Where to Start with Robert Petkoff
- New to Robert Petkoff? Start here → The Correspondent
- What fans keep coming back to → The Mist (Previously Published as a Novella in 'Skeleton Crew')
- Short listen, big payoff → Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
- Highest rated by listeners → How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Dale Carnegie Provides Techniques for a Stress-Free Life by Carnegie, Dale
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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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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
Narrated by Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
★ 4.74 ABR Score (32.2K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (21.9K) ★ 4.78 Audible (10.3K)More about this pick
O'Reilly and Dugard chronicle the Pacific War's final phase, from kamikaze attacks to atomic bombs. Robert Petkoff and Bill O'Reilly share narration duties, bringing intensity to this account of Japan's refusal to surrender.
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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Dale Carnegie Provides Techniques for a Stress-Free Life by Carnegie, Dale
by Dale Carnegie
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 4.40 ABR Score (124.4K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (116.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (7.9K)More about this pick
Carnegie's depression-era wisdom about conquering anxiety remains startlingly relevant, offering practical techniques for managing stress and fear through real-world examples. Petkoff's warm delivery makes the self-help classic feel like advice from a trusted mentor rather than a lecture.
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The Mist (Previously Published as a Novella in 'Skeleton Crew')
Skeleton Crew • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King, Dylan Baker, Kyle Beltran, Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael C. Hall, Paul Giamatti, Dana Ivey, Will Patton, Robert Petkoff, David Morse, Lois Smith, Frances Sternhagen
★ 4.32 ABR Score (190.0K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (6.2K)More about this pick
Customers trapped in a supermarket face both otherworldly monsters and human fanaticism in this all-star cast production led by Stephen King himself.
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How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age (Dale Carnegie Books)
by Dale Carnegie, Associates
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 4.13 ABR Score (21.8K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (15.3K) ★ 4.59 Audible (6.4K)More about this pick
Carnegie's classic principles get updated for social media, email, and online networking. Robert Petkoff presents the digital adaptations with clarity, making timeless advice feel immediately applicable to modern communication.
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The Natchez Burning Trilogy: A Penn Cage Collection Featuring: Natchez Burning, The Bone Tree, and Mississippi Blood
by Greg Iles
Narrated by David Ledoux, Robert Petkoff, Scott Brick
★ 4.01 ABR Score (345 ratings)★ 4.67 Goodreads (84) ★ 4.58 Audible (261)More about this pick
Penn Cage confronts his hometown's buried racial violence in this sweeping Southern gothic trilogy. Three skilled narrators guide you through nearly 100 hours of Civil Rights-era secrets and their deadly modern consequences.
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Fear Itself
Star Trek: Discovery • Book 3
by James Swallow, Robert Petkoff
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 3.94 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (831) ★ 4.61 Audible (328)More about this pick
Kelpien Lieutenant Saru, born on a world of predators, understands fear intimately but must overcome his prey-species instincts to succeed on the U.S.S. Shenzhou. When his protocol breach during a rescue mission backfires, survival becomes personal.
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
by Paul Tough
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 3.90 ABR Score (24.8K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (24.7K) ★ 4.46 Audible (80)More about this pick
Test scores don't predict success—character traits like perseverance and curiosity do, according to Tough's research synthesis. Robert Petkoff's clear narration helps digest the neuroscience and psychology behind childhood development.
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Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute
by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Alice Hoffman, Kelly Link, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Audrey Niffenegger, Ray Bradbury, Jay Bonansinga, David Morrell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Lee Martin, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, John Maclay, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Bayo Ojikutu
Narrated by George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, F. Murray Abraham, Neil Gaiman, Robert Petkoff, Dion Graham, Simon Van Booy, Edoardo Ballerini
★ 3.80 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.31 Audible (182)More about this pick
Celebrating Bradbury's legacy, this collection features stories by Gaiman, Hill, and others, with an impressive cast including George Takei and Neil Gaiman himself reading these homages.
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Star Trek: Discovery: Drastic Measures
Star Trek: Discovery • Book 2
by Dayton Ward
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 3.69 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)★ 3.63 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.25 Audible (379)More about this pick
Ten years before the Binary Stars battle, young Gabriel Lorca faces a deadly contagion ravaging Tarsus IV colony with eight thousand lives at stake.
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Barkskins
by Annie Proulx
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 3.68 ABR Score (22.6K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (20.6K) ★ 4.06 Audible (2.0K)More about this pick
Two French immigrants become indentured woodcutters in 17th-century New France, their descendants caught between vanishing forests and cultural extinction.
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Magician and Fool
Arcana Oracle • Book 1
by Susan Wands
Narrated by January Lavoy, Robert Petkoff
★ 3.62 ABR Score (122 ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (121) ★ 5 Audible (1)More about this pick
Pamela Colman Smith illustrates tarot cards for the Golden Dawn while Aleister Crowley threatens her muses in Victorian London. January Lavoy and Robert Petkoff bring this occult world to vivid life.
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Analytic review of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle By: Jon Meacham
by Andrew McKenzie
Narrated by Fred Sanders, Jon Meacham, Steve Hendrickson, Mike Chamberlain, Robert Petkoff, January LaVoy, Kimberly Farr, Robert Fass, Jim Seybert, Aaron Goodson, JD Jackson, Tavia Gilbert, Keith Szarabajka, Full Cast
★ 3.59 ABR Score (24 ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1) ★ 4 Audible (23)
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