2024 Lambda Literary Award Finalists

Hijab Butch Blues

A Memoir

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

“Lamya H details their life from early childhood through adulthood in juxtaposition to stories in the Quran. In doing so, they deliver a profound and masterfully crafted memoir with nuances about their immigrant and queer identity. Hijab Butch Blues is such a beautiful memoir that from the opening chapter felt like a story demanding to be heard... Read more

To Name the Bigger Lie

A Memoir in Two Stories

By: Sarah Viren
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

“What really goes through the mind of those who believe in conspiracy theories despite compelling evidence to the contrary? Where is the line between espousing a conspiracy theory and challenging conventional thinking? Sarah Viren explores these questions as she revisits the views of a particularly impactful high school philosophy teacher. In... Read more

Leading Lady

Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker

By: Stephen Galloway
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

The definitive biography of movie executive and philanthropist Sherry Lansing traces her groundbreaking journey to become the first female head of a major motion picture studio, sharing behind-the-scenes tales from movie sets and Hollywood boardrooms.

When Sherry Lansing became the first woman ever to be named president of a major studio, the... Read more

Leg

The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

By: Greg Marshall
Narrated by: Greg Marshall
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

“This hilarious memoir tells the story of Greg Marshall's coming of age as a gay and disabled boy in the ’90s and of his being unaware of either label. Told by his parents that he had “tight tendons,” Marshall did not know that he had cerebral palsy until he was in his thirties. Marshall brings us into his wild and bizarre family, their fights... Read more

Mother, Nature

A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

By: Jedidiah Jenkins
Narrated by: Jedidiah Jenkins
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

“Jedidah Jenkins and his mom have wildly different views, politically and religiously, and he hopes a 5,000-mile road trip - retracing the Walk Across America trek his parents took in the 70s - will provide him insight into her world and give her a glimpse into his, while allowing them the opportunity to find common ground. Read more

Reaching Ninety

By: Martin Duberman
Narrated by: Donald Corren
Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Martin Duberman, one of the LGBTQ+ community’s maverick thinkers and historians, looks back on ninety years of life, his history in the movement, and what he’s learned.In the early sixties, Martin Duberman published a path-breaking article defending the Abolitionists against the then-standard view of them as “misguided fanatics.” In 1964, his... Read more

Tweakerworld

A Memoir

By: Jason Yamas
Narrated by: Jason Yamas
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Meet Jason: a college educated documentary film producer, cat parent of two, and one of San Francisco’s top drug dealers.After Jason’s world falls apart in LA, he moves to Berkeley for a fresh start with his kid brother. Just one problem: his long-closeted Adderall addiction has exploded into an out-of-control crystal meth binge. Within weeks,... Read more

Don't Forget the Girl

By: Rebecca McKanna
Narrated by: Jennifer O'Donnell
Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Twelve years ago, eighteen-year-old University of Iowa freshman Abby Hartmann disappeared. Now, Jon Allan Blue, the serial killer suspected of her murder, is about to be executed.

Abby’s best friends, Bree and Chelsea, watch as Abby’s memory is unearthed and overshadowed by Blue and his flashier crimes. The friends, estranged in the wake of... Read more

The Good Ones

A Novel

By: Polly Stewart
Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

“Polly Stewart's The Good Ones is a fantastic achievement. A classic Southern Gothic tale told through the prism of modern-day sensibilities. Not to be missed.”—S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears“A riveting, unflinching exploration of adolescent female friendships, small-town pressures to conform, and the true... Read more

Where the Dead Sleep

By: Joshua Moehling
Narrated by: Linda Jones
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

When an early morning call brings Deputy Ben Packard to the scene of a home invasion, he finds Bill Sandersen shot in his bed. Bill was a well-liked local who chased easy money his whole life, leaving bad debts and broken hearts in his wake. Everyone Packard talks to has a story about Bill, but no one has a clear motive for wanting him dead. The... Read more

Love at 350°

A Novel

By: Lisa Peers
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

“Scrumptiously entertaining . . . Fans of a certain popular British baking show will be giddy with delight.”—Booklist
 
When two women meet as judge and contestant on the set of a TV baking competition, they must decide what they’re willing to risk for the ultimate prize in this wholesome and delectable debut.

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Mistletoe & Mishigas

Teachers in Love

By: M.A. Wardell
Narrated by: Kirt Graves & Mark Sanderlin
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Beauty and the Bear. Can these opposites fake their way to something real?Sheldon Soleskin should be having a horrible day. Even though he’s been unexpectedly transferred to a new school right before the holidays, has only one day to set up his new classroom, and just discovered his twin sister's been hiding an invitation to his ex-boyfriend’s... Read more

The Art of Husbandry

A Mackenzie Country Story

Mackenzie Country

By: Jay Hogan
Narrated by: Gary Furlong
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

When life drowns you in lemons, to hell with making lemonade. I wanted to burn the whole world. But eighteen months from the day my life was torn apart, I’m tired of the anger. Tired of the nightmares. Tired of putting one foot in front of the other just trying to survive. Three months on a high country sheep station in the middle of nowhere is... Read more

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen

The Doomsday Books: Book #1

By: KJ Charles
Narrated by: Martyn Swain
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels?until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning the shabby London clerk into Sir Gareth, with a grand house on the... Read more

We Could Be So Good

A Novel

By: Cat Sebastian
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

“Everything Cat Sebastian writes is pure joy, and her latest queer historical romance is no exception. Nick and Andy - reporters and best friends in 1950s New York - find a way to navigate their complicated pasts to a future together. This is a book I wanted to speed through and savor at the same time - a perfect respite from the world. Read more

Chef's Choice

A Novel

Chef's Kiss

By: TJ Alexander
Narrated by: Nicky Endres
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

“The perfect fake dating book does exist, and it's Chef's Choice. I absolutely loved their banter throughout. This book had the perfect balance of humor and heart. Read more

Fly with Me

A Novel

By: Andie Burke
Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

“I love a romance that has me kicking my feet while also keeping me grounded in my feelings. Fly With Me is so much more than a romance. It tells a story of love and grief, of family both found and chosen. It had so much heart put into it. Read more

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

A Bright Falls Novel: Book #3

By: Ashley Herring Blake
Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

“The final book in Ashley Bright's Falls trilogy, you will fall head over heels for both Stevie and Iris. And no, you don’t have to have read the first two books to enjoy this one but I recommend it because they are both so good. A one night stand gone horribly wrong, this is a story about falling in love but also being brave and choosing... Read more

The Fiancee Farce

A Novel

By: Alexandria Bellefleur
Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage of convenience...Tansy Adams’ greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual... Read more

Queer Career

Sexuality and Work in Modern America

By: Margot Canaday
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

This audiobook narrated by Laurel Lefkow provides a masterful history of the LGBT workforce in America Workplaces have traditionally been viewed as "straight spaces" in which queer people passed. As a result, historians have directed limited attention to the experiences of queer people on the job. Queer Career rectifies this, offering an... Read more