Listen To: Short Stories
Shorten your commute, add an incentive to your housekeeping, or liven up your evening run by listening to one of these collections of short stories! All of these titles are located in the Adult Audiobook section of the Library.
| Story samplers |
| Notable collections |
| Classic story collections |
Story Samplers
These collections run the gamut of genres, from crime stories, to Haitian tales, to vampires on vacation, to science fiction. Not only will these story compilations give you variety, but you might also find a new favorite author along the way!
Black Mask Audio Magazine. Volume 1: Classic Hard-Boiled Tales From the Original Black Mask.
(813.0872 B v.1). One of Audiofile’s Best Audiobooks of 2009.
Also available: eAudiobook
Death's Excellent Vacation.
(813.0876 D).
Also available: eAudiobook
First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors. (813.008 F).
Haiti Noir. (808.83872 H).
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. (823.0872 I).
My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding: A Collection of New Short Stories. (808.83876 M).
Mystery Writers of America Presents -- The Prosecution Rests: New Stories About Courtrooms, Criminals, and the Law. (813.0872 M).
Stories: All-New Tales. (808.83 S). Winner of 2011 Audie Award for Audiobook Short Stories/Collections.
Two of the Deadliest: New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery. (813.0872 T).
Warriors. (813.0108 W).
Zombies vs. Unicorns.
(Teen 808.83876 Z).
Also available: eAudiobook
Notable Collections
Immerse yourself in stories written by a single author with these collections from notable authors. These collections are shelved alphabetically using the author's last name.
Adiga, Aravind. Between the Assassinations.
Akpan, Uwem. Say You're One of Them.
Also available: eAudiobook
Archer, Jeffrey. And Thereby Hangs a Tale.
Archer, Jeffrey. Cat O'nine Tales.
Atwood, Margaret. Moral Disorder.
Barnes, Julian. Pulse.
Berg, Elizabeth. The Day I Ate Everything: And Other Small Acts of Liberation.
Also available: eAudiobook
Black, Robin. If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This: Stories.
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Wild Child and Other Stories.
Campbell, Bonnie Jo. American Salvage: Stories.
Clarke, Susanna. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories.
Doyle, Roddy. Bullfighting: Stories.
Edwards, Kim. The Secrets of a Fire King.
Eggers, Dave. How We Are Hungry: Stories.
Englander, Nathan. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges.
Fallon, Siobhan. You Know When the Men Are Gone.
Also available: eAudiobook
Gilbert, Elizabeth. Pilgrims.
Gordimer, Nadine. Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black.
Grisham, John. Ford County: Stories.
Also available: eAudiobook
Hill, Joe. 20th Century Ghosts. (649.1 R).
Also available: eAudiobook
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall. One of Audiofile’s Best Audiobooks of 2010.
Jones, Edward P. All Aunt Hagar's Children.
Kellerman, Faye. The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights.
King, Stephen. Just After Sunset: Stories.
Krasikov, Sana. One More Year.
Kyle, Aryn. Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. Unaccustomed Earth.
Also available: eAudiobook
Lehane, Dennis. Coronado.
Levi, Primo. A Tranquil Star.
Li, Yiyun. Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.
Martin, George R.R. Selections from Dreamsongs. One of Audiofile’s Best Audiobooks of 2008.
Munro, Alice. Runaway: Stories. Winner of 2006 Audie Award for Short Stories.
Murakami, Haruki. The Elephant Vanishes.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Sourland: Stories.
Proulx, Annie. Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2.
Robinson, Peter. Not Safe After Dark & Other Stories.
Shepard, Jim. You Think That's Bad: Stories.
Stone, Robert. Fun with Problems: Stories.
Updike, John. The Maples Stories.
Weiner, Jennifer. The Guy Not Taken.
Classic Story Collections
Enjoy stories from these favorite authors. These collections are shelved alphabetically using the author's last name unless otherwise noted.
Bradbury, Ray. We'll Always Have Paris: Stories.
Cheever, John. The John Cheever Audio Collection.
Faulkner, William. Collected Stories.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Tales.
Also available: eAudiobook
Great Classic Science Fiction: Eight Stories. (808.83876 G).
Hemingway, Ernest. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories.
Joyce, James. Dubliners.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich. The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov.
Poe, Edgar Allan. Poe's Detective: The Dupin Stories.