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Characters go on a Road Trip - Extreme Reader 2026

Reading suggestions for anyone to enjoy that also work for the Extreme Reader 2026 challenge! Additional Category Information: • A road trip is an excursion by car or other road vehicle over a long distance and involving multiple stops and destinations.

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  • A widow from India travels to California to learn the truth about what happened to the son who was declared dead shortly after he revealed his sexual orientation to their traditional family.
    Book, 2018New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] — F FRANQ-L
  • When four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Magaña's godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder. Convinced that the real killer is a drug…
    Book, 2022New York : Dutton Books, [2022] — YF DIEDE-P
  • Lonely Planet. Epic Drives of the World

    Explore the Planet's Most Thrilling Road Trips

    Buckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful hardback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia…
    Book, 2017Carlton, Victoria : Lonely Planet Global Limited, 2017. — 910.202 L847E 2017
  • Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who's as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper. The same Mickenlee who…
    Book, 2024New York : Viking, 2024. — YF VORIS-J
  • The Falcon Guide to Van Life

    Every Essential for Nomadic Adventures

    Dawson, Ben,
    This essential guidebook for anyone looking to hit the road, from the weekend warriors to the full-time nomads, combines practical information, inspirational photography, and engaging stories of travel and adventure.
    Book, 2021Guilford, Connecticut : FalconGuides, [2021] — 796.79 F182F 2021
  • Chloe Torres' birthday has always marked the end of summer-but as she turns eighteen and prepares to leave for her freshman year of art school, it feels like the end of more than that. It's the end of her adolescence, which means it's time to leave…
    Book, 2025New York : Holiday House, [2025] — YF MALDO-C
  • A queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country.
    Book, 2024New York : Atria Paperbacks, 2024. — F COCHR-A
  • Bernie is a talented young photographer who has quit taking photographs in favor of drinking and drifting around Philadelphia. Leah is an ambitious yet flailing grad student and journalist who must know the answer to every question. When Bernie…
    Book, 2024New York : Hogarth, [2024] — F EISEN-E
  • Most days, Magda is fine. She has her anxious therapy patients, who depend on her to cure their bad habits, and her longtime colleagues Boomer and Theo, whose playful bickering she mediates. She successfully avoids all discussion of her upcoming…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. — F MONTA-A
  • Bethany Lu Carlisle is devastated when the tabloids report actor Keanu Reeves is about to tie the knot. What?! How could the world's perfect boyfriend and forever bachelor, Keanu not realize that making a move like this could potentially be…
    Book, 2021New York : Forever, 2021. — F JACKS-K
  • On one side of the world, Aleya Ana-Ulai is desperate for a chance. Her family have written her off as a mistake, but she's determined to prove every last one of them wrong. On the other, Kirby of Wall's End is searching for redemption. An ancient…
    Book, 2025New York : DAW Books, 2025. — F CURTI-G
  • To escape an abusive marriage, Frankie Saunders flees across the country to Los Angeles with her reckless, profane Aunt Daisy, who will do whatever it takes to settle old scores and resolve the past--no matter what the damage, forcing Frankie to…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2022. — F BRYCE-D
  • Wren and Ellis Byrd fell in love as kids, had their son Sam when they were only teenagers, and built a life together in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon. They were made for one another . . . until they fell apart. Now divorced and in their 30s,…
    Book, 2025New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2025. — F DEWIT-T
  • The Lost Continent

    Travels in Small-town America

    Bryson, Bill
    When a native of Iowa returns from England to wander across America's heartland in search of the perfect small town, the result is a string of hilarious anecdotes and biting social commentary.
    Book, 1990New York, N.Y. : HarperPerennial, 1990. — 917.30492 B848L 1989
  • Lexi Clark's life is falling apart around her, so when she's summoned home to Sunrise Cove, the last thing she wants to do is face all the complications she left behind. Her past, her stepsister Ashley, and especially her infuriatingly gorgeous…
    Book, 2025New York : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — F SHALV-J
  • Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.
    Book, 2021New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2021. — YF MCBRI-A
  • Surrey, England, 1938. After thirty devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband's appeal for divorce. But it's Ellie's opportunity for change, too. The unfaithful cad can have the house. She's taking the Bentley. Ellie,…
    Book, 2025Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2025] — F BOWEN-R
  • When new students Neesha Sparks and Gabby Graciana discover they like the same obscure manga series, they become friends and set out on a mission to find the remaining books in the series.
    Graphic Novel, 2024Miami, FL : Maverick, [2024] — YG NAVIG
  • Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to her punk values while working retail. When she finds out her girlfriend has lied to her, the world she thought she'd…
    Book, 2022New York : MCD x FSG Originals, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. — F BINNI-I
  • Northland

    a 4,000-mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border

    Fox, Porter,
    America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. The northern border was America's primary border for centuries--much of the early history of the United States took place there--and…
    Book, 2018New York, New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018] — 974 F833N 2018