On the Road

If you can't lose yourself in a literal road trip, then the next best thing is to take a virtual trip with this classic nomadic novel. Join the meandering Sal Paradise as he wanders around the United States, visiting friends, getting drunk and searching for the meaning of life through sex, drugs and jazz. But On the Road is more than just an epic tale of one man's lifestyle. It takes readers on an incisive journey into the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac's prose beats with the pulse of 1940s culture while revealing exactly what he wants - and doesn't want - about his own place in that society.