
For many summer equals road trip season and finding that perfect audiobook to please all your traveling companions can be a challenge. Personally, although I love an audiobooks, it is not my preferred format for mysteries as my mind wanders a bit while I'm listening and I miss important details. I prefer short stories or, even better, radio programs like
Stuart McLean's The Vinyl Cafe. At least once a year I need to listen to
Sam the Athlete on
An Important Message from the Vinyl Cafe.


Another choice might be
Wayne and Shuster: the radio years: the best of the best which includes the memorable Rinse the Blood of My Toga featuring that famous line, "I told him Julie, don't go" or the full cast productions of
Agatha Christie mysteries.

A road trip with children might be a great time to enjoy together some children's books like
Holes by
Louis Sachar, A Wrinkle in Time by
Madeleine L'Engle or the
Harry Potter books, or maybe a good time to introduce them to some classics like
P.G. Wodehouse or
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by
Douglas Adams.
Perhaps you have some favourite audiobook choices you would add to this list:
Life With Pi by
Yann Martel
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by
Susanna Clarke
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by
Michael Chabon
All Things Bright and Beautiful by
James Herriot
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by
Mark Haddon
A Short History of Nearly Everything by
Bill Bryson
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by
Alexander McCall Smith
Minding Frankie by
Maeve Binchy
The Graveyard Book by
Neil Gaiman
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