Route 66 recommends the following range of reading and listening materials.

Route 66 Travelogue CD by Graham Swain

All the literature below can be purchased through the Amazon link at the bottom of this page

General introductions to the Route 66

Searching for 66 by Tom Teague, Bob Waldmire (Illustrator)

Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis (Paperback - October 1992)

Travelling Route 66: 2,250 Miles of Motoring History from Chicago to L.A. by Nick Freeth, Paul Taylor (Introduction) (Paperback - July 2001)

Route 66 Remembered by Michael Karl Witzel (Hardcover - April 1996)

Route 66 by Gerd Kittel (Photographer), et al (Paperback - May 2002)

Route 66 : America's First Main Street by Spencer Crump (Paperback - July 1997)

Route 66 (Enthusiast Color Series) by Tim Steil, Jim Luning (Photographer) (Paperback)

The Route 66 Hip Pocket Trip by Joel Nash (Paperback)

Driving guides to the route
(Recommended for general interest, but most are of limited value as navigation aids)

Route 66: Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion by Tom Snyder, Bobby Troup (Paperback - March 2000)

Route 66 : The Illustrated Guidebook to the Mother Road by Bob Moore, et al (Spiral-bound)

Motorcycle Guide to Route 66 by Kirk Woodward (Paperback - February 2001)

A highly recommended map set

Here It Is! The Route 66 Map Series by Jerry McClanahan, Jim Ross (Map)

The best of the single-state guides

Route 66 Across Arizona : A Comprehensive Two-Way Guide for Touring Route 66 by Sherry G. Mangum, et al (Paperback - June 2001)

Route 66 Across New Mexico: A Wanderer's Guide by Jill Schneider, D. Nakii (Photographer)

Traveling The...New, Historic Route 66 of Illinois by John Weiss, Lenore Weiss (Editor) (Ring-bound - May 1997)

Oklahoma Route 66 by Jim Ross (Paperback)

Photographic essays and books of reflections and impressions

Route 66: The Highway and Its People by Susan Kelly, Quinta Scott (Photographer)

Along Route 66 by Quinta Scott (Paperback - December 2001)

Route 66: Images of America's Main Street by William Kaszynski (Hardcover - April 2003)

Route 66: Lives on the Road by Jon G. Robinson (Hardcover)

Growing Up on Route 66 by Michael Lund (Paperback)