You’ve decided it’s time to escape: to the beach, to the mountains, to the perfect small town. From your job, from responsibilities, from life. But whoever first said “getting there is half the fun” was being … optimistic. Cramped quarters and cranky kids, not to mention traffic, can easily put a damper on the journey, but the listens below will help make it memorable and let you and your family escape your means of escape. Turn that minivan into a rocket ship when you hit the road this year.
12 hours This one will go over the heads of the little ones, but if you've got teens in your car, they are going to tune into this. It features intergalactic mercenaries, a zombie-like virus, a rogue AI, and a genius teen hacker who's (probably) going to save the day.
13 hours Epic fantasy master Brandon Sanderson turns his talents to young adult sci-fi in this series starter. Everyone in your car will be totally enthralled by the scrappy band of resistance leaders fighting the ruling class of super-heroes-turned-super-villains.
6 hours
It doesn’t get much better than time-travel, tesseracts, and a band of siblings getting to rescue the parent for once.