If you’re escaping the office for a week-long road trip before summer ends, or just planning a shorter Labor Day Weekend car ride to your vacation destination, make the time pass more quickly by listening to a book on tape. Related: Cruise to Cuba in 2016
Since you’ll want something to keep you perked up and interested, go for a thriller, comedy or beloved author telling a gripping story.
Audiobooks.com made a handy list of books to read, broken down by length of your trip:
Up to 1 hour (up to 50 miles):
The Shell Game by Janet Evanovich
1 to 2.5 hours (50-150 miles):
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney
Drunken Fireworks by Stephen King
3 to 4 hours (150-250 miles):
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
5 to 8 hours (250-500 miles):
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
9 to 16 hours (500-1,000 miles):
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
What to listen to on your end-of-summer road trip
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