21 Best audiobook books like The Shortest Day by Colm Tóibín

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The Shortest Day

By: Colm Tóibín

3.78

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

In Ireland, a man of reason is drawn to a true mystery older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge in th…

"But did they have gods? Or believe in an afterlife?"

-Colm Tóibín, The Shortest Day

"But did they have gods? Or believe in an afterlife?"

-Colm Tóibín, The Shortest Day

If you liked the audiobook plot in The Shortest Day by Colm Tóibín , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood

1. Cut and Thirst

By: Margaret Atwood

3.15

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, a… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Cut and Thirst book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Cleaners (Faraway Collection)

By: Ken Liu

3.48

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Touch the past or wash it away? Two sisters have a choice in this unforgettable short story of ever… read more

Similar categories in Ken Liu's The Cleaners (Faraway Collection) book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • magical realism
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. Lovers at the Museum

By: Isabel Allende

3.48

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind Knows My Name comes a mesmerizing tale of tw… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Allende's Lovers at the Museum book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • magical realism
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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4. Halfway to Free

By: Emma Donoghue

3.72

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) Raising a family is the ultimate luxury as… read more

Similar categories in Emma Donoghue's Halfway to Free book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Graceful Burdens

By: Roxane Gay

4.05

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) From New York Times bestselling author Rox… read more

Similar categories in Roxane Gay's Graceful Burdens book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. This Telling

By: Cheryl Strayed

3.95

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on … read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Strayed's This Telling book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Sweet Virginia

By: Caroline Kepnes

3.02

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

What’s a woman to do when she fails to live up to feminine ideals? It depends on what she’s willing… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Kepnes's Sweet Virginia book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Bear Witness

By: Mary Gaitskill

3.20

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Margo Martindale (Mrs. America) In the wake of a brutal crime, three people c… read more

Similar categories in Mary Gaitskill's Bear Witness book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • mystery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Contractors

By: Lisa Ko

3.55

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Lea Salonga (Aladdin) A split-screen view of the tech industry’s underbelly—a… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Ko's The Contractors book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

10. Zikora

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.27

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a mov… read more

Similar categories in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Zikora book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You can’t nice your way to being loved."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

"Some kindnesses you do not ever forget. You carry them to your grave, held warmly somewhere, brought up and savored from time to time."

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

"Respect: a starched deference, a string of ashen rituals. It was my mother who sat beside my father at weddings and ceremonies; it was her photo that appeared above the label of “wife"

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

"If he was going to have a child, of course he should have a say, but how much of a say, since the body was mine, since in creating a child, Nature demanded so much of the woman and so little of the m…"

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zikora

Cover of Two Henrys (This Can't Be Happening collection) by Kevin Allison

11. Two Henrys (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Kevin Allison

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Coming out can be awkward enough—let alone coming out in the 1970s, in Ohio, as a Catholic schoolbo… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Allison's Two Henrys (This Can't Be Happening collection) book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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12. Calypso's Guest

By: Andrew Sean Greer

3.82

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A bargain with the gods throws two men together in a timeless short story of adventure and unrequit… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Sean Greer's Calypso's Guest book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Model Home

By: J. Courtney Sullivan

3.19

Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition

Not happy? No problem. Fake it. From New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney Sullivan comes a… read more

Similar categories in J. Courtney Sullivan's Model Home book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Shortest Day by Colm Tóibín

14. The Shortest Day

By: Colm Tóibín

3.78

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

In Ireland, a man of reason is drawn to a true mystery older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge in th… read more

Similar categories in Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • magical realism
  • short stories
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"But did they have gods? Or believe in an afterlife?"

-Colm Tóibín, The Shortest Day

Cover of Themes and Variations by David Sedaris

15. Themes and Variations

By: David Sedaris

4.21

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In this Kindle-exclusive essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rew… read more

Similar categories in David Sedaris's Themes and Variations book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wickeds (Faraway Collection) by Gayle Forman

16. The Wickeds (Faraway Collection)

By: Gayle Forman

3.67

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

The reviled villainesses of Snow White, Cinderella, and Rapunzel team up to set the record straight… read more

Similar categories in Gayle Forman's The Wickeds (Faraway Collection) book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Summer House (Currency) by Cristina Henríquez

17. The Summer House (Currency)

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.40

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Accustomed to being used, a jack-of-all-odd-jobs is torn between desire and duty in a short story a… read more

Similar categories in Cristina Henríquez's The Summer House (Currency) book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. I Would Be Doing This Anyway

By: Jia Tolentino

3.65

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

A razor-sharp short story about anonymity, mutual deception, and the perils of overexposure—debut f… read more

Similar categories in Jia Tolentino's I Would Be Doing This Anyway book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of If You Are Lonely and You Know It (Currency) by Yiyun Li

19. If You Are Lonely and You Know It (Currency)

By: Yiyun Li

3.42

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

He tends to his garden and bees. He keeps quiet. He avoids drama. Until one transgression causes an… read more

Similar categories in Yiyun Li's If You Are Lonely and You Know It (Currency) book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shine, Pamela! Shine! by Kate Atkinson

20. Shine, Pamela! Shine!

By: Kate Atkinson

3.11

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Thoroughly divorced but ever the optimist, Pamela faces the realities of aging and the leaps of fai… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Shine, Pamela! Shine! book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • magical realism
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. In the Empty Quarter

By: G. Willow Wilson

3.79

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman’s journey to self-discovery collides with the ancient legends of the Rubʿ al-Khali desert i… read more

Similar categories in G. Willow Wilson's In the Empty Quarter book and Colm Tóibín's The Shortest Day

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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