Trans Rights Read-a-thon

The Crane Wife

A Memoir in Essays

By: CJ Hauser
Narrated by: CJ Hauser
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

“I’m not sure what their gender identity was when each of these essays were written, but I see now that CJ Hauser is non-binary. They’re also bisexual—which they mention in the book—and have a tendency to want to fix people in romantic relationships. I found this book to be largely about finding purpose, connection, and home, and Hauser’s... Read more

Salt the Water

By: Candice Iloh
Narrated by: Mila Myles
Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

A Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book

Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging authority. Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they’ve got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their friends after graduation.... Read more

Man o' War

By: Cory McCarthy
Narrated by: E.R. Fightmaster
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

A Stonewall Honor Book

An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans teen fighting to keep their head above water in a landlocked Midwestern town.

Man o' wars are not jellyfish, and River McIntyre is not happy. River doesn't know why they're unhappy—though perhaps it has something to do with the way... Read more

Old Wounds

By: Logan-Ashley Kisner
Narrated by: Theo Germaine
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Two transgender teens end up in a small, isolated town, where they must escape the locals who plan to sacrifice one of them to an ancient monster that only eats girls. A pulse-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Midsommar and Hell Followed with Us!

A BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Erin and Max are two... Read more

A Sharp Endless Need

A Novel

By: Marisa Crane
Narrated by: Dani Martineck
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

“In A Sharp Endless Need, two members of a high school girls’ basketball team form a fierce, line-blurring friendship. For anyone who was ever a raw nerve of a teenager, uncomfortable in your own skin and in love with someone you shouldn’t have been: this book will hurt your feelings. A must-read. Read more

Lucy, Uncensored

By: Mel Hammond & Teghan Hammond
Narrated by: Mx. Nicky Endres, Mel Hammond & Teghan Hammond
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

A road trip through gender identity, self-expression, and the thorny process of figuring out where you fit after high school as an out-and-proud transgender teen.

Lucy imagines college as more than a chance to party with other drama nerds and be roommates with her best friend Callie. College will be her fresh start. For the first time, she'll be... Read more

Stag Dance

A Novel & Stories

By: Torrey Peters
Narrated by: Lee Osorio, Briggon Snow, Eileen Noonan & Pyrrha Nicole
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

“Filled to the brim with visceral and liberatory queer writing. I found two of these stories years ago and they molded me into the reader I am today. To say I’m over the moon that people will finally read these stories is an understatement. Flawless! Read more

We See Each Other

A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

By: Tre’vell Anderson
Narrated by: Tre’vell Anderson
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

A groundbreaking look at the history of transgender representation in TV and film, by an of-the-moment and in-demand culture reporter. Narrated by Tre'vell Anderson, WE SEE EACH OTHER is a personal history of trans visibility since the beginning of moving images. A literary reckoning, it unearths a transcestry that's long existed in plain sight... Read more

Pageboy

A Memoir

By: Elliot Page
Narrated by: Elliot Page
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

“Pageboy is a quietly powerful, captivating memoir with a small amount of salacious-ness. Elliot Page is so earnest, vulnerable and generous with his heartbreak, dysphoria, pain and healing. I was particularly struck by the many poignant and relatable moments Page describes, yet we, as a society, have only recently come up with the language to... Read more

Horse Barbie

A Memoir

By: Geena Rocero
Narrated by: Geena Rocero
Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

“A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy” (Vogue) from one of Out100’s Most Impactful and Influential LGBTQ+ Storytellers

“Groundbreaking . . . [Rocero] quite literally models what triumph can look like.”—Glamour (Women of the Year)

WINNER OF THEM’S AWARD FOR LITERATURE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Book Riot, Elle, Esquire

As a young femme in... Read more

He/She/They

How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters

By: Schuyler Bailar
Narrated by: Schuyler Bailar
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

“In the face of overwhelming anti-trans rhetoric and legislation, trans activist and athlete Bailar (he switched from the female to male Harvard swim at the beginning of his remarkable collegiate career) counters misinformation with this incredible, well-researched (citations included) and compassionate resource (including moving anecdotes from... Read more

The Scourge Between Stars

By: Ness Brown
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

A debut space horror adventure in the vein of Alien, in which a starship captain must keep her crew alive while an unknown intruder hunts them.
As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet.
Faced... Read more

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

By: Andrea Lawlor
Narrated by: Dani Martineck
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

"In these irreverent pages, a shapeshifter gets a crash course in gender and sexuality by inhabiting both sides of the binary and arriving precisely somewhere in the middle." —O, The Oprah Magazine

“HOT” (Maggie Nelson) • “TIGHT” (Eileen Myles) • “DEEP” (Michelle Tea)

A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century

It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris... Read more

Tripping Arcadia

A Gothic Novel

By: Kit Mayquist
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

“The atmospheric successor to Knives Out and The Chosen & the Beautiful, this fabulously Gothic read is reminiscent of a chilly, overcast, Massachusetts day, walking through the city, trying not to slip on the wet leaves. Back Bay & class division & re-creation of Renaissance botany & poison & addiction & greasy diners... Read more

Hijab Butch Blues

A Memoir

By: Lamya H
Narrated by: Ashraf Shirazi
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

“This memoir absolutely blew me away. Structured around stories from the Qur'an, Lamya H beautifully explores the intersections between faith, identity, culture, and belonging. I learned so much while reading this book, and really valued Lamya's unique perspective on queerness and religion. Incredibly raw and honest, this is a memoir I will be... Read more

Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh
Narrated by: Sena Bryer
Length: 16 hours 14 minutes

“Where to begin on this astounding work. Great writing read by a narrator who can convincingly be a young woman, her brother, her commander, a whiney geek or an alien. The characters are well developed and believable. There are space battles, time contortions, nearly omnipotent AI, aliens, humans seeking revenge against their conquerers, and in... Read more

All the Birds in the Sky

By: Charlie Jane Anders
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

“A modern fable of finding purpose and partnership, disguised in the build-up to an epic confrontation between science and magic, over the fate of the world and humanity. Two children, lost and alone in the modern world, find each other and lose each other again and again, as they grow and think they hold the earth in the palms of their hands. A... Read more

The Free People's Village

By: Sim Kern
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

“Penned by #TransRightsReadathon founder Sim Kern! In an alternate 2020, in which Al Gore once won the presidency and Democrats have held court for 20 years…we still live in an economically and racially unjust, imperialist, carceral state (now with more greenwashing!), and teacher and punk band guitarist Maddie Ryan finds herself and her... Read more

Confessions of the Fox

A Novel

By: Jordy Rosenberg
Narrated by: Aden Hakimi
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Recently jilted and increasingly unhinged, Dr. Voth throws himself into his work, obsessively researching the life of Jack Sheppard, a legendary eighteenth century thief. No one knows Jack's true story—his confessions have never been found. That is, until Dr. Voth discovers a mysterious stack of papers titled Confessions of the Fox.



Dated 1724,... Read more

What Feasts at Night

Sworn Soldier: Book #2

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Avi Roque
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

"Narrator Avi Roque delivers a perfectly paced performance....seamlessly switching between English, Scottish, and American accents to distinguish the variety of characters." —AudioFile on What Moves the Dead, an Earphones Award winner)

The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead.

Retired soldier, Alex Easton,... Read more