{"id":31861,"date":"2025-07-23T18:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/31861\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:47:14","slug":"liven-up-your-next-road-trip-with-these-audiobook-suggestions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/31861\/","title":{"rendered":"Liven up your next road trip with these audiobook suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traci Thomas<\/a>, host and creator of the podcast “The Stacks,” joins host Scott Tong with audiobook suggestions of both classic and newer works.<\/p>\n

Want to join in the fun of a summer book club? This August, pick up Thomas’ recommendation, “James<\/a>” by Percival Everett, or Tong’s recommendation, “Demon Copperhead<\/a>” by Barbara Kingsolver. We encourage you to share your thoughts on either or both of these books.<\/p>\n

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Book recommendations from Traci Thomas<\/p>\n

Fiction\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t“King of Ashes<\/a>” by S. A. Cosby, read by Adam Lazarre-White \t“A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe<\/a>” by Mahogany L. Browne, read by Mahogany L. Browne, Emana Rachelle, Ozzie Jacobs, Elena Rey, Amir Royale, Nile Bullock, Andrea Emmes, Brandon Miles, Kinepoli Calnek, Ali Nasser, Tyla Collier, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Ron Butler, and Chantelle Ramdeen* \t“James and the Giant Peach<\/a>” by Roald Dahl, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt* \t“Station Eleven<\/a>” by Emily St. John Mandel, read by Kirsten Potter \t“Invisible Man<\/a>” by Ralph Ellison, read by Joe Morton<\/p>\n

Nonfiction<\/p>\n

\t“Who is Government<\/a>?” edited by Michael Lewis, read by Michael Lewis, Sarah Vowell, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks, Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, and W. Kamau Bell* \t“Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of ‘The View<\/a>‘” by Ramin Setoodeh, read by Ramin Setoodeh \t“The Sixth Man<\/a>” by Andre Iguodala and Carvell Wallace, read by Sullivan Jones \t“Wordslut<\/a>” by Amanda Montell, read by Amanda Montell \t“The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet<\/a>” by John Green, read by John Green \t“Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People<\/a>” by Imani Perry, read by Imani Perry \t“The Meaning of Mariah Carey<\/a>,” read by Mariah Carey* \t“Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World<\/a>” by Henry Grabar, read by Rob Shapiro \t“Say Nothing: A True Story of Memory and Murder in Northern Ireland<\/a>” by Patrick Radden Keefe, read by Matthew Blaney<\/p>\n

*Good for families\u00a0<\/p>\n

Book recommendations from Scott Tong \t“Project Hail Mary<\/a>” by Andy Weir, read by Ray Porter \t“Born a Crime<\/a>” by Trevor Noah, read by Trevor Noah \t“Mechanics of Memory<\/a>” by Audrey Lee, read by Sunny Lu, Keong Sim , and Charlie Thurston \t“Lessons in Chemistry<\/a>” by Bonnie Garmus, read by Bonnie Garmus, Miranda Raison, and Pandora Sykes \t“Hamnet<\/a>” by Maggie O\u2019Farrell and Jessie Buckley \t“Underground Railroad<\/a>” by Colson Whitehead, read by Bahni Turpin \t“The Book of Lost Friends<\/a>” by Lisa Wingate, read by Lisa Wingate, Sophie Amoss, Sullivan Jones, Robin Miles, Bahni Turpin, Lisa Flanagan, Dominic Hoffman \t“The Midnight Library<\/a>” by Matt Haig, read by Carey Mulligan \t“Where the Crawdads Sing<\/a>” by Delia Owens, read by Cassandra Campbell \t“A Gentleman in Moscow<\/a>” by Amor Towles, read by Nicholas Guy Smith \t“1984<\/a>” by George Orwell, read by Theo Solomon \t“The Time in Between<\/a>” by Maria Duenas, read by Zilah Mendoza<\/p>\n

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