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Audio Book for Roadtrip

Posted By: TijuanaTom

Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 09:01 PM

Could use some suggestions on audio books or quality podcasts for a16 hr (one way) road trip to the mountains of NC, starting tomorrow. I've done the drive quite a few times as my wife is from there and we visit the inlaws often. Have found audio books to be the best. My go to's are usually about drug cartels,DEA/CIA, conspiracy theories, and true crime...but open to any suggestions you might have.
Posted By: Herbie Hancock

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 09:16 PM

Sword and Stone is a great true crime podcast, the guy uses actual audio from the interrogations etc.
Posted By: TCM3

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 09:18 PM

Mike Rowe's "The Way i heard it" is very good. each episode is about 15 minutes long. and he tells stories in way that leave you in sort of a 'suspense' the whole time and ties up everything within the last minute or so.
Posted By: 4ofaKind

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 09:40 PM

I second Mike Rowe's "The Way I Heard It" is great. If you are interested in Texas Oil history, how the families like Hunts, Bass, etc. made their fortunes, founding of the Dallas Cowboys, AFL, etc. It has some conspiracy theory mixed in as well, "The Big Rich" is pretty interesting and crazy the amount of money some of these people had all the way back to the 30s/40s
Posted By: jetdad

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 09:51 PM

Any of the James Patterson or Nelson Demille books are good.
Posted By: Palehorse

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 09:57 PM

I really liked "13 Moons" by Charles Frazier. He is the same guy who wrote "Cold Mountain". Actually, anything by Charles Frazier.
Posted By: TijuanaTom

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 10:16 PM

appreciate the suggestions folks, these are all new to me
Posted By: Dalroo

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 10:22 PM

I departed my usual listening habits (true crime, western history, civil and WW2) and downloaded " A Short History of Nearly Everything " by Bill Bryson and it is outstanding. Basically a walk through time of scientific breakthroughs and discovery. What went right, wrong, and where we fit as a species. Long at 18 hours, but it good.
Posted By: bill oxner

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by jetdad
Any of the James Patterson or Nelson Demille books are good.


Loved all of them. I'm now read a true book called A Time to Kill for the second time. It better the second time around because I do not have to rush to the end.
Posted By: Halfadozen

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 11:31 PM

An oldie but funny series is Hank the Cow Dog. Kept all 5 of us entertained on multiple 16 hour road trips. After all, he is Head of Ranch Security! Be sure to get the original series, not the remake.
Posted By: 603Country

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 11:40 PM

Nelson DeMille’s book “Up Country” would be a good one. Google it up.

I’ve read and forgotten a lot of books, but that one made an impression.
Posted By: bill oxner

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/19/20 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by 603Country
Nelson DeMille’s book “Up Country” would be a good one. Google it up.

I’ve read and forgotten a lot of books, but that one made an impression.


I've forgotten a few. I'll click to download one and get a message that says you already own this book. Check your archives.
Posted By: TCM3

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Halfadozen
An oldie but funny series is Hank the Cow Dog. Kept all 5 of us entertained on multiple 16 hour road trips. After all, he is Head of Ranch Security! Be sure to get the original series, not the remake.

I've got all 75 books and several more by John Erickson
Posted By: Nathan at Fork

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 12:21 AM

Graphic audio is very cool. Its got sound effects, a cast for the voices, its great.
Posted By: BayouGuy

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 01:03 AM

I'll second 13 Moons. It's excellent.

Another real good one is The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. Be sure not to miss this one. It's not the usual Stephen King spooky/horror stuff, but a good story with a really good easy to listen to reader.
Posted By: Hudbone

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 10:32 AM

Didn't Obama just come out with his second autobiography - this one a 20 + hour audio book.
Posted By: bill oxner

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 11:55 AM

I've read all of Pat Conroy. I would imagine that Prince of Tides would be like listening to poetry.
Posted By: Phlash

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 01:58 PM

I highly recommend books by Brad Thor, Stephen Baldacci, Vince Flynn, or James Patterson. Especially when the books are written by them and not just co-authored. We also listen to a lot of John Grisham for a slower pace. Enjoy!
Posted By: Buzzsaw

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 01:59 PM

Obama has a new 29 hour audio book out confused2
Posted By: 603Country

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 02:12 PM

A fellow can’t wipe with pages from an audiobook.
Posted By: Zipster

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 02:26 PM

Robert Galbreath - Main Character is Cormoran Strike. Private Detective. Great, great stories. Robert Galbreath is the pen name for J.K Rowling who wrote the Harry Potter series. Really well written and narrated. narration is the key. A good one makes the book great. A bad one and it doesn't matter how good the book is.

Greg Isles. The series is set in Natches Mississippi. Solid crime series. Again, very well written. IF your wife is traveling with you, she will enjoy both. Mine did.

If you like Fantasy, check out the Witcher series. Excellent story lines and brilliant narration. Netflix started a series from it.
Posted By: 603Country

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 04:49 PM

I agree on the Cormoran Strike series. Great books from front to back.

Greg Isles lives in Natchez, and so do some of my family. They can’t stand him, saying what a jerk he is. Every time I see one of his books, I remember that and pass on the book.
Posted By: Ratherbefishing

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 05:05 PM

Hank the Cow Dog Read by the author. Look it up...
Posted By: bill oxner

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Ratherbefishing
Hank the Cow Dog Read by the author. Look it up...



I'm now reading A Dogs Purpose. For the second time.
Posted By: decook

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Buzzsaw
Obama has a new 29 hour audio book out confused2

Not even fitting for the next colonoscopy prep
Posted By: Hunt Dog

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 06:18 PM

Dear Penthouse Forum on audio
Posted By: Zipster

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/20/20 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by 603Country
I agree on the Cormoran Strike series. Great books from front to back.

Greg Isles lives in Natchez, and so do some of my family. They can’t stand him, saying what a jerk he is. Every time I see one of his books, I remember that and pass on the book.


too bad, the books are great. He nearly died in a car crash a few years back. Slowed down his writing. Maybe that made him a bit more humble.
Posted By: gtrich94

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/21/20 12:24 AM

The Harry Potter audiobooks were pretty good. So are the various Grisham ones.
Posted By: bill oxner

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/21/20 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by gtrich94
The Harry Potter audiobooks were pretty good. So are the various Grisham ones.



Grisham's best book was A Time to Kill, in my opinion. It fits right in with the troubled days we are now having.

"Just close your eyes and imagine if that was a little white girl."
Posted By: Ratherbefishing

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/21/20 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by bill oxner
Originally Posted by gtrich94
The Harry Potter audiobooks were pretty good. So are the various Grisham ones.



Grisham's best book was A Time to Kill, in my opinion. It fits right in with the troubled days we are now having.

"Just close your eyes and imagine if that was a little white girl."


He's driving Bill! Don't tell him to close his eyes. smile
Posted By: bill oxner

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/21/20 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by Ratherbefishing
Originally Posted by bill oxner
Originally Posted by gtrich94
The Harry Potter audiobooks were pretty good. So are the various Grisham ones.



Grisham's best book was A Time to Kill, in my opinion. It fits right in with the troubled days we are now having.

"Just close your eyes and imagine if that was a little white girl."


He's driving Bill! Don't tell him to close his eyes. smile


Maybe in the movie. It was the words of a woman on the jury during deliberations in the book. Look it up.
Posted By: pertnear

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/21/20 01:56 AM

Get Lee Childs Jack Reacher novels on audio. Start with the "Killing Floor".
Thomas Perry's "The Butcher Boy".
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Posted By: bill oxner

Re: Audio Book for Roadtrip - 11/21/20 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by pertnear
Get Lee Childs Jack Reacher novels on audio. Start with the "Killing Floor".
Thomas Perry's "The Butcher Boy".
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Jack Reacher has a clock in his head.
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