Best Books for Road Trips

Audiobook alternatives, backseat reads, and stories absorbing enough to survive hours on the highway. These books are the ones families come back from road trips still talking about.

14,518 books

Cover of Faith and Fury: The Temple Mount and the Noble Sanctuary: The Story of Jerusalem's Most Sacred Space
Faith and Fury: The Temple Mount and the Noble Sanctuary: The Story of Jerusalem's Most Sacred Space
Ilene Cooper
Ages 4–11
Cover of Groosham Grange
Groosham Grange
Anthony Horowitz
Ages 4–11
Cover of We Could Fly
We Could Fly #1
We Could Fly
Rhiannon Giddens
Ages 4–11
Cover of Ghost in the Machine
Skeleton Creek #2
Ghost in the Machine
Patrick Carman
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Quest of the Cubs
Bears of the Ice #2
The Quest of the Cubs
Kathryn Lasky
Ages 4–11
Cover of Stick Man
Stick Man
Julia Donaldson
Ages 4–11
Cover of Scarface Claw
Hairy Maclary and Friends #5
Scarface Claw
Lynley Dodd
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams, Margery Williams Bianco
Ages 3–7
Cover of Sugar and Spite
Sugar and Spite
Gail D. Villanueva
Ages 8–11
Cover of A Present for Grandfather
Boxcar Children Early Reader #2
A Present for Grandfather
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Ages 3–7
Cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Ages 4–11
Cover of Howl! A Book about Wolves
Howl! A Book about Wolves
Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger
Ages 4–11
Cover of My Wonderful Disgrace
My Wonderful Disgrace
Angourie Rice, Kate Rice
Ages 12–18
Cover of A Year Full of Holidays
A Year Full of Holidays
Susan Middleton Elya
Ages 4–8
Cover of The Rhythm of Time
The Rhythm of Time #1
The Rhythm of Time
Questlove, S. A. Cosby
Ages 10–14
Cover of Seven Little Australians
Seven Little Australians
Ethel Turner
Ages 8–12
Cover of Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings
Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings
Shel Silverstein
Ages 4–12
Cover of Old Turtle
Old Turtle
Douglas Wood
Ages 4–11
Cover of Nerdy Birdy
Nerdy Birdy #1
Nerdy Birdy
Aaron Reynolds
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Unlikelies
The Unlikelies
Carrie Firestone
Ages 12–18
Cover of The White Horse Trick
New Policeman Trilogy #3
The White Horse Trick
Kate Thompson
Ages 9–13
Cover of This Quiet Lady
This Quiet Lady
Charlotte Zolotow
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Case of the Soldier's Ghost
The Case of the Soldier's Ghost
Steve Brezenoff
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Christmas Truce of World War I
Graphic History #1
The Christmas Truce of World War I
Nel Yomtov
Ages 4–11