June is Pride Month! We’ve rounded up 12 audiobooks that highlight LGBTQIA+ characters and themes for this month and all year round!

Pioneer Summer

Written by Katerina Silvanova and Elena Malisova
Performed by Edoardo Ballerini
Published by Recorded Books

This star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took readers by storm, made international news, and catalyzed one of Russia’s largest-ever crackdowns on LGBTQ representation.

 

 

 

 

Paper Doll

Written by Dylan Mulvaney
Performed by Dylan Mulvaney
Published by Recorded Books

In Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, Dylan pulls back the curtain of her “It Girl” lifestyle with a witty and intimate reflection of her life pre- and post-transition. She covers everything from her first big break in theater to the first time her dad recognized her as a girl to how she handled scandals, cancellations, and … tucking. It’s both laugh-out-loud funny and powerfully honest—and is a love letter to everyone who stands up for queer joy.

 

 

 

 

Black. Fat. Femme

Written by Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D.
Performed by Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D.
Published by Recorded Books

In Black. Fat. Femme.: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself, educator and media critic Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins―aka Doctor Jon Paul―delivers an honest and extraordinary new take on how the author, and other Black Fat Femmes like them, have come to find and understand their identity.

 

 

 

 

One of the Boys

Written by Victoria Zeller
Performed by Jen Richards
Published by Recorded Books

Grace Woodhouse has left a lot behind. She used to have a great friend group, an amazing girlfriend, and a right foot set to earn her a Division I football scholarship—before she came out as trans. As senior year begins, Grace is struggling to find her place in early transition, new social circles, and a life without football. But when her skills as the best kicker in the state prove to be vital, her old teammates beg her to come out of retirement, dragging her back into a sport—into a way of life—she thought had turned its back on her forever.

 

 

 

Futbolista

Written by Jonny Garza Villa
Performed by Robb Moreira
Published by Recorded Books

A classmates-to-friends-to-lovers romance that’s equal parts raunchy, heartfelt, queer, and Mexican-American, centered on college futbol (the REAL football)! A sports romance for those who keep rewatching Bend It Like Beckham and rereading Red, White & Royal Blue and the incredible collection of queer soc—football romances out there, Futbolista follows the first semester of one guy’s freshman year of college, navigating who he is, who he’s allowed to be, and who he wants to be.

 

 

 

A Short History of Queer Women

Written by Kirsty Loehr
Performed by Ellie Gossage
Published by Tantor

Queer women have been written out of history since, well, forever. “But historians famously care about women!,” said no one. From Anne Bonny and Mary Read who sailed the seas together disguised as pirates, to US football captain Megan Rapinoe declaring “You can’t win a championship without gays on your team,” via countless literary salons and tuxedos, A Short History of Queer Women sets the record straight on women who have loved other women through the ages.

 

 

 

The Snowball Effect

Written by Haley Cass
Performed by Lori Prince
Published by Tantor

For the first time, Regan Gallagher is facing the world without her best friend by her side—no, Sutton isn’t dead but she is in Rome, following her dreams. And Regan really is thrilled for her. Left to her own devices, she’s doing . . . fine. Oh, except for the fact that her new roommate, Emma Bordeaux, has hated Regan since the literal day they’d met two years ago.

 

 

 

 

Cursebreakers

Written by Madeleine Nakamura
Performed by Tim Lounibos
Published by Highbridge

Adrien Desfourneaux, professor of magic, must survive his own failing mental health and a tenuous partnership with a dangerous ally in order to save the city of Astrum from a spreading curse.

 

 

 

 

In the Dream House

Written by Carmen Maria Machado
Performed by Carmen Maria Machado
Published by Highbridge

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming.

 

 

 

The Lilac People

Written by Milo Todd
Performed by Max Meyers
Published by Dreamscape

For readers of All the Light We Cannot See and In Memoriam, a moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis then the Allies while protecting the ones he loves.

 

 

 

 

I Think They Love You

Written by Julian Winters
Performed by André Santana
Published by Dreamscape

With his funny, big-hearted adult rom-com debut, bestselling, award-winning YA author Julian Winters shows sometimes fake dating your ex can turn into a second chance.

 

 

 

 

Every Sweet Thing is Bitter

Written by Samantha Crewson
Performed by Lindsey Dorcus
Published by Dreamscape

A woman with a violent past gets a chance at redemption in this upmarket suspense debut, perfect for fans of Lisa Taddeo and Tiffany McDaniel. Sharp and poignant, Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter is a stunning novel that eschews picture-perfect endings and dares to tell a story about a resilient queer woman and her relentless determination to persevere.