Listening to a gripping Audiobook while on a road trip is a fantastic combination, just like books & cafes. However, road trips with friends and family often involve fighting well-nigh what to listen to. Everyone’s music taste varies. Hence one person’s playlist won’t make everyone happy.
Best Audiobooks For Road Trips!
The weightier way to alimony everyone satisfied and hooked on a road trip is to play an audiobook and let everyone enjoy the scenery outside while enjoying the story. And if you are a solo traveler, you must listen to an audiobook. You won’t finger lonely, and it will alimony you awake, which is essential when you are on the steering wheel. So, here are the weightier audiobooks for road trips to alimony you entertained, whether you are going out with your friends or family. You can sign up for Audible Self-ruling Trial now and get all the Audible Originals (Audiobooks & Podcasts) for self-ruling with full unlimited access.
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Narrated by Elizabeth Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love is a story well-nigh several things, for example, divorce, heartbreak, spirituality, finding yourself, etc. But I picked this audiobook for a variegated reason. Elizabeth is going through the ‘dark night of the soul.’ She feels lost and devastated and decides to go on a solo trip. Her first destination is Italy, where she nourishes herself with good supplies and new friends. Her next stop is India, where she nourishes her soul. She lives in an ashram in India and grounds herself.
And finally, she goes to Bali, where she continues to learn increasingly well-nigh spirituality and finds love again. The tragedian Elizabeth Gilbert narrated the typesetting herself, which makes the listening wits plane increasingly authentic. It’s a refreshing wits to listen to someone’s travel stories that transformed their life while you are on a trip yourself. It fills you with hope. You can get the audiobook here!
2. Travels With Charley: In Search Of America by John Steinback, Narrated by Gary Sinise
Do you overly finger that you don’t know the place you have lived for such a long time? Well, it was the specimen for the tragedian John Steinback. As he was nearing his retirement, wanderlust got him. He used to write well-nigh America but felt shredded from it. Writing well-nigh a place he knew nothing well-nigh felt like a crime.
So, one day he purchased a GMC pickup truck, stock-still up a zany shell inside it, and named the truck Rocinante. He took his wife’s dog Charley, a French Poodle, with him on this journey. You must listen to this audiobook to learn increasingly well-nigh John and Poodle’s road trip. The narration by Gary Sinise is easy-going, making it a perfect Road trip listen. You can get the audiobook here!
3. The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary, Narrated by Josh Dylan and Eleanor Tomlinson
Ensure you don’t have your ex in the car while listening to this audiobook considering things may get awkward. Why will you go on a road trip with your ex? Well, I had to warn you, so I did. Imagine you are going on a road trip with your sister to a friend’s wedding. Everything is perfect. You have curated a playlist, and the snacks basket is spilling. However, shortly without you start, a car rams into your car from behind, and the suburbanite is your ex.
This is the premise of the audiobook The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary. The protagonist Addie has to requite her ex now a lift in her car considering his car is finished. And guess what? Her ex is peekaboo the same wedding that Addie and her sister are headed to. Can it get any worse? Well, it does. The Road Trip will be an enjoyable audiobook to listen to, expressly with your friends, considering you can share anecdotes and gossip well-nigh your exes. Or not. *winks* You can get the audiobook here!
4. A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, Narrated by Richard Matthews
Wow! The variation of my recommendations is quite something. What if you want to stave listening to a fiction audiobook? Expressly if you are going to make a unravel journey and have multiple stops, a nonfiction audiobook like A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson will be perfect considering it’s easier to alimony up with a typesetting like this.
You can start from any chapter; it will be just as fun. When traveling, I think well-nigh things I don’t usually superintendency about. For example, what’s the age of the Earth, who invented Prussian Blue, and many increasingly such eccentric questions. If you can relate, you must listen to this audiobook, which will requite you all the answers. The typesetting is written and narrated in a very humorous and conversational manner. You can get the audiobook here!
5. The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon, Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Raymond Lee, Dominic Hoffman
Young sultana novels make life worth living. It’s one of my favorite genres. There is passion, love, agony, and a heart ready to do anything in the YA genre. The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon is a refreshing story. The audiobook follows the story of Natasha and Daniel. Natasha is from Jamaica living in Brooklyn. She is an illegal immigrant who gets to know that her parents are well-nigh to be deported.
Daniel, on the other hand, is a Korean living in Harlem. He is a poet and wants to pursue it, but his parents want him to wilt a doctor. Natasha and Daniel meet at a record store and spend the next several hours together, talking well-nigh love, life, etc. The typesetting is interesting, but the narration by Bahni Turpin, Raymond Lee, and Dominic Hoffman makes this audiobook stand out. You can get the audiobook here!
6. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Narrated by Jeremy Irons
If you believe in destiny and universal energy, this should be your audiobook pick for your road trip. The Alchemist is the story of an Andalusian shepherd boy who gets the dream of a treasure while he is in a ruined church. He sets on a journey to find the treasure. And withal the way, he comes wideness variegated people who guide him with wisdom.
Paulo Coelho‘s storytelling brings in the magic of medieval mysticism. And the narration by Jeremy Irons breathes life into the book. Listening to this audiobook on your road trip with the windows lanugo will be a dreamy experience. You can get the audiobook here!
7. A Gentleman’s Guide To Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee, Narrated by Christian Coulson
A Gentleman’s Guide To Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee has to be one of the most humorous books ever. This romantic venture audiobook is based in the eighteenth century. But the tragedian has written this typesetting for the modern audience; therefore, the language and writing style is contemporary, which makes it unique. The protagonist, Henry Montague, aka Monty, is a bisexual British lord.
Monty decides to go on a grand Europe tour with his weightier friend and secret crush, Percy. Monty’s father wants him to take over their manor and wilt a responsible lord, but he has other things on his platter. Monty and Percy get into several questionable situations on this grand tour. This audiobook will requite you some severe tickles and alimony you entertained. You can get the audiobook here!
8. American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Narrated by Full Cast
If you are interested in fantasy and mythology, listen to The American Gods by Neil Gaiman. The typesetting follows the story of Shadow, who is an ex-convict. Without his release from prison, he is excited well-nigh meeting his wife, Laura, only to find later that she was killed in a car wrecking with his weightier friend with whom she was having an affair.
Shadow is devasted and angry. He then takes the bodyguard job for a con man named Mr. Wednesday. Shadow and Mr. Wednesday travel wideness the United States to meet various unique characters. The story entwines several fantastical and mythological characters, all feeling real. This audiobook will alimony you hooked till the end. You can get the audiobook here!
9. The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Narrated by Frazer Douglas
For those interested in Greek mythology, this one is expressly for you. The Song Of Achilles is the story of Patroclus, a young prince exiled and sent to King Peleus’ court. There he meets the King’s perfect son Achilles. Achilles befriends Peleus, and they grow a unique bond. But when news comes that Helen of Sparta is kidnapped, Achilles has to fulfill his destiny by going to war in Troy. Patroclus decides to go with Achilles, and then the story gets intense. The writing is gripping, and Frazer Douglas’ narration makes the listening wits vivid. You can get the audiobook here!
10. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Narrated by Carey Mulligan
When on a road trip, I love to pick a typesetting with magical realism in it as it makes the journey finger surreal. So here is a recommendation for you with magical realism in it. A library with an infinite number of books where you will find a typesetting that will tell the story of your life as you have lived it, and the other books tell the story of other reality. A life you could have lived if you made variegated choices. Sounds interesting? Well, this is the premise of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The narration by the English actress Carey Mulligan is expressive, making the story come to life. You can get the audiobook here!
These are the weightier audiobook recommendations for your next road trip! There are some experiences that you remember and cherish forever. Road trips are one of the most wholesome experiences. So, let us know your picks from this list for your next road trip.