geshig at the hub of the... Read more
Birthday
By: Meredith Russo
Narrated by: Dana Aliya Levinson
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
"An emotional, winning touchdown." — Kirkus
This program includes a bonus interview with the author.
Two best friends. A shared birthday. Six years...
ERIC: There was the day we were born. There was the minute Morgan and I decided we were best friends for life. The years where we stuck by each other’s side—as Morgan’s mom died, as he moved across... Read more
Courting Mr. Lincoln
By: Louis Bayard
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert & Robert Fass
Length: 13 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one's shortlist to be president. Rough and reticent, he's a country lawyer lacking money and manners, living above a dry goods shop, but with a gift for oratory. Mary, a quick, self-possessed debutante with a tireless interest in debates and elections, at... Read more
View audiobookThis Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
By: Kacen Callender
Narrated by: Ron Butler
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
~Lambda Literary Award finalist for the best LGBT YA novel of 2018~A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy about Nathan Bird, who has sworn off happy endings but is sorely tested when his former best friend, Ollie, moves back to town.Nathan Bird doesn’t believe in happy endings. Although... Read more
View audiobookSorcery and Small Magics
By: Maiga Doocy
Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
From debut author Maiga Doocy comes the charming tale of an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly rival as they venture deep into a magical forest in search of a counterspell that can break the curse between them—only to discover that magic might not be the only thing pulling them together.
Leovander Loveage is a master of small magics. He... Read more
When Haru Was Here
By: Dustin Thao
Narrated by: David Lee Huynh
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
We Are Okay meets Wandavision in this novel about loneliness, complicated friendships, and what it means to let go.
After the death of his best friend, Eric Ly creates imaginary scenarios in his head to deal with his grief. Until one of them becomes real when a boy he met last summer in Japan finds his way back into his life. When he least... Read more
Lockjaw
By: Matteo L. Cerilli
Narrated by: Breton Lalama, Mich Anger & Arlen Aguayo Stewart
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Death is neither the beginning nor the end for the children of Bridlington in this debut trans YA horror book for fans of Rory Power and Danielle Vega.
Chuck Warren died tragically at the old abandoned mill, but Paz Espino knows it was no accident — there's a monster under the town, and she's determined to kill it before anyone else gets hurt.... Read more
Perfume and Pain
By: Anna Dorn
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
“Perceptive and witty—like a Sally Rooney novel set in Southern California.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
“It’s this author’s best work yet. A Sapphic roller-coaster ride.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A controversial LA author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this hilarious nod to 1950s lesbian pulp fiction.
Having... Read more
Honey
By: Victor Lodato
Narrated by: Carrington McDuffie
Length: 13 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
“Honey isn’t one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store.…a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare.” — BooklistMeet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge and as... Read more
View audiobookA Good Happy Girl
By: Marissa Higgins
Narrated by: Ellie Gossage
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Helen, a jittery attorney with a self-destructive streak, is secretly reeling from a disturbing crime of neglect that her parents recently committed. Historically happy to compartmentalize—distracting herself by hooking up with lesbian couples, doting on her grandmother, and flirting with a young administrative assistant—Helen finally meets her... Read more
View audiobookWomen! In! Peril!
By: Jessie Ren Marshall
Narrated by: Rachel Noe Nishizawa
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Bloomsbury presents Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall, read by Rachel Noe Nishizawa.
Full of wry humor, sharp social commentary, and an irrepressible sense of hope, a ferociously feminist debut short story collection from award-winning playwright Jessie Ren Marshall.
In this brash and unputdownable collection, we meet a sex bot trying to... Read more
Thirst
By: Marina Yuszczuk
Narrated by: Maria Liatis
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
“This gripping tale is full of queer representation and lush, lyrical passages, all while exploring death with an air of nihilism…Vampires are making a comeback, and Yuszczuk is spearheading their revival with this bloody novel.” —The New York Times Book Review
Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and... Read more
Mona of the Manor
By: Armistead Maupin
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Narrated by Mara Wilson“Maupin is one of America’s finest storytellers.”—Neil Gaiman Set in the early 1990s, the long-awaited tenth novel in Armistead Maupin’s beloved and enduring Tales of the City series follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey, now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in Britain’s golden Cotswolds, and her fabulous adopted... Read more
View audiobookYour Shadow Half Remains
By: Sunny Moraine
Narrated by: Sunny Moraine
Length: 4 hours
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
The Last of Us meets Bird Box in Sunny Moraine's Your Shadow Half Remains, a post-apocalyptic tale where eye contact causes people to spiral into a deadly, violent rage.
ONE LOOK CAN KILL.
Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No faces, no eyes. Not if you want to survive.
But when... Read more
Infinity Alchemist
By: Kacen Callender
Narrated by: Wes Haas
Length: 13 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding fantasy novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward dangerous truth, legendary love, and extraordinary power.
With their signature "prowess" (FIYAH) and "unbridled creativity" (New York Times Book Review), acclaimed author Kacen Callender turns their formidable skill to young adult fantasy... Read more
My Fair Brady
By: Brian D. Kennedy
Narrated by: Michael Crouch & Kevin R. Free
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com from Brian D. Kennedy, author of A Little Bit Country. Perfect for fans of What If It's Us and She Gets the Girl. Wade Westmore is used to being in the spotlight. So when he’s passed over for the lead in the spring musical, it comes as a major... Read more
View audiobookYou Only Call When You're in Trouble
By: Stephen McCauley
Narrated by: André Santana
Length: 11 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
"André Santana's impressive narration deals with one family's contemporary problems...As one crisis bleeds into another, Santana's cool performance and objective distance make this entertaining listening."—AudioFile
“I don’t think I will find a book I love more this year.”
—Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author
“Funny, poignant, joyous,... Read more