Short Stories audiobooks

Dead Man's Folly

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: David Suchet

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

When a mock murder game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Hercule Poirot is called in to take part in this Dead Man’s Folly, a classic from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie.Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith,... Read more

The Man in Black

By: Elly Griffiths

Narrated by: Luke Thompson, Jane McDowell, Juliette Burton, ...

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

By: Kim Fu

Narrated by: Piper Goodeve, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Samara Nae...

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of... Read more

Stories of Spells and Enchantments

By: Enid Blyton

Narrated by: Jessica Alade

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A dazzling collection of magical tales by the world's best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up!

There are tales of the most powerful enchanters and conjurers in Fairyland in this bumper collection of short stories by Enid Blyton. But their spells don't always go smoothly! From witches who will cast an enchantment at the drop of... Read more

Rainy Day Stories

By: Enid Blyton

Narrated by: Beth Eyre & George Greenland

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

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

A Dream of a Woman

By: Casey Plett

Narrated by: Casey Plett

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Award-winning novelist Casey Plett (Little Fish) returns with a poignant suite of stories that center transgender women. Casey Plett’s 2018 novel Little Fish won a Lambda Literary Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction, and the Amazon First Novel Award. Her latest work, A Dream of a Woman, is... Read more

Neighbors and Other Stories

By: Diane Oliver

Narrated by: Emana Rachelle

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and 60s America. In this first and only collection by a masterful storyteller finally taking her rightful place in the canon, Oliver’s insightful stories... Read more

The Churn: An Expanse Novella

By: James S. A. Corey

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A novella set in the hard-scrabble world of James S. A. Corey's NYT-bestselling Expanse series, The Churn takes the bestselling sci-fi series to the dark world of organized crime, drugs, secrets, and murder that shaped the Rocinante's mechanic, Amos. Now a Prime Original series.

HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES

Before his trip to the stars,... Read more

Hallowe'en Party

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

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

The Illustrated Man

By: Ray Bradbury

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Sometimes at night I can feel them, the pictures, like ants, crawling on my skin. Then I know they’re doing what they have to do … ”Fantasy master Ray Bradbury weaves a narrative spanning from the depths of humankind’s fears to the summit of their achievements in eighteen interconnected stories—visions of the future tattooed onto the body of an... Read more

Our Strangers

By: Lydia Davis

Narrated by: Sarah Elizabeth High

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Only available at independent bookstores and libraries, by request of the author.
From one of the most accomplished writers of our time comes another brilliant collection of short fiction. Artful, deft, and inventive; Lydia Davis’ newest collection of stories delves into topics ranging from marriage to tiny insects. These stories are a... Read more

To Be a Man

By: Nicole Krauss

Narrated by: Nicole Krauss

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

O, The Oprah Magazine's 20 Best Titles of the YearTime Magazine's 100 Books to Read in 2020 Financial Times' Best Books of 2020Esquire's Best Books of 2020New York Times Editors' Choice
Lit Hub's Best Books of 2020 Bustle's Best Short Story Collections of 2020Electric Literature's Favorite Short Story Collections of 2020Library Journal's Best... Read more

The Premium Collection of Agatha Christie. 60 + Novels and Stories

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Peter Coates & Mark Bowen

Length: 72 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Premium Collection of Agatha Christie brings together over 60 novels and short stories, featuring some of the most iconic detectives in mystery literature. This comprehensive anthology offers readers a chance to explore the brilliant cases solved by beloved characters such as Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Mr. Quin & Satterthwaite, Colonel... Read more

Short Christmas Stories for Kids

By: Laura E. Richards, Willam Dean Howells, Hans Ch...

Narrated by: Holly Kyrre, Nicki White & Erik Blior

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you hung up your stocking?
Grab yourselves a hot chocolate, a warm blanket and settle down to a collection of entertaining Christmas Stories that will get your little ones in the spirit of Christmas.
Each of these traditional tales are the perfect length for listening at quiet time, bedtime and the classroom. Read more

Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories

By: Doctor Who

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 16 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Puffin.

Introducing this edition of this much-loved anthology, now with Fifteenth and Fourteenth Doctor stories.

Fifteen wonderful tales of adventure, science, magic, monsters and time travel – featuring all fifteen Doctors – are waiting for you in this very special Doctor Who volume.

Includes a bonus story starring the Fourteenth... Read more

Death in the Clouds

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot must solve a perplexing case of midair murder in Death in the Clouds when he discovers that the woman in seat two of the airborne aeroplane he’s traveling on is quite unexpectedly—and unnaturally—deceased.From seat No. 9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers on the short flight from Paris to... Read more

The Beast You Are

By: Paul Tremblay

Narrated by: Johnny Heller, Xe Sands, Ewan Chung, Graham Hal...

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club, A Head Full of Ghosts, and The Cabin at the End of the World. Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this... Read more

The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh

By: A.A. Milne

Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Geof...

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Her Body and Other Parties

By: Carmen Maria Machado

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado... Read more

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart

By: GennaRose Nethercott

Narrated by: GennaRose Nethercott, January LaVoy, Gabra Zack...

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From the author of the breakout novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring how our passions can save us—or go monstrously wrong.

“Real magic, real delight, doled out generously in the shape of wistful, ferocious, this-world-but-better stories.”—Kelly Link, author of White Cat,... 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

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 terrific writer. . . . Deeply resonant.” —The Boston Globe

“Exquisitely crafted, deeply imagined, exhilaratingly diverse,... Read more

A Stroke of the Pen

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: David Tennant, Claire Foy, Steffan Rhodri, Jon ...

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett, the award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages and includes a foreword by Neil Gaiman. The audiobook is... 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

Look Both Ways

By: Jason Reynolds

Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms, Chris Chalk, Bahni Turpin...

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019!

UK Carnegie Medal winner
A National Book Award Finalist
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019
A Time Best Children’s Book of 2019
A Today Show Best Kids’ Book of 2019
A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019
A School Library... Read more