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
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New Releases Tagged "Road Trip"

Duke (Lucky River Ranch, #4)
My Favorite Fake Romance (The Favorites #3)
In a Second (Friendship, Rhode Island #3)
Secret Nights and Northern Lights
Planes, Reins, and Automobiles (Catching Feelings, #2)
The Road to Tender Hearts
The Rest of Our Lives
Duke (Lucky River Ranch, #4)
The Lincoln Highway
Not Our Daughter
Hard Feelings (Serendipity & Shenanigans)
Left of Forever (Spunes, OR, #2)
Run for the Hills
PS: I Hate You
My Favorite Fake Romance (The Favorites #3)
You, with a View
The Road Trip
The Hitchhikers
Mistakes We Never Made (Mistakes We Never Made, #1)
In a Second (Friendship, Rhode Island #3)
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
Walk Two Moons by Sharon CreechThe Saucepan Journey by Edith UnnerstadThe Solitaire Mystery by Jostein GaarderAn Occasionally Happy Family by Cliff BurkeThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Family Road Trips in Fiction
30 books — 3 voters
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan MatsonPaper Towns by John GreenAn Abundance of Katherines by John Green13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen JohnsonA Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie Jahn
YA Roadtrip Fiction
65 books — 121 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
528 books — 268 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Help by Kathryn StockettDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa James
Best Books for Long Flights
164 books — 68 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books for a Roadtrip
102 books — 32 voters


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