Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+

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Title: The World Is Full of Champions

Author: Julie Sullivan

Narrator: Michelle Cole

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Release date: April 18, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

The World Is Full of Champions spans more than thirty years from the ’60s to the late ’90s in race-torn Philadelphia as two proud Black families—one wealthy, the other not—confront major change when tragedy strikes and the daughter of the working-class Smythe family falls in love with the son of the affluent Whitman family. Georgia Smythe and her mother live on the rough side of town. As a young girl, she loses her father in a tragic mining accident, but overcomes her loss to become a thoughtful and attractive young woman. She falls in love with Lawrence, the handsome son of the Whitman family for whom her mother works as a maid. The Whitmans, recovering from the death of Lawrence’s brother in a hit-and-run car accident, have other ideas about whom their remaining son should marry and are concerned about how such a liaison will affect their social position. How will the two families deal with Georgia and Lawrence’s relationship and the unintended divulging of a closely guarded secret?

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Title: Revenge of the Franks: Norman Genesis Book 4

Series: #4 of Norman Genesis

Author: Griff Hosker

Narrator: Mark Elstob

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Release date: April 13, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3

Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

The Vikings on the Cotentin try to live in peace with their neighbours, the Franks, but when they are attacked they have to fight. Aided by fellow Vikings they begin to make inroads into the land of the Franks until disaster strikes and the new allies meet defeat. When the full force of the Franks descends upon the Haugr every member of the clan must fight to prevent their extinction.

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Title: The Last Witch of Scotland: Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2024

Author: Philip Paris

Narrator: Steven Cree, Samara Maclaren

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Release date: April 13, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

'Compelling, evocative, heart-wrenching and beautifully written. Highly recommended.' - Fiona Valpy, author of The Storyteller of Casablanca Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire that kills her father, Aila and her mother, Janet, move to the remote parish of Loth, north-west of Inverness. Blending in does not come easily to the women: Aila was badly burned in the fire and left with visible injuries, while her mother struggles to maintain her grip on reality. When a temporary minister is appointed in the area, rather than welcome the two women, he develops a strange curiosity for them that sets them even further apart from the community. Then arrives a motley troupe of travelling entertainers from Edinburgh, led by the charismatic but mysterious Jack. It is just the distraction Janet, and particularly Aila, needs: for the first time in a long while, their lives are filling with joy and friendship, and a kind of hope Aila hasn't known since her father's death. But in this small community, faith is more powerful than truth, and whispers more dangerous even than fire. Haunting and deeply moving, The Last Witch of Scotland is a story of love, loyalty and sacrifice, inspired by the true story of the last person to be executed for witchcraft in Britain. Perfect for fans of Outlander, The Mercies and The Witches of Vardo, or for anyone with an interest in the history of witchcraft, late renaissance Scotland and Highland history.

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Title: Code Name Sapphire: The unforgettable story of female resistance in WW2 inspired by true events

Author: Pam Jenoff

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Release date: April 13, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the powerful and unforgettable story of female resistance from the New York Times bestselling author, inspired by real events A train bound for Auschwitz. One route to freedom . . . 1942. After her fiancé is killed in a pogrom, Hannah Martel narrowly escapes Nazi Germany and takes temporary refuge with her cousin, Lily, in Brussels. Safe for now, but desperate to flee Europe for good, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line: a secret resistance network led by a mysterious woman named Micheline and her enigmatic brother, Mateo. Freedom is tantalisingly close. But when Lily's family are arrested and slated for deportation to Auschwitz, Hannah finds herself torn between her loyalties and her own determination to escape . . . How much is Hannah willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves? 'Code Name Sapphire will break your heart and, at the same time, remind you of the courage and resilience of the human spirit' Kristin Harmel ©2023 Pam Jenoff (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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Title: The War Nurses

Author: Anthea Hodgson

Narrator: Harriet Gordon-Anderson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Release date: April 12, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

In 1942, country girls Minnie Hodgson and Margot McNee set sail from Perth, Australia for Singapore in search of adventure, full of excitement and keen to do their part working as nurses to the fallen soldiers in a time of war. What they encounter is an army of new friends and the terrors of a city under siege. When the Japanese attack and Singapore falls, they are forced to flee aboard the Vyner Brooke. The ship is bombed, resulting in utter devastation. Separated in the mayhem, one group of nurses find themselves in prisoner-of-war camps for the duration of the war, surviving on their wits, with humour, dignity, loyalty and determination. But another group of young Australian nurses - the girls on the beach - are washed ashore on Banka Island, where they will meet a fate that must never be forgotten. Inspired by the author's own family story, this is an unforgettable novel of enduring friendship and boundless courage, based on the shocking true events of the Bangka Island Massacre. It is both a riveting tale and an important tribute to our brave nurses who sacrificed so much during WWII. Praise for Anthea Hodgson: 'A beautifully woven story which absolutely broke my heart and then mended it in the most bittersweet way.' Amazon 'The Drifter heralds the arrival of a strong and fresh new voice in Australian rural literature.' Book Muster Down Under

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Title: I Went to See My Father

Author: Kyung-Sook Shin

Narrator: Megan Affonso

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Release date: April 11, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

“The bus began to pull away before I had a chance to shout goodbye to Father. I think about that moment from time to time. About how long he must’ve stood there after the bus had left. About what he must’ve felt staring down that dark road, long after the bus had disappeared. About how long he must’ve waited before going back inside the store.” —From Chapter 1 Two years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her home in the countryside to take care of her father. At first, her father appears withdrawn and fragile, an aging man, awkward but kind around his own daughter. Then, after stumbling upon a chest of letters, Hon discovers the truth of her father’s past and reconstructs her family history. Consumed with her own grief, Hon has been blind to her father’s vulnerability and her family’s fragility. Unraveling secret after secret, Hon grows closer to her father, who proves to be more complex than she ever gave him credit for. After living through one of the most tumultuous times in Korean history, her father’s life spiraled after the civil war. Now, after years of emotional isolation, Hon learns the whole truth, from her father’s affair and involvement in a religious sect, to the dynamic lives of her siblings, to her family’s financial hardships. What Hon uncovers about her father builds toward her understanding of the great scope of his sacrifice and heroism, and of his generation. More than just theportrait of a single man, I Went to See My Father opens a window on humankind, family, loss, and war.

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Title: A Problem Princess

Series: #6 of Lords of the Armory

Author: Anna Harrington

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Release date: April 11, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

General Clayton Elliott, Home Office Undersecretary and new viscount, gets suspicious when London is too quiet. Everyone says that the anarchist group he's been fighting died along with its leader, but his instincts say just the opposite. Then he meets Her Serene Highness Princess Cordelia of Monrovia. Resigned to doing her duty for her country, she is in London to make a match with a royal duke—and as a royal princess, she has no say in which duke she'll marry. But when she is shockingly attacked at a party, Clayton becomes her bodyguard. Is there a connection between the evil group Scepter and whoever apparently wants the princess dead? The longer Clayton and Cordelia spend evading her enemies and pursuing their individual missions, the more they realize they can depend only on each other... This gorgeous, danger-filled Regency romance is one fans of Sarah MacLean, Elizabeth Hoyt, and Bridgerton won't want to miss!

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Title: Under the Cover of Mercy: A Novel

Author: Rebecca Connolly

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Release date: April 11, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

November, 1914. The Great War has come to Brussels, the Germans have occupied the city, and Edith Cavell, Head Nurse at Berkendael Medical Institute, faces an impossible situation. As matron of a designated Red Cross hospital, Edith has sworn an oath to help any who are wounded, under whatever flag they are found. But Governor von Lüttwitz, the ranking German officer, has additional orders for her. She and her nurses must also stand guard over the wounded Allied prisoners of war and prevent them from escaping. Edith feels that God called her to be a healer, not a jailer. How can she heal these broken boys, only to allow them to be returned to the hands of their oppressors to be beaten again? So when members of the Belgian resistance, desperate for help, bring two wounded British soldiers to her hospital in secret, she makes a decision that will change everything: she will heal the soldiers, and then attempt to smuggle them out of the hospital to freedom. With her loyal friend and fellow nurse, Elizabeth, by her side, Edith establishes her hospital as a safe house for the resistance, laboring tirelessly to save as many soldiers as she can. Working under the watchful eyes of the German army, Edith faces challenging odds and charges of treason—which carries the death penalty if she is caught—as she fights alongside the resistance to bring—and keep—hope to her small corner of a war-torn world. Based on a true story, Under the Cover of Mercy is the remarkable account of one woman who defied an entire nation in order to heal those who needed her help the most.

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Title: [German] - Die Tränen der Vila

Author: Wolfgang Jaedtke

Narrator: Samy Andersen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Release date: April 6, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Eine fast vergessene Begebenheit aus der Historie: Im Herzogtum Sachsen herrscht im 12. Jahrhundert ein blutiger Fehdekrieg. Ein junger Bauernsohn namens Odo kann den dabei begangenen Gräueltaten in seinem Dorf entfliehen und wird von einem Ritter als Waffenknecht angenommen. Doch dann muss sich Odo mit seinem Herrn dem Kreuzzug ins Wendenland anschließen. Dort soll er einem jungen Mädchen begegnen, dass sein Leben für immer verändern wird...-

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Title: A Legacy of Bones

Author: Doug Burgess

Narrator: Kaipo Schwab

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Release date: April 4, 2023

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Some legacies are best abandoned . . . A well-placed stick of TNT ignites a full-blown investigation in A Legacy of Bones, a provocative murder mystery exploring the racial and cultural divide on a remote Hawaiian island between landed elite and villagers. On Kaumaha Island (est 1850), the statue of Amyas Lathrop conceals a terrible secret—a legacy of massacres and madness that infects the island itself. Some will go to any lengths to keep it hidden, others to set it free. But which of them would kill? Cultural expert Winnie Te Papa, our very own Ms. Marple, will sift through the pieces to track a ruthless murderer through a tangled maze of family alliances, greedy developers, scholars, protestors, and gangsters. Told in dual timeline, Doug Burgess's intricate puzzle box mystery traces the consequences of an island's frenetic beginnings as they snowball through generations. Fans of HBO's White Lotus will be intrigued by the ever hotly debated questions: what happens next and who get to decide?