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Best audiobooks for road trips


Hitting the road for Labor Day trip or one last summer swing? Few things help the miles fly by like being engaged in a good book. Audiobooks.com, a leading seller of spoken-word recordings, put together the following list of recommended titles for drives from less than an hour to a 16-hour sojourn.

0-50 miles, 50 minutes to 1 hour

The Shell Game , by Janet Evanovich

50-150 miles, 1-2.5 hours

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul , by Jeff Kinney

Drunken Fireworks , by Stephen King

150-250 miles, 3-4 hours

The Slow Regard of Silent Things , by Patrick Rothfuss

Coraline , by Neil Gaiman

I Hate Myselfie , by Shane Dawson

James and the Giant Peach , by Roald Dahl

250-500 miles, 4-8 hours

Modern Romance , by Aziz Ansari

Go Set a Watchman , by Harper Lee

What If? , by Randall Munroe

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl , by Jesse Andrews

When to Rob a Bank , by Steven J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt

500-1000 miles, 9-16 hours

Luckiest Girl Alive , by Jessica Knoll

The Rumor , by Elin Hilderbrand

Jurassic Park , by Michael Crichton

In the Unlikely Event , by Judy Blume

Memory Man , by David Baldacci

Dead Wake , by Erik Larson