Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+

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Title: Ceremony of Innocence

Author: Madeleine Bunting

Narrator: Willow Nash

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Release date: August 12, 2021

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Nadia has been investigating the secretive business of the wealthy Wilcox Smiths in Bahrain. When she goes missing, presumed dead, those close to her unravel a trail that leads back to the 70s in Tehran where Martin Wilcox Smith began his career as a diplomat. Phoebe, Martin's enigmatic wife, is divided between her love of Nadia and protecting her husband; Fauzia, Martin's daughter-in-law, is a reporter investigating British ties to the Middle East; and Kate, Martin's niece, is in a relationship with a Bahraini refugee who opens her eyes to Martin's corruption; together they are on a path of discovery into their family's secret past. A vivid and evocative story that travels between the Shah's Iran, modern Bahrain and the quintessential English countryside, Ceremony of Innocence explores one family's entanglement with Empire and the power wielded by the establishment, to uncover colonialism's legacy of moral compromises and corruption.

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Title: The Spinster and the Rake

Series: #1 of Never a Wallflower

Author: Eva Devon

Narrator: Sasha Higgins

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Release date: August 10, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Edward Stanhope, the icy Duke of Thornfield, likes his life in a certain order. Give him a strong drink, a good book, and his dog for company, and he’s content. But when he goes to his library and finds a woman sitting in his chair, petting his dog, what starts as a request for her to leave turns quickly to a fiery battle of wits, leading to a steamy kiss that could ruin them both if they’re caught. So, of course, damn it all, that’s when Edward’s aunt walks in and, thereafter, announces Miss Georgiana Bly as the future Duchess of Thornfield. Georgiana was content to be a spinster, spending her days reading and working to keep her family out of debt. But now her days are spent locked away with a growly duke, learning how to be the perfect duchess, and her nights are spent fighting her undeniable attraction to a man who was never meant for her. As their wedding day approaches, the attraction between them burns hot and fierce, but is it enough to melt the duke’s chilly facade?

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Title: Between Tides

Author: Angel Khoury

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Release date: August 10, 2021

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

A captivating historical novel set on Cape Cod and North Carolina's Outer Banks, perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping 1890s, Cape Cod: Between tides, a man deserts his wife and his post as keeper of the Chatham Beach Lifesaving Station to start a new family far to the south, at Cape Hatteras. 1940s: His daughter, en route to serve in World War II with the Red Cross, travels to Cape Cod where she meets his first wife, Blythe, reanimating a life she had long buried: memories of her courtship, her bitter losses, and her husband's slow-motion vanishing. Set on two wild seascapes, Cape Cod and North Carolina's Outer Banks, Between Tides is a lyrical novel for fans of Virginia Woolf, Djuna Barnes, and Marilynne Robinson—a story of two women stitching together a family ripped at the seams and discovering that even through absence, love's presence is everlasting.

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Title: Isaac's Beacon

Series: #1 of Promised Wars

Author: David L. Robbins

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Release date: August 10, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

In the tradition of epic novels like Exodus and Cast a Giant Shadow, Isaac’s Beacon is a sweeping historical tale based on the real events of Israel’s founding bringing alive the power and complexities of the birth of the Jewish state out of the ashes of the Holocaust. Bestselling author David L. Robbins, called “the Homer of World War II,” turns his mastery of the historical novel to another defining moment of the twentieth century: the birth of the state of Israel. Isaac’s Beacon is a small, vulnerable kibbutz on the edge of the Negev. Here, the lives of three memorable characters—an Irgun fighter, a young woman farmer, and an American journalist—collide to shape an epic narrative of love, loss, violence, and courage. Deeply researched and closely based on actual events, Isaac’s Beacon is the first in a series of Robbins’s novels which will explore the tumultuous, complex history and lasting impact of Israel’s creation.

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Title: Finding Napoleon

Author: Margaret Rodenberg

Narrator: Helen Lloyd, Rupert Degas

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Release date: August 5, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

After the defeated Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte goes into exile on tiny St. Helena Island in the remote South Atlantic, he and his lover, Albine de Montholon, plot to escape and rescue his young son. Banding together African slaves, British sympathizers, a Jewish merchant, a Corsican rogue, and French followers, they confront British opposition?as well as treachery within their own ranks?with sometimes subtle, sometimes bold, but always desperate action. When Napoleon and Albine break faith with one another, ambition and Albine’s husband threaten their reconciliation. To survive, Albine must decide whom to betray. To succeed, Napoleon must learn whom to trust. With its delightful adaptation of Napoleon’s real attempt to write a novel, Finding Napoleon offers a fresh take on Europe’s most powerful man after he’s lost everything. A forgotten woman of history?the audacious Albine de Montholon?narrates their tale of intrigue, love, and betrayal.

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Title: The Help

Author: Kathryn Stockett

Narrator: Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin, Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 18 hours 5 minutes

Release date: August 5, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver... There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell... © Kathryn Stockett 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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Title: Benevolence

Author: Julie Janson

Narrator: Tamala Shelton

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Release date: August 1, 2021

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

NOMINATED FOR THE MARK & EVETTE MORAN NIB LITERARY AWARD For perhaps the first time in novel form, Benevolence presents an important era in Australia's history from an Aboriginal perspective. Told through the fictional characterisation of Darug woman Muraging (Mary James), Benevolence is a compelling story of first contact. Born around 1813, Muraging is among the earliest Darug generations to experience the impact of British colonisation – a time of cataclysmic change and violence, but also remarkable survival and resistance. At an early age Muraging is given over to the Parramatta Native School by her Darug father. Fleeing the school in pursuit of love, she embarks on a journey of discovery and a search for a safe place to make her home. Spanning the years 1816–35, Benevolence is set around the Hawkesbury River area, the home of the Darug people, in Parramatta and Sydney. Julie Janson's intensely visual prose interweaves historical events with detailed characterisation – she shatters stereotypes and gives voice to an Aboriginal experience of early-settlement. 'Janson's writing is evocative...The shame of colonisation is amplified by the proud complexities of the narrative...Muraging's – and Janson's – refusal to perform the victim to voyeurs of trauma is an act of defiance.' SUNDAY AGE 'The gut-truths presented in Benevolence are tied to a larger reckoning needed in Australian society – one that involves a centring of First Nation voices, a willingness to address not just a violent history, but a hostile and violent present.' HAYLEY SCRIVENOR, Mascara Literary Review 'Benevolence is a searing, unforgettable work...this novel is of immense importance' JOY LAWN, Paperbark Words] 'The text's undulation evokes the ever-changing interactions between settlers and Aboriginal populations following settlement, giving voice to an oft-overlooked Aboriginal perspective.' AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW “Janson's descriptions are beautifully lyrical...compelling.' SUE TERRY Whispering Gums “How good it is to hear a Darug voice speaking of Darug history.” KATE GRENVILLE

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Title: The Princess Stakes

Series: #1 of Daring Dukes

Author: Amalie Howard

Narrator: Anais Inara Chase

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Release date: July 29, 2021

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But with her father an Indian maharajah and her late mother a British noblewoman, her mixed blood makes her a pariah and a target. When her father is murdered, her only hope of survival is to escape on the next ship out-captained by the man she once loved...and spurned. Captain Rhystan Huntley, the reluctant Duke of Embry, has a place in the English fleet, which he's loath to give up. But duty is calling him home, and this is his final voyage. Leave it to fate that the only woman he's ever loved must stow away on his ship.

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Title: Erik the Navigator: The New World Book 5

Series: #5 of New World (Hosker)

Author: Griff Hosker

Narrator: Marston York

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Release date: July 29, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5

Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Book Five in the New World series, set in the world of the Vikings. When the old world meets the new world there will be clashes! Erik is Norse but he was left in the new world when his clan returned home. He has to fight not only to protect his new family but his new clan as hostile tribes try to earn honour by slaying the Shaman of the Bear. Forced to flee from their northern home Erik and his family head south to the land of the Powhatan tribe where he hopes to begin life anew. Before he can do so he has to endure a voyage through strange and uncharted waters and fight enemies as yet unknown.

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Title: When the Earl Met His Match

Series: #4 of Wedded by Scandal

Author: Stacy Reid

Narrator: Madeleine Leslay

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Release date: July 27, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4

Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

When Hugh Winthrop, the future Earl of Albury, decides to advertise for a wife in the London paper, he never expected an anonymous response from a woman who matches him wit for wit. Their back-and-forth letters on the true nature of love, something they disagree on wholeheartedly, leave him shocked—and intrigued. But then the woman he’s been corresponding with shows up on his doorstep, enticingly beautiful and offering a marriage of convenience in exchange for his protection… Lady Phoebe Maitland expected to marry for love and nothing else—until the man she gave her trust betrayed her. The more intrigued she becomes by the mysterious and devastatingly handsome Hugh, however, the more she realizes he’s holding back from opening his heart due to long-held secrets she struggles to understand. As passion flares wickedly between them, their marriage bed is quick to heat up. But when Phoebe’s past threatens to destroy the fragile bond they’ve formed, even a budding belief in love might not be enough to save them.