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

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

Table for Two

Fictions

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

“Amor Towles fans will be delighted with this sophisticated, witty, set of six short stories and novella. The stories are filled with memorable, sharply-drawn characters who come vividly to life. These glimpses into the lives of of a varied cast New Yorkers - and of Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility are Towles at his best. 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

Galatea

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

“This slim volume packs a punch. The writing is gorgeous, the character development is astonishing given the brevity of the book, and the ending is gratifying. The audiobook read by Ruth Wilson is brilliantly narrated. 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

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

The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh

By: A.A. Milne
Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Geoffrey Palmer & Jane Horrocks
Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

WINNIE-THE-POOH
POOH GOES VISITING and other stories
Story 1 In which we are introduced
Story 2 In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place
Story 3 In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle
Story 4 In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one
Story 5 In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water
Story 6 In... 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

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

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

Antarctica

Stories

By: Claire Keegan
Narrated by: Sophie Roberts, Sheena May, Aidan Quinn & Aoife McMahon
Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

The compassionate, witty, and unsettling short stories collected here announced Claire Keegan as one of Ireland's most exciting and versatile new talents and earned comparison to the works of Joyce Carol Oates, Alison Lurie, Raymond Carver, and others. From the titular story about a married woman who takes a trip to the city with a single... 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

“I LOVED this immersive and interconnected book of New England stories, and the all-star cast takes it to another level. Chris Cooper reading the title story will have you weeping. Read more

Christmas Treats

Contains 29 classic Blyton tales

Bumper Short Story Collections: Book #13

By: Enid Blyton
Narrated by: Alex Wingfield & Nicky Diss
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Twenty-four of Enid Blyton's Christmas stories.

Visit Santa's workshop, hang up your stocking and help two naughty goblins make a Christmas pudding in this magical collection from the classic children's author. Stories include Mr Icy-Cold, The Christmas Party and Rescuing Santa Claus.

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Lake of Souls

The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 15 hours 15 minutes

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, forever changing its landscape with her groundbreaking ideas and powerful voice. Now, available for the first time comes the complete collection of Leckie's short fiction, including a brand new novelette, “Lake of Souls.”

Journey across the stars of... Read more

Murder in Mesopotamia

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #13

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Anna Massey
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Suspicious events at a Middle Eastern archaeological excavation site intrigue the great Hercule Poirot as he investigates Murder in Mesopotamia, a classic murder mystery from Agatha Christie.Amy Leatheram has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a... Read more

The ABC Murders

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #12

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

Now an Amazon Prime original limited series!Agatha Christie’s beloved classic The A.B.C. Murders sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer.There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic.A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for... Read more

Lord Edgware Dies

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #8

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

When Lord Edgware Dies a most unnatural death, detective Hercule Poirot must solve a most confounding conundrum: if the obvious killer, the slain peer’s spiteful wife, didn’t do it, who did? A classic from the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie.When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His estranged actress wife was seen... Read more

The World’s Worst Teachers

By: David Walliams
Narrated by: David Walliams, Helen McCrory, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Emma Fryer, James Goode, Adjoa Andoh & Paul Panting
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Millions of young readers have loved the World’s Worst Children tales – now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: The World’s Worst Teachers. Think your teachers are bad? Wait till you meet this lot. These ten tales of the world’s most splendidly sinister teachers will... 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

Stories for Christmas

Bumper Short Story Collections: Book #90

By: Enid Blyton
Narrated by: Adam Courting & Jessica Alade
Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Snuggle down with this charming collection of wintry and Christmas stories from the world's best loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up!

From tales of hot roasted chestnuts to shared gifts and falling snow, celebrate the festive season with these short stories by Enid Blyton.

These traditional tales are ideal for younger children... Read more

Liberation Day

Stories

By: George Saunders
Narrated by: George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, Edi Patterson, Jenny Slate, Jack McBrayer, Melora Hardin & Stephen Root
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

“The stories are creative and well written, although can be a bit dark! This audio version is a must listen however. The various actors that read are all fabulous. It was such fun listening, I listened to some twice! Read more

Gleanings

Arc of a Scythe

By: Neal Shusterman
Narrated by: Neal Shusterman, Megan Tusing, Greg Tremblay, Nicky Endres, Jarrod Shusterman & Fiona Hardingham
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

The New York Times bestselling Arc of the Scythe series continues with “captivating…thrilling” (School Library Journal) stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge!

There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and... Read more

Self-Help

By: Lorrie Moore
Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

In these tales of loss and pleasure, lovers and family, a woman learns to conduct an affair, a child of divorce dances with her mother, and a woman with a terminal illness contemplates her exit.Filled with the sharp humor, emotional acuity, and joyful language Moore has become famous for, these nine glittering tales marked the introduction of an... Read more

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed

By: Helene Tursten
Narrated by: Ann Richardson
Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

“An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten is simply the cutest book in the world with the most delightful protagonist by the name of Maud. Maud is an 89-year-old murderess with no remorse and an acerbic inner monologue that will have you anticipating and even endorsing her kills. Read more

Exhalation

Stories

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

“A spectacular collection, with too many standout stories for me to pick a favorite. The title story is perhaps the best exploration I've ever read of the nature of consciousness and the search for meaning. Chiang's writing is at once dizzyingly cerebral and profoundly heartbreaking, rooted in an unrestrained passion for scientific speculation... Read more

Ladybird Advent Stories

By: Ladybird
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton & Theo Solomon
Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Brought to you by Ladybird.

A collection of original audio stories, counting down the days to Christmas! These new stories are especially written for the festive period, excellent listening for when you're decorating the tree, wrapping presents or making the Christmas pudding!

This edition is filled with creative and engaging sound effects and is... Read more

Hallowe'en Party

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #35

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, coming in 2023!In this authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, a Halloween Party turns deadly, and it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer.At a Halloween party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a... Read more

My Monticello

Fiction

By: Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, January LaVoy, Landon Woodson, LeVar Burton, Ngozi Anyanwu & Tomiwa Edun
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

“A dynamic, and timely, debut by a new voice in fiction, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson. This collection is comprised of five short stories and one novella all set in the state of Virginia. As you read these stories, you will experience, and feel, the gamut of human emotion as the voices and themes in each are different. The author explores race,... Read more

Women! In! Peril!

By: Jessie Ren Marshall
Narrated by: Rachel Noe Nishizawa
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

“Women! In! Peril! is a sharply written, eclectically bizarre collection that starts with a bang and ends in tender tears, and everything in-between. A fantastic debut from an author to watch out for! Read more

Love in Color

Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold

By: Bolu Babalola
Narrated by: Ajjaz Awad, Nneka Okoye, Bolu Babalola & Olukemi Babalola
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

“Love in Color is delicious. I wanted to both savor every word and devour the next story. Each story unlike the last, each with a different voice and style. Babalola's retellings and reimaginings draw you in to each unique trial of love. A decadent read perfect for a beach, cabin, orrr anywhere else. ;) Read more

The Neil Gaiman Reader

Selected Fiction

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman, George Guidall, Lenny Henry & Leon Nixon
Length: 27 hours 2 minutes

An outstanding array—52 pieces in all—of selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, curated by his readers around the world, and introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon JamesSpanning Gaiman’s career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a captivating... Read more

Cards on the Table

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #14

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, Cards on the Table, the wily Hercule Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadlyMr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some... Read more

Dumb Witness

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #16

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

In Agatha Christie’s Dumb Witness, Hercule Poirot investigates the very suspicious death of an elderly spinster who, fearing the very worst, had written to the great detective prior to her demise.Everyone blamed Emily Arundell’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more... Read more

Interpreter of Maladies

By: Jhumpa Lahiri
Narrated by: Matilda Novak
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of cultures and generations.



In A Temporary Matter, published in the New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a... Read more

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

By: Ken Liu
Narrated by: Corey Brill & Joy Osmanski
Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Featured in the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots

Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple award-winning stories for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.

With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper... Read more

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #21

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

The meticulous detective Hercule Poirot suspects the worst of the death of a dentist in this classic mystery by Queen of Whodunits, Agatha Christie.Even the great detective Hercule Poirot harbored a deep and abiding fear of the dentist, so it was with some trepidation that he arrived at the celebrated Dr. Morley’s surgery for a dental... Read more

A Murder Is Announced

A Miss Marple Mystery

Miss Marple Mysteries: Book #4

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisement—and Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur.The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.”A childish... 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

The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories

From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter

By: Jessica Harrison
Narrated by: Shaniqua Okwok
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the Christmases of Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Bowen, while Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical... Read more

Sad Cypress

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #20

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: David Suchet
Length: 6 hours 1 minute

In Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery Sad Cypress, a woman damned by overwhelming evidence stands accused of murdering her romantic rival, and only Hercule Poirot stands between her and the gallows.Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning:... 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

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 Hollow

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #24

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Agatha Christie’s classic, The Hollow, finds Poirot entangled in a nasty web of family secrets when he comes across a fresh murder at an English country manor.A far-from-warm welcome greets Hercule Poirot as he arrives for lunch at Lucy Angkatell’s country house. A man lies dying by the swimming pool, his blood dripping into the water. His wife... Read more

Trigger Warning

Short Fictions and Disturbances

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Multiple award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things—which includes a never-before published American Gods story, “Black Dog,” written exclusively for this volume.In this new... Read more

There is a Rio Grande in Heaven

Stories

By: Ruben Reyes Jr.
Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz
Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

“I do love a choose your own adventure story. Read more

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

By: Ken Liu
Narrated by: Ramón de Ocampo, Cindy Kay, Michael Kramer, Emily Woo Zeller & Nancy Wu
Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Includes stories featured in Pantheon—now an animated series on AMC+

“I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I’m reading Ken Liu’s stories, I feel like I’m reading a once-in-a-generation talent. I’m in awe.” —Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author

“Captivating.” —BuzzFeed
“Extraordinary.” —The Washington Post
“Brilliant.”... Read more

The Man in Black

And Other Stories

By: Elly Griffiths
Narrated by: Luke Thompson, Jane McDowell, Juliette Burton, Beth Eyre, Nina Wadia & Imogen Wilde
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

From the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries, an eclectic, thrilling collection of short stories, featuring many characters that readers have come to know and love.Elly Griffiths has always written short stories to experiment with different voices and genres as well as to explore what some of her fictional creations... Read more

The Thing Around Your Neck

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as “one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years” (Baltimore Sun), with “prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes” (The Boston Globe); The Washington Post called her “the... Read more

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Selected Stories

By: Lucia Berlin
Narrated by: Thom Rivera, Dawn Harvey, Carol Monda, Hillary Huber, Bernadette Dunne, Kyla Garcia & various narrators
Length: 14 hours 46 minutes

“I have always had faith that the best writers will rise to the top, like cream, sooner or later, and will become exactly as well-known as they should be—their work talked about, quoted, taught, performed, filmed, set to music, anthologized. Perhaps, with the present collection, Lucia Berlin will begin to gain the attention she deserves.”—Lydia... Read more