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Best sellers
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The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer....
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In two words . . . Loved it!!
- By Donna Rauch Lanford on 06-05-21
By: Steven Rowley
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This Is How It Always Is
- A Novel
- By: Laurie Frankel
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is an audiobook about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it's about the ways this is how it always is....
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Great.. for the most part..
- By wdarling on 10-11-18
By: Laurie Frankel
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This Way Out
- By: Tufayel Ahmed
- Narrated by: Rohan Rakhit
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Amar can’t wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he’s found The One, and he’s getting married....
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more physical descriptions of male leads
- By Carey kelley on 07-05-22
By: Tufayel Ahmed
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Rubyfruit Jungle
- A Novel
- By: Rita Mae Brown
- Narrated by: Anna Paquin
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In bawdy, moving prose, Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Molly Bolt, the adoptive daughter of a dirt-poor Southern couple who boldly forges her own path in America. With her startling beauty and crackling wit, Molly finds that women are drawn to her wherever she goes....
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An early classic by my favorite author.
- By Robin M Lee on 06-14-22
By: Rita Mae Brown
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Farm Boys
- By: Mark A. Roeder
- Narrated by: Jerry Bradshaw
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Being the middle son is never easy, especially when your brothers are perfect. T.K. is 14 and has a true talent for getting into trouble. He tries to keep his temper under control, but it’s a difficult task with so many freaking jerks around....
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love it!
- By Jimmy Fimbres on 11-18-21
By: Mark A. Roeder
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The Language of Hoofbeats
- By: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd, Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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New to a small town, Jackie and Paula envision a quiet life for their kids: a young adopted son and two teenage foster children, including the troubled Star....
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Simple yet captivating story
- By Chicago & Indiana Scientist/Gardener/Hiker on 05-22-15
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The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer....
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In two words . . . Loved it!!
- By Donna Rauch Lanford on 06-05-21
By: Steven Rowley
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This Is How It Always Is
- A Novel
- By: Laurie Frankel
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is an audiobook about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it's about the ways this is how it always is....
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Great.. for the most part..
- By wdarling on 10-11-18
By: Laurie Frankel
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This Way Out
- By: Tufayel Ahmed
- Narrated by: Rohan Rakhit
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Amar can’t wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he’s found The One, and he’s getting married....
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more physical descriptions of male leads
- By Carey kelley on 07-05-22
By: Tufayel Ahmed
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Rubyfruit Jungle
- A Novel
- By: Rita Mae Brown
- Narrated by: Anna Paquin
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In bawdy, moving prose, Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Molly Bolt, the adoptive daughter of a dirt-poor Southern couple who boldly forges her own path in America. With her startling beauty and crackling wit, Molly finds that women are drawn to her wherever she goes....
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An early classic by my favorite author.
- By Robin M Lee on 06-14-22
By: Rita Mae Brown
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Farm Boys
- By: Mark A. Roeder
- Narrated by: Jerry Bradshaw
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Being the middle son is never easy, especially when your brothers are perfect. T.K. is 14 and has a true talent for getting into trouble. He tries to keep his temper under control, but it’s a difficult task with so many freaking jerks around....
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love it!
- By Jimmy Fimbres on 11-18-21
By: Mark A. Roeder
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The Language of Hoofbeats
- By: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd, Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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New to a small town, Jackie and Paula envision a quiet life for their kids: a young adopted son and two teenage foster children, including the troubled Star....
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Simple yet captivating story
- By Chicago & Indiana Scientist/Gardener/Hiker on 05-22-15
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96 Hours
- By: Georgia Beers
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Erica Ryan is flying home from London after a disastrous business trip. Free spirit Abby Hayes is flying into New York City to visit her mother before jetting off again....
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Very moving and superb narration!
- By Sheila on 11-06-13
By: Georgia Beers
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All My Mother's Lovers
- A Novel
- By: Ilana Masad
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Ilana Masad
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Intimacy has always eluded 27-year-old Maggie Krause - despite being brought up by married parents, models of domestic bliss - until, that is, Lucia came into her life. But when Maggie’s mom, Iris, dies in a car crash, Maggie returns home....
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Decidedly queer and not gimmicky
- By OwlLover on 06-26-20
By: Ilana Masad
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The Animators
- A Novel
- By: Kayla Rae Whitaker
- Narrated by: Alex McKenna
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In the male-dominated field of animation, Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are a dynamic duo....
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Wow! What a wonderful surprise!
- By B.J. on 10-17-18
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Girl, Woman, Other
- By: Bernardine Evaristo
- Narrated by: Anna-Maria Nabirye
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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From one of Britain's most celebrated writers of color, Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women....
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smart, compassionate, confronting and enjoyable
- By Kelly on 12-20-19
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Imagine Me Gone
- By: Adam Haslett
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer, Robert Fass
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression in 1960s London, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans despite what she now knows of his condition, or back away....
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Brilliant, excruciating, a work of virtuosity
- By Jeff Lacy on 04-19-17
By: Adam Haslett
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Keya Das's Second Act
- By: Sopan Deb
- Narrated by: Ulka Simone Mohanty
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A discovered box in the attic leads one Bengali American family down a path toward understanding the importance of family, even when splintered....
By: Sopan Deb
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Three Junes
- A Novel
- By: Julia Glass
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A Good Morning America "Read This" selection, Three Junes is a vividly textured symphonic novel...
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Beautiful Narration of a Wonderful Story!
- By Dagmar on 01-09-03
By: Julia Glass
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More Happy Than Not
- By: Adam Silvera
- Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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When it first gets announced, the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure seems too good to be true to Aaron Soto; miracle cure-alls don't tend to pop up in the Bronx projects....
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Moving...
- By Brandon on 05-18-16
By: Adam Silvera
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The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of Lily and the Octopus comes a moving and deeply funny novel about a once-famous sitcom star who is left to care for his niece and nephew after an unexpected family tragedy....
By: Steven Rowley
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Little Fish
- A Novel
- By: Casey Plett
- Narrated by: A. Almeida
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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It's the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer, a 30-year-old trans woman, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling secret....
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Good book. Narrator needs work
- By Madeleine Scott-Spencer on 03-23-20
By: Casey Plett
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Mostly Dead Things
- A Novel
- By: Kristen Arnett
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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One morning, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has committed suicide, right there on one of the metal tables. Shocked and grieving, Jessa steps up to manage the failing business, while the rest of the Morton family crumbles....
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not funny, not even a little bit believable
- By Kathryn Bierle on 08-04-19
By: Kristen Arnett
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Cigar Club
- Open Tab, Book 2
- By: J.A. Armstrong
- Narrated by: Jill Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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 Against the backdrop of a small Vermont town, three women will learn that love always requires a little bit of letting go. Rich with a colorful cast of characters, Whiskey Springs is a place where even if everybody doesn’t know your name, somebody knows your business....
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Lots of Characters
- By BFAV on 07-08-21
By: J.A. Armstrong
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The Parting Glass
- By: Gina Marie Guadagnino
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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By day, Mary Ballard is dutiful lady’s maid to Charlotte Walden, a wealthy and accomplished belle of New York City high society. But Charlotte would never trust Mary again if she knew the truth about her devoted servant’s past....
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Brilliant
- By Jerilyn on 03-22-19
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Skye Falling
- A Novel
- By: Mia McKenzie
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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When she was twenty-six and broke, Skye didn’t think twice before selling her eggs and happily pocketing the cash. Now approaching forty, Skye still moves through life entirely—and unrepentantly—on her own terms....
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BEST BOOK EVER!!!!
- By Shenelle Williams on 07-08-21
By: Mia McKenzie
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The Heart's Invisible Furies
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 21 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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From the beloved best-selling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in postwar Ireland....
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Great book
- By Natalie Rad on 06-05-19
By: John Boyne
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Southernmost
- By: Silas House
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In the aftermath of a flood that washes away much of a small Tennessee town, evangelical preacher Asher Sharp offers shelter to two gay men. In doing so, he starts to see his life anew - and risks losing everything....
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Wonderful
- By Jane G. on 10-28-18
By: Silas House
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The Town of Babylon
- A Novel
- By: Alejandro Varela
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A debut novel about domestic malaise and suburban decline, following Andrés, a gay Latinx professor, returning to his hometown for a 20-year high school reunion....
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I will think about The Town of Babylon for a long time.
- By Ian Huntington on 05-20-22
By: Alejandro Varela
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All the Things We Don't Talk About
- By: Amy Feltman
- Narrated by: Sagan Chen
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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A story of betrayal and trauma alongside queer love and resilience, All the Things We Don’t Talk About follows a neurodivergent father, his nonbinary teenager, and the sudden, catastrophic reappearance of the woman who abandoned them....
By: Amy Feltman
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After Francesco
- By: Brian Malloy
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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From acclaimed author Brian Malloy comes a stunning novel of love, friendship, and surviving the deepest loss, set in New York City and Minneapolis in 1988, at the peak of the AIDS crisis....
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I resist superlatives
- By Alceste on 08-16-21
By: Brian Malloy
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Whispers Through a Megaphone
- By: Rachel Elliott
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Miriam hasn't left her house in three years, and cannot raise her voice above a whisper. But today she has had enough, and is finally ready to rejoin the outside world....
By: Rachel Elliott
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Stray City
- A Novel
- By: Chelsey Johnson
- Narrated by: Natalie Moore
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty-four-year-old artist Andrea Morales escaped her Midwestern Catholic childhood - and the closet - to create a home and life for herself within the thriving but insular lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon....
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Interesting, Human
- By Lindsay Christensen on 05-29-20
By: Chelsey Johnson
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The Suicide of Claire Bishop
- A Novel
- By: Carmiel Banasky
- Narrated by: Carol Monda, Will Damron
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Greenwich Village, 1959. Claire Bishop sits for a portrait - a gift from her husband - only to discover that what the artist has actually depicted is Claire's suicide....
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Don't let the title scare you off
- By MemorizingPharmacology on 02-13-17
By: Carmiel Banasky
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The Old Place
- By: Bobby Finger
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. For the first time in nearly four decades, Mary Alice Roth is not getting ready for the first day of school at Billington High....
By: Bobby Finger
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A Place Called Winter
- By: Patrick Gale
- Narrated by: Patrick Gale
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape, under the threat of war, madness, and an evil man of undeniable magnetism, that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry Cane an inner strength....
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beautiful story
- By Sherri J. Delgado on 06-03-17
By: Patrick Gale
New releases
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Keya Das's Second Act
- By: Sopan Deb
- Narrated by: Ulka Simone Mohanty
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In his fifties, Shantanu Das finds himself isolated from his traditional Bengali community after a devastating divorce from his wife, Chaitali; he hasn’t spoken to his eldest daughter Mitali in months; and most painfully, he lives each day with the regret that he didn’t accept his teenaged daughter Keya after she came out as gay. As the anniversary of Keya’s death approaches, Shantanu wakes up one morning utterly alone in his suburban New Jersey home and realizes it’s time to move on. This is when Shantanu discovers a tucked-away box in the attic that could change everything.
By: Sopan Deb
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This Way Out
- By: Tufayel Ahmed
- Narrated by: Rohan Rakhit
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Amar can’t wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he’s found The One, and he’s getting married. But it turns out announcing his engagement on a group chat might not have been the best way to let his strict Muslim Bangladeshi family know that his happy-ever-after partner is a man—and a white man at that.Â
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more physical descriptions of male leads
- By Carey kelley on 07-05-22
By: Tufayel Ahmed
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Who You Might Be
- By: Leigh N. Gallagher
- Narrated by: Aven Shore
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Told in three distinct, brilliantly interlocking narratives, Leigh Gallagher’s Who You Might Be is a fiercely original debut that takes listeners from 1990s Southern California to a UFOlogist holdout in the Nevada desert, the graffiti underworld of Detroit, and the self-important Brooklyn art scene to present an unflinching examination of trauma.
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The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them…in small doses, with their parents there to handle the tears and tricky questions. So when tragedy strikes and Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian, he is, honestly, overwhelmed.Â
By: Steven Rowley
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All the Things We Don't Talk About
- By: Amy Feltman
- Narrated by: Sagan Chen
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Morgan Flowers just wants to hide. Raised by their neurodivergent father, Morgan has grown up haunted by the absence of their mysterious mother, Zoe, especially now, as they navigate their gender identity and the turmoil of first love. Their father, Julian, has raised Morgan with care, but he can’t quite fill the gap left by the dazzling and destructive Zoe, who fled to Europe on Morgan’s first birthday. And when Zoe is dumped by her girlfriend Brigid, she suddenly comes crashing back into Morgan and Julian’s lives.
By: Amy Feltman
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The Day Eazy-E Died
- B-Boy Blues, Book 4
- By: James Earl Hardy
- Narrated by: Armani Williams
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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March 1995. As Raheim “Pooquie” Rivers juggles his increasingly hectic schedule as a supermodel, he is rocked by the news that one of his idols, NWA founder Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, has AIDS. His complacency shattered, Raheim gets tested for HIV but keeps it a secret from his boyfriend, Mitchell “Little Bit” Crawford. Meanwhile, life goes on: his son struggles in a new school and his high school sweetheart falls in love with a new man, while Mitchell becomes concerned about his moodiness and withdrawal. Â
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Narration Saved the Day
- By YNBeshier on 06-16-22
By: James Earl Hardy
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Keya Das's Second Act
- By: Sopan Deb
- Narrated by: Ulka Simone Mohanty
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In his fifties, Shantanu Das finds himself isolated from his traditional Bengali community after a devastating divorce from his wife, Chaitali; he hasn’t spoken to his eldest daughter Mitali in months; and most painfully, he lives each day with the regret that he didn’t accept his teenaged daughter Keya after she came out as gay. As the anniversary of Keya’s death approaches, Shantanu wakes up one morning utterly alone in his suburban New Jersey home and realizes it’s time to move on. This is when Shantanu discovers a tucked-away box in the attic that could change everything.
By: Sopan Deb
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This Way Out
- By: Tufayel Ahmed
- Narrated by: Rohan Rakhit
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Story
Amar can’t wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he’s found The One, and he’s getting married. But it turns out announcing his engagement on a group chat might not have been the best way to let his strict Muslim Bangladeshi family know that his happy-ever-after partner is a man—and a white man at that.Â
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more physical descriptions of male leads
- By Carey kelley on 07-05-22
By: Tufayel Ahmed
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Who You Might Be
- By: Leigh N. Gallagher
- Narrated by: Aven Shore
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Told in three distinct, brilliantly interlocking narratives, Leigh Gallagher’s Who You Might Be is a fiercely original debut that takes listeners from 1990s Southern California to a UFOlogist holdout in the Nevada desert, the graffiti underworld of Detroit, and the self-important Brooklyn art scene to present an unflinching examination of trauma.
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The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them…in small doses, with their parents there to handle the tears and tricky questions. So when tragedy strikes and Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian, he is, honestly, overwhelmed.Â
By: Steven Rowley
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All the Things We Don't Talk About
- By: Amy Feltman
- Narrated by: Sagan Chen
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Morgan Flowers just wants to hide. Raised by their neurodivergent father, Morgan has grown up haunted by the absence of their mysterious mother, Zoe, especially now, as they navigate their gender identity and the turmoil of first love. Their father, Julian, has raised Morgan with care, but he can’t quite fill the gap left by the dazzling and destructive Zoe, who fled to Europe on Morgan’s first birthday. And when Zoe is dumped by her girlfriend Brigid, she suddenly comes crashing back into Morgan and Julian’s lives.
By: Amy Feltman
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The Day Eazy-E Died
- B-Boy Blues, Book 4
- By: James Earl Hardy
- Narrated by: Armani Williams
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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March 1995. As Raheim “Pooquie” Rivers juggles his increasingly hectic schedule as a supermodel, he is rocked by the news that one of his idols, NWA founder Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, has AIDS. His complacency shattered, Raheim gets tested for HIV but keeps it a secret from his boyfriend, Mitchell “Little Bit” Crawford. Meanwhile, life goes on: his son struggles in a new school and his high school sweetheart falls in love with a new man, while Mitchell becomes concerned about his moodiness and withdrawal. Â
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Narration Saved the Day
- By YNBeshier on 06-16-22
By: James Earl Hardy