
Podcast: Ep553: It's Still Summer. Let's Talk Road Trip Books.
1 de agosto de 2025
Autor(es): The New York Times
Podcast: The Book Review
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Summer is the season for road trips, and also for road trip stories. Jack Kerouacâs âOn the Roadâ may be the most famous example in American literature â but there are lots of other great road trip books, so this week the Book Reviewâs staff critics Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai presented readers with a list of 18 of their favorites. On this episode of the podcast they chat with host Gilbert Cruz about the project, their picks and the top-down, wind blown, carefree appeal of the road trip narrative as a genre.
Books discussed in this episode:
âOn the Road,â by Jack Kerouac
âSing, Unburied, Sing,â by Jesmyn Ward
âLost Children Archive,â by Valeria Luiselli
âI Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home,â by Lorrie Moore
âTramps Like Us," by Joe Westmoreland
âDriving Mr. Albert,â by Michael Paterniti
âGypsy: A Memoir," by Gypsy Rose Lee
âThe Dog of the South,â by Charles Portis
âAll Fours,â by Miranda July
âHearts,â by Hilma Wolitzer
âThe Pigeon Tunnel: Stories From My Life,â by John le CarrĂ©
âMachine Dreams,â by Jayne Anne Phillips
âLonesome Dove,â by Larry McMurtry
âLolita,â by Vladimir Nabokov
âThe Grapes of Wrath,â by John Steinbeck
âThe Price of Salt,â by Patricia Highsmith
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The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Also, for more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.