The Best American Short Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best American Short Stories runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cathy Dobson (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cathy Dobson
Cathy Dobson narrates 792 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,030 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
170 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Table for Two: Fictions
- Exhalation: Stories
- Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
- Endless Summer: Stories
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 is an audiobook by Various Authors: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Cathy Dobson, released July 15, 2014, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cathy Dobson
- Released
- July 15, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best American Short Stories as an audiobook?
The Best American Short Stories runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Best American Short Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best American Short Stories?
The Best American Short Stories is narrated by Cathy Dobson.
Is The Best American Short Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.