LGBTQIA+ Fiction audiobooks

The American People, Vol. 1

By: Larry Kramer

Narrated by: various narrators, Robertson Dean, Traber Burns...

Length: 38 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The long-awaited new novel by America’s master playwright and activist—a radical reimagining of our history and our hopes and fearsForty years in the making, The American People embodies Larry Kramer’s vision of his beloved and accursed homeland. As the founder of ACT UP and the author of Faggots and The Normal Heart, Kramer has decisively... Read more

Stranger

By: Rachel Manija Brown & Sherwood Smith

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies & Chris Patton

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Fast-paced, enormously cinematic, and full of inventive world-building, diverse characters, and moral complexity, Stranger is speculative fiction and its best—and its most true to our lives.Many generations ago, a mysterious cataclysm struck the world. Governments collapsed and people scattered to rebuild where they could. A mutation called the... Read more

Orphan #8

By: Kim van Alkemade

Narrated by: Andi Arndt & Ginny Auer

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

New York Times and USA Today BestsellerIn this stunning new historical novel inspired by true events, Kim van Alkemade tells the fascinating story of a woman who must choose between revenge and mercy when she encounters the doctor who subjected her to dangerous medical experiments in a New York City Jewish orphanage years before.In 1919, Rachel... Read more

Fans of the Impossible Life

By: Kate Scelsa

Narrated by: Michael Curran-Dorsano, Imani Parks & MacLeod A...

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A captivating and profound debut novel about complicated love and the friendships that have the power to transform you forever, perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Mira is starting over at Saint Francis Prep. She promised her parents she would at least try to pretend that she could act like a functioning human... Read more

Paperweight

By: Meg Haston

Narrated by: Mandy Siegfried

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss, in the vein of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Wintergirls.Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. In her body. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert.Life in the... Read more

Hard to Be Good

By: Laura Kaye

Narrated by: Jack Dupont

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Two damaged men.One dangerous mission.One healing love.These are the men of Hard Ink.Hard Ink Tattoo owner Jeremy Rixey has taken on his brother's stateside fight against the enemies that nearly killed Nick and his Special Forces team a year ago. Now Jeremy's whole world has been turned upside down by the chaos—and by a brilliant, quiet blond... Read more

When Tony Met Adam

By: Suzanne Brockmann

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

An exclusive short story featuring characters from the Troubleshooters seriesTony Vlachic, a ruggedly handsome Navy SEAL, has kept his sexuality a secret for years under the threat of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." That is, until he meets Adam Wyndham, a charismatic yet troubled film star. Tony knows that by approaching Adam in front of his teammates,... Read more

The Garden of Eden

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Patrick Wilson

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife who fall for the same woman.

A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from 1946 until... Read more

In One Person

By: John Irving

Narrated by: John Benjamin Hickey

Length: 16 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of A Prayer for Owen Meany and The World According to Garp comes "his most daringly political, sexually transgressive, and moving novel in well over a decade" (Vanity Fair).

A New York Times bestselling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and... Read more

Five, Six, Seven, Nate!

By: Tim Federle

Narrated by: Tim Federle

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award

Encore! Nate Foster’s Broadway dreams are finally coming true in this sequel to Better Nate Than Ever that Publishers Weekly calls... Read more

The Bane Chronicles

By: Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson & Sarah Rees B...

Narrated by: Various

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices can get to know warlock Magnus Bane like never before in this collection of New York Times bestselling tales, with an exclusive new story and illustrated material.

This collection of eleven short stories illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality,... Read more

Better Nate Than Ever

By: Tim Federle

Narrated by: Tim Federle

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a Disney+ Original movie!

“The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Slate Favorite Book of the Year

A small-town... Read more

Rumble

By: Ellen Hopkins

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Does it get better? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the highly charged landscapes of bullying and forgiveness in this “strong and worthy” (Kirkus Reviews) novel.

Matthew Turner knows it doesn’t get better.

His younger brother Luke was bullied mercilessly after one of Matt’s friends outed Luke to the whole... Read more

Brokeback Mountain

By: Annie Proulx

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A standalone edition of Annie Proulx’s beloved story “Brokeback Mountain” (in the collection Close Range)—the basis for the major motion picture directed by Ang Lee, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in... Read more

A Place at the Table

By: Susan Rebecca White

Narrated by: Robin Miles, George Newbern & Katharine Powell

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

From Susan Rebecca White, award-winning author of A Soft Place to Land and Bound South, comes a breathtaking story of three richly nuanced outcasts whose paths converge in a chic Manhattan café as they realize they must give up everything they thought they knew to find a home at last.

Alice Stone is famous for the homemade southern cuisine she... Read more

Golden Boy

By: Abigail Tarttelin

Narrated by: Christian Coulson, James Langton, Abigail Tartt...

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"This is a gripping and fully-realized novel." —Emily St. John Mandel, National Book Award-nominated author of Station Eleven


2014 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST
WINNER OF THE 2014 ALEX AWARD
BOOKLIST TOP 10 FIRST NOVEL OF 2013
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013

Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive, intelligent, and athletic, he’s the... Read more

The Empty Family

By: Colm Toibin

Narrated by: Colm Toibin, Terry Donnelly, John Keating, Jeff...

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling and award-winning author of Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín, returns with a stunning collection of stories—“a book that’s both a perfect introduction to Tóibín and, for longtime fans, a bracing pleasure” (The Seattle Times).

Critics praised Brooklyn as a “beautifully rendered portrait of Brooklyn and provincial Ireland in the 1950s.” In The... Read more

The Paying Guests

By: Sarah Waters

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 21 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling novel that has been called “a tour de force” (Wall Street Journal), “unputdownable” (The Washington Post), “a delicious hothouse of a novel” (USA Today), “effortless” (The Economist), “seductive” (Vanity Fair) and “pitch perfect” (Salon)
 
“Superb, bewitching…Forget about Fifty Shades of Grey; this novel is one of... Read more

Husky

By: Justin Sayre

Narrated by: Justin Sayre

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"[G]enuinely funny, heart-wrenching . . ." - Kirkus Reviews
"[A] moving journey of self-discovery and a gratifying coming-of-age story." - Publishers Weekly
"Husky . . . is a superb addition to the middle grade literary canon." - VOYA Reviews
"There is not a false note in the writing . . ." - Lambda Literary

A beautifully voiced debut captures an... Read more

Just As I Am

By: E. Lynn Harris

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo & Mirron Willis

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romantic  storytelling and controversial contemporary issues like  race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic and  diverse audience across America. Readers celebrate  the arrival in paperback of his second novel,  Just As I Am, which picks up where  Invisible Life left off,  introducing Harris's appealing and... Read more

Abide with Me

By: E. Lynn Harris

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Dare to dream--

Since the publication of E. Lynn Harris's stunning debut novel, Invisible Life, millions of readers have laughed, cried, and anguished along with his unforgettable cast of characters.  Now, his growing legions of fans will finally find out what happens in this delicious conclusion to the "Invisible Life" trilogy.

In Abide with Me,... Read more

Any Way the Wind Blows

By: E. Lynn Harris

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Bahni Turpin & Mirron Willis

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

At the end of Not a Day Goes By, the terminally bisexual John Basil Henderson declares: “I’m back, in full form. And I’m out there. Roamin’. And switching lanes.” Now, in Any Way the Wind Blows, Basil, good-looking gadabout and homme fatal, is back at the top of his game (razzle-dazzling both the women and the men). All is well until Basil’s... Read more

Almost Perfect

By: Brian Katcher

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This winner of the first Stonewall Award for Children’s & Young Adult Literature will make you marvel at the beauty of human connection and the irrepressible nature of love.
 
Everyone has that one line they swear they’ll never cross, the one thing they say they’ll never do. We draw the line. Maybe we even believe it.
 
Sage Hendricks was my... Read more

Ask the Passengers

By: A.S. King

Narrated by: Devon Sorvari

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother’s pushiness and her father’s lack of interest tell her they’re the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. She doesn’t know the passengers inside, but they’re the only people who won’t judge her... Read more