Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, Short Stories

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Title: False Prophet

Series: #5 of Decker/Lazarus Novels

Author: Faye Kellerman

Narrator: Mitchell Greenberg

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Release date: January 17, 2012

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

LAPD Detective Peter Decker doesn’t know quite what to make of Lilah Brecht. The beautiful, eccentric spa owner and daughter of a faded Hollywood legend, Lilah was beaten, robbed, and raped in her own home—and claims to have psychic powers that enable her to see even more devastating events looming on the horizon. With his heart and mind on his pregnant young wife, Rina Lazarus, at home, Peter finds it hard to put much credence in the victim’s outrageous claims, or to become too deeply involved with her equally odd brothers and aging film star mom. But when Lilah’s dark visions turn frighteningly real, Decker’s world will be severely rocked—as the “false prophet’s” secrets and obsessions entrap the dedicated policeman . . . and point a killer toward Decker’s own vulnerable family.

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Title: Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel

Series: #20 of Decker/Lazarus Novels

Author: Faye Kellerman

Narrator: Mitchell Greenberg

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Release date: January 3, 2012

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7

Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

“[Kellerman] does for the American cop what P. D. James has done for the British mystery, lifting it beyond its genre.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch “No one working in the crime genre is better.” —Baltimore Sun In Gun Games, the sensational Faye Kellerman once again showcases Peter Decker of the LAPD and Rina Lazarus, arguably the most popular husband and wife team in contemporary crime fiction. A rash of shocking adolescent suicides at an elite Los Angeles private school is at the heart of this gripping thriller that also focuses on the troubled teen Decker and Lazarus have brought into their home: Gabriel Whitman, the son of a psychopath. Herself one-half of one of noir fiction’s true “power couples”—along with her husband, acclaimed mystery writer Jonathan Kellerman—Faye Kellerman once again demonstrates how American police procedural writing is done to perfection with Gun Games.

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Title: An Anthology Of Humorous Stories

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Release date: December 19, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

A glittering collection of humorous stories by classic authors. 'The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown' by G.K. Chesterton 'The Talking Horse' by Thomas Anstey Guthrie 'The Seventh Pullet' by Saki 'Biffin on the Bassoon' by Harry Graham 'The Scharz-Metterklume Method' by Saki 'The Chaplet' by Saki 'The Facts' by Ring Lardner 'A Dissertation Upon Roasted Pig' by Charles Lamb 'Fur' by Saki 'The Lumber Room' by Saki'

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Title: The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories

Author: Don DeLillo

Narrator: Aaron Tveit, Heather Lind, Michael Cerveris, Mercedes Ruehl, Peter Friedman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 0 minutes

Release date: November 15, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

A finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Story Prize, the first ever collection of “dazzlingly told” (The New York Times) short stories—now available as a trade paperback. Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, this “small masterpiece of short fiction” (USA Today) is a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice. In “Creation,” a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can’t get off the island—flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In “Human Moments in World War III,” two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood’s miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda. Nuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in The Angel Esmeralda propel themselves into the world and define it. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.

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Title: The Book Case: A Murder Mystery Featuring Detective John Corey

Author: Nelson DeMille

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 0 minutes

Release date: November 1, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.04 of Total 155

Ratings of Narrator: 4.42 of Total 24

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

'The Book Case' is a story that features Nelson DeMille's most famous (successful) character, Detective John Corey, who has appeared in six DeMille novels: Plum Island, The Lion's Game, Night Fall, Wild Fire, and The Lion. In this story, we see John Corey in his early years as an NYPD Detective, before he became involved with the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force.'

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Title: The Bite Before Christmas

Author: Lynsay Sands, Jeaniene Frost

Narrator: Paula Christensen, Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Release date: October 25, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.85 of Total 20

Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

With The Bite Before Christmas, New York Times bestsellers Lynsay Sands and Jeaniene Frost—two of the hottest names in paranormal romance—team up for the first time to bring lucky readers a holiday anthology…with teeth! Here are delightful brand new stories featuring familiar faces from their enormously popular Argeneau family and Night Huntress series. Lynsay and Jeaniene’s legion of loyal fans will flock to these unforgettable novellas celebrating the dreams and desires of immortals at Yuletide. Better than a midnight visit from Santa Claus, The Bite Before Christmas proves that nobody does sexy vampires better than Sands and Frost.

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Title: The Elk

Author: Hector Hugh Munro a. K. a. Saki

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 14 minutes

Release date: October 18, 2011

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

Bertie Thropplestance stands to inherit a vast fortune from his wealthy but indomitable grandmother, a fact that has not escaped the notice of every mother of a marriageable girl in the county. But old Mrs. Thropplestance has her own ideas of a suitable mate for her grandson, and even when he romantically rescues Dora Yonelet from a rampaging elk, this cuts little ice with the dowager. The elk, however, has its own ideas, and the story ends with a delightful if macabre twist.

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Title: The Whore's Child: Stories

Author: Richard Russo

Narrator: Various

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Release date: October 11, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

To this irresistible debut collection of short stories, Richard Russo brings the same bittersweet wit, deep knowledge of human nature, and spellbinding narrative gifts that distinguish his best-selling novels. His themes are the imperfect bargains of marriage; the discoveries and disillusionments of childhood;the unwinnable battles men and women insist on fighting with the past. A cynical Hollywood moviemaker confronts his dead wife’s lover and abruptly realizes the depth of his own passion. As his parents’ marriage disintegrates, a precocious fifth-grader distracts himself with meditations on baseball, spaghetti, and his place in the universe. And in the title story, an elderly nun enters a college creative writing class and plays havoc with its tidy notions of fact and fiction. The Whore’s Child is further proof that Russo is one of the finest writers we have, unsparingly truthful yet hugely compassionate. “The Whore’s Child,” read by Mark Bramhall “Monhegan Light,” read by Robertson Dean “The Farther You Go,” read by Arthur Morey “Joy Ride,” read by Lincoln Hoppe “Buoyancy,” read by Stefan Rudnicki “Poison,” read by Fred Sanders “The Mysteries of Linwood Hart,” read by John Rubinstein

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Title: The Outlaw Album: Stories

Author: Daniel Woodrell

Narrator: Leslie Bellair, Brian Troxell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Release date: October 5, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

Twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by a 'stunningly original' American master (Associated Press). Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal behavior in this wrenching collection of stories. Desperation-both material and psychological -- motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the killing of his wife's pet; an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl, until she reaches her breaking point; a disturbed veteran of Iraq is murdered for his erratic behavior; an outsider's house is set on fire by an angry neighbor. There is also the tenderness and loyalty of the vulnerable in these stories -- between spouses, parents and children, siblings, and comrades in arms-which brings the troubled, sorely tested cast of characters to vivid, relatable life. And, as ever, 'the music coming from Woodrell's banjo cannot be confused with the sounds of any other writer'-Donald Harington, Atlanta Journal Constitution 'Twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by a 'stunningly original'-Associated Press, American master.

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Title: Mortal Coils

Author: Aldous Huxley

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Release date: October 1, 2011

Genres: Short Stories

Publisher's Summary:

Mortal Coils is a collection of five pieces, which were written by Aldous Huxley in the 1920s. The first one, 'The Giaconda Smile,' is a short murder story. 'Permutations among the Nightingales' is a play concerning amorous problems had by patrons of a certain establishment. 'The Tillotson Banquet' tells of an old artist who was thought to be dead. 'Green Tunnels' is about the boredom of a young girl on holiday with her family. 'Nuns at Luncheon' is a story being told of a nun falling in love. The story mocks the writer's process, a concept Huxley used in his 'Crome Yellow.' Each story is read by the talented narrator, Simon Vance.