Best sellers
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Untamed
- By: Glennon Doyle
- Narrated by: Glennon Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, best-selling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep....
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Shockingly shallow and self-centered
- By G. Scimeca on 03-11-20
By: Glennon Doyle
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Boy Erased
- A Memoir
- By: Garrard Conley
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small-town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality....
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Not What I’d Hoped
- By JayJay on 06-22-18
By: Garrard Conley
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Ten Steps to Nanette
- A Memoir Situation
- By: Hannah Gadsby
- Narrated by: Hannah Gadsby
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Multi-award-winning Hannah Gadsby broke comedy with her show Nanette when she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the defining moments in her life that led to the creation of Nanette and her powerful decision to tell the truth....
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An emotional connection
- By John on 04-23-22
By: Hannah Gadsby
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Unprotected
- A Memoir
- By: Billy Porter
- Narrated by: Billy Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is the story of a singular artist in his own words - a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, and art....
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I loved it
- By Arica Buchanan on 12-26-21
By: Billy Porter
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All In
- An Autobiography
- By: Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard, Maryanne Vollers
- Narrated by: Billie Jean King
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses a brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self....
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Wonderful Book
- By glass1748 on 08-25-21
By: Billie Jean King, and others
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This Much Is True
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure....
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Simply Brilliant
- By Stuart Huddart on 09-21-21
By: Miriam Margolyes
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Untamed
- By: Glennon Doyle
- Narrated by: Glennon Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, best-selling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep....
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Shockingly shallow and self-centered
- By G. Scimeca on 03-11-20
By: Glennon Doyle
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Boy Erased
- A Memoir
- By: Garrard Conley
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small-town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality....
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Not What I’d Hoped
- By JayJay on 06-22-18
By: Garrard Conley
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Ten Steps to Nanette
- A Memoir Situation
- By: Hannah Gadsby
- Narrated by: Hannah Gadsby
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Multi-award-winning Hannah Gadsby broke comedy with her show Nanette when she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the defining moments in her life that led to the creation of Nanette and her powerful decision to tell the truth....
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An emotional connection
- By John on 04-23-22
By: Hannah Gadsby
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Unprotected
- A Memoir
- By: Billy Porter
- Narrated by: Billy Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, Unprotected is the story of a singular artist in his own words - a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, and art....
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I loved it
- By Arica Buchanan on 12-26-21
By: Billy Porter
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All In
- An Autobiography
- By: Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard, Maryanne Vollers
- Narrated by: Billie Jean King
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In this inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses a brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self....
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Wonderful Book
- By glass1748 on 08-25-21
By: Billie Jean King, and others
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This Much Is True
- By: Miriam Margolyes
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning actor, creator of a myriad of memorable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure....
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Simply Brilliant
- By Stuart Huddart on 09-21-21
By: Miriam Margolyes
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I Was Better Last Night
- A Memoir
- By: Harvey Fierstein
- Narrated by: Harvey Fierstein
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Award-winning actor and playwright, revealing never-before-told stories of his personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, and of his fabled career....
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Loved it
- By Mary Ellen Guadagno on 03-09-22
By: Harvey Fierstein
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Theft by Finding
- Diaries (1977-2002)
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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For nearly four decades, David Sedaris has faithfully kept a diary in which he records his thoughts and observations on the odd and funny events he witnesses....
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A softer, sweeter Sedaris
- By Pamela J on 05-31-17
By: David Sedaris
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Miss Memory Lane
- A Memoir
- By: Colton Haynes
- Narrated by: Colton Haynes
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Four years ago, Colton Haynes woke up in a hospital. He’d had two seizures, lost the sight in one eye, almost ruptured a kidney, and been put on an involuntary psychiatry hold. Not yet thirty, he knew he had to take stock of his life and make some serious changes....
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Powerful and Cathartic
- By floyd on 06-04-22
By: Colton Haynes
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How Do I Un-Remember This?
- Unfortunately True Stories
- By: Danny Pellegrino
- Narrated by: Danny Pellegrino
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up in small-town Ohio isn't easy, particularly when you're a closeted gay kid surrounded by...no one openly gay. Luckily, Danny Pellegrino grew up in the '90s, coming of age when the internet opened up a whole new world....
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Absolutely hysterical
- By Harry on 03-10-22
By: Danny Pellegrino
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Lost & Found
- A Memoir
- By: Kathryn Schulz
- Narrated by: Kathryn Schulz
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Eighteen months before Kathryn Schulz’s beloved father died, she met the woman she would marry. In Lost & Found, she weaves the stories of those relationships into a brilliant exploration of how all our lives are shaped by loss and discovery....
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Exquisite
- By Sara Neufeld on 02-09-22
By: Kathryn Schulz
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Angela Davis
- An Autobiography
- By: Angela Davis
- Narrated by: Angela Davis
- Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison-abolitionist movements for more than 50 years....
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Outstanding!
- By Eryk on 02-28-22
By: Angela Davis
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Dry
- A Memoir
- By: Augusten Burroughs
- Narrated by: Augusten Burroughs
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants...
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The Wisdom to Know the Difference
- By W. Rodger Gantt on 11-13-06
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Baggage
- Tales from a Fully Packed Life
- By: Alan Cumming
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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There is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality and class and circumstances portended for me was not even remotely close to the one I now navigate. But logic is a science and living is an art....
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Entertaining but a little Helter-Skelter
- By Deborah N on 11-16-21
By: Alan Cumming
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In the Dream House
- A Memoir
- By: Carmen Maria Machado
- Narrated by: Carmen Maria Machado
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Devastatingly Beautiful
- By SeattleBookLover on 02-04-20
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Seriously...I'm Kidding
- By: Ellen DeGeneres
- Narrated by: Ellen DeGeneres
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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"I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share....
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Better live
- By Beth L. on 03-29-18
By: Ellen DeGeneres
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Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
- Essays
- By: Lauren Hough
- Narrated by: Cate Blanchett, Lauren Hough
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Searing and extremely personal essays, shot through with the darkest elements America can manifest, while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners....
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oh, you will listen and you will love it
- By j keller on 04-15-21
By: Lauren Hough
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Bi
- The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
- By: Julia Shaw
- Narrated by: Julia Shaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decades in regards to sexuality, the subject remains one of the most influential but least understood aspects of our lives....
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I’m so glad this book exists.
- By Austin Pierce on 06-28-22
By: Julia Shaw
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Growing Up Getty
- The Story of America's Most Unconventional Dynasty
- By: James Reginato
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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An enthralling and comprehensive look into the contemporary state of one of the wealthiest—and most misunderstood—family dynasties in the world, perfect for fans of Succession, The House of Gucci, The Cartiers, and Fortune’s Children....
By: James Reginato
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Fire Island
- A Century in the Life of an American Paradise
- By: Jack Parlett
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop....
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Mixed Bag of history and commetary
- By Dennis Hinkamp on 06-28-22
By: Jack Parlett
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The Life and Loves of a He Devil
- By: Graham Norton
- Narrated by: Graham Norton
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly 20 years....
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Read if you want to laugh-cry...
- By Nelly Norrell on 08-21-15
By: Graham Norton
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Mercury and Me
- By: Jim Hutton, Tim Wapshott
- Narrated by: Patrick Moy
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The relationship between Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton evolved over several months in 1984 and 1985. Even when they first slept together, Hutton had no idea who Mercury was, and, when the star told him his name, it meant nothing to him....
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Freddie's home life - A fantastic book
- By ACASSIDY on 02-04-19
By: Jim Hutton, and others
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Save Yourself
- Memoir
- By: Cameron Esposito
- Narrated by: Cameron Esposito
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Save Yourself is full of funny and insightful recollections about everything from coming out (at a Catholic college where sexual orientation wasn't in the nondiscrimination policy) to how joining the circus can help you become a better comic (so much nudity)....
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Beautiful, Relatable, Inspiring
- By Meagan on 10-15-20
By: Cameron Esposito
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The Book of Pride
- LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
- By: Mason Funk
- Narrated by: Mason Funk, Robin Miles, Eileen Stevens, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book of Pride captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen....
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Pure Joy for EVERYONE
- By Micah D on 06-03-19
By: Mason Funk
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The Secrets of My Life
- A History
- By: Caitlyn Jenner
- Narrated by: Caitlyn Jenner - exclusive introduction, Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In this remarkable memoir, former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community....
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Disappointed
- By candi smith on 08-27-17
By: Caitlyn Jenner
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Deaf Utopia
- A Memoir - and a Love Letter to a Way of Life
- By: Nyle DiMarco, Robert Siebert
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multigenerational Deaf family in Queens, New York. At the hospital one day after he was born, Nyle “failed” his first test—a hearing test....
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LOVE LOVE LOVE
- By Amazon Customer on 06-14-22
By: Nyle DiMarco, and others
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Gentleman Jack (Movie Tie-In)
- The Real Anne Lister
- By: Anne Choma, Sally Wainwright
- Narrated by: Eva Pope, Erin Shanager
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. This is her remarkable true story....
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A true pioneer on many levels
- By Dana on 05-18-19
By: Anne Choma, and others
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Confess
- The Autobiography
- By: Rob Halford, Ian Gittins
- Narrated by: Rob Halford
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, celebrates five decades of heavy metal in this tell-all memoir....
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Pretty small % of this book is about his music
- By JA3 on 12-17-20
By: Rob Halford, and others
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Punch Me Up to the Gods
- A Memoir
- By: Brian Broome
- Narrated by: Brian Broome, Robin Miles
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Punch Me Up to the Gods introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing up in Ohio as a dark-skinned Black boy harboring crushes on other boys propel forward this gorgeous, aching, and unforgettable debut....
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All I Can Say is Wow!
- By Sonya on 05-29-21
By: Brian Broome
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Most Talkative
- Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture
- By: Andy Cohen
- Narrated by: Andy Cohen
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The man behind the Real Housewives writes about his lifelong love affair with pop culture that brought him from the suburbs of St. Louis to his own television show....
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If you're depressed, listen to this book!!!
- By Roberta on 07-02-12
By: Andy Cohen
New releases
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Bi
- The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
- By: Julia Shaw
- Narrated by: Julia Shaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decades in regards to sexuality, the subject remains one of the most influential but least understood aspects of our lives. For psychologist and bestselling author Julia Shaw, this is both professional and personal—Shaw studies the science of sexuality and she herself is proudly and vocally bisexual. Despite statistics that show bisexuality is more common than homosexuality, bisexuality is often invisible.
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I’m so glad this book exists.
- By Austin Pierce on 06-28-22
By: Julia Shaw
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Fire Island
- A Century in the Life of an American Paradise
- By: Jack Parlett
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop. Now, poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination—its history, its meaning and its cultural significance—told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores.
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Mixed Bag of history and commetary
- By Dennis Hinkamp on 06-28-22
By: Jack Parlett
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This Body I Wore
- A Memoir
- By: Diana Goetsch
- Narrated by: Diana Goetsch
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Long before Laverne Cox appeared on the cover of Time, far removed from drag and ballroom culture, there were countless trans women living and dying as men, most of whom didn't even know they were trans. Diana Goetsch's This Body I Wore chronicles one woman's long journey to coming out, a path that runs parallel to the emergence of the trans community over the past several decades.
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Beautiful, Tender, Fierce
- By Sarah C on 06-17-22
By: Diana Goetsch
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Talking to the Moon
- By: Elena Vaytsel
- Narrated by: Louise Rook-Schofield
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A woman, groomed to be a wife and mother, discovers through her clandestine interaction with a free-spirited foreigner that she has a right to determine her own destiny. Every step Elena takes toward personal liberation is considered treason by her society, driving her deeper and deeper underground and threatening her escape from Russia. Elena Vaytsel is one of the two women featured in BBC's Outlook Weekend: The Voyage of Meg and Elena, and NPR's Snap Judgment: Kismet, for their escape from Russia and yearlong planet-crossing run for their lives and freedom.
By: Elena Vaytsel
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Brown Neon
- By: Raquel Gutierrez
- Narrated by: Raquel Gutierrez
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer family tree, Raquel Gutiérrez’s debut essay collection, Brown Neon, gleans insight from the sediment of land and relationships. For Gutiérrez, terrain is essential to understanding that no story, no matter how personal, is separate from the space where it unfolds.
By: Raquel Gutierrez
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Caught in the Act
- A Memoir
- By: Shane Jenek
- Narrated by: Shane Jenek
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Shane Jenek. Raised in the Brisbane suburbs by loving parents, Shane realises from a young age that he's not like all the other boys. At a performing arts agency, he discovers his passion for song, dance and performance, and makes a promise to himself: to find a bigger stage.
By: Shane Jenek
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Bi
- The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
- By: Julia Shaw
- Narrated by: Julia Shaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decades in regards to sexuality, the subject remains one of the most influential but least understood aspects of our lives. For psychologist and bestselling author Julia Shaw, this is both professional and personal—Shaw studies the science of sexuality and she herself is proudly and vocally bisexual. Despite statistics that show bisexuality is more common than homosexuality, bisexuality is often invisible.
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I’m so glad this book exists.
- By Austin Pierce on 06-28-22
By: Julia Shaw
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Fire Island
- A Century in the Life of an American Paradise
- By: Jack Parlett
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop. Now, poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination—its history, its meaning and its cultural significance—told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores.
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Mixed Bag of history and commetary
- By Dennis Hinkamp on 06-28-22
By: Jack Parlett
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This Body I Wore
- A Memoir
- By: Diana Goetsch
- Narrated by: Diana Goetsch
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Long before Laverne Cox appeared on the cover of Time, far removed from drag and ballroom culture, there were countless trans women living and dying as men, most of whom didn't even know they were trans. Diana Goetsch's This Body I Wore chronicles one woman's long journey to coming out, a path that runs parallel to the emergence of the trans community over the past several decades.
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Beautiful, Tender, Fierce
- By Sarah C on 06-17-22
By: Diana Goetsch
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Talking to the Moon
- By: Elena Vaytsel
- Narrated by: Louise Rook-Schofield
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A woman, groomed to be a wife and mother, discovers through her clandestine interaction with a free-spirited foreigner that she has a right to determine her own destiny. Every step Elena takes toward personal liberation is considered treason by her society, driving her deeper and deeper underground and threatening her escape from Russia. Elena Vaytsel is one of the two women featured in BBC's Outlook Weekend: The Voyage of Meg and Elena, and NPR's Snap Judgment: Kismet, for their escape from Russia and yearlong planet-crossing run for their lives and freedom.
By: Elena Vaytsel
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Brown Neon
- By: Raquel Gutierrez
- Narrated by: Raquel Gutierrez
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer family tree, Raquel Gutiérrez’s debut essay collection, Brown Neon, gleans insight from the sediment of land and relationships. For Gutiérrez, terrain is essential to understanding that no story, no matter how personal, is separate from the space where it unfolds.
By: Raquel Gutierrez
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Caught in the Act
- A Memoir
- By: Shane Jenek
- Narrated by: Shane Jenek
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Shane Jenek. Raised in the Brisbane suburbs by loving parents, Shane realises from a young age that he's not like all the other boys. At a performing arts agency, he discovers his passion for song, dance and performance, and makes a promise to himself: to find a bigger stage.
By: Shane Jenek
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Asylum
- A Memoir & Manifesto
- By: Edafe Okporo
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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On the eve of Edafe Okporo’s 26th birthday, he was awoken to a violent mob outside his window in Abuja, Nigeria. The mob threatened his life after discovering the secret Edafe had been hiding for years—that he is a gay man. Left with no other choice, he purchased a one-way plane ticket to New York City and fled for his life. Asylum is Edafe’s eye-opening, thought-provoking memoir and manifesto, which documents his experiences growing up gay in Nigeria, fleeing to America, navigating the immigration system, and making a life for himself as a Black, gay immigrant.
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Emotional Read
- By Sarah Sherwood on 06-14-22
By: Edafe Okporo
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Miss Memory Lane
- A Memoir
- By: Colton Haynes
- Narrated by: Colton Haynes
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Four years ago, Colton Haynes woke up in a hospital. He’d had two seizures, lost the sight in one eye, almost ruptured a kidney, and been put on an involuntary psychiatry hold. Not yet thirty, he knew he had to take stock of his life and make some serious changes if he wanted to see his next birthday. As he worked towards sobriety, Haynes allowed himself to become vulnerable for the first time in years and with that, discovered profound self-awareness. Now, Colton bravely pulls back the curtain on his life and career, revealing the incredible highs and devastating lows.
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Powerful and Cathartic
- By floyd on 06-04-22
By: Colton Haynes
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Antiman
- A Hybrid Memoir
- By: Rajiv Mohabir
- Narrated by: Rajiv Mohabir
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up a Guyanese Indian immigrant in Central Florida, Rajiv Mohabir is fascinated by his family’s stifled Hindu history and the legacy of his ancestors, who were indentured laborers on British sugarcane plantations. In Toronto he sits at the feet of Aji, his unlettered grandmother, listening to stories and songs in her Caribbean Bhojpuri. By now Aji’s eleven children have immigrated to North America and busied themselves with ascension, Christianity, and the erasure of their heritage. But Rajiv wants to know more: where did he come from, and why does he feel so out of place?
By: Rajiv Mohabir
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Any Kind of Luck at All
- A Memoir
- By: Mary Fairhurst Breen
- Narrated by: Mary Fairhurst Breen
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In her bittersweet memoir, Mary Fairhurst Breen sketches scenes from a life darkened by generations of mental illness and addiction. Despite the odds, Mary’s sense of humor and willingness to practice “radical acceptance” see her through the chaos to a life full of friends, art, and the joys of being a grandmother. Ultimately, she must face her greatest challenge of all when her daughter becomes one of the tens of thousands of people every year to die of opioid poisoning. This is a journey of awakening and activism, and a portrait of a life to be celebrated in all its complexity.
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“Mister, Are You a Lady?”
- By: Roi Barnard
- Narrated by: Andrew Charlton
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A story of rough beginnings as I struggled to find gender and sexual identity in a small country town in North Carolina in the 1940s and '50s. I found my way to fame and fortune. My goal in sharing this is to help someone who may find themselves in a similar situation. You can survive.
By: Roi Barnard
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The Wisdom of Guncles
- By: Michael Dumlao
- Narrated by: Michael Dumlao
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The Wisdom of Guncles is about queer people and our relationship with family—however we choose to define it. Featuring a diverse pantheon of gay uncles (“guncles”) and other queer mentors, these stories offer unique perspectives about life, love, and personal empowerment. With each chapter, I examine what various LGBTQ+ experiences teach about disrupting norms, exploring identity, and creating chosen families that affirm one’s truth.
By: Michael Dumlao
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Brace for Impact
- A Memoir
- By: Gabe Montesanti
- Narrated by: Gabe Montesanti
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up queer in a conservative Midwestern town, Gabe Montesanti never felt comfortable in her own skin. A competitive swimmer, she turned to perfectionism and self-control to create a sense of safety, only to develop an eating disorder and constantly second-guess her instincts. When she enters graduate school in St. Louis, she is determined to put the baggage of her childhood behind her.
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All the feels
- By Amazon Customer on 06-02-22
By: Gabe Montesanti
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Buddy Babylon
- The Autobiography of Buddy Cole
- By: Scott Thompson, Paul Bellini
- Narrated by: Scott Thompson
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Buddy Cole, the acid-tongued raconteur created by comedian Scott Thompson, earned international fame as one of the most beloved characters on Kids in the Hall. Originally published in 1998, Buddy’s classic faux-memoir was a master class in pushing the envelope and pissing off the censors. Now, 20 years later, Scott Thompson is bringing Buddy back to the stage, with an international tour and also a reissue of Buddy Babylon, presented with new never-before-seen material, introducing Buddy to new generations.
By: Scott Thompson, and others
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Ma and Me
- A Memoir
- By: Putsata Reang
- Narrated by: Putsata Reang
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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When Putsata Reang was eleven months old, her family fled war-torn Cambodia, spending twenty-three days on an overcrowded navy vessel before finding sanctuary at an American naval base in the Philippines. Over the years, Put lived to please Ma and make her proud, hustling to repay her life debt by becoming the consummate good Cambodian daughter, working steadfastly by Ma’s side in the berry fields each summer and eventually building a successful career as an award-winning journalist. But Put's adoration and efforts are no match for Ma's expectations.
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Easy to listen.
- By Graziela Silva on 06-02-22
By: Putsata Reang