My husband and I like to listen to Audiobooks together on a road trip. Any good recommendations?
I’m going on a road trip next month with my husband, and we like to listen to Audiobooks together on them. Any good recommendations? Any genre works for us!
My Antonia is a beautiful audio book
1. Broken Harbor by Tana French
2. Beartown by Frederik Backman
3. A Gentleman In Moscow
4. Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
5. The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Epic and long, but wow, the narrator is fantastic (have only listeners to about 30-40% of the book thusfar though).
Ready Player One
The James Herriot books are well-narrated and a joy to listen to in the car.
Who narrates them?
Christopher @Timothy
My husband & I drove 15 hours over Christmas & listened to Trident: The Forging & Reforging of a Navy Seal by John Bruning & Jason Redman. We both really enjoyed it!
Our last car trip we “read” Devil in the White City and Unbroken. We’ve also enjoyed Doris Kearns Goodwin reading some of her books (Team of Rivals).
I think the Malcolm Gladwell books are great to listen to in that environment; and provide great topics to talk about after!
The Harry Potter Series!
If you like humor, try something by Bill Brson, narrated by the author.
A Walk in the Woods is great fun!
Far From The Tree (Andrew Solomon): Andrew Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so. Solomon’s startling proposition is that diversity is what unites us all. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, ..
We always listen to books on long trips and it’s a great thing to do! I would suggest in addition to long books, you get some shorter ones and some short stories, to fill in the gaps between longer books. Squirrel seeks chipmunk, by David Sedaris, is a series of short and very funny essays, if you don’t mind a little foul language mixed in!
Sedaris reading his books, is great for trips!!
I don’t know…I don’t think @Sheila can handle curse words.
@Susan, What the F#$* ????
We just finished Ready Player One on our last road trip. We kept finding excuses to keep driving, so that we wouldn’t have to turn it off.
I think you would like the Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finley!
We just did Physics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson, and it was so much fun! I love nonfiction science or adventure on long trips. We also enjoyed Cosmos by Carl Sagan…it was narrated by Carl, LeVar Burton and Neil Degrasse Tyson. (Can you tell I have a big crush on NDT?) ??
Behold the dreamers and The day the world came to town. Two of the best audible narrators and stories!
Behold The Dreamers is good? I loved the book
The earth children series by Jean m auel
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; the Maddaddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood
Life of Pi
Pillars of the Earth
Terry Pratchett.
Guards, Guards has a great narrator.
Dan Stevens ‘ reading of Murder in the Orient Express.
Gentleman in Moscow.
Wow!! Thank you everyone!! With or without the hubby I will have to listen to these recommendations!! ❤❤??
My favourites from last year were Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes and Conclave by Robert Harris. Prior to that I loved Inferno by Dan Brown.
Any of the 2 books from b a paris ….. behind close doors or the breakdown
Boys in the Boat.
Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods is a great audio. Even if you’ve read the book already it’s super funny and entertaining!
Les Miserable by Victor Hugo or Even Silence has an End by Ingrid Bitancourt
The Help!
When Breath Becomes Air. It’s a beautiful and sad book but well worth reading and nice to have someone to listen to it with you.
I just started NPCs by Drew Hays, and I’m dying of laughter.
Anything Malcolm Gladwell
I have never listened to an audio book but if Benedict Cummerbatch narrated ANYTHING I would have too!
He would be great!
Actually, if you search for him on Audible, he’s done several narrations – Sherlock Holmes (new stories), Ngaio Marsh, William Golding, plus cast recordings of books by Jane Austen, Neil Gaiman, and so on. You should check it out. I’ve just added several books to my wishlist.
My Best Friend’s Exorcism
Manhattan Beach
A Man Called Ove!!
Thank you again everyone!! I’ve added a lot of these to my wish list on Audible to buy with future credits!!
Your library may have hoopla and/or OverDrive (the app is called Libby). They are both downloadable audio apps and they’re free and easy to use! Just a library card is all you’d need ?
Oh perfect!! Thank you!!
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We listened to the Boys in the Boat last road trip. It was really long so took the whole trip but loved it and he loved it wasn’t a story he’d be sad about missing some details if he dozed or something.