Not for the faint of heart, but definitely one to liven up the journey.
This horror will have everyone in the back seat huddled together and the driver white-knuckling the steering wheel. Perfect for: Bonding over shared terror on a road trip with friends.Ī group of 7 friends is haunted by an evil entity that takes the shape of whatever its victims fear most.
Thought-provoking, chilling, and absolutely engrossing, this one will keep you awake and desperate to hear the next chapter. With a 3 day limit, and collars that will explode if you don’t fight, the stakes are high and the action never slows down. In a dystopian and fictitious Japan, a 9th-grade class is selected from the nation and taken to an undisclosed location to fight to the death. Perfect for: a long road trip that needs a little added adrenaline.īefore the Hunger Games, there was Battle Royale.
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Translated by Yuji Oniki, read by Mark Dacascos Drablow, what is this mist slowly surrounding the house? Feel your heart rate rise as the suspense builds in this classic thriller. Forced to stay on the property until the papers are settled, Kipps is faced with rising fear, why are the townspeople so resistant to talking about the late Mrs. Perfect for: those who love a slow burn to ride out the road trip with.Īrthur Kipps, a junior solicitor at a London law firm, is sent to settle the mysterious estate of the reclusive Alice Drablow. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, read by Paul Ansdell
The mayor is insisting the beaches stay open, how much harm can one little shark do? Finally hear the classic that inspired the movie franchise you’ll be surprised by how well the suspension comes across without the giant animatronic shark. It’s 4th of July weekend in a tourist destination city, Amity, but something isn’t right when mangled bodies start washing up onshore. Perfect for: A coastal road trip (Pacific Coast Highway anyone?) Jaws by Peter Benchley, read by Erik Steele Here is our best horror audiobooks for the long car ride in order from “a little adrenaline hit” to “drive with your tire iron in the passenger’s seat”. Scary enough to keep you awake, but not so terrifying you are afraid to pull over at the next gas station (not a lot of killer sharks roaming the highways). I like something that falls on the lower end of the fear scale, like Jaws. Horror is the perfect audiobook genre to help you stay awake while driving late on a road trip.