Named One Of Audible’s TOP 20 Audiobooks of 2023!

Named one of Audiofile Magazine’s Best Audiobooks of 2023

DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR by Alison Bechdel, Madeleine George

an Audible Original, for Audible Studios

Stars Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, Roxane Gay, Jenn Colella & a full cast

Before The L Word, before Ellen, there was Dykes To Watch Out For, a seminal comic-strip sensation about the lives and loves of one tight-knit dyke community that was a fixture in gay papers across America for 25 years. Alison Bechdel’s Dykes To Watch Out For is an American classic, brought hilariously to life in this new comedy by a star-studded crew, adapted by playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George, and directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman.

This full-cast audio adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s classic comic strip about the messy lives of a group of queer women in the 1980s is absolutely flawless. Music and sound effects, including protest chants and speeches, add vibrancy. A hilarious, heartfelt, and utterly compelling adaptation of a lesbian classic.

-Audiofile Magazine

An Audie Award-Winning Audiobook!

HERESY by Melissa Lenhardt

for Hachette Audio

"An all-out women-driven, queer, transgender, multiracial takeover of the Old West" (New York Times) Margaret Parker and Hattie LaCour never intended to turn outlaw. But with their small makeshift family, the gang pulls off a series of heists across the West. Though the newspapers refuse to give the female gang credit, their exploits don't go unnoticed. Now, Margaret and Hattie must find a way to protect their family, finish one last job, and avoid the hangman's noose.

A full cast offers variety and verisimilitude in this production of Melissa Lenhardt's take on a Western. The story features three late-nineteenth-century women who become outlaws after being robbed of their Colorado horse ranch. Englishwoman Margaret Parker (Barrie Kreinik), former slave Hatty LaCour (Ella Turenne), and ex-Pinkerton detective Claire Hamilton (Bailey Carr) tell their stories of living, loving, riding, and robbing. This is a diverting and unique tale about the Old West.

-Audiofile Magazine

One of Audible’s “Best of the Year” Audiobooks in 2023

I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF by Marisa Crane

for Blackstone Audio

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself is a bold debut novel that examines the long shadow of grief, the hard work of parenting, and the power of queer resistance. Dept. of Speculation meets Black Mirror in this lyrical, speculative debut about a queer mother raising her daughter in an unjust surveillance state.

“Bailey Carr gently narrates this dystopian audiobook. Carr voices Kris's grief with realism and depth, and expresses her pride in her daughter as she grows. Carr's voice for Kris's daughter is adorably youthful and strong; she never lets a cruel world dampen her spirit. Caught between grieving and trying to find joy despite a government that is watching their every move, these characters will resonate with listeners.”

-Audiofile Magazine

STAY AND FIGHT by Madeline ffitch

for Macmillan Audio

Set in a region known for its independent spirit, Stay and Fight shakes up what it means to be a family, to live well, to make peace with nature and make deals with the system. It is a marvel of storytelling that both breaks with tradition and celebrates it. Madeline ffitch's Stay and Fight forces us to reimagine an Appalachia - and an America - we think we know. And it takes us, laughing and fighting, into a new understanding of what it means to love and to be free.

“The narrators' portrayal of this makeshift family captures the rhythm and tone of lost young people who are trying to survive. These flawed, cantankerous, and fiercely independent characters in search of peace are perfectly delivered by Amoss and Carr.”

-Audiofile Magazine

LOVESICK BLOSSOMS by Julia Watts

for Penguin Audio

In a small Kentucky college town in 1953, two married women desperately fall in love with each other, until a moment of indiscretion threatens to destroy both their lives. When Samuel meets a new professor’s wife, Frances, at a faculty party, she soon falls in love, and learns the difficulty of discretion in a small town—with tragic consequences. Lovesick Blossoms is a compelling, emotional queer tale of power and passion.

CICADA SUMMER by Erica McKeen

for Audible Studios

A woman, her grandfather, and her lover quarantine in the remote lakeside wilderness—where their world splits apart at the seams. As stories bleed into their cloistered life in the cabin, they must each reckon with loss, longing, and what it means to truly know another person. Incantatory and atmospheric, Cicada Summer is a dazzlingly original novel about how we grieve and care for one another.