Short Stories audiobooks

The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Robin Field

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Mark Twain was known as a great American short-story writer as well as novelist and humorist. This collection of eighteen of his best short stories, from the well known to the lesser known, displays his mastery of Western humor and frontier realism. The stories also show how Twain earned his place in American letters as a master writer in the... Read more

Brownsville

By: Oscar Casares

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Oscar Casares' debut collection of short stories was selected as an ALA Notable book and received tremendous praise from publications ranging from the New York Times and the Washington Post to Entertainment Weekly. These nine stories follow a collection of unforgettable characters trying to get by while living in the South Texas border town of... Read more

Big Country, Vol. 2

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Louis L’Amour said that the West was no place for the frightened or the mean. It was a “big country needing big men and women to live in it.” Here are three more of his fine short stories about the West.West of the Tularosa Ruth Kermitt, owner of the Tumbling K ranch, made a deal with old Tom McCracken, owner of the Firebox spread, to buy his... Read more

A Good Fall

By: Ha Jin

Narrated by: a full cast, Tai Sammons, Ray Porter, Robertson...

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award-winner Ha Jin brings us a collection of stories that delve into the experiences of Chinese immigrants in America. All of Ha Jin’s characters struggle in situations that stir their conflicting desires to remain attached to their native land and traditions while also exploring their newfound social and economic freedoms.A... Read more

Too Much Happiness

By: Alice Munro

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr & Arthur Morey

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers—the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize.

In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating... Read more

Ford County: Stories

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: John Grisham

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill.

Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond,... Read more

Say You're One of Them

By: Uwem Akpan

Narrated by: Robin Miles, Dion Graham & Kevin R. Free

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

An Oprah's Book Club selection: this "electrifying" book (Washington Post) pays tribute to the wisdom and resilience of children even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. 

Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately.... Read more

The Vampyre

By: John Polidori

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Young, impressionable Aubrey is fascinated by the enigmatic Lord Ruthven, and accompanies him on a tour to Europe. But Aubrey develops a growing distaste for Lord Ruthven’s sinister and grotesque conduct - especially as it concerns human blood.

This novella, penned during that tempestuous night in Switzerland amongst such notables as Percy... Read more

Jesus' Son

By: Denis Johnson

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

American master Denis Johnson's nationally bestselling collection of blistering and indelible tales about America's outcasts and wanderers.

Denis Johnson's now classic story collection Jesus' Son chronicles a wild netherworld of addicts and lost souls, a violent and disordered landscape that encompasses every extreme of American culture. These... Read more

Julip

By: Jim Harrison

Narrated by: Ray Porter, Hillary Huber & William Hughes

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Jim Harrison takes us on a journey of the human heart in three novellas in which the irresistible pull of nature becomes a magnificent backdrop for exploring the toughest questions about life and love.Julip follows a bright and resourceful young woman as she tries to spring her brother from a Florida jail after he shot three of her former lovers... Read more

The Suicide Run

By: William Styron

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Before writing his memoir of madness, Darkness Visible, William Styron was best known for his ambitious works of fiction–including The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie’s Choice. Styron also created personal but no less powerful tales based on his real-life experiences as a U.S. Marine. The Suicide Run collects five of these meticulously... Read more

Further Tales of the City - Abridged

By: Armistead Maupin

Narrated by: Armistead Maupin

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityThe third novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again in this deliciously dark novel of romance and betrayal. While Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her... Read more

The Brigadier and the Golf Widow

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

Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 24 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 Enormous Radio

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Performed by Meryl StreepHere 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

The Death of Justina

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Meryl StreepHere 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... Read more

The Jewels of the Cabots

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 40 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 Five-Forty-Eight

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 35 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

O Youth and Beauty!

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 24 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

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 Chaste Clarissa

By: John Cheever

Narrated by: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever & Peter Gallagher

Length: 27 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

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

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 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