LGBTQIA+ Authors

The Kingdom of Sand

By: Andrew Holleran

Narrated by: David Pittu

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by award-winning actor and two-time Tony Award–nominee David Pittu.

Andrew Holleran’s unique literary voice is on full display in this poignant story of lust, dread, and desire—the first novel in thirteen years from one of the most acclaimed gay authors of our time.

The Kingdom of Sand features a nameless narrator who has... Read more

Only on the Weekends

By: Dean Atta

Narrated by: Theo Solomon

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Stonewall Award-winning author of The Black Flamingo comes a romantic coming-of-age novel in verse about pursuing the love we know we deserve. The ideal next read for fans of Kacen Callender, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Becky Albertalli.Mack is a hopeless romantic—likely a hazard of growing up on film sets thanks to his father’s job. He has... Read more

Out of the Blue

By: Jason June

Narrated by: André Santana & Neo Cihi

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From Jason June, author of the breakout teen debut novel Jay’s Gay Agenda, comes Out of the Blue, a stand-alone dual POV queer rom-com that asks if love is enough to change everything you’ve grown up believing. Perfect for fans of Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas and Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly. Crest... Read more

A Little Bit Country

By: Brian D. Kennedy

Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin & Andrew Gibson

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Dumplin' meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this heartfelt and funny contemporary romance inspired by Dollywood, about two boys who fall in love against the backdrop of a country music-themed amusement park, from debut author Brian D. Kennedy. Perfect for fans of Erin Hahn, Phil Stamper, and David Levithan.Emmett Maguire wants to be... Read more

Small Town Pride

By: Phil Stamper

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed author Phil Stamper (The Gravity of Us and As Far as You’ll Take Me) comes a poignant coming-of-age, contemporary middle grade debut novel about finding your place, using your voice, and the true meaning of pride. Perfect for fans of Rick by Alex Gino and The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy.Jake is just starting to enjoy life as his... Read more

Knocking Myself Up

By: Michelle Tea

Narrated by: Michelle Tea

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From PEN/America Award winner, 2021 Guggenheim fellow, and beloved literary and tarot icon Michelle Tea, the hilarious, powerfully written, taboo-breaking story of her journey to pregnancy and motherhood as a 40 year-old, queer, uninsured womanWritten in intimate, gleefully TMI prose, Knocking Myself Up is the irreverent account of Tea’s route... Read more

The Passenger

By: Chaney Kwak

Narrated by: Keong Sim

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by fifty-foot swells and forty-knot gales, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful, harrowing, funny, touching story by one passenger who contemplated... Read more

Nevada

By: Imogen Binnie

Narrated by: Imogen Binnie

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

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

The Life Revamp

By: Kris Ripper

Narrated by: James Cavenaugh

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The hunt is beginning to wear Mason down… until he meets (slightly) famous fashion designer Diego. Everything sparks between them—the banter, the sex, the fiery eye contact across a crowded room. There's just one thing: Diego is already married and living his happily-ever-after, which luckily (or not) for Mason includes outside courtships. But... Read more

Dead End Girls

By: Wendy Heard

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus & Taylor Meskimen

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Determined to escape suffocating expectations and menacing families, two desperate teens fake their own deaths in this queer contemporary thriller perfect for fans of The Twin and Five Survive.​

In one week, Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years of research, Maude has decided to fake her own death.... Read more

The Women's House of Detention

By: Hugh Ryan

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century.

The Women’s House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women’s imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City’s Greenwich... Read more

Playing with Myself

By: Randy Rainbow

Narrated by: Randy Rainbow

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author with a special appearance from his mom.

An intimate and light-hearted memoir by viral sensation and three-time Emmy-nominated musical comedian Randy Rainbow that takes readers through his life—the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes.

Randy Rainbow, the man who conquered the... Read more

The Light Streamed Beneath It

By: Shawn Hitchins

Narrated by: Shawn Hitchins

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A Publishers Weekly Notable Book
49th Shelf Recommended Read A modern gay memoir exploring love, death, pain, and community that will resonate long after the last page. “This is an embodied story of love, loss, and recovery — raw, candid, and filled with a sense of awe at human resilience.” — Shelf Awareness “A timely story so human,... Read more

Las Biuty Queens

By: Iván Monalisa Ojeda

Narrated by: Luis Chavez

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing from his/her own experience as a trans performer, sex worker, and undocumented immigrant, Iván Monalisa Ojeda chronicles the lives of Latinx queer and trans immigrants in New York City. Whether she is struggling with addiction, clashing with law enforcement, or is being subjected to personal violence, each character choses her own path... Read more

Damn Shame

By: David Pevsner

Narrated by: David Pevsner

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A funny, daring, bawdy and incredibly honest memoir from the anti-ageist, anti-body shaming, pro-sex advocate and erotic provocateur.

Over the course of his 35-year career in show business, David Pevsner has done it all. He’s acted on Broadway, off-Broadway, in independent films and on numerous TV network shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Modern... Read more

Every Good Boy Does Fine

By: Calvin Arsenia

Narrated by: Calvin Arsenia

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“Glowing with warmth, vulnerability, and a heavy heart, Arsenia’s intimate reflections depict the past and present wrestling within the individual as he endeavors to chart his own course in the world.”—Atwood Magazine

Both a journey of individual healing and a call for action, these poems show that, with a little love and acceptance, anyone can... Read more

Devil's Chew Toy

By: Rob Osler

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Seattle teacher and part-time blogger Hayden McCall wakes up sporting one hell of a shiner, with the police knocking at his door. It seems that his new crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing, and they suspect foul play. What happened the night before? And where is Camilo? Determined to find answers, pint-sized, good-hearted Hayden... Read more

Love That Story

By: Jonathan Van Ness

Narrated by: Jonathan Van Ness

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Emmy-nominated host of Netflix’s Queer Eye follows up his New York Times-bestselling memoir, Over The Top, with this collection of thought-provoking essays on grief and healing, cannabis reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, imposter syndrome, personal style, the HIV safety net, and of, course, how to make your hairdresser love you.In his New York... Read more

The Fae Keeper

By: H.E. Edgmon

Narrated by: Dani Martineck

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In the heart-stopping sequel to The Witch King, Wyatt and Emyr attempt to rebuild Asalin despite unexpected new enemies within their kingdom.

Two weeks after the door to Faery closed once more, Asalin is still in turmoil. Emyr and Wyatt are hunting Derek and Clarke themselves after having abolished the corrupt Guard, and are trying to convince... Read more

If You Change Your Mind

By: Robby Weber

Narrated by: Amin El Gamal

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“A romantic hero’s journey with a happy ending that will leave you smiling and swooning… I loved it!” —Adam Silvera, #1 New York Times bestselling author of They Both Die at the End
 
In this hilarious and heartfelt debut novel, an aspiring screenwriter learns sometimes love has its own script.
 
Harry wants nothing more than to write Hollywood... Read more

Sink or Swim

By: Annabeth Albert

Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux & Joel Leslie

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Albert makes a deeper and more sensitive investigation into what love is than most romances." —New York Times Book Review on Conventionally Yours

A meet-cute leads to more than they expected in this military-hero romance from award-winning author Annabeth Albert  

Navy chief Calder Euler loves to win big. His latest score? A remote mountain... Read more

Just by Looking at Him

By: Ryan O'Connell

Narrated by: Ryan O'Connell

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From the star of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a “funny, tender, and beautiful” (Gary Janetti, New York Times bestselling author) novel following a gay TV writer with cerebral palsy as he fights addiction and searches for acceptance in an overwhelmingly ableist world.

Elliott appears to be living the dream as a... Read more

Asylum

By: Edafe Okporo

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A “moving…dramatic” (David Ebershoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Danish Girl), and urgent call to action for immigration justice by a Nigerian asylee and global gay rights and immigration activist Edafe Okporo.

On the eve of Edafe Okporo’s twenty-sixth birthday, he was awoken by a violent mob outside his window in Abuja, Nigeria.... Read more

Nate Plus One

By: Kevin van Whye

Narrated by: André Santana

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Boy plus boy. Two weeks in Johannesburg. A summer of music, adventure, self-discovery . . . and definitely not love. What could go wrong?
 
Nate needs a date to his cousin’s wedding. Jai is Nate’s best friend and secret crush. Could Jai be Nate’s plus-one—and only?

Nate Hargraves is a behind-the-scenes kind of guy. That’s why he dreams of being a... Read more