Short Stories bestsellers

Stag Dance

A Novel & Stories

By: Torrey Peters
Narrated by: Lee Osorio, Briggon Snow, Eileen Noonan & Pyrrha Nicole
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

“Filled to the brim with visceral and liberatory queer writing. I found two of these stories years ago and they molded me into the reader I am today. To say I’m over the moon that people will finally read these stories is an understatement. Flawless! Read more

"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

Table for Two

Fictions

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

“This collection of stories and a novella is the perfect thing to tide over Amor Towles’ legion of fans till the next novel. There’s even an Evelyn Ross appearance, from The Rules of Civility, which is worth the price of admission alone. Read more

Show Don't Tell

Stories

By: Curtis Sittenfeld
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Curtis Sittenfeld, George Newbern, Xe Sands, Emily Rankin, Nicole Lewis & Kristen Sieh
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy “blends acerbic wit, shrewd insight and sharp-eyed observation [in this] bravura collection” (The Washington Post), including a story that revisits the main character from her iconic novel Prep

“Each of these witty, intelligent stories is a slice of modern life.”—People

A... 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

“The History of Sound may be 9 1/2 hours long, but go ahead and plan on 19 hours because once you’ve been entranced by the final interwoven story in this collection, you’ll likely start right back at the beginning. With no question, this was my best audiobook of 2024. Read more

The Hodgeheg and Other Stories

By: Dick King-Smith
Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Brought to you by Puffin.

This wonderfully funny audio collection contains eight adventures from the master of animal tales, Dick King-Smith.

Perfect for young listeners, this magical collection features one of Dick King-Smith's most-loved stories: The Hodgeheg.

Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but it's on the... 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

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

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

“This masterclass for writers is also a masterclass for readers, and you don't have to be a writer to enjoy it. Through his wise insights on storytelling, Saunders sent me away with an understanding of why I enjoy reading what I do, how stories work, and how to be a better storyteller (and human) in all rights. Read more

The World’s Worst Monsters

By: David Walliams
Narrated by: David Walliams, Harriet Carmichael, Sophia Eleni, James Goode, Pui Fan Lee, Paul Panting, Carlyss Peer & Tania Rodrigues
Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Dare you enter the world of MONSTERS? The beloved World’s Worst series has captivated millions of readers. You’ve met the world’s worst children, the world’s worst parents, the world’s worst teachers and the world’s worst pets – but are you ready for the world’s worst monsters? If you don’t... Read more

Stories of Your Life and Others

By: Ted Chiang
Narrated by: Abby Craden & Todd McLaren
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

“I have read in several places that Ted Chiang is one of the most important voices in modern science fiction and after reading this book I fully agree with this statement. Stories of Your Life is a collection of short stories that for the most part were originally published in magazines. Each of the stories dealt with wildly different subjects,... 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

Exhalation

Stories

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

“WOW. My first experience with Ted Chiang absolutely blew me out of the water. Each story left me with wide eyes and a racing mind, running to my husband to read a passage so we could both be knocked over with wonder. Exhalation filled me with so many questions about our collective past, present, and future, I’ll be coming back to this book again... Read more

Waiting for the Long Night Moon

Stories

By: Amanda Peters
Narrated by: Ussani Taylor & Megan Tooley
Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

“A powerful collection of short fiction that gives voice to the Indigenous experience over time and place. They reveal the unbroken spirit and resilient power to endure while also shedding light on the cruelty, racism, violence and displacement they have and continue to experience. Beautiful storytelling. Read more

Skeleton Crew

Stories

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King, Dylan Baker, Kyle Beltran, Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael C. Hall, Paul Giamatti, Dana Ivey, Will Patton, Robert Petkoff, David Morse, Lois Smith & Frances Sternhagen
Length: 22 hours 29 minutes

Includes the story “The Monkey”—now a major motion picture!

The #1 New York Times bestseller—a mesmerizing treasury of short stories by Stephen King.

An eerie-looking child’s toy harbors an unimaginable evil. A supermarket is unexpectedly the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. A trip to the attic becomes a journey to... Read more

Murder on the Orient Express

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #9

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Dan Stevens
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT! “The murderer is with us—on the train now . . .” Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment,... 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

Your Utopia

Stories

By: Bora Chung
Narrated by: Greta Jung
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

“In these stories, Chung’s brilliant imagination brings us futures filled with advanced AI, transformed nature, plague, and questions about humanity. I loved every moment of these stories and each unexpected turn. We don’t know what the future holds, but Chung gives us possibilities that are sometimes frightening, sometimes heartwarming, always... 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

White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by: Luke Thompson
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?'

A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer.

One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the... 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

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

By: Naomi Wood
Narrated by: Lynsey Beauchamp
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

“This collection of short stories, all around motherhood in one form or another, is creative, amusing, insightful, and totally worth reading (or listening to). The narration is excellent. I highly recommend this book. Read more

Galatea

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

“I went into this audiobook with no expectations, and I was captivated and horrified for the full ~45 minutes. Recently I picked up some retellings of classic Greek myths, and I was unimpressed by the choices made in that collection, finishing it with a bitter taste in my mouth from the unvarnished versions' uncritically delivered misogyny. So as... Read more

Bloodchild and Other Stories

By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Malik Rashad, Allyson Johnson & Bahni Turpin
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

A perfect introduction for new listeners and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in audio for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and... Read more

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

Stories

By: Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Narrated by: Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Baron Vaughn, James Urbaniak, Kimiko Glenn, Colman Domingo, Natalie Morales, Raúl Esparza, Will Brill, Stephanie Beatriz, Emma Galvin & Nicholas Gonzalez
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

From the creator of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman, a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the universe.

Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s stories will make you laugh, weep, and shiver in... 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

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

The Ones That Got Away

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Rich Miller
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

These thirteen stories are our own lives, inside out.



A boy's summer romance doesn't end in that good kind of heartbreak, but in blood. A girl on a fishing trip makes a friend in the woods who's exactly what she needs, except then that friend follows her back to the city. A father hears a voice through his baby monitor that shouldn't be possible,... Read more

Poirot Investigates & Murder in the Mews

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: David Suchet, Nigel Hawthorne & Hugh Fraser
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great AudiobookPoirot InvestigatesPoirot Investigates a host of murders most foul—as well as other dastardly crimes—in this intriguing collection of short stories from the one-and-only Agatha Christie.First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond . . . then came the “suicide” that was... Read more

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd & The Hollow

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great AudiobookThe Murder of Roger AckroydVoted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the ""Best Crime Novel of all Time""Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christie’s ten favorite novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he... 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

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

A Stroke of the Pen

The Lost Stories

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: David Tennant, Claire Foy, Steffan Rhodri, Jon Culshaw, David Jason, Katherine Parkinson, Paterson Joseph, Indira Varma, Tony Robinson, Nigel Planer, Stephen Briggs & Rhianna Pratchett
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

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. The audiobook is narrated by a stunning cast that includes... Read more

DEMONS IN MY BLOODSTREAM

By: Candace Nola
Narrated by: Jenn Lee
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Award-winning Author Candace Nola' s debut collection, Demons in my Bloodstream, is a fiendishly woven tapestry of short fiction. These nightmarish tales include a mobsters bucket list, a neighborhood gardening competition gone wrong, a serial killer patiently waiting for one last kill, and a colorblind man that finally cures what... Read more

The Secret Adversary

A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries: Book #1

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS.Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—""willing to do... Read more

The October Country

By: Ray Bradbury
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

“… that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay …”

Explore the outer limits of the imagination with the Grand Master of American Literature, Ray Bradbury, in a dark and disquieting descent into The... Read more

Night of the Living Rez

By: Morgan Talty
Narrated by: Darrell Dennis
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

“The twelve stories intersect creating more of a novel than a set of separate stories. I love the characters--Paige, Frick, Fellis, grandmother, mom, Tyson, and JP, all of them doing the best they can under the circumstances. I think what I love most is that the stories are told without judgment or snark but with compassion and understanding.... Read more

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

The New Hercule Poirot Mystery

The New Hercule Poirot Mystery: Book #4

By: Sophie Hannah & Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Named a New York Times Best Book to GiveThe world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot—legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile—returns to solve a delectably twisty mystery in this “masterful and multi-layered puzzle...adding a new dimension to a much-loved series” (NPR).“Yet again, the diminutive... Read more

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Volume 1

By: Lydia Davis
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Thérèse Plummer & Mia Barron
Length: 21 hours 1 minute

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A LOS ANGELES TIMES FICTION FAVORITE FOR 2009 A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST BOOK OF 2009 Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers, a storyteller celebrated for her emotional acuity, her formal inventiveness, and her ability to capture the mind in overdrive. She has been called... Read more

Heads of the Colored People

Stories

By: Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the contemporary middle class in these compelling, boundary-pushing vignettes.



Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original characters. Some are darkly humorous—from two mothers exchanging snide remarks through... Read more

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Book #37

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

The legendary detective saves his best for last as he races to apprehend a five-time killer before the final curtain descends in Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, the last book Agatha Christie published before her death.The crime-fighting careers of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have come full circle—they are back once again in the rambling... Read more

Her Body and Other Parties

Stories

By: Carmen Maria Machado
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

“Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado is a blend of urban legends and horror stories all focusing on the roles women play in society. Machado writes in the most beautiful, haunting way, and each story is truly unique and almost always a little uncomfortable. Read more

Sleepytime Stories

Over 25 Stories

Bumper Short Story Collections: Book #94

By: Enid Blyton
Narrated by: Hamish Wong & Jessica Alade
Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

From dreamy parties with toys to night-time dances with fairy folk, tuck into bed with this collection of short stories from the world's best-loved storyteller, Enid Blyton. Discover the midnight magic!


These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and... Read more

Terminal Boredom

Stories

By: Izumi Suzuki
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon.



At turns nonchalantly hip and charmingly deranged, Suzuki's singular slant on speculative fiction would be echoed in countless later works, from Margaret Atwood and Harumi Murakami, to Black Mirror and Ex Machina.... Read more

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Stories

By: Karen Russell
Narrated by: Various
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

A dazzling debut, a blazingly original voice: the ten stories in St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves introduce a radiant new talent.

In the collection’s title story, a pack of girls raised by wolves are painstakingly reeducated by nuns. In “Haunting Olivia,” two young boys make midnight trips to a boat graveyard in search of their dead... Read more

The Churn: An Expanse Novella

The Expanse

By: James S. A. Corey
Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

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

Going to Meet the Man

By: James Baldwin
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

“There’s no way not to suffer. But you try all kinds of ways to keep from drowning in it.” The men and women in these eight short fictions grasp this truth on an elemental level, and their stories, as told by James Baldwin, detail the ingenious and often desperate ways in which they try to keep their heads above water. It may be the heroin that... Read more

The Complete Short Stories

By: Saki
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
Length: 22 hours 3 minutes

H.H. Munro (Saki) is one of the undisputed masters of the short story. In this complete compendium, the full gamut of his subjects and themes are experienced. His stories are imbued with humorous satire, biting irony and often the macabre, all of which have one target: the stupidities and hypocrisies of Edwardian upper-class society. Read more

The Ghost Variations

One Hundred Stories

By: Kevin Brockmeier
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Ghost stories tap into our most primal emotions as they encourage us to confront the timeless question: What comes after death? Here, in tales that are by turn scary, funny, philosophic, and touching, you’ll find that question sharpened, split, reconsidered—and met with a multitude of answers.
 
A spirit who is fated to spend eternity reliving... Read more

Ninetails

Nine Tales

By: Sally Wen Mao
Narrated by: Nancy Wu, Annie Q, Jen Zhao & Eunice Wong
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

ONE OF THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS OF 2024 WITH THE WASHINGTON POST, ELLE, AND ELECTRIC LIT

“A sumptuous and lively collection, leaping from story to story in much the same way a fox does — surprisingly, gracefully, and with impressive aim. I loved this book.” – Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of Get in... Read more