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The Best Audiobooks for a Family Road Trip, recommended by Emily Connelly

The Best Audiobooks for a Family Road Trip, recommended by Emily Connelly

Emily Connelly

A long road trip is the perfect opportunity for children and adults to listen to a good story together. Children's audiobook expert Emily Connelly, Associate Editor at AudioFile magazine, brings you her selection of the best audiobooks for a family road trip.

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The Dying Grass: A Novel of the Nez Perce War by William Vollmann The Dying Grass: A Novel of the Nez Perce War by William Vollmann

HISTORICAL FICTION
The Dying Grass by William Vollmann

“If you’re looking for a novel that gives you historical fiction at its most minute and forensic then you should read The Dying Grass”—Bernard Joy, American literature scholar

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

NONFICTION BOOKS
Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen 
“It’s a completely gripping but utterly terrifying scenario”—Isabel Hilton, journalist

Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway

SPY THRILLERS
Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway
“This is the book of the year for me, he’s knocked it out of the park”—Shane Whaley, host,  Spybrary podcast

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

FICTION
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen
A reimagining of the life of the father of Israel’s PM in the US which won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris

NEW LITERARY FICTION
We Do Not Part by Han Kang
We Do Not Part deals—obliquely—with the long shadow of the Jeju massacres…during which an estimated 30,000 were killed by government forces”—Cal Flyn, deputy editor, Five Books

How Economics Explains the World (US)/ The Shortest History of Economics (UK) by Andrew Leigh How Economics Explains the World (US)/ The Shortest History of Economics (UK) by Andrew Leigh

ECONOMICS BOOKS
“If you read just one economics book in 2024—and perhaps if you just read one economics book in your life—it should be this book…How Economics Explains the World is a relatively short and easy read”—Jason Furman, economist, Harvard University

Francesca Martin

TOP ‘ROMANTASY’ BOOKS to get you started
“I started with Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros on the whispered recommendation of a friend. Then, however, I couldn’t stop”—Francesca Martin, journalist
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Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

ROMANTASY
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (Book 3 in the Empyrean series)
Onyx Storm, released 21st January, debuted at number one on the Amazon book charts”

ChatGPT

AI BOOKS
ChatGPT-4 offers its own opinions on artificial intelligence
“These books offer valuable insights into the development, challenges, and future prospects of AI.”

Glorious Exploits: A Novel by Ferdia Lennon Glorious Exploits: A Novel by Ferdia Lennon

THE FUNNIEST BOOK OF 2024
NEWS: Glorious Exploits wins the Wodehouse Prize
A historical novel set in 412BCE Sicily by Ferdia Lennon has won the UK’s book prize for comedy.

Dream Count: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Dream Count: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

NEW LITERARY FICTION
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah, Half of a Yellow Sun) is publishing her first novel in more than a decade”—Cal Flyn, deputy editor, Five Books

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