LGBTQIA+ Authors

Gay Bar

By: Jeremy Atherton Lin

Narrated by: Jeremy Atherton Lin

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

As gay bars continue to close at an alarming rate, a writer looks back to find out what’s being lost in this indispensable, intimate, and stylish celebration of history. In the era of Grindr and same-sex marriage, gay bars are closing down at an alarming rate. What, then, was the gay bar? Set between Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London, Gay... Read more

Missing from the Village

By: Justin Ling

Narrated by: Justin Ling

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The tragic and resonant story of the disappearance of eight men--the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur--from Toronto's queer community.
 
Shortlisted for the 2021 Toronto Book Awards



In 2013, the Toronto Police Service announced that the disappearances of three men--Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi, and Majeed Kayhan--from Toronto's gay... Read more

Camp

By: L. C. Rosen

Narrated by: Drew Caiden

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in a summer camp, this sweet and sharp screwball comedy set in a summer camp for queer teens examines the nature of toxic masculinity and self-acceptance.

Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It's where he met his best friends. It's where he takes to the stage in the big musical.... Read more

Broken People

By: Sam Lansky

Narrated by: Sam Lansky

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Vogue, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parade, Library Journal, Harper’s Bazaar and more

“Profound and affecting.”—Chloe Benjamin

“Broken People leads us through the winds of time and memory to offer a riveting portrait of transformation. I am better for having read it.”—Jamie Lee Curtis

A groundbreaking,... Read more

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars

By: Kai Cheng Thom

Narrated by: Adri Almeida

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

At once a love letter and challenge to the traditional transgender memoir, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a playful, surrealist dance through queer coming of age.A haunted young girl (who happens to be a kung-fu expert and pathological liar) runs away from an oppressive city, where the sky is always grey, in search of love and... Read more

Patsy

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

Who Is Vera Kelly?

By: Rosalie Knecht

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She’s working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA. Next thing she knows she’s in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman... Read more

Here Comes the Sun

By: Nicole Dennis-Benn

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margot is... Read more

All the Birds in the Sky

By: Charlie Jane Anders

Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From the former editor-in-chief of io9.com, a stunning Nebula Award–winning and Hugo–shortlisted novel about the end of the world—and the beginning of our future

An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go to war in order to prevent the world from tearing itself apart. To further complicate things, each of the groups’... Read more

I'll Have What He's Having

By: Adib Khorram

Narrated by: Shezi Sardar & Brent Billings

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A smart, sexy "perfect romance" about mistaken identities, a no-strings fling, and the way one night—and one person—can change your life forever from the bestselling author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone, bestselling co-authors of A Merry Little Meet Cute)

When it comes to love, substitute teacher Farzan Alavi... Read more

Hers for the Weekend

By: Helena Greer

Narrated by: Austenne Grey & Arielle DeLisle

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Readers of Mia Sosa and Alexandria Bellefleur will love this swoony, sexy opposites-attract romcom from USA Today bestselling author Helena Greer, where the relationship may be fake, but the feelings are very real! 

No-nonsense Tara Sloane Chadwick is practically perfect. An impeccably mannered Southern belle, she’s the youngest to make partner... Read more

Keepers of the Stones and Stars

By: Michael Barakiva

Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies & Frankie Corzo

Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Reed is leading his best life: he’s just kissed the boy of his dreams, his band is finally taking off, and he’s a shoo-in to getting elected as next year’s Student Council president. But he’s ready to give it all up when his suspiciously aristocratic guidance counselor tells him he has been chosen to go on the adventure of a lifetime. Because... Read more

Oath of Fire

By: K Arsenault Rivera

Narrated by: Blair Thatcher

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

This lush and gripping sapphic retelling of the Psyche and Eros legend combines Greek mythology with a fae court feel. All Psyche ever wanted to do was help people, whether it's in her job as a therapist or online as an influencer. So when a mysterious invitation arrives from the most captivating man she's ever seen, asking for her assistance,... Read more

So Witches We Became

By: Jill Baguchinsky

Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker & Kristin James

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

A queer, feminist spin on Stephen King’s The Mist, this ode to female-rage is a perfect pick for fans of She Is a Haunting, and a reminder that if "boys will be boys", girls will fight back. For high school senior Nell and her friends, a vacation house on a private Florida island sounds like the makings of a dream spring break. But Nell brings... Read more

Make It Count

By: CeCé Telfer

Narrated by: CeCé Telfer

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

By turns harrowing and hopeful, MAKE IT COUNT is the inspiring story of the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title, following her traditional upbringing in Jamaica, her fight to become a US citizen, and her efforts to achieve her Olympic dreams.

CeCé Telfer is a warrior. The first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA championship,... Read more

Cuckoo

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

Narrated by: Amy Landon, Avi Roque, Grace Rolek, Kirt Graves...

Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration.

From Gretchen Felker-Martin, the acclaimed author of Manhunt, comes a vicious new novel about a group of teens who must stay true to themselves while in a conversion camp from hell.

"A soaring, boundless ode to queer survival. It's flat-out mesmerizing."—Paul Tremblay, author of The Pallbearers... Read more

All Friends Are Necessary

By: Tomas Moniz

Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “tender and open-hearted novel," (Nina LaCour, author of Yerba Buena) Tomas Moniz—a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway and Lambda Literary awards—delivers a commanding new story about the power of friendship, community, and the families we create for ourselves.

Efren “Chino” Flores has just moved back to the Bay Area from Seattle, jumping... Read more

Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet

By: Molly Morris

Narrated by: Georgina Sadler

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Every ten years in the strange little town of Lennon, California, one person is chosen to return from the dead…

Wilson Moss entered the town’s top-secret contest in the hopes of resurrecting her ex-best friend Annie LeBlanc, but that doesn’t mean she thought she’d actually win. Now Annie’s back and Wil’s ecstatic—does it even really matter that... Read more

Ladybird Stories for Pride

By: Ladybird

Narrated by: Joe Jameson, Muna Otaru, Am Stubberfield, Octav...

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Ladybird.

A colourful collection of original stories celebrating Pride.

Pride is all about embracing you for being you! These five stories will show children how to bring the teaching of “love is love” into their everyday lives, at home and in the playground.

This collection acts as an introduction to the ideas behind the festival... Read more

How Lucky Am I?

By: Scott Hoying & Mark Hoying

Narrated by: Mark Hoying & Scott Hoying

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes original music from Scott Hoying and Mark Hoying.

How Lucky Am I? offers an immersive audio experience, fully sound designed to enhance your enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of dragonfly wings flapping and the hum of the pond. Sit back and and savor this incredible audiobook experience.

A lyrical and charming audiobook... Read more

Second Night Stand

By: Karelia Stetz-Waters & Fay Stetz-Waters

Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

One hook-up is about to become one seriously hilarious situationship in this vibrant and lively romantic comedy about taking chances . . . and breaking the rules.
 
Prima ballet dancer Lillian Jackson is all about control—on stage and in bed. Which is precisely why she keeps her hook-ups to one night, and one night only. No strings. No phone... Read more

Lancaster's Luck Box Set

By: Anna Butler

Narrated by: Gary Furlong

Length: 33 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Book 1 The Gilded Scarab- Captain Rafe Lancaster is invalided out of the Britannic Imperium's Aero Corps after crashing his aerofighter, His eyesight is damaged, and his career as a fighter pilot is over. Returning to London in late November 1899, in a society ruled by an elite oligarchy of powerful Houses, he is hard up, homeless, and in... Read more

It's Pride, Baby!

By: Allen R. Wells

Narrated by: Torian Brackett

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

It's Pride, Baby! features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of fireworks and the celebrations of Pride!

A joyful audiobook debut that encourages kids to take pride in themselves and know that they are loved no matter what.

Just as the stars light the entire world—
You shine.

Join a queer... Read more

The Sins on Their Bones

By: Laura R. Samotin

Narrated by: Aaron Willis, Daniel Chichagov & Robin Wilcock

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in a Jewish folklore-inspired reimagining of 19th century Eastern Europe, this queer dark fantasy debut pits two estranged husbands and a daring spymaster on opposite sides of a civil war. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, C.S. Pacat, and Katherine Arden.

Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man,... Read more