Our Favorite Queer Audiobooks for Audiobook Appreciation Month
June is Audiobook Appreciation Month! While we talk a lot on our blogs about all the books we read, we haven’t talked much about how often we don’t “read” those books so much as listen to them! A lot of our rec list reccers love audiobooks and rely on them for various reasons. Thus, we wanted to celebrate by highlighting some of the great books that have audiobook versions we loved. Note that for books that have multiple audiobook versions, we do specifically mean the versions listed below, with the named narrator. The contributors to the list are: Rhosyn Goodfellow, JD Rivers, CarCrash, Shea Sullivan, Aubrey Winter, Annabeth Lynch, Ivy L. James, jumblejen, Puck, Rascal Hartley, Tris Lawrence, Linnea Peterson, Evangeline Giaconia, and an anonymous contributor.
The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss; read by Keylor Leigh & Ryan Vincent Anderson
All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles; read by Sonny Archer
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian; read by Aven Shore
The Edge of a World by J.D. Rivers; read by Anthony Proctor
Nicked by M.T. Anderson; read by Euan Morton
Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón; read by Everett Rain (note: the cover for this edition says it’s narrated by the author, but the listings on Goodreads and elsewhere indicate the narrator is Everett Rain. We’re not sure if this is a case of Calderón having multiple pen names or what, but we decided to proceed with the listing as given on the audiobook listings.)
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner; read by Simon Jones, Ellen Kushner, Nick Sullivan, Robert Fass, Katherine Kellgren & Dion Graham
The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater; read by Will Patton
Breaking Character by Lee Winter; read by Angela Dawe
The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir; read by Moira Quirk
The Charioteer by Mary Renault; read by Joe Jameson
Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites by Joy Demorra; read by Catherine Bilson
The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton; read by Emily Lawrence
Nevada by Imogen Binnie; read by Imogen Binnie
Unstoppable series by Charlie Jane Anders; read by Hynden Walch, Sena Bryer, Imami Jade Powers & Marcella Lentz-Pope
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass; read by Michael Crouch & Kevin R. Free
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala; read by Pete Cross
The Extraordinaries series by TJ Klune; read by Michael Lesley
The Radiant Emperor series by Shelley Parker-Chan; read by Natalie Naudus
Once & Future series by Cory McCarthy & A.R. Capetta; read by Lauren Fortgang
A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee; read by C.B. Lee & Emily Woo Zeller
The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells; read by Kevin R. Free
The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian; read by Joel Leslie
Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman; read by Avi Roque
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers; read by Dan Calley
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; read by George Guidall
Find these and other books on our Goodreads book shelf. We’ve also made a list on the Duck Prints Press Bookshop.org affiliate page, but note that not all of these titles are actually available in audiobook format through Bookshop.org!
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