Short Stories audiobooks

Love in Color

By: Bolu Babalola

Narrated by: Ajjaz Awad, Nneka Okoye, Bolu Babalola & Olukem...

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER""Love stories by and about marginalized women . . . The heroines are strong and sure . . . Babalola’s writing shines.” — New York Times Book Review""Absolutely intoxicating."" — Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last StopA vibrant debut collection of love stories... Read more

Harbor Lights

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Gary Furlong, Matt Pittenger, Michael David Axt...

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke.

Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands... Read more

How to Pronounce Knife

By: Souvankham Thammavongsa

Narrated by: James Tang & Kulap Vilaysack

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Named one of the New York Times' "7 New Books to Watch Out for in April," this revelatory story collection honors characters struggling to find their bearings far from home, even as they do the necessary "grunt work of the world." In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's debut collection, a young girl brings a book home from school and... Read more

O City of Broken Dreams

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Performed by Blythe DannerHere is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York... Read more

Preface

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is the preface to the twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still... Read more

The Season of Divorce

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

The Sorrows of Gin

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

The Swimmer

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a... Read more

Guys Read: Funny Business

By: Jon Scieszka, Adam Rex, David Yoo, Paul Feig, K...

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Michael Boatman, John Keating,...

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Funny Business, the first volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make you spit your milk in your friend's face.There's something for everyone in this collection of short stories from some of the funniest writers around. This hilarious, offbeat first... Read more

Electric Barracuda

By: Tim Dorsey

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“Dorsey differs from writers such as Carl Hiassen, James Hall, and Elmore Leonard…These guys fire bullets. Dorsey makes sure his gun is filled with hollow-point.”
—Sarasota Herald TribuneReaders who can’t get enough of lovable serial killer Serge A. Storms can rejoice. He’s back in Electric Barracuda—the latest outrageous romp through the... Read more

Guys Read: ""What? You Think You Got It Rough?""

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: A Fistful of Feathers

By: David Yoo

Narrated by: John Keating

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: Artemis Begins

By: Eoin Colfer

Narrated by: John Keating

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: Best of Friends

By: Mac Barnett

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: The Bloody Souvenir

By: Jack Gantos

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: My Parents Give My Bedroom To a Biker

By: Paul Feig

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: Kid Appeal

By: David Lubar

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: Unaccompanied Minors

By: Jeff Kinney

Narrated by: John Keating

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: Will

By: Adam Rex

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Guys Read: Your Question For Author Here

By: Jon Scieszka

Narrated by: Kate DiCamillo & Jon Scieszka

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for... Read more

Storming the Castle: An Original Short Story

By: Eloisa James

Narrated by: Nicola Barber

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring the handsome and mysterious Wick from A Kiss At Midnight. What Miss Phillipa Damson needs is a good, old fashioned knight in shining armor. What she has is a fiancé she never wanted and a compelling urge to run away. But if she manages to escape, will she find her happily ever after? Read more

The Bite Before Christmas

By: Lynsay Sands & Jeaniene Frost

Narrated by: Paula Christensen & Tavia Gilbert

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

With The Bite Before Christmas, New York Times bestsellers Lynsay Sands and Jeaniene Frost—two of the hottest names in paranormal romance—team up for the first time to bring lucky readers a holiday anthology…with teeth! Here are delightful brand new stories featuring familiar faces from their enormously popular Argeneau family and Night Huntress... Read more

Guys Read: Thriller

By: Jon Scieszka

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Ramon de Ocampo, Steve West & ...

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A body on the tracksA teenage terroristA mysterious wish-granting machineThe world’s worst private detectiveThe second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. Featuring some of the best writers around, and compiled by certified guy Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Thriller is a... Read more

Gun Games

By: Faye Kellerman

Narrated by: Mitchell Greenberg

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

“[Kellerman] does for the American cop what P. D. James has done for the British mystery, lifting it beyond its genre.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch“No one working in the crime genre is better.”
—Baltimore SunIn Gun Games, the sensational Faye Kellerman once again showcases Peter Decker of the LAPD and Rina Lazarus, arguably the most popular husband... Read more