I'm going on a road trip soon under distressing circumstances due to a sudden death by car accident. I haven't listened to audiobooks in a long time but I'm going to bring at least 2 along. I'm looking for something that is soothing that doesn't contain a car accident or similar, perhaps with a great narrator. I love a bit of humor, a fantastic plot, and a gorgeous setting. I need to not cry while driving so no great pain or tragedies, please.
My favorite books are The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Brothers Karamozov, My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, Galapagos by Vonnegut, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, Touching the Void by Joe Simpson, Ficciones by Borges, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb, The Crimson Petal and the White by Faber, and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
I have already read Project Hail Mary (4 stars), and The Poisonwood Bible (4 stars) so I want to rule those out.
by montanawana