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Sci-Fi & Fantasy Road Trip Novels for Teens

Sometimes we want the elements of a road trip novel without all of the, well...reality of realistic fiction. Try these fantastic science fiction and fantasy novels for a new take on the "road trip" novel.

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  • Okay, so river trip would be more accurate but this has everything you'd want in a good road trip novel: an epic quest, zany characters picked up along the way, and lots of soul-searching and self discovery. Bonus: It's quite hilarious!
    BookNew York, New York : Viking, 2016. — YA SF STEWART
  • No sci-fi road trip list would be complete without this, the best of them all. For an added treat, try the audiobook narrated by Stephen Fry on your next road trip!
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, 1995, c1980. — SF ADAMS
  • What more could you ask for than a cross-country trip with a cantankerous god of war?
    BookNew York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, c2005. — J RIORDAN
  • The Accidental Highwayman

    Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides

    Tripp, Ben, 1966-
    Full of fantastical creatures, epic misunderstandings, cross-country carriage chases, and a kidnapped fairy princess!
    BookNew York : Tor, 2014. — YA TRIPP
  • Again, not technically a road trip but what could be better than a trip across the icy wastes of the North with 66 pugs?
    BookNew York : Random House, 2016. — J REEVE
  • Take your traditional road trip model, throw in waning gods with ulterior motives, and you've got a strange, scary, and often hilarious tale.
    BookNew York : William Morrow, [2011] — SF GAIMAN
  • A most excellent fairy tale retelling set in India with lots and lots of horse travel. Two sisters go on an epic journey together.
    BookHenry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2010-03-30