Disabled Authors
Listen to audiobooks by disabled authors.
Farther Than the Moon
By: Lindsay Lackey
Narrated by: Josh Wichard
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning author Lindsay Lackey comes Farther Than the Moon, a heartfelt story about a boy who wants to become an astronaut, but wonders if his dreams can include his brother with disabilities, perfect for fans of We Dream of Space and Song for a Whale.
All thirteen-year-old Houston Stewart has ever wanted is to become an astronaut. His... Read more
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
By: Andrew Joseph White
Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
A blood-soaked and nauseating triumph that cuts like a scalpel and reads like your darkest nightmare.
New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the transgressive gothic horror of our time!
Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all.
London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has... Read more
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
By: Talia Hibbert
Narrated by: Amina Koroma & Jonathan Andrew Hume
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors—and each other.
Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He’s a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top... Read more
Being Seen
By: Elsa Sjunneson
Narrated by: Elsa Sjunneson
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else.
As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of... Read more
How to Be Human
By: Jory Fleming
Narrated by: Jory Fleming & Lyric Winik
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A “beautiful and astonishing” (Walter Isaacson, # 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) narrative that examines the many ways to be fully human, told by the first young adult with autism to attend Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
As a child, Jory Fleming was wracked by uncontrollable tantrums, had no tolerance for... Read more
Sitting Pretty
By: Rebekah Taussig
Narrated by: Rebekah Taussig
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted... Read more
View audiobookInterabled
By: Shane Burcaw & Hannah Burcaw
Narrated by: GM Hakim, Hannah Burcaw, Mieko Gavia, Shane Bur...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This program is read by the authors and a full cast.
YouTube sensations Shane and Hannah Burcaw are back with a groundbreaking, uproarious collection of essays and short stories about what it means to be in an interabled relationship.
With their signature wit and hilarious voice, authors, bloggers, and entrepreneurs Shane and Hannah Burcaw share... Read more
Bea, a Badger with Type 1 Diabetes
By: Jo North
Narrated by: Jill Cofsky
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Meet Bea, a kind and lovely badger who worries her diabetes makes her different. As we learn more about her condition, her friends help her realize she has nothing to worry about, and that she is brilliant, just the way she is. Read more
View audiobookLet Faith Grow
By: Ben Hinton
Narrated by: Ben Hinton
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Let Faith Grow: Running Through Adversity is an inspiring story that delves into the remarkable life journey of Ben Hinton, a marathon runner, devoted Christian, and a man whose relentless spirit has overcome unimaginable challenges. Born with a rare brain inflammation disease, Ben's survival was nothing short of miraculous. Raised as an only... Read more
View audiobookStressed to the Max
By: Joni Eareckson Tada
Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
Length: 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Does it seem like your to-do list always gets longer instead of shorter? Do you try to slow down but find yourself scrambling just to keep up? Stress is an unavoidable part of life, but it often seems you have more than your fair share. You can t continue at this pace forever, but there doesn t seem to be a way out. With characteristic... Read more
View audiobookBeing Elisabeth Elliot
By: Ellen Vaughn & Joni Eareckson Tada
Narrated by: Connie Shabshab
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous people group killed her husband Jim and his four colleagues. And yet, she stayed in the jungle with her young daughter to minister to the very people who had thrown the spears, demonstrating the power of Christ’s forgiveness. This courageous,... Read more
View audiobookThe Adventures of Incredi-Wheels & Triple S: The Mysterious Missing Book
By: Rebecca Rubin Seligson
Narrated by: Brian Dewar McNamara
Length: 4 minutes
Abridged: No
As superhero good-deed-doers, Zee & Nina transform into Incredi-Wheels & Super Sidekick Sister (or “Triple S” for short) whenever a good deed needs doing. One day, while playing at the park, Zee & Nina hear their friend Zoey call for help. They spring into action, encouraging Zoey to become her own superhero as they work together to... Read more
View audiobookGold Medal Mysteries: Peril on the Pitch
By: Ellie Robinson
Narrated by: Nadia Albina
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Join the sporting detectives as they race around the world in the brilliant mystery adventure series from multi gold medal-winning Paralympian, Ellie Robinson.
It’s been a year since Seb, Hannah and Maria solved the mystery of the gold medal thief at the Tokyo Games. Now they are reunited at the World Football Championship but Brazil’s star... Read more
Tariq, a Tortoise with Tourette’s
By: Jo North
Narrated by: Jill Cofsky
Length: 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Meet Tariq, a kind and talented tortoise who worries his Tourette’s makes him different. As we learn more about his condition, his friends help him realise he has nothing to worry about, and that he is brilliant, just the way he is. Read more
View audiobookThe Cane Kids
By: Kristen Lang
Narrated by: Tristan Snyder & April Watts
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Join Everett and Willow, two remarkable kids just like you, in their debut adventure as The Cane Kids. Discover the extraordinary world through their unique perspective as they navigate life with a special tool-embracing independence and pride. This heartwarming children's book inspires readers of any age to believe that with determination, no... Read more
View audiobookThe Boy Who Found His Voice
By: Tyler Gordon
Narrated by: Tyler Gordon
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author and features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of painting and classmates' cheers.
From teen activist and artistic prodigy Tyler Gordon comes a heartwarming audiobook inspired by his own life about a boy with a speech difference who learns the power... Read more
Moth to a Flame
By: Finn Longman
Narrated by: Chloe Massey
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
The epic conclusion to the dark, twisting thriller trilogy about a teen assassin’s attempt to live a normal life.
An Audible 'most anticipated story this spring'.
‘An immersive, fast-paced thriller’ The Irish Times
Isabel Ryans has fled Espera, leaving behind her identity as teen assassin the Moth. Now she’s trying to adjust to the reality of... Read more
Access Your Drive and Enjoy the Ride
By: Lauren Spencer
Narrated by: Sanya Simmons
Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Lauren "Lolo" Spencer provides a candid look into the life of being a person with a disability. This disability advocate embarks on the importance of visibility for the disabled community because representation matters!
Words from someone doing the work. Lolo Spencer gained popularity as a YouTube personality. On her platform, Sitting Pretty, she... Read more
Disability Intimacy
By: Alice Wong
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.
What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating... Read more
But Everyone Feels This Way
By: Paige Layle
Narrated by: Paige Layle
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically.
“For far too long, I was told I was just like everyone else. But knew it couldn’t be true. Living just seemed so much harder for me. This wasn’t okay. This wasn’t normal. This wasn’t functioning. And it... Read more
Beautiful People
By: Melissa Blake
Narrated by: Melissa Blake
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Well-known disability activist and social media influencer, Melissa Blake, offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies.
In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake’s work in a YouTube video. What happened... Read more
How to Dance
By: Jason B. Dutton
Narrated by: David Bendena
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Nick Freeman works hard as the star of the weekly karaoke night at his bar, hoping his singing talent, quick wit, and winning smile will distract from his cerebral palsy. But one night at the bar, watching a professional dancer light up the dance floor with her boyfriend, he realizes that entertaining strangers will never give him a fraction of... Read more
View audiobookWhite Supremacy Is All Around
By: Akilah Cadet
Narrated by: Akilah Cadet
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Founder and CEO of consulting firm Change Cadet Dr. Akilah Cadet shares a powerful, incisive look at where we are in the fight to dismantle white supremacy—and what we urgently need to do next.
This is the story of how I became an unapologetic Black disabled woman in a white world. This book is for people who look and live structurally like me... Read more
Soundtrack of Silence
By: Matt Hay
Narrated by: Matt Hay
Length: 6 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
An inspiring memoir of a young man who discovered he was going completely deaf just at the moment he’d fallen in love for the first time.
As a child, Matt Hay didn’t know his hearing wasn’t the way everyone else processed sound—because of the workarounds he did to fit in, even the school nurse didn’t catch his... Read more
Bookstore Map
Discover Black, Latine, Indigenous, API, LGBTQIA+, Disabled, and author-owned bookstores to support today by using the filters on our Bookstore Map.
See the map