
Audiobooks to Rock a Roadtrip
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At least once a year, I set off on a long road trip to visit family. More often than not, that means taking a 14-16 hour drive (depending on whether I get lost in Louisiana) to my hometown in East Tennessee. On these occasions when I know that I am going to have hours and hours of confinement in the car, I take advantage of the opportunity to listen to an uninterrupted audiobook (or 2 or more). Sometimes, I pick a long one that will take most of the trip, both ways, to finish. Other times, I’ve picked several shorter books from different genres in the hopes that the variety will keep me alert on the road.
For this particular trip, I’ll be making a mini-road trip to Richmond, Virginia, at the midpoint, so I have about 42 hours of uninterrupted listening time ahead of me over the course of the next month. I’ve decided to do one long book on the way the way to Tennessee, one short one for each leg of the Richmond trip, and a bunch of really short listens on the way back to Texas. That’s always the hardest leg, and it’s the one that I am most likely to get sleepy on. Variety will keep me awake and focused on the task at hand. Here’s a look at my road trip TBL (to be listened-to) List.