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This is a short but riveting listen; you’ll immediately be swept into Michael’s story and words, and won’t be able to put it down. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and an audiobook that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.”
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In the past decade, queer representation has bloomed in the publishing industry and there are hundreds upon hundreds of stories to choose from. Xe Sands and Jorjeana Marie are two of my all-time favorite narrators, and they’re both at the top of their game here. This is a slow burn romance. It’s everything I could ever ask from a narrator.
This novel has great bi representation, and Delilah is easy to fall in love with. Now, Tobia has written a new essay collection targeting all the ways in which the patriarchy and the toxic masculinity are hurting young boys and men, from their own body-image issues to the glorification of violence, zeroing in on ways that we can hone and craft our discussions of feminism to advocate for a more healthy view of masculinity.
Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay, Read by Dion Graham
So this book was actually written almost 90 years ago, but it wasn’t published until this year. Her narration helps to ground the memoir in her own unique voice, making this a must-listen for fans of queer memoirs as well as for Top Chef superfans.In 1998, three teens began to create a video game that they were sure would take the world by storm, but then they lost touch.
The third book is set to publish in October 2023!)
The Black Flamingoby Dean Atta
Narrated by the author, 3 hours 40 minutes
Featured in Audible’s Top 100 LGBTQIA+ Listens of All Time, The Black Flamingo is a short but powerful YA novel following Michael, a mixed-race gay teenage boy who navigates the complicated emotions of feeling… not quite “enough.” When he goes to college, he finds the Drag Society and feels drawn toward his drag artist persona, The Black Flamingo.
In 2012, Laura came out as trans and made it publicly known that she will continue to live life as a woman. Four narrators voice each of the four POV characters and every performance is a triumph. Their lives are marked by neglect and abuse, and so they find family in each other. Serano celebrates the trans experience, and her background in biology only lends more credibility to her writing.
Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thingby Lauren Hough
Narrated by the author and Cate Blanchett, 9 hours 10 minutes
Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing is a series of essays, each tackling a different time in Lauren Hough’s life—and there have been a lot of distinct moments.
This book of teenage yearning and first love is narrated beautifully by Sebastian Croft, and will enchant listeners looking for coming-of-age stories about first love, the struggle and agony of growing up, and boyhood friendship.
The Hawthorn sisters live on the edge of Faerie, carefully preserving and tuning the enchanted willows that live there.
Whether you're looking to escape into a novel, dig deeper into the history of our queer elders, or listen to stories of real queer and trans people living their lives, this collection of 2025's best new LGBTQIA+ audiobooks (so far) has a listen for you.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous took the world by storm.
They’re queer in very different ways. And it’s even more worth it because of the fantastic narration. Michael Crouch’s pitch-perfect narration elevates this book to a whole new level.