Short Stories audiobooks

"5-Minute Ada Twist, Scientist Stories"

By: Gabrielle Meyer

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"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

By: Ben Shattuck

Narrated by: Ben Shattuck, Zachary Chastain, Paul Mescal, Di...

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF NPR’s “BOOKS WE LOVE” • ONE OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024 • BEST SHORT FICTION, KIRKUS REVIEWS

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION

“Polyphonic fiction. . . . A reminder of the short story’s power. . . . The History of Sound marks Shattuck as one of the form’s brightest lights. . . . A... Read more

Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & J. Smith-Cameron

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Bestseller

“This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times

“The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv,... Read more

Look Under Rocks Children's Audiobook Bundle

By: Lois Wickstrom

Narrated by: Brian Dewar McNamara

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

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

Abridged: No

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

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, Isl...

Length: 35 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

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

By: Ted Chiang

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Dominic Hoffman, Amy Landon ...

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others

Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine,... Read more

The Office of Historical Corrections

By: Danielle Evans

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nicole Lewis, Brittany Pr...

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2021 JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY O MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, THE WASHINGTON POST, REAL SIMPLE, THE GUARDIAN, AND MORE 

FINALIST FOR: THE STORY PRIZE, THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, THE CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE

“Sublime short stories of race, grief, and belonging . . . an extraordinary... Read more

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

By: George Saunders

Narrated by: George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman...

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.

For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA... Read more

Florida

By: Lauren Groff

Narrated by: Lauren Groff

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The universally-acclaimed return of the New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies, Matrix, and the highly-anticipated The Vaster Wilds

In Lauren Groff’s Florida, the hot sun shines, but a wild darkness lurks. Florida is a "superlative" book (Boston Globe), "gorgeously weird and limber" (New Yorker), "frequently funny" (San Francisco... Read more

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Sad Cypress

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: David Suchet

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

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

Paris Stories

By: Mavis Gallant

Narrated by: Lorna Raver & Yuri Rasovsky

Length: 16 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to the New Yorker for close to fifty years, and the undisputed master of the short story. Her peerless prose captures the range of human experience while evoking time and place with unequaled skill. This superb collection of fifteen of Gallant's stories, edited and with an... Read more

Galatea

By: Madeline Miller

Narrated by: Ruth Wilson

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion, now in audio for the first time**Performed by Ruth Wilson and featuring an afterword by Madeline Miller**In ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece—the most beautiful woman the... Read more

The Anne of Green Gables Collection

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes & Kate...

Length: 73 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship

By: Chitra Soundar

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

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

James Herriot's Treasury for Children

By: James Herriot

Narrated by: Jim Dale

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

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

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

By: Ken Liu

Narrated by: Corey Brill & Joy Osmanski

Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic

By: g. haron davis

Narrated by: Qamar Yochanan, Nicky Endres, Vico Ortiz & Avi ...

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of All Out and Cemetery Boys, this anthology claims a seat at the table of fantasy literature for trans and gender nonconforming stories. Transness is as varied and colorful as magic can be. In Transmogrify!, you’ll embark on fourteen different adventures alongside unforgettable characters who embody many different genders and... Read more

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

By: George R. R. Martin

Narrated by: Harry Lloyd

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin’s ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire.
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LOS ANGELES TIMES AND BUZZFEED
 
These... Read more

The ABC Murders

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

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

A Murder Is Announced

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Emilia Fox

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

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

4:50 From Paddington

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Emilia Fox

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery 4:50 From Paddington, a woman in one train witnesses a murder occurring in another passing one…and only Miss Marple believes her story.For an instant the two trains ran side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth McGillicuddy stared helplessly out of her carriage window as a man tightened his grip around a... Read more

I, Robot

By: Isaac Asimov

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart.
 
“A must-read for science-fiction buffs and literature enjoyers alike.”—The Guardian

I, Robot, the first and most widely read book in Asimov’s Robot series, forever... Read more