Editor’s Note: This year our Half Price Books calendar once again features books, movies and music grouped together in weird, unexpected ways. You might even call them Totally Random Lists, which is what we did because, well, we had to put something on the front cover. We like the lists so much, we’ll be sharing them on this blog throughout the year.
What do a road and a story have in common? They both take you on a trip with an uncertain (but intriguing) ending. Because we all know it’s the journey, not the destination, that matters, here are some street-smart picks you won’t need a GPS to explore.
BOOKS
Telegraph Avenue, Michael Chabon
If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
The Street, Ann Petry
MOVIES
Road to Perdition
21 Jump Street
Miracle on 34th Street
The Road to Morocco
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sunset Boulevard
It Happened on 5th Avenue
MUSIC
Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg & Wilco
Stones in the Road, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Avenue Q, Original Broadway Cast
Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
3614 Jackson Highway, Cher
See our longer list of road-tested titles at HPB.com/street.