Road Trip

“All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change.” And with this simple statement, the chain of events leading to Huck Finn’s trip down the Mississippi River begins.
However, if we’re settling down with a contemporary book, chances are that our travels aren’t going to happen on a river, but rather out on the open highway.
But what is a road trip novel? What makes one book a road tale and another a vacation story? Dictionary.com says a road trip is “a journey via automobile, sometimes unplanned or impromptu.” Well…yes and no. A road trip novel does not always need to be in a car (som
...more

New Releases Tagged "Road Trip"

We Burned So Bright
This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History
Enemies to Lovers
Wish We Were Here
Star Shipped
Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane
Show Me (Play Me #3)
Almost Criminal
A Much Maligned Miss (Victorian Reversal of Fortune, #2)
The Road to Tender Hearts
Duke (Lucky River Ranch, #4)
The Rest of Our Lives
The Lincoln Highway
PS: I Hate You
Slags
Left of Forever (Spunes, OR, #2)
The Hitchhikers
Run for the Hills
Show Me (Play Me #3)
You, with a View
The Road Trip
Mistakes We Never Made (Mistakes We Never Made, #1)
The Truth Is in the Detours
The Bayou Never Tells
Paper Towns by John  GreenLet's Get Lost by Adi AlsaidNo Place to Fall by Jaye Robin BrownDon't Stop Now by Julie HalpernRoyally Lost by Angie Stanton
Fiction with Map Covers
59 books — 28 voters
Absurdimals by Gwendolyn JavorBaby in the Garden by Catherine HabbieLlama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna DewdneyChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.Oliver and Jumpy, Stories 46-48 by Werner Stejskal
Cute Children's Kindle Picture Books
29 books — 21 voters

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan MatsonPaper Towns by John  GreenAn Abundance of Katherines by John  Green13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen JohnsonTwo-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
Young Adult Road Trip Novels
398 books — 1,945 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Odyssey by HomerThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Road Trip
529 books — 269 voters

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
Paper Towns
An Abundance of Katherines
The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never, #1)
Saving June
You, with a View
On the Road
The Road Trip
Two-Way Street
In Honor
Mosquitoland
Open Road Summer
A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2)
Let's Get Lost (English Edition)
Run for the Hills

Related Genres

Charlotte Eriksson
I was free with every road as my home. No limitations and no commitments. But then summer passed and winter came and I fell short for safety. I fell for its spell, slowly humming me to sleep, because I was tired and small, too weak to take or handle those opinions and views, attacking me from every angle. Against my art, against my self, against my very way of living. I collected my thoughts, my few possessions and built isolated walls around my values and character. I protected my own definitio ...more
Charlotte Eriksson, Another Vagabond Lost To Love: Berlin Stories on Leaving & Arriving

Anne Lamott
The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.
Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

More quotes...
Route 666--Favorite Fantasy Road Trips Summer is the perfect time for a road trip, and fortunately, fantasy novels LOVE to tell stories…more
38 members, last active 12 years ago
 Dystopia Land THE BIGGEST GROUP FOR DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE ON GOODREADS. What you can do in the group? * Y…more
5,552 members, last active 3 days ago
New York Times Groupies What's America Reading This Week? Each week the New York Times updates its list of the bestselli…more
192 members, last active 6 years ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: road-trip and road