LGBTQIA+ Authors
Listen to audiobooks by LGBTQIA+ authors.
All the Birds in the Sky
By: Charlie Jane Anders
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
Length: 12 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
From the editor-in-chief of io9.com, a stunning novel about the end of the world--and the beginning of our future Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again, after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during high school. After all, the development of magical powers and the invention of a... Read more
View audiobook'Twas the Night Before Pride
By: Joanna McClintick
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
On the night before Pride, families everywhere are preparing to partake. As one family packs snacks and makes signs, an older sibling shares the importance of the march with the newest member of the family. Reflecting on the day, the siblings agree that the best thing about Pride is getting to be yourself. This joyful homage to a day of... Read more
View audiobookKiss Her Once for Me
By: Alison Cochrun
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ+ Romance
A Best New Holiday Romance by PopSugar, BuzzFeed, Refinery29, and more!
The author of the “swoon-worthy debut” (Harper’s Bazaar) The Charm Offensive returns with a festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord…only to fall for his sister.
One year ago,... Read more
Mutual Aid
By: Dean Spade
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Around the globe, people are faced with a spiraling succession of crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, racist policing, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality. As governments fail to respond to—or... Read more
View audiobookGender Magic
By: Rae McDaniel
Narrated by: Rae McDaniel
Length: 11 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
A first-of-its-kind practical guide to achieving gender freedom with joy, curiosity, and pleasure for transgender and non-binary individuals, gender explorers, and those who love them—perfect for readers of The Body is Not an Apology and Pleasure Activism.
Taking everything they know from more than a decade of working with the queer and trans... Read more
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
By: Ashley Herring Blake
Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A fake relationship after a horrible one-night stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake.
Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partners that are perfect for them, and her parents are still blissfully married. And she’s happy for... Read more
The House of Impossible Beauties
By: Joseph Cassara
Narrated by: Christian Barillas
Length: 15 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
A gritty and gorgeous debut that follows a cast of gay and transgender club kids navigating the Harlem ball scene of the 1980s and ’90s, inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza made famous by the seminal documentary Paris Is BurningIt’s 1980 in New York City, and nowhere is the city’s glamour and energy better reflected than in the burgeoning... Read more
View audiobookPatsy
By: Nicole Dennis-Benn
Narrated by: Sharon Gordon
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
When Patsy gets her long-coveted visa to America, it comes after years of yearning to leave Pennyfield, the beautiful but impoverished Jamaican town where she was raised. More than anything, Patsy wishes to be reunited with her oldest friend, Cicely, whose letters arrive from New York steeped in the promise of a happier life and the possible... Read more
View audiobookThe Other Olympians
By: Michael Waters
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life
The story of the early trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today’s culture wars.
In December 1935,... Read more
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!
By: Matt Baume
Narrated by: Matt Baume
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
For decades, amidst the bright lights, studio-audience laughs, and absurdly large apartment sets, the real-life story of American LGBTQ+ liberation unfolded in plain sight in front of millions of viewers, most of whom were laughing too hard to mind. From flamboyant relatives on Bewitched to closely-guarded secrets on All in the Family, from... Read more
View audiobookThe Natural Mother of the Child
By: Krys Malcolm Belc
Narrated by: Krys Malcolm Belc
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Krys Malcolm Belc has thought a lot about the interplay between parenthood and gender. As a nonbinary, transmasculine parent, giving birth to his son Samson clarified his gender identity. And yet, when his partner Anna adopted Samson, the legal documents listed Belc as the natural mother of the child. By considering how the experiences contained... Read more
View audiobookBecoming Eve
By: Abby Stein
Narrated by: Abby Stein
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman
Abby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning... Read more
Blood Feast
By: Malika Moustadraf
Narrated by: Amin El Gamal & Lameece Issaq
Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006) is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Africa. Blood Feast is the complete collection of Moustadraf’s published short fiction: haunting, visceral stories by a master of the genre. A teenage girl suffers through a dystopian rite... Read more
View audiobookTipping the Velvet
By: Sarah Waters
Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
Length: 19 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine. Soon after, she becomes Kitty's dresser and the two head for the bright lights of Leicester... Read more
View audiobookGreedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
By: Jen Winston
Narrated by: Jen Winston
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Named one of the Best Books of 2021 by Oprah Daily, Glamour, Shondaland, BuzzFeed, and more!
A hilarious and whip-smart collection of essays, offering an intimate look at bisexuality, gender, and, of course, sex. Perfect for fans of Lindy West, Samantha Irby, and Rebecca Solnit—and anyone who wants, and deserves, to be seen.
If Jen Winston knows... Read more
All the Right Notes
By: Dominic Lim
Narrated by: Aaron J Albano
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
In this hilarious and joyous rom com, sparks fly when a piano genius and a Hollywood heartthrob are thrown together for a charity performance of solos, heartfelt duets, and a big, showstopping finale.
Quito Cruz might be a genius piano player and composer in New York City now but it doesn’t mean that he’s any closer to his Broadway dream.... Read more
How We Fight For Our Lives
By: Saeed Jones
Narrated by: Saeed Jones
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives—winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award—is a “moving, bracingly honest memoir” (The New York Times Book Review) written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power.
One of the best books of the year as selected by The New York Times; The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The... Read more
Mortal Follies
By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Nneka Okoye
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A young noblewoman must pair up with an alleged witch to ward off a curse in this irresistible sapphic romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material.
“Fresh and delightful . . . All the interpersonal drama of Jane Austen meets all the complex treachery of Greek mythology.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK... Read more
The Dawnhounds
By: Sascha Stronach
Narrated by: Anna Coddington
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Gideon the Ninth meets Black Sun in this queer, Māori-inspired debut fantasy about a police officer who is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with protecting her city from an insidious evil threatening to destroy it.
The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. But, after a... Read more
Bellies
By: Nicola Dinan
Narrated by: Nathaniel Curtis & Octavia Nyombi
Length: 12 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FROM BOOKRIOT AND BOOKPAGE
I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.
It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out with friends at their local university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. Confident and witty, a magnetic young playwright, Ming is the perfect antidote to Tom’s awkward energy, and their connection is... Read more
The Other Side of Disappearing
By: Kate Clayborn
Narrated by: Wyeth Watts & Marnye Young
Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan—and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend, Jess has been aware that he's the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore.
Now thirty-one, Jess... Read more
In the Form of a Question
By: Amy Schneider
Narrated by: Amy Schneider
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
“Warm and funny.” —The New York Times * “Refreshingly no-holds-barred.” —USA TODAY * “Delightful.” —San Francisco Chronicle
An inspirational, witty, and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself as well as a passionate “ode to learning”... Read more
Fly with Me
By: Andie Burke
Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
A sparkling and steamy Sapphic romance, Fly with Me by Andie Burke is filled with sharp banter and that sweet, swooping feeling of finding “the one” when and where you least expect it.
A one-way ticket to love or a bumpy ride ahead?
Flying-phobic ER nurse Olive Murphy is still gripping the armrest from her first-ever take-off when the pilot... Read more
Amateur
By: Thomas Page McBee
Narrated by: Thomas Page McBee
Length: 3 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
*Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award
*Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize
One of The Times UK’s Best Memoirs of 2018, BuzzFeed’s Best Nonfiction of 2018, Autostraddle’s Best LGBT Books of 2018, and 52 Insight’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018
A “no-holds-barred examination... Read more
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