What do you think would be the best book to take on a long plane trip?
SOPHIENED@aol.com
SO FAR FROM GOD BY ANA CASTILLIO. IT MADE MY TRIP FROM LOS ANGELES TO MIAMI FAST AND PAINLESS.
RonMozart@aol.com
Hello.....My suggestion for a person who likes vividly written true accounts, is: "Killing Pablo," written by Mark Bowden. A superbly written book of the #1 drug dealer and murderer in the world, Pablo Escobar. From the start of his life to the eventual manhunt and the killing of this monster.
RMMaire@aol.com
On a long plane trip I like either a thriller or something that's going to make me laugh. I just picked up 2 books for this summers plane trip --- Put a Lid on It by Donald E. Westlake (he always makes me laugh) for the trip there and Fatal by Michael Palmer (his medical thrillers always keep me turning pages) for the trip home.
GERBAM@aol.com
THE MAGUS BY JOHN FOWLES. THIS MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR TAKES YOU TO GREECE AND IS IMBUED WITH RICH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LAND, THE MYTHOLOGY, MYSTERY AND INTELLECTUAL WORD PLAY THAT WILL KEEP ANY READER NOT ONLY INTERESTED BUT MESMERIZED.
BAWARE96@aol.com
Turbulence. It makes you realize no matter how much goes wrong the pilot can recover.
snoopyshen@earthlink.net
The best type of book to take on a plane trip would be a mystery by Kate White, such as If Looks Could Kill or by John Grisham or by Mary Higgins Clark. I recently went to New York and brought along Daddy's Little Girl. It was excellent! Very suspenseful!
LKellett@aol.com
Hi, I cannot help but say John Adams...although it would be heavy to pack and lug it sure would pass the hours and you would still have plenty to read upon arrival.
Padredon@aol.com
Waller's new book, A Thousand Country Roads. A real page turner, fewer than 200 pages, good suspense.
lutz_s@popmail.firn.edu
The Poisonwood Bible
martyph@charter.net
In 1991 when I traveled to Australia, I reread one of my all time favorites, THE THORN BIRDS by Colleen McCullough which takes place in Australia. It seemed a fitting way to introduce me to the country I would be visiting at the end of the 14 hour plane trip.
JohnPLaura@aol.com
A short Steinbeck or two would be a good idea, perhaps Cannery Row and Tortilla Flats, both wonderful reads!
ToTMgcmom@aol.com
Hi. Any book by Mary Higgins Clark or Stuart Woods would work for me on a long plane ride, or any long trip for that matter.
DDingyd311@aol.com
Without a doubt...Gone With The Wind!! Definitely the new one in the "Left Behind" series!! I can't WAIT until it comes out next week!!!! Just read a great write up in Time magazine about the authors and about how remarkable the series is. I've never been in such total agreement with Time before!
Bookgranna@aol.com
The Outlander by Diana Gabaldon has it all. Its adventure and romance hold your interest and the time would pass quickly. A nice plus is that you actually learn about history and Scotland at the same time.
Ella480@aol.com
I'm flying from Atlanta to London in July. I'll be reading London! Since it is over 1000 pages, it should last my whole trip!
Fezabel@aol.com
I would take Diana Gabaldon's Outlander. It is a wonderful read with great descriptions. I can lose myself in it for hours!
Butterfl2@optonline.net
Any book in the James Patterson series is an easy read (so you can nap in between) as is the series written by Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum) as well as Nelson DeMille books or the Stuart Wood series focused on Stone Barrington.
Ajoway20@aol.com
I'd take anything by Jonathan Kellerman, especially the Alex Delaware novels. His books keep me turning the pages, almost frantically, to see what happens next. Dr. Delaware, his girlfriend Robin, and cop pal Milo Sturgis are so real I want their pursuit of the latest psychotic killer to be simple prelude to reading/learning more about this delightfully with-it, yet steadfastly grounded trio. A long plane trip would give me the time to start, relish, and perhaps, finish Kellerman's latest thriller.
Buttercupmlm@aol.com
I personally hate plane trips, so I would choose a book that would keep me very interested & help me to forget where my body was at the moment. Anything by Sue Grafton or Patricia Cornwell would do the trick! The Summons by John Grisham.
ATESSL@aol.com
I would recommend any book by Bill Bryson. They're easy to follow (a plane trip being so full of annoying interruptions), laugh-out-loud funny, and about travel. What could be better?
Dwillautho@aol.com
I have two long books to read. I would probably take those. The Bonesetter's Daughter and The Bondwoman's Narrative.
RKCKSYST@aol.com
A long flight requires a long book, right?! You couldn't do better than Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Then, of course, you'd need to schedule several more long flights during which you could look forward to the rest of the long books in the series!!!
beverleymooren@cox-internet.com
The Bible.
SNRMSTR@aol.com
Anything from my personal list of authors that would not arouse suspicion from the security checkers going thru my luggage and result in additional baggage and personal examinations.
Bettyb6768@aol.com
My suggestion is The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon to take on a long plane (or train) trip. It is long and can pull reader along for quite a while.
Kec200@aol.com
Any of James Patterson's books because they will keep you engrossed. Or if it's a really long trip then "Gone With The Wind."
Endorra@aol.com
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand would be my choice for a book to take on a long plane ride. Of course, if the trip was really, really long another suggestion would be "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon.
KTBug931@aol.com
I would have to say the best book to take on a long plane trip is anything by John Grisham. His books are normally a quick read, and yet you can't put them down. And I don't remember any of them having a plane crash in them!
Jsaofusa@aol.com
Any book by James Michener would be my first choice.
EADW1352@aol.com
For a long plane trip I would take "From Sea To Shining Sea" by James Alexander Thom. I really enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down.
CabanaLin@aol.com
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.
beckey_c@hotmail.com
I think it partly depends on the destination. It's definitely good to have something that takes longer than a few hours to read, or take two books that are really short. If though, you are flying for a vacation trip or something of that nature and won't have much time to read after the flight, it should be something that's long enough to keep you occupied the whole flight and also short enough so you can finish it before you arrive. You also have to consider waiting time at airports, so plan on it being a little bit longer of a read than just the flight.
Cairo1953@aol.com
On a "Plane-Trip" --- none other than the BIBLE!
JEarh13191@aol.com
Beach Music by Pat Conroy.
AviationRep1@aol.com
The best book to take on a long trip? Sodom and Gomorrah, of course. So that you know where you are heading if you are bad to the creator.
AvaXDay@aol.com
My choice for a long plane trip would be the current John Sandford Prey novel --- this latest one is MORTAL PREY. But any Lucas Davenport novel is absorbing.
gera-jim@dcn.davis.ca.us
The Horned Man by James Lasdun.
DDobrjansk@aol.com
The book I most enjoyed while taking a long plane flight was "Thunder of Erebus" by Payne Harrison. The flight was to Munich by way of Paris and was almost 8-hrs. long. I actually read more than three-quarters of the book by the time I arrived in Munich and finished the book later that evening in my hotel room. My only regret was that for the flight home I had to buy another book to read; I purchased Tom Clancy's Cardinal of the Kremlin, it was a good book but overpriced by US standards for a paperback.
anneg@tsps.org
I would take John Adams if I had a long trip looming.
mlauerba@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Right now I would say The Shelters of Stone by Jean Auel.
Pigcubb@aol.com
It would have to be the all time classic Gone With The Wind or something spooky like Stephen Kings Gerald's Game. I liked the way he weaves the terror and kept us guessing who the intruder really was. Now for kicks my third choice would be Where are the Children? Again a classic, that one took my breathe away and I couldn't put it down till the final outcome. I was so glad to finish that book in two hours I might add that I threw it across the room in excitement. Well, those are the book I love the most and keep me intrigued on a long plane trip. Thank you. Have a good day.
Lora2@aol.com
Take Philip Roth's The Human Stain or Peter Hessler's River Town; both in paperback. Excellent reads.
MeriJ@aol.com
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding because a long plane trip there means a long plane trip home, and probably several nights of jet lag and insomnia. With Tom Jones, there's a great deal of humor, but enough boring parts to help me sleep on the plane. Also, I'd feel like I had read something of quality and substance, as opposed to quick escape reads. Thanks.
Fsqueek@aol.com
If I were to take a long trip, I think I would take more than one book. I've been on many trips and that is what I've always done. I usually bring a trilogy or a series of books, because when I am finished with the first I don't have to read the rest. remember it's a long ride home.
YankeeNana@aol.com
I would choose any book written by Jodi Picoult. I believe her ninth book was just published. We have conversed on a book club chat room with one of her books. I met Ms. Picoult at a reading in Dartmouth, New Hampshire two years ago. A surprise trip from my hubby, for my birthday. We enjoyed coffee and tea cakes afterwards on a personal level. It all was such a thrill.
BookstoreJunky@aol.com
The Analyst --- John Katzenbach.
Detroitbruce@aol.com
The Holy Bible. How many people do you know that have actually read the whole Bible?
bluhrig@inct.net
I once tried to read Love Story on a plane to counteract air sickness. I kept getting interrupted by my seat mate, but it was a book that was so light, yet absorbing, that it worked fairly well.
smilbourn@cox.net
Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman (nonfiction). I picked this up in a bookstore in Harvard Square while at a convention and laughed aloud the whole flight home. Ackerman has a delightfully humorous writing style!
Britadon@aol.com
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr.
Ill Wind by Nevada Barr.
A Superior Death by Nevada Barr.
Charski@aol.com
Wallace Stegner's ANGLE OF REPOSE or BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN.
SusanJ1776@aol.com
Always, a David Morrell book. His latest is "Long Lost." Really great. You can't put it down. I just wish he could write his books as quickly as I can read them. Still my favorite author after all these years!
Cipsi2@aol.com
Any book by Harlan Coben. Once you start reading them, you block out everything going on around you. His new one is Gone for Good, which I will start on soon.
smazzei@myactv.net
Book for a long plane trip: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas.
BillKD4EKZ@aol.com
Any book by Dale Brown, Tom Clancy, Stephen Coonts or Robert Ludlum makes a long plane flight go by quickly for me.
MarilenCMT@aol.com
These days, I'd say it was the Bible.
RAVEN0555@aol.com
Fear of Flying.
JmkWild@aol.com
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, is the best long book I've read in years --- guaranteed to hold interest through many time zones!
JBitowt@aol.com
Personally, I feel it would have to depend on the genre of writing in which you are most interested! Working from there, I would suggest a thick book, say a minimum of 300 pages and that would be very small words.
So for myself, being that I'm a true crime fanatic, who also goes for a suspense novel or murder mystery paperback, my pick would be Truman Capote's famous and celebrated novel, "In Cold Blood!" This book is a page turner and most readers would probably finish it before their trip ended, which would give them a chance to think about and go over, in their minds, the book and any parts of it which they might want to understand better or more fully. This is it, the old Capote classic, would be my choice for a traveling novel.
Pmboyer55@aol.com
I'd settle in with "Shakey, Neil Young's Biography" by Jimmy McDonough. Along with this I'd slip on the headphones and crank up the Walkman!
KMarsh0000@aol.com
Silence of the Lambs.
MadTaz1@aol.com
My favorite book to take on a long airplane trip would be something by Joan Didion so I could read it in a slow delectable fashion with no distractions. If it was going to be a bumpy ride with noisy passengers, I would opt for escape to a Dick Francis, John Grisham or Louis L'Amour so I could disappear into whatever world they were visiting.
Moosewj@aol.com
Roots.
lgettle@iserv.net
I would recommend WITHOUT REMORSE by Tom Clancy. It has a touch of everything; mystery, suspense, romance, crime, and a hero who is strong yet vulnerable, endearing, and extremely memorable.
MLC295@webtv.net
The Eyre Affair by Jason Fforde.
WNHeineHB@aol.com
Depends on where you are going. I just reread Barbara Tuchman's "Stillwell and the American Experience in China" while on the way to Shanghai. Or how about "Noble House " on the way to Hong Kong. Or Lewis and Clark's journals on the way to the West. Bon Voyage.
DonKay1959@aol.com
The Summons by Grisham or The Shipping News.
Barbdarr@aol.com
My choice would be Barbara Kingsolver's "Small Wonder" --- a collection of exquisite little essays that I enjoyed so very much. If I could write like anyone in this world it would be like her. She should be declared a National Treasure.
Kreckmd1@aol.com
Carter Beats the Devil.
Mompoetcat@aol.com
I think the best book to take on long plane trip would be: "The Winds of War" by Herman Wouk.
SUSAN909@aol.com
The Smoke Jumpers by Nicholas Sparks.
Giarnese@aol.com
Take The Perfect Storm.
Makelley4@aol.com
Mortal Prey by John Sandford.
DaveRudy@aol.com
1. Paperback book of short stories
2. Reader's Digest
3. A provocative title if you want to talk with the person in the next seat.
TMartin@directv.com
The Emperor of Ocean Park.
Alanh2062@aol.com
Stephen King's The Stand --- I was on an overnight flight to Manila, the plane was dark and quiet, and then someone sneezed and I nearly had a heart attack. Or if its laughs --- Richard Russo's Straight Man. Easy to read and a laugh riot.
AuntGigiR@aol.com
The book: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. This western is enjoyed by both males and females and is hard to put down.
2nd: Prisoners of Hope by Dana Curry and Heather Mercer. These are the two young women arrested by the Taliban accused of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity. Fascinating insight into Afghani culture, the Taliban and missionary work. I stayed up reading until 4 a.m. to finish it.
prophet269@yahoo.com
I'd definitely recommend debut author Harrison Beardsley's hi-tech, mystery book Flying for an Angel: A Bold Raid on Silicon Valley. It's an edgy murder mystery based on Beardsley's experience as a consultant to hi-tech silicon valley companies before the .com explosion. A fantastic read.
DancingGram7@aol.com
For women --- I pick Dancing in the Air by Nora Roberts. It's light reading and something I believe a woman would enjoy!
psinglet@jhmi.edu
The best book to take is a long mystery that will keep you enthralled through the entire plane flight.
Wendalee50@aol.com
I would want a LONG book. Since I just finished reading The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, I think my next choice would be Winter Solstice by her. If not that, then something by Michener.
Klethal@aol.com
The Emperor of Ocean Park.
carlton.nola@juno.com
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. I read it in the car from Louisiana to Florida --- nonstop!! The next long trip, I chose his second book, I Know This Much is True. Equally wonderful!
Bitteroot@aol.com
I would take any of the Harry Potter Books --- great reading on a trip.
Trencita@aol.com
I would recommend Slammerkin. It's compelling and offers a definite escape from the mundane reality of being on a cramped plane.
MizMSCYC@aol.com
Potshot by Robert Parker.
MKinkel948@aol.com
The best book to take on a plane trip is one that you start at home and have at least five more hours to read. It must be so good it pulls you right into it and you are not aware of what goes on around you. I fly LA to BOS every so often and that works for me. I hate flying bus's. All of the sudden, I am where I am going and it was fast and easy because I was really in my book.
PaulaQS@aol.com
The Bible.
Luv2Card@aol.com
On a recent flight from Manchester, England to Philly, PA. I had purchased two books. The first book being WARLOCK by Wilber Smith and the second being the latest in the Sharp series. Well, I did not even open either of my books as I watched three movies and ate and cat napped the whole way. The story that I want to relate to you is about the gentleman that sat across the aisle from me. I noticed that when we had gotten settled and the plane had leveled out this man pulled out a copy of Beach House by James Patterson (this caught my attention because I knew that I had a copy waiting for me at home). This man read from that time (only to be interrupted by his meal and snacks). He had his headphones on listening to album after album. I would glance over at him from time to time and notice the chapter numbers. By the time that the captain announced our descent into Philly the man closed the book, I asked if he was enjoying it and he stated that he had finished it and had enjoyed it very much. He then stated that this had been his first James Patterson. I told him that he had a lot of great reading ahead of him. So I guess that Beach House would be a great book for a plane trip. Thanks for your time.
Bookwo7875@aol.com
Either Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, or The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball, edited by John Thorn.
HBloom2255@aol.com
For suspense, history, romance and a great read, I would suggest Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. And if that book was already read I would suggest Voyageur, the next book in the series.
Yentl7@aol.com
The best book to take on a long plane ride would be a completely absorbing one. Books like "The Godfather" or "Exodus" are especially great, absorbing reading....and they are also long!
MFila985@aol.com
Open House by Elizabeth Berg. You could probably finish this on a long plane ride.
SStrassbur@aol.com
The Outlanders.
Patkamhi@aol.com
I have always taken at least one poetry book usually a collection of selected works because it breaks the monotony of the flight. I tried to select at least one of the Poet Laureates' works also so I can study their style of writing. Support for Poets is a dying honor. Thank you.
rsedwards@sympatico.ca
The book I would take although I have read it twice already is "I Know This Much is True" by Wally Lamb. This book is a brick and it touches everyone that reads it.
Annie161@aol.com
Up Country by Nelson DeMille held my interest from beginning to end. It would be a good book for a long plane ride.
Smartboo@aol.com
Beside the Bible to remind us of our good fortune; the latest Stephanie Plum book by Janet Evanovich.
caroline@swtexas.com
I think you should have several books on a long trip, preferably a series.
Nuckietoad@aol.com
Any of Anne Perry's Monk mystery.
kvbes@yahoo.com
Atlas Shrugged by Ann Rand.
ClouderMom@aol.com
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It is a very long book, but never boring. I received it by accident. I was trying to order a book but must have misremembered the title. I did not know the author. When it came I was going to send it back. But, being a reader, I just had to give it a try. Even better is that it's the first in a series. I love when that happens.
liylyfae@yahoo.com
My pick would be Les Miserables. The long & complicated life of Jean Valjean and the history of France makes a long and beautiful read.
INKPENBEN@aol.com
Ayn Rand --- either Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead
Anything by Robert Ludlum
Anything by Michener (Centennial was my favorite).
rtdudder@lvcm.com
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross.
SNJNWDist@aol.com
I just finished "Between Friends" by Debbie Macomber. Read it in one sitting!
k_aylward30@yahoo.com
I believe reading a book such as Girl in Hyacinth Blue is great for a plane trip. The novel is actually a collection of stories involving a painting, not one continuous story throughout. You can read a chapter, then stop for a while and perhaps watch the in-flight movie, or flip through a magazine, or eat dinner. Then, when you want to get back to reading, you start with a brand new story in the next chapter. I'm reading this now!
Buddypaul@aol.com
My choice would be any of Tom Clancy's Net Force books. Easy reading, distracting, and entertaining.
Sadler2003@aol.com
I would definitely recommend the book Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk to take on a plane. Just because it is probably one of the most twisted books I have ever read, and I guess it kind of relates to a plane ride.
mrobideaux@cox.net
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez would be my choice. This book takes you to another world...one that should be viewed through the clouds.
