15 LGBTQ YA Audiobooks to Listen to in the Second Half of 2020

Margot has always lived alone with her manipulative, toxic mother, so when she finds clues pointing to the family she’s always wanted, she sets off to the strange town of Phalene and discovers twisted family secrets. Narrator Lauren Ezzo’s quiet, emotional style is a perfect fit for this book.

An atmospheric Southern Gothic about a girl named Shady Grove who inherited her dead father’s ability to summon ghosts with his fiddle. When her brother is accused of murder, she stops resisting the fiddle’s dark call in order to clear his name. This is the first of three books narrated by Jesse Vilinsky on this list.

I’ll admit I’m a sucker for stories about IRL enemies falling for each other behind secret online identities. Rhodes and Iliana are in fierce competition for a scholarship at their arts school, but are unknowingly collaborating on a webcomic via a fanfic site—and they’re starting to fall for each other. This one has dual narrators in Lori Prince and Jesse Vilinsky, which I think is vital for books with dual POVs of the same gender.

Honestly this perfect title is all the description I need. After Raina loses everything she based her life on and the all-boy Mock Trial team votes Millie out, they join forces to start an all-girl rival Mock Trial team determined to take down toxic masculinity. Narrator Khristine Hvam has performed over 300 audiobooks, including a brilliant reading of Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone series.

Releasing: August 18

A trans boy attempts to summon the ghost of his murdered cousin to prove himself to his traditional Latinx family. Instead, he accidentally summons the ghost of his school’s bad boy, who is determined to find out what happened to him. This appears to be narrator Avi Roque’s first audiobook.

Releasing: September 1

When Corinne’s secret girlfriend of a year dies, she’s left mourning a relationship no one in her life knew about. This book sounds guaranteed to make us cry, dealing with themes of loss, coming out, and living an honest life, even when it hurts. Prolific narrator Jesse Vilinsky is sure to deliver a heart-wrenching performance on this one.

Releasing: September 15

Xochitl has the ability to deliver troubled townspeople’s stories to the desert, absolving them of their guilt. But when she keeps a story, she takes a magical, dangerous journey across the desert with the daughter of her town’s cruel conqueror. Frankie Corzo, narrator of Mexican Gothic and many others, promises to deliver a delightful listening experience.

Releasing: September 15