The Best American Short Stories 2026: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best American Short Stories 2026 runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicole A. Lamy and Elyse Dinh and others (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Elyse Dinh
Elyse Dinh narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 170 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,037 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Best American Short Stories 2026 is an audiobook by Nicole A. Lamy and Viet Thanh Nguyen: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicole A. Lamy, Elyse Dinh and Shawn K. Jain and others, released October 20, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicole A. Lamy, Elyse Dinh, Shawn K. Jain, Victoria Villarreal, Lindsey Dorcus, Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Released
- October 20, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780063399877
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best American Short Stories 2026 as an audiobook?
The Best American Short Stories 2026 runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Best American Short Stories 2026 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best American Short Stories 2026?
The Best American Short Stories 2026 is narrated by Nicole A. Lamy, Elyse Dinh, Shawn K. Jain and Victoria Villarreal and others.
Is The Best American Short Stories 2026 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.