On the Road cover art

On the Road

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

On the Road

By: Jack Kerouac
Narrated by: Matt Dillon
Try Premium Plus free

$16.45 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $26.99

Buy Now for $26.99

About this listen

Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream.

A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion. One of the most influential and important novels of the 20th century, On the Road is the book that launched the beat generation and remains the bible of that literary movement.

©1957 Jack Keourac (P)2015 Audible, Inc Classics Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
All stars
Most relevant  
an incredible history with a lot of adventure, intrigue you until the last pages definitely a must read

awesome trip

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Matt Dillon's fitting narration takes us on the road with this unique, beautifully descriptive Kerouac classic. A pivotal piece of the post-war American subculture, the beat generation.

Beautifully descriptive beat adventures

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I liked it, but I found it to be a challenging read. It's the prose style in which Jack Keruoac writes in that gives it its unique style but makes it feel like one long camp fire story.

Good, but hard to follow.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Somehow I never got around to reading this Kerouac classic. It took a little to get into it but eventually marvelled at the characterisations and intimate visions of another side of America in the 50s and 60s. Glad I stayed the distance. it's classic road movie material.

Pop culture classic that surprised me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Brilliantly written and a masterful performance.
One of my favourite books of all time.
Wonderful

Best book on Audible

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A refreshed classic. This can be a difficult read due to the verbatim nature of the writing and particularly the insight into Dean's mind and style.

But the performance was excellent, it never felt read.

Dillon's performance made this for me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
fantastic reading of a classic work, beautiful tone and internation, just made listening purely wonderful!!!

fantastic reading of a classic, ejust wonderful!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I love the assertiveness that the reader brings. The story triggered memories from my wild youth even though it was a different time a place.

So many quotes

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Hard to follow. The mind of an meth head.
Might have been shocking at the time, but it's a boring story with no plot.

Incomprehensible

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Story is awesome (a classic) but unfortunately the reader completely failed to do it justice. The delivery comes across stilted, terse and quite lifeless. It seems a little rushed and sounds like the reader is reading a list rather than a book.

delivery leaves a lot to be desired

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.