Road trip- audio book recommendations

Hi all, I am planning on taking a cross country road trip in the next year. What are your recommendations for good audio books? I am looking for good books and also ones that are enjoyable to listen to. Thanks!

That's a wee bit too wide open. Maybe you can suggest a genre you'd like, other books you've read and enjoyed in this format, something? Otherwise I'm going to say On the Road for what you're doing, and The Oregon Trail for your user name, and feel like I've done my job.

I prefer mysteries, some young adult, historical fiction, and fiction in general. My passenger like science fiction.

Can't help you on most of those fronts, although Ready Player One is a good mix of young adult and science fiction, especially great if you like 80s nostalgia and timely too with Spielberg working on the movie for a March 2018 release.

If you are in the mood for some medieval fantasy, try the Assassin's Apprentice trilogy by Robin Hobb.

If either of you like Urban Fantasy, I could recommend the Chicagoland Vampire series. Good snark, decent narrators. Some romance but it isn't the primary storyline.

Starts with Some Girls Bite

World War Z is one of my favourite audio books. Crappy movie but great book to listen to.

>7 gslykhuis: Hear hear! Mark Hamill's voice acting is (as always) excellent.

The Nexus trilogy is very good. Sci-fi.

We just finished a 3000 mile trip around the western states and we really enjoyed Craig Johnson's Longmire Books. Stories of the west with a mystery and the miles fly by.

Well, I always like themed books with trips, which may be cheesy. On our 1000 mile round trip to Savannah, GA we listened to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Book is way better than the movie. And our trip to Asheville, NC- Cold Mountain.

>3 oregonlife: .... Have you read/listened to The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell? Great audio, great story. Her historical fiction Doc was also very good on audio.

I'll add The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey and Let's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (which is the funniest book you can imagine).

My favourite audio book of all time is Nicol Williamson reading an abridged The Hobbit. My family must have listened to it over and over again on long car journeys when my sister and I were small, but it's great as an adult too, even though it is slightly abridged (witness the fact that my parents were happy to hear it over and over again). He just puts so much joy into the reading of it - I can still quote significant tracts, silly voices and all, 20-30 years later...

Sadly, the physical version is no longer available, but you can download a digital version (in many formats) HERE.

ETA: The other thing we listened to a lot (once I had discovered it as a teenager) was the 2 original (pre-book) BBC radio seasons of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I converted the whole family...

For the sake of useable touchstones:

Assassin's Apprentice
World War Z
Longmire Mystery
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Let's Pretend this Never Happened
The Book Thief

I drive home every summer, 1400 mi each way, by myself. Always listen to books. This year I listened to THE BOOK THIEF. Wow!

Harry Potter on audio saved my kids' lives - kept them silent as we crossed Canada, which kept my husband and I from throttling them. We prefer the versions narrated by Stephen Fry, but there are also versions narrated by Jim Dale that many people like.

I've been downloading from the library all the Peter Grant mysteries by Ben Aaronovitch - the reader is fantastic. They're not straight mysteries - they're also urban fantasy, but they're wryly funny and very entertaining. The first one is called Rivers of London or in the US it was titled Midnight Riot.

For science fiction, the John Scalzi books are good on audio.

I like a variety -
love the reader of Jan Karon's books- At Home in Mitford series about an Episcopal priest and his small town
Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn books
Anything by Dana Stabenow- best read in order but any can be read stand alone- Breakup is best!!!!
Sci Fi historical series by Naomi Novik- Temeraire the dragon series- aerial corp for military during Napoleonic wars - "His Majesty's Dragon" is first
agree with Harry Potter recommendation-!!!!! -- Jim Dale is fantastic reader and all ages can enjoy
and .. yes ... Jenny Lawson is extremely funny- especially talking about the 6" metal chicken she bought
all of Diana Gabaldon Outlander series- but must listen in order- LONG books
anything by Dick Francis- mysteries set around horse racing in Britain

All the Light We Cannot See
Shadow of the Wind
Where'd You Go Bernadette
ALL Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum mysteries read by Lorelei King

I just finished listening to "The Ship of Brides" by Jojo Moyes and really enjoyed it. The reader did a wonderful job of the various characters. (I'll mention that I couldn't even finish Ms. Moyes "Me Before You" so there's no comparison there.)
"Agent to the Stars" by John Scalzi was very funny with a sci fi twist.
"Shanghai Girls" takes place in China and California during WWII featuring 2 young Chinese women.
"Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein takes place during WWII in England and Europe.
"Those Who Wish Me Dead" by Michael Koryta, a mystery/thriller
"Room" by Emma Donoghue, heartbreakingly read by Michal Friedman

Huh, I hadn't realized I had enjoyed that many audiobooks!

Try Robin Benway's Also Known As, and Rhys Bowen's Her Royal Spyness series.

And there is a group which specializes in discussing audio books:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/audiobooks