Short Stories bestsellers

"5-Minute Ada Twist, Scientist Stories"

The Questioneers

By: Gabrielle Meyer
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

"Revisit some of your favorite episodes of the Netflix series in audio for the first time with this storybook collection. Each of the twelve stories retells a beloved episode from the show, making it perfect for when it’s time to settle down for bed or spend some time away from screens." Read more

The History of Sound

Stories

By: Ben Shattuck
Narrated by: Ben Shattuck, Zachary Chastain, Paul Mescal, Dion Graham, Ellen Adair, Steven Jay Cohen, Jim Seybert, Dawn Harvey, Chris Cooper, Rebecca Lowman, Jenny Slate, Ed Helms & Nick Offerman
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“The History of Sound may be 9 1/2 hours long, but go ahead and plan on 19 hours because once you’ve been entranced by the final interwoven story in this collection, you’ll likely start right back at the beginning. With no question, this was my best audiobook of 2024. Read more

Table for Two

Fictions

By: Amor Towles
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & J. Smith-Cameron
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

“I like very few short story collections. I can literally count them on one hand. This maybe completes the hand, as the fifth. And honestly I think it's because Towles is SUCH a talented writer. I bookmarked numerous places in my audiobook that I want to transfer to my print copy because I loved how he wrote something and want to be able to look... Read more

Look Under Rocks Children's Audiobook Bundle

DayDreaming Children's Book Bundles: Book #2

By: Lois Wickstrom
Narrated by: Brian Dewar McNamara
Length: 1 hour

A magical audiobook collection where beloved fairy tale characters combine their enchanted worlds and dive into the thrilling realm of science and experiments. From Chicken Little to the Three Little Pigs and more, this collection is perfect for curious minds and fans of both fairy tales and scientific discovery. These timeless stories come to... Read more

Little Bible Stories

By: Various
Narrated by: Elizabeth Cottle
Length: 39 minutes

Introducing youngsters to classic Bible stories, this collection features four beloved tales of courage, friendship and imagination! Kids will love hearing the story of David as he faces Goliath, and following Jonah, as they learn the importance of bravery. The Good Samaritan teaches kindness to all, while Joseph's coat of many colors leads him... Read more

Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #38

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, Isla Blair & Simon Vance
Length: 35 hours 4 minutes

At last, a single volume that gathers together all of the short stories featuring Agatha Christie's most famous creation, Hercule Poirot. The dapper, mustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head and curious mannerisms has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century—and, in his own humble opinion, is ""probably the... Read more

Exhalation

Stories

By: Ted Chiang
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Dominic Hoffman, Amy Landon & Ted Chiang
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

“WOW. My first experience with Ted Chiang absolutely blew me out of the water. Each story left me with wide eyes and a racing mind, running to my husband to read a passage so we could both be knocked over with wonder. Exhalation filled me with so many questions about our collective past, present, and future, I’ll be coming back to this book again... Read more

James Herriot's Treasury for Children

Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small

By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Jim Dale
Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Children have always found a delightful friend in James Herriot. His award-winning stories for young readers bring the farmyard world of Herriot's Yorkshire to vibrant life. Featuring a host of adorable animals and colorful townsfolk, each of the stories is narrated by the country vet himself, with all of the warmth, caring, and good humor that... Read more

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

A Miss Marple Collection

Miss Marple Mysteries: Book #13

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Miss Marple: The Complete Story Collection gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It’s an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form fiction in the crime fiction field, and is... Read more

Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship

Stories from India

By: Chitra Soundar
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Being a wise and just ruler is no easy task. That’s what Prince Veera discovers when he and his best friend, Suku, are given the opportunity to preside over the court of his father, King Bheema. Some of the subjects’ complaints are easily addressed, but others are much more challenging. How should they handle the case of the greedy merchant who... Read more

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

By: George Saunders
Narrated by: George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, BD Wong & Renée Elise Goldsberry
Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

“In this literal master class on literature and writing, Saunders earnestly yet playfully dissects 19th-century Russian short stories to discover how they exude life to this very day, while highlighting methods any aspiring writer can employ. The huge bonus: reading the wondrous stories themselves, and experiencing Tolstoy’s authority, Chekhov’s... Read more

Her Body and Other Parties

Stories

By: Carmen Maria Machado
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

“Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado is a blend of urban legends and horror stories all focusing on the roles women play in society. Machado writes in the most beautiful, haunting way, and each story is truly unique and almost always a little uncomfortable. Read more

Skeleton Crew

Stories

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King, Dylan Baker, Kyle Beltran, Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael C. Hall, Paul Giamatti, Dana Ivey, Will Patton, Robert Petkoff, David Morse, Lois Smith & Frances Sternhagen
Length: 22 hours 29 minutes

Includes the story “The Monkey”—now a major motion picture!

The #1 New York Times bestseller—a mesmerizing treasury of short stories by Stephen King.

An eerie-looking child’s toy harbors an unimaginable evil. A supermarket is unexpectedly the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. A trip to the attic becomes a journey to... Read more

The Velveteen Rabbit

By: Margery Williams
Narrated by: Tamaryn Payne
Length: 29 minutes

This classic and moving story shines light on the supernatural powers of genuine love.  Margery Williams beautifully portrays the desire to be fully known and fully loved as the thing that makes one feel most real.  The little toy rabbit, forgotten and aging, learns he can only truly experience life through the love of a child.  After finally... Read more

The Anne of Green Gables Collection

Anne Shirley Books 1-6 and Avonlea Short Stories

Anne of Green Gables

By: L. M. Montgomery
Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes & Kate Handford
Length: 73 hours 17 minutes

Fans of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are all eight of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Chronicles of Avonlea, and Further Chronicles of Avonlea.... Read more

Galatea

By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Ruth Wilson
Length: 46 minutes

“The audio version of this is nothing short of magical. Completely captivating, and it made me view Pygmalion and My Fair Lady in an entirely new light. Fiercely feminist and the voice actor deserves an award. The perfect quick listen! Read more

White Cat, Black Dog

Stories

By: Kelly Link
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Dan Stevens, Dominic Hoffman, Kristen Sieh, Ish Klein, Tanya Cubric & Patton Oswalt
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

“Kelly Link is a national treasure. These stories are like prismatically unsettled and modern versions of familiar tales, equipping each eerie element with a hefty dose of the banal, like any of these tales can happen in your living room--even if they're mired in a post-apocalyptic wasteland or peopled by robots on an abandoned asteroid. Stunning... Read more

If I Survive You

By: Jonathan Escoffery
Narrated by: Torian Brackett
Length: 8 hours

“A compelling collection of stories about blended identities, race, parental favoritism and financial struggles. A Jamaican family moves to Miami, but their youngest son struggles to fit in, constantly wondering who he is, always feeling like an outsider even within his own family. Beautiful writing. Read more

Three Act Tragedy

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #10

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

In Agatha Christie’s classic, Three Act Tragedy, the normally unflappable Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling investigation: the seemingly motiveless murder of the thirteenth guest at dinner party, who choked to death on a cocktail containing not a trace of poison.Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests... Read more

Pastoralia

By: George Saunders
Narrated by: George Saunders
Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

A stunning collection including the story "Sea Oak," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny," George Saunders gives us, in... Read more

Flights

Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner

By: Olga Tokarczuk
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE

A visionary work of fiction by "A writer on the level of W. G. Sebald" (Annie Proulx)

"A magnificent writer." — Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize-winning author of Secondhand Time

"A beautifully fragmented... Read more

Partners in Crime

A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries: Book #2

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are Partners in Crime—or rather partners in crime solving—and must demonstrate their deductive skills in a wide range of confounding cases after agreeing to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency.Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over... Read more

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream and Other Works

By: Harlan Ellison
Narrated by: Luis Moreno
Length: 19 hours 20 minutes

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream In a post-apocalyptic world, four men and one woman are all that remain of the human race, brought to near extinction by an artificial intelligence. Programmed to wage war on behalf of its creators, the AI became self-aware and turned against humanity. The five survivors are prisoners, kept alive and subjected... Read more

Evil Under the Sun

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #22

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: David Suchet
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

The classic Evil Under the Sun, one of the most famous of Agatha Christie’s Poirot investigations, has the fastidious sleuth on the trail of the killer of a sun-bronzed beauty whose death brings some rather shocking secrets into the light.The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay face down on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and... Read more

Brief Cases

Dresden Files

By: Jim Butcher
Narrated by: James Marsters, Jim Butcher, Cassandra Campbell, Julia Whelan & Oliver Wyman
Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

An all-new Dresden Files story headlines this urban fantasy short story collection starring the Windy City's favorite wizard.

The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue--and creatures of all supernatural stripes. And you'll make their intimate acquaintance as Harry delves into the dark side of truth,... Read more

Cat Among the Pigeons

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #32

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Murder is part of the curriculum at an exclusive school for girls in Agatha Christie’s Cat Among the Pigeons, as the intrepid Poirot sets out to bring a stealthy killer to justice.Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they... Read more

A Caribbean Mystery

A Miss Marple Mystery

Miss Marple Mysteries: Book #9

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

The delightful Miss Marple is ensnared in A Caribbean Mystery when a retired military man sparks her curiosity with a photograph and a strange story of a murdererAs Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever... Read more

Ladies’ Lunch

And Other Stories

By: Lore Segal
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

"For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature . . ." —The New York Times



Beloved New Yorker writer Lore Segal, at ninety-five years old, is a national treasure. Working at the height of her powers, in this story collection she turns her gimlet eye and compassionate humor on aging and... Read more

The Moving Finger

A Miss Marple Mystery

Miss Marple Mysteries: Book #3

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

The indomitable sleuth Miss Marple is led to a small town with shameful secrets in Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Moving Finger.  Lymstock is a town with more than its share of scandalous secrets—a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir.But all that changes when one of the recipients,... Read more

The Secret Adversary & N or M?

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great AudiobookThe Secret AdversaryFrom the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS.Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they... Read more

Mickey & Friends

Disney Audiobook Library

By: Disney Book Group
Narrated by: Disney Book Group
Length: 23 minutes

This Mickey & Friends collection features Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and the whole gang in “Gone Surfin'”, “Lost and Found”, “Mickey's Rafting Trip”, and “Chef Mickey”.In “Gone Surfin’”, it’s the perfect day for the beach, and Goofy teaches Mickey and the gang how to surf. Join Mickey and friends as they set out to catch some waves!In “Lost and... Read more

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Volume 1

By: Lydia Davis
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer, Mia Barron & Jonathan Davis
Length: 21 hours 1 minute

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A LOS ANGELES TIMES FICTION FAVORITE FOR 2009 A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST BOOK OF 2009 Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers, a storyteller celebrated for her emotional acuity, her formal inventiveness, and her ability to capture the mind in overdrive. She has been called... Read more

Shifting Shadows

Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson

Mercy Thompson Series

By: Patricia Briggs
Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author—including four all-new, original stories from the world of Mercy Thompson.Mercy Thompson’s world just got a whole lot bigger…A collection of all-new and previously published short stories featuring Mercy Thompson, “one of the best heroines in the urban fantasy genre today” (Fiction Vixen Book... Read more

Rainy Day Stories

Bumper Short Story Collections: Book #66

By: Enid Blyton
Narrated by: Beth Eyre & George Greenland
Length: 4 hours

Pull on your welly boots for these short stories by the world's best-loved story teller. Ideal for children aged 5 and up!

In this charming collection by Enid Blyton, children stumble upon secret rooms on rainy days and gnomes pretend they can forecast the weather. The rain may be pouring down in these stories, but there's plenty of mischief and... Read more

Back To School Bundle

DayDreaming Children's Book Bundles: Book #1

By: The DayDreaming Network
Narrated by: DayDreaming Narrators
Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

This collection of Children's Audiobook includes these amazing titles: Walkout by Tina Shepardson Jane Escapes to the Jungle of Individuality by Jennifer Nestor Dax's Adventures by Tyrice Cartwright Speechless by Thomas Ray Garcia and Matt Eventoff The Flower Girl by Nicole Patrice Thomas The Girl Dad by Liesl Schuh Queen Vernita Finds More... Read more

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #4

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the ""Best Crime Novel of all Time""Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christie’s ten favorite novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been... Read more

She's Always Hungry

Stories

By: Eliza Clark
Narrated by: Kevin Shen, Sam Stafford, Natalie Simpson, Chipo Chung & Eliza Clark
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ""BEST HORROR FICTION OF 2024""From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists, comes a fierce, visionary and darkly comic story collection.A woman welcomes a parasite into her body.A teenager longs for perfect skin.A scientist tends to fragile... Read more

Green Frog

Stories

By: Gina Chung
Narrated by: Jeena Yi, Sue Jean Kim & Hannah Choi
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

ONE OF NPR'S 2024 "BOOKS WE LOVE"

From the author of Sea Change comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival.

"The stories hit, each one, and land with such seeming perfection. Chung’s book sits next to my all-time favorite story collections by masters of the... Read more

Nightmares & Dreamscapes

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Multiple readers
Length: 26 hours 55 minutes

Includes the story “It Grows on You”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

The classic short story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.

A wrong turn on a lonely road lands a wayward couple in Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon, where there’s no escaping the free nightly concert….A novelty toy becomes an... Read more

Monstrous Affections

An Anthology of Beastly Tales

By: Kelly Link (Editor)
Narrated by: Amy Rubinate & Nick Podehl
Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Predatory kraken that sing with—and for—their kin; band members and betrayed friends who happen to be demonic; harpies as likely to attract as to repel. Welcome to a world where humans live side-by-side with monsters, from vampires both nostalgic and bumbling, to an eight-legged alien who makes tea. Here you'll find mercurial forms that burrow... Read more

The Stories of Eva Luna

By: Isabel Allende
Narrated by: Samantha Desz, Cynthia Farrell, Gibson Frazier, Joy Osmanski & Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 9 hours

Told in the voice of Isabel Allende’s beloved character Eva Luna, a “distinctive, powerful, and haunting” (Los Angeles Times) collection of short fiction by one of the most iconic and acclaimed writers of our time.

Eva Luna is a young woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Lying in bed with her European lover, refugee... Read more

Dangerous Laughter

By: Steven Millhauser
Narrated by: Adam Grupper, Sharon Washington, George Guidall, Jim Frangione & Andy Paris
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

In this acclaimed collection of short stories, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Millhauser shares the dark suspense and humor that have gained him a cult following. Millhauser's imagination and creativity are on full display with stories featuring artists gone mad, egomaniacal architects, and a historical society that's given up its... Read more

Contes catalans d'avui i de sempre

By: Cesk Freixas
Narrated by: Cesk Freixas, Bernat Quintana & Miranda Gas
Length: 43 minutes

Un recopilatori de relats tradicionals convertits en contemporanis per un dels cantautors catalans més estimats: en Cesk Freixas. L'autor narra les introduccions de tots els contes a partir d'anècdotes personals, acompanyat de música composada i interpretada per ell mateix. La tradició catalana està farcida de rondalles per explicar a l'hora... Read more

Lucky the Dog and Other Tales from the Farm

A Farms for City Children Book

By: Michael Morpurgo
Narrated by: Lizzie Waterworth
Length: 48 minutes

A charming story collection from Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees – full of friendship and adventure, and perfect to read together Find out how Elvis the donkey helps a trapped sea turtle, meet all the extraordinary animals of Wick Court through J's letters and watch as a special... Read more

Night of the Living Rez

By: Morgan Talty
Narrated by: Darrell Dennis
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

“The twelve stories intersect creating more of a novel than a set of separate stories. I love the characters--Paige, Frick, Fellis, grandmother, mom, Tyson, and JP, all of them doing the best they can under the circumstances. I think what I love most is that the stories are told without judgment or snark but with compassion and understanding.... Read more

Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz

Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer

By: Garth Nix
Narrated by: David Linski
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

""I loved making the acquaintance of SirHereward and Mister Fitz. If you haven't met them yet, you are in for a treat. They are the best partnership in the world of fantasy since Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.” — George R.R. Martin, co-editor “A Cargo of Ivories”New York Times bestselling author Garth Nix’s exciting adult debut: a new collection... Read more

The Body in the Library

A Miss Marple Mystery

Miss Marple Mysteries: Book #2

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Stephanie Cole
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

The iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Body in the Library.It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she... Read more

A Deadly Affair

Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Mystery

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Judith Boyd, David Suchet, Hugh Fraser & Joan Hickson
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

“[We] can’t get enough of Christie’s plush and murderous thrills.” —Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Queen of Mystery—this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing.Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the... Read more

The Office of Historical Corrections

A Novella and Stories

By: Danielle Evans
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nicole Lewis, Brittany Pressley, Shayna Small, January LaVoy, Adenrele Ojo & Janina Edwards
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

“I have been holding my breath for Danielle Evans’ next book of short stories since Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, and The Office of Historical Corrections was worth the wait. She delivers the same great storytelling, insight, and sharp cultural commentary. Her touch on themes usually associated with older people, such as redemption,... Read more

Florida

By: Lauren Groff
Narrated by: Lauren Groff
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

“This collection of stories, read by the author, is impeccable. Lauren Groff weaves her way through many lives and many circumstances in a way that makes everyday life experiences climactic yet accessible. The sound, timber and cadence of her voice as she speaks her own words to the listener is spellbinding. If you are looking for an intimate... Read more