A Book That Takes Place "On the Road"

These books fulfill this category for UBN 2026.

Updated January 8, 2026
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On the road
Kerouac, Jack
Paper Book
The classic novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a generation--made into a 2012 film by Walter Salles, director of The Motorcycle Diaries September 5th, 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of On the Road ...
YOU ARE HERE
NICHOLLS, DAVID
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Good Housekeeping "Book We're Most Looking Forward To" * An Independent Today "Best Fiction Books to Read" * A GQ Magazine (UK) "Best Book of 2024" * A Harper's Bazaar (UK) "Best Novels to Read" * A ...
OTHER SIDE OF DISAPPEARING
CLAYBORN, KATE
Ebook
The starlets : a novel
Kelly, Lee
Paper Book
One perfect island. Two rivals. A star-studded cast. But underneath the glitter, disaster is brewing. Summer, 1958. Vivienne Rhodes thinks she's finally landed her break playing Helen of Troy in Apex Pictures' big-budget epic, A Thousand Ships, an anticipated blockbuster meant to...
The mostly true story of Tanner & Louise
Oakley, Colleen
Audiobook
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick * A Marie Claire Book Club Pick for April * A Reader's Digest Book Club Pick for April * A LibraryReads Pick * One of Southern Living's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases * One of Today's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases An...
SLEEPWALK
CHAON, DAN
Ebook
Sleepwalk is a high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big-hearted mercenary, from beloved and acclaimed award-winning novelist Dan Chaon. "[Chaon] does madcap well and likes his characters, even the killers--especially the killers....
10: A MEMOIR OF FAMILY AND THE OPEN ROAD
HANKS, E.A.
How does that make you feel, Magda Eklund?
Montague, Anna
Paper Book
A funny and moving novel about love, loss, and new beginnings found on an unlikely road trip Most days, Magda is fine. She has her routines. She has her anxious therapy patients, who depend on her to cure their bad habits. She has her longtime colleagues, whose playful bickering she...
Housemates : a novel
Eisenberg, Emma Copley
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST * Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in this "exceptional, keenly observed meditation on art and love" (People) in a fractured America, by the award-winning author of The Third Rainbow Girl
RUN FOR THE HILLS
WILSON, KEVIN
Paper Book
"A touching and generous romp of a novel . . . Wilson makes a bold and convincing case that every real family is one you have to find and, at some point, choose, even if it's the one you're born into." -- New York Times Book Review An unexpected road trip across America...

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