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The Longest Short Stories Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 36 unabridged Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Short Stories shelf sits under Literature on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Dreamsongs: Unabridged SelectionsGeorge R. R. Martin51.9 hrs
250+ Great Novellas and Short Stories. Vol.1: Selections from Poe, London, Twain, Melville, Kipling, Dickens, Tolstoy, Joyce, Hemingway, Bradbury, Christie and many moreFiodor Dostoievski42.5 hrs
3Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized EditionAgatha Christie35.2 hrs
4F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Greatest Novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tales of the Jazz Age, and The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald34.2 hrs
5Collected StoriesWilliam Faulkner31.2 hrs
6Four Past MidnightStephen King29.7 hrs
7Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. MontgomeryL.M. Montgomery29.1 hrs
8Nightmares & DreamscapesStephen King28 hrs
9The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected FictionNeil Gaiman27 hrs
10Literary Treasures: Great Short Stories by Acclaimed WritersVarious Artists26.2 hrs
11The Complete RobotIsaac Asimov24.7 hrs
12Kate Wilhelm in OrbitKate Wilhelm24.4 hrs
13Fifty Great Classic StoriesVarious Authors24.2 hrs
14The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardRobert E. Howard24 hrs
15Fifteen More Great NovellasVarious Authors23.9 hrs
16Fifty Weird Tales: Strange and Intriguing StoriesVarious Authors23.6 hrs
17Seaview Key BundleSherryl Woods23.1 hrs
18The Complete StoriesClarice Lispector22.9 hrs
19Skeleton Crew: StoriesStephen King22.5 hrs
20A Lot Like ChristmasConnie Willis22.3 hrs
21Songs of a Dead Dreamer and GrimscribeThomas Ligotti21.9 hrs
22Riveting Stories: Thirty Gripping Tales by Literary MastersVarious Authors21.8 hrs
23After Midnight: Thirteen Tales for the Dark HoursDaphne du Maurier21.6 hrs
24After Midnight: Thirteen Chilling Tales for the Dark HoursDaphne du Maurier21.6 hrs
25The Collected Stories of Lydia DavisLydia Davis21.1 hrs

Ordered by the store's running time, longest first. Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); children's titles are not ranked. Methodology.

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