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Lincoln in the Bardo
Featured Article: The Best Short Story Audiobooks to Immerse Yourself In Now
Short stories have had a huge impact on the canon of great literature. In fact, some of history's most revered novelists—Ernest Hemingway, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Louisa May Alcott among them—wrote short stories, which make excellent introductions to their work. Plus, these bite-size listens are the perfect way to get a big dose of literary inspiration even when you’re short on time. To get you started, we’ve compiled a list of listens.
Best Sellers
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- A Novel
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill....
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"Where might God stand?"
- By Mel on 02-17-17
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, Carrie Brownstein, Don Cheadle, Lena Dunham, Bill Hader, Kirby Heyborne, Keegan-Michael Key, Julianne Moore, Megan Mullally, Susan Sarandon, Ben Stiller, Various
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 02-14-17
- Language: English
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
- In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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For the last 20 years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us....
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An innovative and fresh listening experience
- By Scott Garrioch on 01-14-21
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
- In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, BD Wong, Renée Elise Goldsberry
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 01-12-21
- Language: English
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The Braindead Megaphone
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction....
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George Saunders is a genius!
- By caitlyngarofolo on 05-31-20
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The Braindead Megaphone
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 04-14-20
- Language: English
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CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
- Stories and a Novella
- By: George Saunders, Joshua Ferris - introduction
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Joshua Ferris
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders’ debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way....
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>>BUCKLE. UP.<<
- By Mary K Foster on 05-23-21
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CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
- Stories and a Novella
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Joshua Ferris
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 04-23-19
- Language: English
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Tenth of December
- Stories
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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Writing brilliantly and profoundly about class, sex, love, loss, work, despair, and war, Saunders cuts to the core of the contemporary experience....
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Be prepared for something different...but good!
- By Mr. D on 02-21-14
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Tenth of December
- Stories
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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Liberation Day
- Stories
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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MacArthur "genius" and Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of December....
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Extraordinary
- By REBECCA on 10-18-22
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Liberation Day
- Stories
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, Edi Patterson, Jenny Slate, Jack McBrayer, Melora Hardin, Stephen Root
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-18-22
- Language: English
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Congratulations, by the Way
- Some Thoughts on Kindness
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times....
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Great Speech
- By Lucas Samples on 09-23-20
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Congratulations, by the Way
- Some Thoughts on Kindness
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 04-22-14
- Language: English
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Pastoralia
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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George Saunders gives us, in his inventive and beloved voice, this best-selling collection of stories set against a warped, hilarious, and terrifyingly recognizable American landscape....
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Greatest living short story author reads own work.
- By Spam on 08-25-19
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Pastoralia
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 07-09-19
- Language: English
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In Persuasion Nation
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables - all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon....
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Disappointing
- By Cynthia on 06-14-21
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In Persuasion Nation
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 10-29-19
- Language: English
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Fox 8
- A Story
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 37 mins
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Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regarded with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until Fox 8 develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak Yuman by hiding in the bushes outside a house....
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Sly Foxes, Wise Owls, Mean Dudes
- By Mel on 05-28-13
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Fox 8
- A Story
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 37 mins
- Release date: 04-09-13
- Language: English
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
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From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times best-selling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a literary masterclass on how to become both a better writer and reader, on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about how to live....
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One of the best books I've ever read!
- By Greg on 05-20-22
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, BD Wong, Renée Elise Goldsberry
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 01-12-21
- Language: English
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The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In a profoundly strange country called Inner Horner, large enough for only one resident at a time, citizens waiting to enter the country fall under the rule of the power-hungry and tyrannical Phil, setting off a chain of injustice and mass hysteria....
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4.0 stars
- By ibillinsly@gmail on 06-04-19
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The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 05-28-19
- Language: English
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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 40 mins
- Unabridged
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An adult story for children, a children's story for adults, an earthlings' story for aliens, an oceanside fable for the landlocked, a capitalist tool for anarchists, a fish story for loaves....
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Imagination & simplicity
- By Cathy A. Briggs on 01-02-24
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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 05-28-19
- Language: English
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transcendent and moving work yet....
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Just Too Depressing!
- By David on 06-26-18
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, Carrie Brownstein, Miranda July, Lena Dunham, full cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 03-09-17
- Language: English
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Liberation Day
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Booker Prize-winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world....
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Liberation Day
- Narrated by: George Saunders, Tina Fey, Michael McKean, Edi Patterson, Jenny Slate, Jack McBrayer, Melora Hardin, Stephen Root
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-18-22
- Language: English
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Tenth of December
- Narrated by: George Saunders
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-17-13
- Language: English
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Tag der Befreiung
- Stories
- By: George Saunders, Frank Heibert - Übersetzer, Ernst Matthias Friedrich
- Narrated by: Stefan Wilkening
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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George Saunders, der "König der Kurzgeschichte" (NZZ), erzählt einfühlsam und virtuos von den Gefängnissen, in denen wir stecken - den realen wie den...
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Tag der Befreiung
- Stories
- Narrated by: Stefan Wilkening
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-13-24
- Language: German
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Fuchs 8
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: Stefan Kaminski
- Length: 52 mins
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Fuchs 8 war immer schon neugierig und ein bisschen anders als die anderen Füchse seiner Gruppe. So hat er die menschliche Sprache gelernt...
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Fuchs 8
- Narrated by: Stefan Kaminski
- Length: 52 mins
- Release date: 03-01-21
- Language: German
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