25 Best Lesbian Books
Lesbian is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Lesbian audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 25 Lesbian audiobooks below.
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Girl, Woman, Other
- By: Bernardine Evaristo
- Narrator: Anna-Maria Nabirye
- Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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5(8 ratings)
5(8 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDFrom one of Britain’s most celebrated writers of color comes a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women. Girl, Woman, Other paints a vivid portraitFrom one of Britain’s most celebrated writers of color comes a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women.
Girl, Woman, Other paints a vivid portrait of the state of post-Brexit Britain, as well as looking back to the legacy of Britain’s colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean.
The twelve central characters of this multivoiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her Black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London’s funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley’s former students, is a successful investment banker; Carole’s mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about her daughter’s lack of rootedness despite her obvious achievements. From a nonbinary social media influencer to a ninety-three-year-old woman living on a farm in Northern England, these unforgettable characters also intersect in shared aspects of their identities, from age to race to sexuality to class.
Sparklingly witty and filled with emotion, centering voices we often see othered, and written in an innovative fast-moving form that borrows technique from poetry, Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel that shows a side of Britain we rarely see, one that reminds us of all that connects us to our neighbors, even in times when we are encouraged to be split apart.
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The Oleander Sword
- By: Tasha Suri
- Narrator: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 19 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 16, 2022
- Language: English
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4.39(2692 ratings)
4.39(2692 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.99 USDThe Jasmine Throne has been hailed as a series opener that will “undoubtedly reshape the landscape of epic fantasy for years to come” (Booklist, starred). Now, award-winning author Tasha Suri’s provocative and powerful BurningThe Jasmine Throne has been hailed as a series opener that will “undoubtedly reshape the landscape of epic fantasy for years to come” (Booklist, starred). Now, award-winning author Tasha Suri’s provocative and powerful Burning Kingdoms trilogy continues with The Oleander Sword.
The prophecy of the nameless god–the words that declared Malini the rightful empress of Parijatdvipa–has proven a blessing and curse. She is determined to claim the throne that fate offered her. But even with the strength of the rage in her heart and the army of loyal men by her side, deposing her brother is going to be a brutal and bloody fight.
The power of the deathless waters flows through Priya’s blood. Thrice born priestess, Elder of Ahiranya, Priya’s dream is to see her country rid of the rot that plagues it: both Parijatdvipa’s poisonous rule, and the blooming sickness that is slowly spreading through all living things. But she doesn’t yet understand the truth of the magic she carries.
Their chosen paths once pulled them apart. But Malini and Priya’s souls remain as entwined as their destinies. And they soon realize that coming together is the only way to save their kingdom from those who would rather see it burn–even if it will cost them.
Praise for the Burning Kingdoms trilogy:
“Lush and stunning…this sapphic fantasy will rip your heart out.” —BuzzFeed News
“A fierce, heart-wrenching exploration of the value and danger of love.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Raises the bar for what epic fantasy should be.” –Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights
“This cutthroat and sapphic novel will grip you until the very end.” —Vulture (Best of the Year)
“It left me breathless.” –Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
“I loved it.” –Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning author of The Once and Future Witches
“Suri’s incandescent feminist masterpiece hits like a steel fist inside a velvet glove.” –Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
For more from Tasha Suri, check out:
The Burning Kingdoms
The Jasmine Throne
The Oleander Sword
The Books of Ambha
Empire of Sand
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The Jasmine Throne
- By: Tasha Suri
- Narrator: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 19 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 08, 2021
- Language: English
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4.19(13577 ratings)
4.19(13577 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.99 USD“RAISES THE BAR FOR WHAT EPIC FANTASY SHOULD BE.” –Chloe Gong, author of These Violent DelightsA ruthless princess and a powerful priestess come together to rewrite the fate of an empire in this “fiercely and unapologetically“RAISES THE BAR FOR WHAT EPIC FANTASY SHOULD BE.” –Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights... Read more
A ruthless princess and a powerful priestess come together to rewrite the fate of an empire in this “fiercely and unapologetically feminist tale of endurance and revolution set against a gorgeous, unique magical world” (S. A. Chakraborty).
Exiled by her despotic brother, princess Malini spends her days dreaming of vengeance while imprisoned in the Hirana: an ancient cliffside temple that was once the revered source of the magical deathless waters but is now little more than a decaying ruin.
The secrets of the Hirana call to Priya. But in order to keep the truth of her past safely hidden, she works as a servant in the loathed regent’s household, biting her tongue and cleaning Malini’s chambers.
But when Malini witnesses Priya’s true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled. One is a ruthless princess seeking to steal a throne. The other a powerful priestess desperate to save her family. Together, they will set an empire ablaze.
“An intimate, complex, magical study of empire and the people caught in its bloody teeth. I loved it.” –Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January
“Gripping and harrowing from the very start.” –R. F. Kuang, author of The Poppy War
“Suri’s incandescent feminist masterpiece hits like a steel fist inside a velvet glove. Simply magnificent.” –Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
“A fierce, heart-wrenching exploration of the value and danger of love in a world of politics and power.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“This cutthroat and sapphic novel will grip you until the very end.” —Vulture (Best of the Year)
“Lush and stunning….Inspired by Indian epics, this sapphic fantasy will rip your heart out.” —BuzzFeed News -
Les Tales
- By: Nikki Rashan
- Narrator: Rhyan Neco
- Length: 12 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.15(85 ratings)
4.15(85 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDThree Urban Books authors join forces to entertain listeners with erotic tales of forbidden lesbian love. Since childhood, Temple has idolized her favorite actress, Ursula Moore. She is stoked to find out that Ursula will be a guest at the AtlantaThree Urban Books authors join forces to entertain listeners with erotic tales of forbidden lesbian love.
Since childhood, Temple has idolized her favorite actress, Ursula Moore. She is stoked to find out that Ursula will be a guest at the Atlanta convention she’s attending with fellow fangirl friends Cree and Nia. To Temple’s surprise, more savory options than just getting an autograph are presented.
Taryn’s and Nina’s lives unite in an intense and fiery connection through their one common link: Layne, the woman they both loved. Taryn, a reserved wife, is unaware of her own astounding beauty and lurking alter ego. Nina is Layne’s tempting mistress. With their damaged hearts, they challenge the unacceptable and cross boundaries into a disturbing affair that pushes the limits of erotic gratification and exploration. Secrets are exposed, hidden agendas are revealed, and the line to the forbidden is erased.
Chloe hoped that when she went away to college, her desire for her mother’s friend Kai would go away, but when she returns home, she finds that her attraction is stronger than ever. When she runs into Kai at a local fair, the sparks fly between the two women in a way that cannot be ignored. Chloe becomes determined to seduce Kai, vowing to have the older woman, no matter the cost.
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Spear
- By: Nicola Griffith
- Narrator: Nicola Griffith
- Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: April 19, 2022
- Language: English
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4.14(2623 ratings)
4.14(2623 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDThis program is read by the author and includes a bonus PDF of detailed notes. A spellbinding and subversive queer recasting of Arthurian myth by the legendary author of Hild The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She growsThis program is read by the author and includes a bonus PDF of detailed notes.
A spellbinding and subversive queer recasting of Arthurian myth by the legendary author of Hild
The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court.
And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and, with a broken hunting spear and mended armour, rides on a bony gelding to Caer Leon. On her adventures she will meet great knights and steal the hearts of beautiful women. She will fight warriors and sorcerers. And she will find her love, and the lake, and her fate.
Nebula and Lambda Award-winning author Nicola Griffith returns with Spear, a glorious queer retelling of Arthurian legend, full of dazzling magic and intoxicating adventure.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.
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A Restless Truth
- By: Freya Marske
- Narrator: Aysha Kala
- Length: 13 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: November 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.07(2752 ratings)
4.07(2752 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDA Restless Truth is the second entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light. “Narrator Aysha Kala delivers action and romance in this sequelA Restless Truth is the second entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light.
“Narrator Aysha Kala delivers action and romance in this sequel to A MARVELLOUS LIGHT.”- AudioFile Magazine
“Sublime prose, top-notch world-building, delightfully queer.”–TJ Klune, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, on A Marvellous Light
Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance!
Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plenty of it when she volunteered to serve as an old lady’s companion on an ocean liner, in order to help her beloved older brother unravel a magical conspiracy that began generations ago.
What she didn’t expect was for the old lady in question to turn up dead on the first day of the voyage. Now she has to deal with a dead body, a disrespectful parrot, and the lovely, dangerously outrageous Violet Debenham, who’s also returning home to England. Violet is everything that Maud has been trained to distrust yet can’t help but desire: a magician, an actress, and a magnet for scandal.
Surrounded by the open sea and a ship full of suspects, Maud and Violet must first drop the masks that they’ve both learned to wear before they can unmask a murderer and somehow get their hands on a magical object worth killing for–without ending up dead in the water themselves.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.
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Under the Udala Trees
- By: Chinelo Okparanta
- Narrator: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.03(8946 ratings)
4.03(8946 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDInspired by Nigeria’s folktales and war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly. Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil warInspired by Nigeria’s folktales and war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly.
Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child, and the star-crossed pair fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are also both girls.
When their love is discovered, Ijeoma learns that she will have to hide this part of herself. But there is a cost to living inside a lie.
As Edwidge Danticat has made personal the legacy of Haiti’s political coming-of-age, Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees uses one woman’s lifetime to examine the ways in which Nigerians continue to struggle toward selfhood. Even as their nation contends with and recovers from the effects of war and division, Nigerian lives are wrecked and lost from taboo and prejudice. But this story offers a glimmer of hope–a future where a woman might just be able to shape her life around truth and love.
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salt slow
- By: Julia Armfield
- Narrator: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: October 08, 2019
- Language: English
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4.03(4664 ratings)
4.03(4664 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD“Artistic and perceptive, Armfield’s debut explores the ebbs and flows of human connection in lives touched by the bizarre.” – Kirkus From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut“Artistic and perceptive, Armfield’s debut explores the ebbs and flows of human connection in lives touched by the bizarre.” – Kirkus
From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link.
In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women’s experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers’ sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan’s shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates’. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected.
Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice.
Praise for salt slow:
“Visceral, fierce, and beautifully unsettling, Armfield’s writing has an astonishing power. This collection haunted me with its brilliance.” — Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory
“Armfield is an enormous, gut-wrenching talent.” — Daisy Johnson, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Everything Under
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Yerba Buena
- By: Nina LaCour
- Narrator: Julia Whelan
- Length: 8 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: May 31, 2022
- Language: English
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3.94(14727 ratings)
3.94(14727 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD“Full of sensory details, vivid characters, and moment after moment of gorgeously rendered ordinary life, this audiobook is a queer must-listen.” –AudioFileThis program is masterfully narrated by award-winning “Golden“Full of sensory details, vivid characters, and moment after moment of gorgeously rendered ordinary life, this audiobook is a queer must-listen.” –AudioFile
This program is masterfully narrated by award-winning “Golden Voice” narrator Julia Whelan.Yerba Buena is the debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour, following two women on a star-crossed journey toward each other.
A Most Anticipated Book (Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, The Washington Post, Vulture, NBC News, Good Housekeeping, Parade, Electric Lit, BookRiot, Bustle, Goodreads, LGBTQ Reads, Autostraddle, Veranda Magazine, The Lesbian Review, and more)
“A love story for our time.”–Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics
“This book is a precious thing.”–Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop
When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery that clings to her. Across the city, Emilie Dubois is in a holding pattern, yearning for the beauty and community her Creole grandparents cultivated but unable to commit. On a whim, she takes a job arranging flowers at the glamorous restaurant Yerba Buena and embarks on an affair with the married owner.
The morning Emilie and Sara first meet at Yerba Buena, their connection is immediate. But the damage both women carry, and the choices they have made, pulls them apart again and again. When Sara’s old life catches up to her, upending everything she thought she wanted just as Emilie has finally gained her own sense of purpose, they must decide if their love is more powerful than their pasts.
At once exquisite and expansive, astonishing in its humanity and heart, Yerba Buena is a love story for our time and a propulsive journey through the lives of two women trying to find somewhere, or someone, to call home.
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
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The Runaway
- By: Hollie Overton
- Narrator: Christine Lakin
- Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 06, 2019
- Language: English
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3.88(401 ratings)
3.88(401 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDA psychologist working for the LAPD goes on a dangerous journey through Los Angeles’ criminal underworld to track down her missing foster daughter in this gripping new thriller by the author of the international bestseller BabyA psychologist working for the LAPD goes on a dangerous journey through Los Angeles’ criminal underworld to track down her missing foster daughter in this gripping new thriller by the author of the international bestseller Baby Doll.
You’ll do anything to protect her. But you’ll have to find her first.
... Read moreWhen LAPD forensic psychologist Becca Ortiz agrees to foster teenage runaway Ash, she knows she will love and protect her as her own daughter.Ash may have turned her back on her old life on the streets, but there is still one person who she can’t bear to lose. Now he is about to drag her back into a dark world where nothing and no one is safe.How far will Becca go to save her daughter?And can she find her before it’s too late?For more from Hollie Overton, check out:Baby DollThe Walls -
Dirty Laundry
- By: Paula L. Woods
- Narrator: Karen Kelly
- Length: 8 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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3.75(60 ratings)
3.75(60 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.95 USDDuring the Los Angeles campaign to replace longtime incumbent mayor Tom Bradley, the stakes are high for Detective Charlotte Justice, of the LAPD’s elite Robbery-Homicide Division. When she’s called to Koreatown to investigate theDuring the Los Angeles campaign to replace longtime incumbent mayor Tom Bradley, the stakes are high for Detective Charlotte Justice, of the LAPD’s elite Robbery-Homicide Division. When she’s called to Koreatown to investigate the shocking murder of Vicki Park, special markets strategist for an upstart campaign, all of her skills–and fears–come to the fore. Park, a Korean, is found bludgeoned and bound, her body dumped in an alley. But who was the homeless man who identified Park’s body and then disappeared? Why was the body moved from one alley to another just a block away? And was the murder connected to the suicide of Hideo Matsumoto, grandfather of another long-shot Japanese candidate, whose body was found the same night?
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Orphan #8
- By: Kim Van Alkemade
- Narrator: Andi Arndt
- Length: 11 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 04, 2015
- Language: English
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3.71(14990 ratings)
3.71(14990 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDNew York Times and USA Today Bestseller In 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 herNew York Times and USA Today Bestseller
In 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 Rabinowitz is a vivacious four-year-old living with her family in a crowded tenement on New York City’s Lower Eastside. When tragedy strikes, Rachel is separated from her brother Sam and sent to a Jewish orphanage where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research. Subjected to X-ray treatments that leave her disfigured, Rachel suffers years of cruel harassment from the other orphans. But when she turns fifteen, she runs away to Colorado hoping to find the brother she lost and discovers a family she never knew she had.
Though Rachel believes she’s shut out her painful childhood memories, years later she is confronted with her dark past when she becomes a nurse at Manhattan’s Old Hebrews Home and her patient is none other than the elderly, cancer-stricken Dr. Solomon. Rachel becomes obsessed with making Dr. Solomon acknowledge, and pay for, her wrongdoing. But each passing hour Rachel spends with the old doctor reveal to Rachel the complexities of her own nature. She realizes that a person’s fate–to be one who inflicts harm or one who heals–is not always set in stone.
Lush in historical detail, rich in atmosphere and based on true events, Orphan #8 is a powerful, affecting novel of the unexpected choices we are compelled to make that can shape our destinies.
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Kept Animals
- By: Kate Milliken
- Narrator: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.71(682 ratings)
3.71(682 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDNamed a most anticipated novel by Oprah Daily, Vogue, Parade, The Millions, and Electric Lit * A Reader’s Digest Quarantine Book Club Pick * Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize A “rugged and ravishing” (OprahNamed a most anticipated novel by Oprah Daily, Vogue, Parade, The Millions, and Electric Lit * A Reader’s Digest Quarantine Book Club Pick * Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
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A “rugged and ravishing” (Oprah Daily) debut novel of desire, betrayal, and loss, centering on three teenage girls, a horse ranch, and the accident that changes everything.
It’s 1993, and Rory Ramos works as a ranch hand at the stable her stepfather manages in Topanga Canyon, California, a dry, dusty place reliant on horses and hierarchies. There she rides for the rich clientele, including twins June and Wade Fisk. While Rory draws the interest of out-and-proud June, she’s more intrigued by Vivian Price, the beautiful girl with the movie-star father who lives down the hill. Rory keeps largely separate from the likes of the Prices–but, perched on her bedroom windowsill, Rory steals glimpses of Vivian swimming in her pool nearly every night.
After Rory’s stepfather is involved in a tragic car accident, the lives of Rory, June, and Vivian become inextricably bound together. Rory discovers photography, begins riding more competitively, and grows closer to seductive, mercurial Vivian, but despite her newfound sense of self, disaster lurks all around her in this “exquisite exploration of hurt and desire” (Jeannette Walls): in the parched landscape, in her unruly longings, in her stepfather’s wrecked body and guilty conscience. One night, as the relationships among these teenagers come to a head, a forest fire tears through the canyon, and Rory’s life is changed forever.
Narrated by Rory’s daughter, Charlie, in 2015, more than twenty years after that fateful fire, Kept Animals is “gorgeous, sensual…an event-packed novel of class, desire, [and] coming-of-age” (The New York Times Book Review). -
Final Edition
- By: Val McDermid
- Narrator: Val McDermid
- Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: June 29, 2018
- Language: English
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3.7(239 ratings)
3.7(239 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDLindsay Gordon finds herself dragged into a sordid world of blackmail, prostitution, lies and murder when she investigates the case of a former colleague jailed for killing a notorious Glaswegian journalist. Third in the popular mystery series.WhenLindsay Gordon finds herself dragged into a sordid world of blackmail, prostitution, lies and murder when she investigates the case of a former colleague jailed for killing a notorious Glaswegian journalist. Third in the popular mystery series.When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes, is found murdered the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her. Lindsay Gordon, however, has other ideas. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters – including one with Lindsay herself. Recalling the threats that followed the end of the relationship, Lindsay knows all too well the feelings of rage, fear and passion that Alison Maxwell could invoke.Soon Lindsay is embroiled in an investigation involving blackmail,stolen government documents and the vested interests of a group of people determined to keep her from finding the truth.
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Holding Still for as Long as Possible
- By: Zoe Whittall
- Narrator: Stephen Ira
- Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: May 12, 2020
- Language: English
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3.67(1000 ratings)
3.67(1000 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn this robust, elegantly plotted, and ultimately life-affirming novel, Zoe Whittall presents a dazzling portrait of the Millennial Generation–the twenty-five-year olds who grew up on anti-anxiety meds, text-messaging each other truncatedIn this robust, elegantly plotted, and ultimately life-affirming novel, Zoe Whittall presents a dazzling portrait of the Millennial Generation–the twenty-five-year olds who grew up on anti-anxiety meds, text-messaging each other truncated emotional reactions, unsure of what’s public and what’s private.
Holding Still explores an unusual love triangle involving Billy, a former teen idol, now an anxiety-ridden agoraphobic; Josh, a shy transgendered paramedic who travels the city patching up damaged bodies; and Amy, a fashionable filmmaker coping with her first broken heart. With this extraordinary novel, Whittall gives us startlingly real portraits of three unforgettable characters and proves herself to be one of our most talented writers.
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A Spindle Splintered
- By: Alix E. Harrow
- Narrator: Amy Landon
- Length: 3 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: October 05, 2021
- Language: English
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3.66(18939 ratings)
3.66(18939 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USD“Amy Landon’s lively narration unites present-day Ohio and Perceforest, a fairy-tale realm, in this immersive reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty universe.” – AudioFile Magazine USA Today bestselling author Alix E.“Amy Landon’s lively narration unites present-day Ohio and Perceforest, a fairy-tale realm, in this immersive reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty universe.” – AudioFile Magazine
USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow’s A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham’s original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined.
“A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” –Katherine Arden
It’s Zinnia Gray’s twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it’s the last birthday she’ll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one.
Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia’s last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.
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The Light of the Midnight Stars
- By: Rena Rossner
- Narrator: Ana Clements
- Length: 10 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 13, 2021
- Language: English
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3.63(1013 ratings)
3.63(1013 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDExperience an evocative combination of fantasy, history, and Jewish folklore in this lush and lyrical fairytale-inspired novel from the author of The Sisters of the Winter Wood.Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives onExperience an evocative combination of fantasy, history, and Jewish folklore in this lush and lyrical fairytale-inspired novel from the author of The Sisters of the Winter Wood.... Read moreDeep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small miracles and none are more gifted than the great Rabbi Isaac and his three daughters.
Hannah, bookish and calm, can coax plants to grow even when the weather is bitterly cold. Sarah, defiant and strong, can control the impulsive nature of fire. And Levana, the fey one, can read the path of the stars to decipher their secrets.
But darkness is creeping across Europe, threatening the lives of every Jewish person in every village. Each sister will have to make an impossible choice in an effort to survive–and change the fate of their family forever.
Praise for The Light of the Midnight Stars:
“Storytelling as spellcasting. Rossner has conjured something vivid and wild and true.”–Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
“Rossner creates a lush, immersive world through which the sprawling plot meanders, punctuated by moments of intense grief. The result is as lovely as it is heartbreaking.” —Publishers Weekly
“Rossner’s tale is as lyrical as the slow growth of roots, the quick dance of fire, and the stately procession of the stars. Blending folktale with history, hope with tragedy, its touch will linger on your heart long after you put it down.”–Marie Brennan
For more from Rena Rossner, check out The Sisters of the Winter Wood.
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Behrouz Gets Lucky
- By: Avery Cassell
- Narrator: Eliot Wilde
- Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 13, 2016
- Language: English
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3.63(39 ratings)
3.63(39 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWhere can a middle-aged, Persian-American, genderqueer dyke find love these days? Online dating, of course! Only butch dykes need apply Behrouz writes, eager to swap quiet evenings and a drawer full of well-used sex toys for a real relationship.Where can a middle-aged, Persian-American, genderqueer dyke find love these days? Online dating, of course! Only butch dykes need apply Behrouz writes, eager to swap quiet evenings and a drawer full of well-used sex toys for a real relationship. Enter a response from Lucky: younger, rougher, dominant, and far from perfect. Their first meeting explodes into powerful, rough, and panting sex, and Behrouz is soon determined not to let this captivating woman slip away.
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Hostage to Murder
- By: Val McDermid
- Narrator: Val McDermid
- Length: 8 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 05, 2018
- Language: English
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3.62(479 ratings)
3.62(479 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDHostage to Murder, the long-awaited sixth Lindsay Gordon mystery, is a lightning-paced story spliced with crackling action and an intense emotional dimension.Spraining an ankle is rarely a stroke of luck, but for Lindsay Gordon, jobless in Glasgow,Hostage to Murder, the long-awaited sixth Lindsay Gordon mystery, is a lightning-paced story spliced with crackling action and an intense emotional dimension.Spraining an ankle is rarely a stroke of luck, but for Lindsay Gordon, jobless in Glasgow, the injury is her introduction to young freelance journalist Rory McLaren and the opening of a new chapter in her life. Rory’s invitation to work alongside her in her booth at the Cafe Virginia is irresistible. From there it is just a short step to political corruption and other juicy stories – all welcome distractions from Lindsay’s problems at home, where her long-term lover Sophie has decided to heed the ticking of her biological clock and get pregnant. But when a local car-dealer’s stepson is kidnapped, Lindsay and Rory are invited to trade journalism for detection. The trail leads them to St Petersburg and a dangerous snatch-back operation. It’s a journey that brings a whole new dimension of risk into Lindsay’s life. Back in Glasgow, it becomes clear that Lindsay and Rory have stumbled into a bigger, more violent piece of business than either of them could have guessed – and one which will test Lindsay to her absolute limits.
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Common Murder
- By: Val McDermid
- Narrator: Val McDermid
- Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.55(635 ratings)
3.55(635 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDdsay Gordon investigates an alleged assault at a women’s peace encampment north of London. -
Union Jack
- By: Val McDermid
- Narrator: Val McDermid
- Length: 6 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: August 10, 2018
- Language: English
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3.53(303 ratings)
3.53(303 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDWhen union leader Tom Jack falls to his death from her bedroom window after a spectacularly public row with Lindsay, it seems the only way to prove her innocence is to find the real culprit. Leaving her new home in California for a trade unionWhen union leader Tom Jack falls to his death from her bedroom window after a spectacularly public row with Lindsay, it seems the only way to prove her innocence is to find the real culprit. Leaving her new home in California for a trade union conference in Sheffield, Lindsay Gordon finds herself in the company of old friends and enemies, including Tom Jack. When this unethical union leader is found dead, having catapulted out of Lindsay’s tenth-floor hotel room, she is taken in for questioning by the police. Hoping to clear her name by finding the real killer, Lindsay searches among hundreds of unruly union delegates for a murderer who may have struck once before. Along the way she uncovers a seething cauldron of blackmail, corruption and abuse of power all brought to the boil by her investigation.
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The Drowning Eyes
- By: Emily Foster
- Narrator: Robin Miles
- Length: 2 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: January 12, 2016
- Language: English
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3.41(562 ratings)
3.41(562 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDWhen the Dragon Ships began to tear through the trade lanes and ravage coastal towns, the hopes of the archipelago turned to the Windspeakers on Tash. The solemn weather-shapers with their eyes of stone can steal the breeze from raiders’ sailsWhen the Dragon Ships began to tear through the trade lanes and ravage coastal towns, the hopes of the archipelago turned to the Windspeakers on Tash. The solemn weather-shapers with their eyes of stone can steal the breeze from raiders’ sails and save the islands from their wrath. But the Windspeakers’ magic has been stolen, and only their young apprentice Shina can bring their power back and save her people.
Tazir has seen more than her share of storms and pirates in her many years as captain, and she’s not much interested in getting involved in the affairs of Windspeakers and Dragon Ships. Shina’s caught her eye, but that might not be enough to convince the grizzled sailor to risk her ship, her crew, and her neck.
“The Drowning Eyes is a magic- and wind-filled adventure, peopled with excellent and strong characters. The story made me want to sail the coastline on a boat of my own and see if I could call up a storm. In Emily Foster’s debut novella, apprentice Windspeaker Shina must return her people’s power to them before the Dragon Ships destroy everything . . . unless Shina destroys it by accident first. So vividly rendered, you’ll be tempted to wash the salt-spray from your clothing after reading The Drowning Eyes.” – Fran Wilde, author of Updraft
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I Kissed a Girl
- By: Jennet Alexander
- Narrator: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 10 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 03, 2021
- Language: English
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3.32(1638 ratings)
3.32(1638 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDLilah Silver’s a young actress who dreams of climbing out of B-list stardom. She’s been cast as the final girl in what could be her breakout performance… but if she wants to prove herself to everyone who’s ever doubted her,Lilah Silver’s a young actress who dreams of climbing out of B-list stardom. She’s been cast as the final girl in what could be her breakout performance… but if she wants to prove herself to everyone who’s ever doubted her, she’s going to need major help along the way. Noa Birnbaum may be a brilliant makeup artist and special-effects whiz-kid, but cracking into the union is more difficult than she imagined. Keeping everyone happy is a full-time job, and she’s already run ragged. And yet when the beautiful star she’s been secretly crushing on admits to fears of her own, Noa vows to do everything in her power to help Lilah shine like never before. Long hours? Exhausting work? No problem. Together, they can take the world by storm… but can a connection forged over long hours in the makeup chair ever hope to survive the glare of the spotlight?
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Report for Murder
- By: Val McDermid
- Narrator: Val McDermid
- Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 23, 2018
- Language: English
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3.31(1217 ratings)
3.31(1217 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDLindsay Gordon, self-proclaimed cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist is less than overjoyed at the prospect of spending a weekend at a posh girls’ boarding school. Tensions are running high over the school’s financial problems;Lindsay Gordon, self-proclaimed cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist is less than overjoyed at the prospect of spending a weekend at a posh girls’ boarding school. Tensions are running high over the school’s financial problems; the fact that school alumna and reknowned musician Lorna Smith-Couper, will return to the school to perform at a benefit concert only exacerbates anxieties. When Smith-Couper is found strangled with her own cello string right before the concert, Lindsay and Cordelia find their new relationship tested in unique ways as they seek to find the murderer among a long list of suspects. …a clever mystery, a good read, and a heroine who is my kind of woman: Lindsay Gordon is smart, tenacious, daring, lusty, loyal, and class-conscious to the bone –Barbara Neely, author of the Blanche White series.
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Adam
- By: Ariel Schrag
- Narrator: Ariel Schrag
- Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 19, 2019
- Language: English
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2.68(2462 ratings)
2.68(2462 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. A sweet and subversive coming-of-age novel by award-winning memoirist and screenwriter Ariel Schrag. When Adam Freedman—a skinny, awkward, inexperienced teenager from Piedmont, California—goes to stay with hisNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. A sweet and subversive coming-of-age novel by award-winning memoirist and screenwriter Ariel Schrag.
When Adam Freedman—a skinny, awkward, inexperienced teenager from Piedmont, California—goes to stay with his older sister Casey in New York City, he is hopeful that his life is about to change. And it sure does.
It is the summer of 2006. Gay marriage and transgender rights are in the air, and Casey has thrust herself into a wild lesbian subculture. Soon Adam is tagging along to underground clubs, where there are hot older women everywhere he turns. It takes some time for him to realize that many in this new crowd assume he is trans—a boy who was born a girl. Why else would this baby-faced guy always be around?
Then Adam meets Gillian, the girl of his dreams—but she couldn’t possibly be interested in him. Unless passing as a trans guy might actually work in his favor . . .
Ariel Schrag’s scathingly funny and poignant debut novel puts a fresh spin on questions of love, attraction, self-definition, and what it takes to be at home in your own skin.
“An insightful, funny, and unexpected love story.”‚ÄîAimee Mann
“[An] audacious coming-of-age novel.”‚ÄîMiami Herald
“Compulsively readable.”‚ÄîBookforum
“Hilarious…Schrag’s riotous, poignant debut novel will leave you reeling.”‚ÄîSF Weekly
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