Anthologies & Short Stories

For over sixty years, readers of all ages have been enchanted by the magical realms, the epic battles between good and evil, and the unforgettable creatures of Narnia. This box set includes all seven titles in The Chronicles of Narnia—The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe...

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal....

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

When young Tad Thatcher told his grandfather he wanted to command a starship like he did, his grandfather took him seriously. He taught his grandson everything he knew.

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts...

Warren is just a guardsman with a haunted past eager for a new castle to defend. All that changes when he's summoned to the edges of the kingdom, where walls protect cities against the diabolical foes of the wildlands.

An addictive, unpredictable, darkly hilarious collection of stories from Danny McBride—the beloved creator and star of The Righteous Gemstones and Eastbound & Down. “These McBride men more than drink their own Kool-Aid, they swig it to survive. On fever quests to save face and make their...

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature. Though more than 2,700 years old, their stories of brave heroics, capricious gods, and towering human emotions are vividly timeless. The Iliad can justly be called the world’s greatest...

AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES, COMING JANUARY 2026 Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED...

Men tremble at the sound of their names while women run, their lives flashing before their eyes. They’re the monsters under your bed, the boogeymen in your closet. Every living soul fears them. They’re relentless and they’re coming to play.

Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures, the first chapter in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. ★ The New York...

An all-new Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," is the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first audiobook of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. The collection will include nine works in all. The first eight are: “The Hope of...

Magic is real—all the myths and legends of mankind come from a place that actually exists. And Jonathan is about to go there…

Arthur Cain was a hero to his city, the most accomplished and respected of the firefighters in his entire district. But when a call comes in from the so-called "Halfbreed Heights", the monsterfolk part of the city, Arthur's life gets flip-turned upside down.

"HARROWING THRILLS . . . FAST-PACED AND ENGAGING." --People It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to...

The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators....

A collection of shockingly prescient stories covering topics from aliens to AI, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Silo trilogy Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning...

Read by Juliet Stevenson Miss Marple: The Complete Story Collection gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It’s an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that...

Geralt the Witcher battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike in Sword of Destiny, the second collection of adventures in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the Netflix show and the hit video games. ★ The New York Times bestselling series ★ Over Fifteen...

The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing.....

In this special collection, enjoy duet and full cast performances from your favorite narrators including Vanessa Edwin, Teddy Hamilton, Jason Clarke, Andi Arndt, Shane East, Siiri Scott, Stella Hunter, Ryan West, Joe Arden and Erin Mallon.

Set in small town Montana, this romantic suspense series follows a group of unlikely heroes looking for redemption and the women who steal their hearts.

The author presents a collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser. "Beseiged": Protagonist is Lord John Grey, a secondary character in the Outlander novels and a main...

WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! A Karin Slaughter Will Trent thriller collection featuring Fractured, Undone, and...

Welcome to Cottonwood Cove! In this lakeside town you’ll find small town charm, unbreakable bonds, and the lovable Reynolds family. These five siblings will have you laughing, crying, yearning and swooning over every happily ever after.

From the beloved creator of the wildly popular Sam O’Nella Academy YouTube channel, an irreverent and timely science fiction collection that offers a wry look at the not-so-distant future Sam A. Miller, the creator behind Sam O'Nella Academy, has spent ten years teaching his 4.8 million...

When a mysterious wave wipes every living creature from Earth, one man believes he’s the last human alive… until he discovers a lone astronaut stranded aboard the International Space Station. To reunite, they must solve an impossible mystery involving CERN, alien technology, and a force capable of reshaping time, space, and reality itself. Their search for answers will carry them from the ruins of Earth into parallel dimensions where every revelation uncovers an even greater threat.

The Quick Pucks Volume One Box Set by Kayley Loring includes three standalone spicy small town hockey romantic comedy novellas. In this box set you'll find Net and Chill, 10 Things I Skate About You, and 50 First Skates. Sometimes you just need a quick puck. Or three.

The YOU ARE SUMMONED Complete Series Bundle is 6 Full Books of LitRPG adventure about an MC turned into a summon minion who has to complete tasks for random summoners.

On Orion, becoming king is easy… just climb a monster-filled tower, rescue the girls, claim the throne, and try not to die. Reborn in a crypt, Nick awakens as the last Archaen: heir to a forgotten race, a legendary Soul Blade, and a kingdom buried beneath the city of Havendale. As a Soul Knight, Nick wields an impossible blend of paladin and necromancer magic. He can judge the wicked, heal damaged souls, summon soul servants, and form Soul Pacts with loyal followers—and the wives who will rise beside him.

Protecting Addison, Protecting Kelli, and Protecting Bree are an exciting conclusion to the series featuring Military Navy SEALs, more of the girl tribe, secrets, marriage of convenience, a single mother, kidnappings, strong heroines, foster kids, heroines in peril, beach vacations, stalkers, danger, action and adventure, human trafficking, long-lost enemies, and of course three wonderful, heartwarming, sexy happily ever afters.

The Brewer siblings have built a billion-dollar empire, but success in business doesn't make falling in love any easier. Whether it's a marriage of convenience, an accidental Vegas wedding with your best friend's brother, or a relationship with your new assistant, each Brewer discovers that the greatest fortune in life can't be measured in dollars.

Revisit this heartfelt single mom contemporary romance from New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery. Previously published as The Best Bride. Single mom Elizabeth Abbot has endured enough heartbreak at the hands of her deceitful ex-husband to last a lifetime. Determined to make a fresh...

In a world where shapeshifters are hunted, Aislinn’s family lives a life of secrecy, traveling as traders to avoid discovery. They’ve learned that life may be safer in the small mountain town of Frenhill, but as they make the journey south, their luck finally runs out. They’re attacked by the king’s guards and her parents fight back, giving Aislinn and her little brother, Liam, the chance to escape. To run. To hide in the unforgiving wilderness.

They had 36 Hours to prepare for the end of the world as they knew it. It wasn’t enough.

From award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull comes a brilliant collection of short stories, including old favorites and brand-new adventures Fourteen stories. Unseen places that lie just within, beneath, beyond our reality. A father and daughter traverse postapocalyptic America seeking safe haven...

First published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of J. G. Ballard's best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. This collection includes "The Garden of Time," the inspiration for the 2024 Met Gala—fashion's biggest night. His tales of the human psyche and its relationship to nature and technology, as viewed through a strong microscope, were eerily prescient and now provide greater perspective on our computer-dominated culture.

Valdis Wolfbane is renowned through the lands for his physical prowess and mighty conquests, but he's willing to give it all up to purchase a farm and settle down. Exchanging a sword for a plow, he's set on turning the dilapidated farm into something he can live off for the rest of his peaceful life. What he didn't bet on was finding love after all these years of fighting. Now that he has the time, he's about to discover that two is better than one... and three makes for a life well lived.

A collection of three addicting small town friends to lovers romances by USA Today and WSJ bestselling author Charity Ferrell This collection includes: JUST FRIENDS: The first time we spoke he tried to bribe me, and I called his bluff. That became friendship … then first loves. I steal his...

I was having an ordinary day as a tour guide aboard the Steadfast when suddenly the ship was attacked by a kraken. Mythical creatures like this giant sea monster weren't meant to exist on Earth, but this one was definitely real. And so was the damage it did to the Steadfast. After washing up on a deserted island, I'm looking for ways to survive. Food, water, and shelter are at the top of the list. Next comes some kind of weapon to deal with the strange creatures who lurk the island. It's not long before I discover that this island isn't even on Earth.

My name is Eva Morales, and I was one step away from being homeless when Trace Walker came into my life. I want to hate him because of my past, but I end up making what I consider a "devil's bargain" with the arrogant young billionaire instead. Really, I have no choice. It's either take the work he's offering or starve. Should I tell him the truth, or do I finish the job he's paying me for and walk away with my secrets still hidden? I've always been alone, and I always thought I preferred it-until I met Trace.

A man confesses to a murder on a night train — and argues, with terrifying conviction, that he was right to commit it. The Kreutzer Sonata is Tolstoy's most scandalous work: banned by Russian censors on first publication in 1889, condemned from pulpits, and still, more than a century later, one of the most unsettling accounts of jealousy, marriage, and sexual disgust ever written. Pozdnyshev, acquitted of killing his wife, tells a stranger the entire story in a single unbroken night — and Tolstoy never quite tells us how far to trust him. This edition presents the complete novella in ...

My life was a spreadsheet of beige calculations...until a dead grandfather I never knew left me a magical house and a death sentence. Now I'm the steward of a sentient manor on the mystical Isle of Man, and my life has become a high-stakes RPG. I've got levels to grind, stats to manage, and two drop-dead gorgeous fairies for company—one, a fiery warrior with a secret, and the other, a mischievous archer who thinks sharing is caring.

Other Tales: Volume VII contains six bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including a humorous yarn by science fiction titan Arthur C. Clarke, a mysterious supernatural tale by Katherine Gaskell (author of North and South), a classic swords & sorcery story by Clifford Ball, and Boxes in the Warehouse, an original piece by contemporary author J. Brice Odom, author of Shoreless Seas & Stars Uncounted and Letters From the Frontier.

Ivy Morgan-Harker, Harper Harlow-Monroe, Rowan Gray-Davenport, and Maddie Graves-Winters want to keep their families safe. Trouble keeps finding them, however. They will work together to do what’s right…one way or another.

An epic full-cast play about Robin Hood, plus an episode of In Our Time setting him in his historical context and four dramatic interpretations of his story Robin Hood has captured the English imagination for centuries. His tale has been told in ballads, novels, plays, TV shows and films – and...

What happens after the happy ending? Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about some of the much-loved men from her books. Follow them through wet and windy marriage proposals, surprise workplace visits, and a very entertaining ghost tour. It includes stories previously written for her website, newsletter, and readers’ group, along with four brand new and exclusive short stories—Gertie and the Glitch, A Red Ribbon, When Will Met Jem, and Sun Cove.

The last thing Olivia Nightingale's mother ever said changed everything. “Your father didn't die in an accident. He was murdered.” Now alone in the world, Olivia finds herself drawn back to the one place that still connects her to the family she's lost. When her childhood home unexpectedly comes up for sale, she uses the inheritance her mother left behind to buy it. At first, the neighborhood feels just as she remembers it. But beneath the familiar faces and peaceful hill, old secrets still linger. As the past slowly begins to unravel, Olivia discovers that the biggest secrets weren't ...

This annotated edition includes: The complete first six volumes of In Search of Lost Time, in C. K. Scott Moncrieff's classic 1922–1930 translation — from Swann's Way through The Sweet Cheat Gone A biographical portrait, honestly framed against what can and cannot be verified about a writer this mythologized An afterword on the argument between Proust and his own translator over the English title — fought out, in Proust's own words, six weeks before his death Full provenance notes and a chronology tracing the novel's translation history to the present day A live table of contents ...

In the blind spots of creation, ancient things stir. They’ve been waiting for you… A sinkhole opened in my basement… and there’s a door inside. I put a camera on my cat. The footage haunts me. The construction workers on my street only come out at night, and they aren’t fixing the roads… My trail cam recorded something impossible. When the bell in this tower rings, the door unlocks. Each time, there is a different, more terrible world waiting on the other side.