From Planes to Road Trips: Books That Make Time Fly

Smart travel rule No. 1: Always pack a great book. Why? Because sometimes your airplane seat doesn’t have a charger. Your phone might die. Maybe you left your headphones at home, or they slipped between the seats of your car. Maybe you checked your bag and didn’t realize your tablet, aka your entire entertainment plan, is buried inside.

That’s where a good book comes in. Not just any book, though! A book that pulls you in and keeps you hooked for hours. Because flights get delayed, road trips stretch on, and not every place you stop will have a power outlet waiting for you.

We’ve rounded up the best books to help those long travel hours fly by. Whether you want to solve puzzles like a spy, unleash your creative side, or get lost in a fantasy world, we’ve got you covered. From swoon-worthy rom-coms to can’t-put-down memoirs, these picks will keep you turning the pages until you reach your destination.

Forget counting down the minutes until you land. Your next great read is below!

Love The New York Times Connections? Meet your new favorite challenge. This must-have book turns wordplay into an undercover mission, where you’ll hunt down common threads across a grid of cleverly connected words.

If you crave the pun-filled wordplay that comes with the New York Times‘ tricky Wednesday and Thursday puzzles, you’ve met your match with this collection of 200 medium-level crosswords.

These humorous mini-mystery puzzles challenge you to find whodunit, how, where, and why. Examine the clues, interview the witnesses, and use the power of deduction to complete the grid and catch the culprit.

You don’t have to be the “woo-woo” type to do some deep emotional healing and transformation work. This all-in-one journal and workbook combines powerful therapeutic insights with practical exercises to help you explore your shadows, heal emotional wounds, and grow into your most authentic self.

So you’re not a game or a journal person. Let this bestselling fantasy story whisk you out of your airplane seat and into a magical realm filled with mythical creatures and tons of romance.

So you’re not a game or a journal person. Let this bestselling fantasy story whisk you out of your airplane seat and into a magical realm filled with mythical creatures and tons of romance.

Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat Pray Love) just dropped the memoir of the year. We’ve come a long way from “I’m having a relationship with my pizza.” You won’t be able to put down her story about love, loss, and liberation. 

You’ve binged the TV series, now spend your layover/road trip/long plane ride reading all of the TSITP books in order. 

The E! Insider Shop editors and writers search the internet to find the best products out there. We interview expert sources, comb through customer reviews, and use our own personal experiences to make shopping easier for our readers.

As an editorial team, we independently create content and determine coverage based on research, reporting and what we think our readers would like to read about. The goal of our content is to provide a service and inform readers who are on the hunt for the latest products to help make their life better. Items are sold by retailer, not E!. Pricing and availability are accurate as of publish time.