Can anybody suggest an audio book for a 10 hr car ride?
Can anybody suggest an audio book for a 10 hr car ride? Pretty traditional 70 yr olds… historical fiction good mystery types…women.
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Code Girls,The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy.
My parents like to listen to Jack Reacher
Agatha Christie?
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson. You will laugh out loud and you will identify with his adventures no matter where you grew up. We are also 70 year olds and we listened on a ten hour drive to Montana.
the Help by Kathryn Stockett
Robert Galbraith (J K Rowling) get all 3 books, they are great and the accents are fantastic!!
Still Life by Louise Penny
I feel like there are some excellent recordings of The Great Gatsby…
The Cat Who books, Miss Julia series or The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series. If they have a good sense of humor and like some hysterical fantasy, try the Discworld Series.
I listened to, “The Orchardist” in the car. It is a FABULOUS story and it’s great as an audiobook! The narrator’s voice was awesome as well
Any Agatha Christie book lasts between 6 and 8 hours… Might do the trick…
The Count of Monte Cristo…..perfect!
Brilliant story
How about Crime and Punishment. It would be a great long car trip book.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Sandra Dallas does great historical fiction.
M C Beaton’s Aretha Raisin series. My older ladies love the ‘cosy murders.’
And Alexander McCall Smith like @Pamela said. Also a massive win!
Jodi Picoult
Small great things
Number 1 ladies detective agency series
Jan Karon’s Midford series
Right now, I am listening to The Soul of an Octopus. It is NF and fascinating and think it will work for any audience.
The Queens Poisoner
Just.finnished that series
Any novel by P.D. James.
There is trilogy of books I can’t remember the name. They start in midieval England. They were all very popular
Is it the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters? Good stories.
CJ Box novels are great!
My Antonia is a great audio book.
I really enjoyed listening to A Gentleman in Moscow. Heard lots of humor I would have missed had I read it myself. May be longer than 10 hours, though.
It is a great listen!
Orphan Train
Dare I say One for the Money by Janet Evanovich? You’d be surprised to know these women have not always been in their 70’s! (I am 67….)
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira, narrated by Kimberly Farr
Not fiction, but I really enjoyed listening to Bill Bryson’s One Summer. It’s longer than 10 hours, but it’s fascinating and he reads it himself.
Bill Bryson’s “In a Sunburned Country” about Australia is one of my favorites, laughed so often.
@Margaret I haven’t read that one, thanks for the tip!
@Suzanne Here’s one quote from that book for you. ““But don’t worry,” she continued. “Most snakes don’t want to hurt you. If you’re out in the bush and a snake comes along, just stop dead and let it slide over your shoes.”
This, I decided, was the least-likely-to-be-followed advice I have ever been given.”
― Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country
@Margaret thank you for the laugh!!
@Suzanne My pleasure! The book is full of them. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz.
Thanks! Great suggestions! Humor a good idea too!
Heartburn – Nora Ephron
Mr. Churchill’s Secretary…mystery set in WW2 with a strong female protagonist. It is the first one in a series that now has 7 titles.
I love that series!
There are three or four in an excellent series about Josephine Bonaparte – historical fiction.
Do you know about the Maisie Dobbs books????
The Help, The Invention of Wings, Flight Behavior…
Not a book, but I love “stuff you should know” podcasts
Love these podcasts!
The Other Boleyn Girl and the rest of the books in that series.
The Wonder (Emma Donaghue).
I always like to listen to books that relate to the country I am driving through. Craig Johnson’s “Dry Bones” when going to Dinosaur National Monument, for instance.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Any mystery by the late P. D. James
Lonesome Dove is wonderful!
Definately!
The Invention Of Wings
This book is amazing
Anything by Kate Morton. Shifting Fog was fantastic
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. My husband and I listened to it driving up the Natchez Trace. Best road trip ever!
Was going to recommend this same book. Such a good book.
I love riding the Trace! Always drove on part of it when going to visit grandparents in Mississippi. My dream is to drive it from beginning to end and stop at every marker.
We stopped at almost every pullout. Nevada Barr wrote two murder mysteries that take place on the Trace. I read one before the trip. So cool to stop and explore the locations important in the book!
I’ll have to look for those books.
Our Souls at Night, perhaps
When We Were Yours is what I’m listening to right now. Highly recommend. A Man Called Ove is my favorite audiobook of all time.
Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series
There are lots of good audio versions of Agatha Christie’s books
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doeer
A Gentleman in Moscow
“The Eye of the Needle” by Ken Follett is a WWII story of a spy who infiltrates Great Britain. There are some pretty intense scenes, but I loved it. “Blizzard” is another good book by Follett. He is a master of suspense.