Where to Start with Peter Ganim
- New to Peter Ganim? Start here → The Correspondent
- What fans keep coming back to → Crooked Kingdom
- Short listen, big payoff → Rendezvous with Rama
- Highest rated by listeners → King Sorrow
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various
★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)More about this pick
Through discovered letters, the life story of a remarkable woman unfolds across decades of love, loss, war, and artistic passion. This epistolary novel examines how written words preserve and transform our understanding of both ordinary and extraordinary lives.
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Crooked Kingdom
Six of Crows • Book 2
Narrated by Roger Clark, Jay Snyder, Elizabeth Evans, Fred Berman, Brandon Rubin, Kevin T. Collins, Lauren Fortgang, Peter Ganim
★ 4.68 ABR Score (797.9K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (779.9K) ★ 4.73 Audible (18.0K)More about this pick
Kaz and his Dregs crew fight for survival in Ketterdam after their Ice Court heist goes sideways. The full ensemble cast returns to handle this action-packed conclusion to the Six of Crows duology.
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King Sorrow
by Joe Hill
Narrated by Ari Fliakos, Ian Shaw, Kate Mulgrew, Virginia Kull, Dominic Hoffman, Marin Ireland, Tim Sample, Kristen Ariza, Jaime Lamchick, Mike Ortego, Micky Shiloah, Kristen Sieh, Pete Simonelli, Kevin Stillwell, Peter Ganim
★ 4.40 ABR Score (23.5K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (3.0K)More about this pick
A full cast captures the terror as college student Arthur gets blackmailed into stealing rare books, unleashing something ancient from the library's depths.
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Rendezvous with Rama
Rama • Book 1
Narrated by Peter Ganim, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction
★ 4.21 ABR Score (196.5K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (185.6K) ★ 4.39 Audible (10.9K)More about this pick
Clarke's hard sci-fi classic about humanity's first encounter with an alien artifact gets respectful treatment from Peter Ganim. The sense of wonder and scientific curiosity comes through in every measured description.
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The Trident Deception
Trident Deception • Book 1
by Rick Campbell
Narrated by Peter Ganim
★ 4.20 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.41 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
Peter Ganim handles the mounting tension as submarine USS Kentucky receives nuclear launch orders, then goes silent during its eight-day journey to the firing position.
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The President Is Missing
by Bill Clinton, James Patterson
Narrated by Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò
★ 4.15 ABR Score (147.7K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (128.3K) ★ 4.18 Audible (19.4K)More about this pick
A sitting president goes off the grid to stop a cyberattack that could cripple America while facing impeachment proceedings. Dennis Quaid leads a full cast through this insider's view of executive power.
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Light Falls: Space, Time, and an Obsession of Einstein
by Brian Greene
Narrated by Brian Greene, Paul Rudd, Peter Ganim, Suzanne Toren, Edoardo Ballerini, Julian Elfer, Kevin Pariseau, Jonathan Davis
★ 4.14 ABR Score (5.7K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.9K)More about this pick
Brian Greene and Paul Rudd elevate this theatrical reimagining of Einstein's breakthrough into something genuinely cinematic—a rare science audiobook that feels like a play, not a lecture.
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Gone Before Goodbye
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Peter Ganim, Saskia Maarleveld, James Fouhey
★ 4.11 ABR Score (129.8K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (121.7K) ★ 4.3 Audible (8.1K)More about this pick
Former Army surgeon Maggie McCabe, stripped of her medical license, gets a mysterious second chance working for an elite plastic surgeon with secretive clients. A star-studded cast including Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine tackle Coben's latest conspiracy thriller.
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Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour
by Elton John, David Furnish - foreword
Narrated by Richard Armitage, Vikas Adam, Daniel Henning, Ray Porter, Jesse Einstein, Fred Berman, Edoardo Ballerini, Mark Boyett, Kevin T. Collins, Peter Ganim, Mike Cooper, John Lee, Oliver Wyman
★ 3.80 ABR Score (462 ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (314) ★ 4.33 Audible (148)More about this pick
Richard Armitage anchors this memoir with a gravitas that matches Elton's reflective tone, making decades of touring stories feel like a confidence shared with an old friend rather than celebrity spectacle.
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Beacon 23
Beacon 23 #1-5 • Book 1
by Hugh Howey
Narrated by Peter Ganim
★ 3.78 ABR Score (23.4K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (22.9K) ★ 4.09 Audible (452)More about this pick
A lone lighthouse keeper in space guides ships through hyperspace jumps until everything goes catastrophically wrong. Peter Ganim captures the isolation and growing paranoia of deep space duty perfectly.
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The Playful Entrepreneur
by Mark Dodgson, David M. Gann
Narrated by Peter Ganim
★ 3.54 ABR Score (40 ratings)★ 3.27 Goodreads (15) ★ 3.56 Audible (25)More about this pick
Dodgson and Gann argue that incorporating play into work helps navigate uncertainty and turbulence—a concept that benefits from Ganim's engaging delivery of this unconventional business philosophy.
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