The Audiophiles: 25 Audiobooks Librarians Want You To Take on Your Next Road Trip

The Audiophiles is a regular column in which contributors Rachel S. and Cassandra chat about the latest and greatest audiobooks on their radars.

It’s road trip season, and The Audiophiles have a little going away present for you to tuck in next to your beach towel and sunnies. We know how it goes (because we’ve been there before too): you clear your calendar, pick a pretty scenic route, and gas up the car. Then, at the very last second, you remember you wanted to swing by and pick up a few audiobooks to keep you company on the drive. But then the spines blend together on the shelves and you have no idea what to pick.

The Audiophiles have got your back. We’ve been chatting with all the librarians we know to get the scoop on what they’re actually listening to and loving right now, and we’re so excited to see some ah-maz-ing picks on the list, from literary fiction to humor, memoir, travel, mystery, food writing, historical fiction, and YA.

Here’s what they said — so roll down the windows and get ready to hit the wide open road:

1. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell — read by Rebecca Lowman & Sunil Malhotra
2. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter — read by Edoardo Ballerini
3. The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty — read by Elizabeth McGovern
4. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene — read by Colin Firth
5. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell — read by herself
6. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern — read by Jim Dale
7. Just Kids by Patti Smith — read by herself
8. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray — read by herself
9. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris — read by himself
10. Blindness by Jose Saramago — read by Jonathan Davis
11. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling — read by Jim Dale
12. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green — read by MacLeod Andrews & Nick Podehl
13. On Writing by Stephen King — read by himself
14. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson — read by himself
15. Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton — read by herself
16. Immortals series by Tamora Pierce — read by herself & a full cast
17. Stiff by Mary Roach — read by Shelly Frasier
18. City of Thieves by David Benioff — read by Ron Perlman
19. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness — read by Jason Issacs
20. In Death series by J.D. Robb — read by Susan Ericksen
21. To Sell is Human by Dan Pink — read by himself
22. The Books of Beginning series by John Stephens — read by Jim Dale
23. 1356 by Bernard Cornwell — read by Jack Hawkins
24. Shatner Rules by William Shatner — read by himself
25. The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith — read by Davina Porter

What audiobooks do you have stashed away for your next road trip?

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