{"id":30903,"date":"2014-11-17T11:52:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T17:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=30903"},"modified":"2016-12-14T18:44:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T00:44:05","slug":"7-books-reads-holiday-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/7-books-reads-holiday-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"7 totally essential holiday-travel reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/books_travel.500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/books_travel.500.jpg\" alt=\"books for travel\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/books_travel.500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/books_travel.500-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rule #1 of inflight entertainment: Don&#8217;t rely on the inflight movie. While you&#8217;re <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/vacations\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\">traveling for the holidays<\/a>\u2014whether it&#8217;s to a tropical beach or your in-laws suburban house three states away\u2014we recommend snagging a great read instead. Need a few ideas? Below are our selections, all engrossing enough to help you forget about Aunt Myrtle\u2019s bunions, and entertaining enough to distract from the imminent return to your workaday routine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"height: 300px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_TenthofDecember.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_TenthofDecember-192x300.png\" alt=\"Tenth of December\" width=\"192px\" height=\"300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_TenthofDecember-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_TenthofDecember.png 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tenth-December-Stories-George-Saunders\/dp\/0812984250\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1416251120&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Tenth+of+December+|+George+Saunders\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Tenth of December | <\/em>George Saunders<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saunders\u2019 humor and ability to take on disparate voices transports readers (inside the mind of a preteen ballerina moments before a kidnapper arrives, for example). These stories have an immediacy that places readers uber in-the-moment, and what else could you ask for when you\u2019re stuck <em>another <\/em>thirty minutes on that tarmac?<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"height: 300px; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_NightFilm.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_NightFilm-193x300.png\" alt=\"Books_NightFilm\" width=\"193px\" height=\"300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_NightFilm-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_NightFilm.png 372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Night-Film-Novel-Marisha-Pessl\/dp\/0812979788\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1416251148&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Night+Film+|+Marisha+Pessl\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Night Film | <\/em>Marisha Pessl<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe your taste runs more adrenaline-heavy? Marisha Pessl\u2019s debut novel <em>Special Topics in Calamity Physics<\/em> was about a precocious girl confronted with a murder mystery and <em>Night Film<\/em> promises an equally gripping follow-up. Centered around an investigation into the strange death of the glamorous Ashley Cordova, this noir-ish tale draws readers deep into her family\u2019s darkness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"height: 300px; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Book_Shark.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Book_Shark-196x300.png\" alt=\"Book_Shark\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shark-Will-Self\/dp\/0802123104\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1416251259&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=shark+will+self\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Shark | <\/em>Will Self<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Shark<\/em> revolves around a WWII maritime incident that resulted in a horrific a shark attack. Decades later, a survivor has flashbacks, and his shrink helps him untangle the memory. (Those flying over southern pacific waters might want to wait till dry land for this one.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"height: 212px; padding-top: 10px;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_DontStartMeTalking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_DontStartMeTalking-272x300.png\" alt=\"Books_DontStartMeTalking\" width=\"193\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dont-Start-Talkin-Tom-Williams\/dp\/0988480441\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1416251283&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Don%27t+Start+Me+Talkin%27+|+Tom+Williams\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Don&#8217;t Start Me Talkin&#8217; | <\/em>Tom Williams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This blues road novel is about Brother Ben, the last remaining True Delta Bluesman, as he plays his final North American tour. It\u2019s both tender and humorous, (and neither requires readers to know much about blues music, nor have them). It touches on race and culture, but mostly hones in on the inherent humor of these last-of-their-kind musicians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"height: 300px; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_Americanah.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_Americanah-192x300.png\" alt=\"Books_Americanah\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Americanah-Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie\/dp\/0307455920\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1416251328&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Americanah+|+Chimamanda+Ngozi+Adichie\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Americanah | <\/em>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last few years have seen Adichie\u2019s TED talk go viral, Beyonce sample her speech \u201cWe Should All Be Feminists,\u201d and the publication of an <em>Elle<\/em> essay about smart women loving fashion. <em>Americanah<\/em>, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, centers around Ifemelu, a Nigerian woman in the U.S. grappling with community and belonging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"height: 300px; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_EightyDays.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_EightyDays-193x300.png\" alt=\"Books_EightyDays\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eighty-Days-Elizabeth-Bislands-History-Making\/dp\/0345527275\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1416251351&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Eighty+Days%3A+Nellie+Bly+and+Elizabeth+Bisland%27s+History-Making+Race+Around+the+World+|+Matthew+Goodman\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Eighty Days<\/em><\/strong><em>: <strong>Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland&#8217;s History-Making Race Around the World\u00a0 | <\/strong><\/em><strong>Matthew Goodman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is basically the 1880s version of \u201cThe Amazing Race,\u201d detailing how two women were sent to circle the globe in 80 days, <em>ala<\/em> Jules Verne. The visceral travel details (stormy oceans, enormous snowdrifts) just might bring out your inner travel bug, and put you right back on that plane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"height: 300px; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_Malala.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_Malala-196x300.png\" alt=\"Books_Malala\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_Malala-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_Malala-393x600.png 393w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Books_Malala.png 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Am-Malala-Stood-Education-Taliban\/dp\/0316322407\/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1416251388&amp;sr=1-1-spell&amp;keywords=I+Am+Malala++Malala+Yousafza\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>I Am Malala | <\/em><\/strong><strong>Malala Yousafza<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating for girls\u2019 education, seventeen year old Malala Yousafza was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, making her the youngest-ever recipient. Read her story of recovery and survival to understand why John Stewart threatened to adopt her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT0wMGJhZWM0MGYwMWY5ODI2NjAwMzFhNTdiYTMwMTcwOQ==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waiting&#8217;s not the hardest part when these books are on 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