Best Robert Petkoff Audiobooks
Robert Petkoff is a quietly essential narrator — the kind you start noticing after he shows up in three completely different corners of your audiobook library. His voice is smooth and controlled, with a mid-range authority that never feels pushy, making him unusually adaptable across genres. He handles the sprawling, morally tangled drama of Greg Iles' Natchez Burning Trilogy with the same grounded confidence he brings to Dooku: Jedi Lost, where he navigates a full cast of Star Wars characters without losing track of a single one. The Shadow Show anthology is another showcase — short fiction requires a narrator who can reset completely between stories, and Petkoff does it without breaking a sweat. If you tend toward thrillers and genre fiction that takes itself seriously, he's exactly the kind of narrator who stays out of the way of the story while quietly elevating every page of it.
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')
- Highest rated by listeners → How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Dale Carnegie Provides Techniques for a Stress-Free Life by Carnegie, Dale
Best Robert Petkoff Audiobooks
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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)8h 36m listening time • Released 2025A sprawling ensemble cast brings luminous depth to this meditation on lifelong correspondence—each narrator inhabits their character so fully you'll forget you're listening to a performance, not overhearing actual lives unfolding.
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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
★ 4.46 ABR Score (124.4K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (116.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (7.9K)10h 35m listening time • Released 2007 - 3
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
★ 4.34 ABR Score (190.0K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (183.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (6.2K)22h 29m listening time • Released 2016 - 4
How To Do The Work
by Nicole LePera, Amir Levine, Rachel S.F. Heller
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 4.25 ABR Score (10.3K ratings)★ 5 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.79 Audible (10.3K)7h 4m listening time • Released 2019Robert Petkoff's steady, grounded narration makes these two essential psychology books feel like conversations with a therapist you actually trust—perfect for unpacking attachment patterns and childhood wounds during your commute.
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Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars)
Star Wars Disney Canon Novel • Book 9
by Cavan Scott
Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Marc Thompson, Pete Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, Neil Hellegers, Sean Kenin, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Robert Petkoff, Rebecca Soler
★ 4.08 ABR Score (21.2K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (11.0K) ★ 4.47 Audible (10.2K)6h 21m listening time • Released 2019The full-cast performance transforms this into a theatrical experience—each narrator inhabits a different character so distinctly that you forget you're listening to a book, not watching a play unfold.
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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
★ 4.03 ABR Score (345 ratings)★ 4.67 Goodreads (84) ★ 4.58 Audible (261)96h 18m listening time • Released 2023Three narrators trade off across 96 hours to bring Mississippi's ugliest secrets to life—Brick, Petkoff, and Ledoux each nail their characters so completely you forget you're listening to a performance.
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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)10h 1m listening time • Released 2018 - 8
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)14h 11m listening time • Released 2012A master class in short-form storytelling with an all-star narrator lineup—Takei, Mulgrew, and Gaiman himself elevate 26 writers' Bradbury-inspired tales into something you'll want to hear in one sitting.
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Star Trek: Discovery: Dead Endless
Star Trek: Discovery • Book 6
by Dave Galanter
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 3.78 ABR Score (827 ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (653) ★ 4.32 Audible (174)10h 38m listening time • Released 2019 - 10
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)11h 31m listening time • Released 2018 - 11
Barkskins
by Annie Proulx
Narrated by Robert Petkoff
★ 3.67 ABR Score (22.6K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (20.6K) ★ 4.06 Audible (2.0K)25h 53m listening time • Released 2016 - 12
Magician and Fool
Arcana Oracle • Book 1
by Susan Wands
Narrated by January Lavoy, Robert Petkoff
★ 3.63 ABR Score (122 ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (121) ★ 5 Audible (1)8h 35m listening time • Released 2023Lavoy and Petkoff bring real electricity to this Victorian occult thriller, splitting Pamela Colman Smith's dual battle against a vengeful magician and her own creative demons with perfectly matched intensity.
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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
★ 3.56 ABR Score (24 ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1) ★ 4 Audible (23)20h 22m listening time • Released 2026