LGBTQIA+ Literature

Rejection

Fiction

By: Tony Tulathimutte
Narrated by: Micky Shiloah, Allyson Ryan, Quincy Surasmith, Dan Bittner, André Santana, Marcha Kia, Eunice Wong & Madeleine Maby
Length: 8 hours 1 minute

“Nothing will prepare you for this book, but I will try. Rejection is a series of interconnected (and deranged) short stories. Tony Tulathimutte understands the moment and culture we are currently surviving through in a way that few can put to words. He specifically targets millennials, and as a millennial myself, it rang incredibly true, so true... Read more

Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal & Johnny Rey Diaz
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

“An endearing literary horror overflowing with touching metaphors for grief and taxing depictions of gory, hungry horror. The juxtaposition of shocking animalistic violence and poignantly authentic intimate moments etched Monstrilio and his family forevermore in my heart. Monstrilio represents the revolution of the facets of one's identity,... Read more

Light From Uncommon Stars

By: Ryka Aoki
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

“Beautiful book by a wonderful author! Check the content warnings though x Read more

Nevada

A Novel

By: Imogen Binnie
Narrated by: Imogen Binnie
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

This program is read by the author.

"Nevada is a book that changed my life: it shaped both my worldview and personhood, making me the writer I am. And it did so by the oldest of methods, by telling a wise, hilarious, and gripping story." —Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby

A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda... Read more

All Fours

A Novel

By: Miranda July
Narrated by: Miranda July
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

“All Fours isn't always an easy read - the intensity and specificity of the narrator's obsessiveness is frequently overwhelming - but I tore through it in a couple of days. An urgent, visceral, and thorough exploration of midlife, menopause, sex, and marriage that manages to surprise with every new plot development. It may not be for everyone,... Read more

Interesting Facts about Space

A Novel

By: Emily Austin
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

“There is so much life in this book--for those of us who never quite fit in, who have always been a little convinced that deep down, we're terrible. This book is deep and witty and funny and sad, and I loved it from the first page to the last. Read more

Carol

The Price of Salt

By: Patricia Highsmith
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is... Read more

In the Dream House

A Memoir

By: Carmen Maria Machado
Narrated by: Carmen Maria Machado
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

“In the most inventive memoir I've read, Machado uses narrative tropes in a series of fragments and vignettes to break down the ways in which she, herself, was breaking down in an abusive same-sex relationship. A book about 'archival silence,' about inventing a language to tell a story. Read more

Milk Fed

A Novel

By: Melissa Broder
Narrated by: Melissa Broder
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

“As someone who had an ED, this book was hard because it was so good. The author nails the absolute and total mindf***ery of eating disorders. About how it's a mold that eats at more than your body image or self esteem, but like, every facet of your being, twisting not just your relationships to food but also to people, work, and life. Read more

Summer Fun

By: Jeanne Thornton
Narrated by: Jeanne Thornton
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

From acclaimed author Jeanne Thornton, an epic, singular look at fandom, creativity, longing, and trans identity



Gala, a young trans woman, works at a hostel in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. She is obsessed with the Get Happies, the quintessential 1960s Californian band, helmed by its resident genius, B—-. Why did the band stop making music?... Read more

Pet

By: Akwaeke Emezi
Narrated by: Christopher Myers
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

“Wunderbarer Roman über eine nachrevolutionäre Welt, in der trans*-Sein und Familienvielfalt normalisiert werden, ohne Hauptthemen zu sein. - Wonderful novel about a post-revolutionary world in which being trans* and family diversity are normalized without being major themes. Read more

Our Wives Under the Sea

By: Julia Armfield
Narrated by: Annabel Baldwin & Robyn Holdaway
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

“Heartbreaking, yet freeing, this novel is a portrait of grief felt while still in the process of losing a loved one, that kind of drowning we can experience miles from any water. The two readers perform their characters so well that it's hard to imagine them in separate recording booths; each chapter feels that intimate and that foreign. Will... Read more

Tell Me I'm Worthless

By: Alison Rumfitt
Narrated by: Nicky Endres
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

“Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt is a trans, leftist haunted house story that’s not for the faint of heart - it *will* eviscerate you. You know from the start that the house is a metaphor for fascism because the author tells you as much. What you have to confront for yourself are the ways fascism seeps into your life seemingly unnoticed... Read more