Recommendations for
travelers of Route 66
General recommendations
Modern Guidebooks
End to end Guidebooks
- Route 66: EZ66 Guide for Travelers, 3rd Edition - Jerry McClanahan
State Guidebooks
- Chicago: Exploring Route 66 in Chicagoland - David Clark
- Illinois: Traveling The...New, Historic Route 66 of Illinois - John Weiss
- Missouri: The Missouri U.S. 66 Tour Book - Skip Curtis
- Oklahoma: Oklahoma Route 66 - Jim Ross, Shellee Graham
- Arizona: Route 66 Across Arizona - Richard & Sherry Mangum
- California: Guide to historic Route 66 in California Vivian Davies, Darin Kuna
- Los Angeles: Finding the End of the Mother Road: Route 66 in Los Angeles County - Scott Piotrowski
Other Guidebooks
- Route 66 Dining & Lodging Guide, 16th Edition - National Historic 66 Federation
- Route 66 Adventure Handbook - Drew Knowles
- Route 66 in Oklahoma (Images of America) - Joe Sonderman and Jim Ross
- Route 66 in New Mexico (Images of America) - Joe Sonderman
- Route 66 in Arizona (Images of America) - Joe Sonderman
- Route 66 in California (Images of America) - Glen Duncan
- A Guide Book To Highway 66 - Jack D. Rittenhouse.
- Route 66 (Enthousiast Color Series) - Tim Steil, Jim Luning
Route 66 books
- Route 66: The Mother Road - Michael Wallis
also exists as an audio book - Route 66: the highway and its people - Quinta Scott, Susan Croce Kelly
- Traveling Route 66 - Nick Freeth
- Route 66 Traveler's Guide 4th edition - Tom Snyder.
- Haunted Highway: The Spirits of Route 66 - Ellen Robson and Dianne Halicki
- The majic bus-An American odyssey - Douglas Brinkley
- Ticket to Everywhere : The Best of "Detours" Travel Column - Dave Hoekstra
- American Signs: Form and Meaning on Route 66 - Lisa Mahar
- Route 66, Spirit of the Mother Road - Bob Moore
- Route 66 Lost & Found: Mother Road Ruins and Relics: The Ultimate Collection - Russel A. Olsen
- Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66 - Peter Dedek
- Greetings from Route 66: The Ultimate Road Trip Back Through Time Along America's Main Street
- Ghost Towns of Route 66 by Jim Hinckley, Kerrick James
- Billy Connolly's Route 66
- Legendary Route 66: A Journey Through Time Along America's Mother Road by Michael Karl Witzel and Gyvel Young-Witzel
- Arizona Kicks on Route 66 by Roger Naylor and Larry Lindahl
- Route 66 Backroads by Jim Hinckley, Kerrick James, Rick Bowers and Nora Bowers
- Route 66 Sightings by Jerry McClanahan, Jim Ross and Shellee Graham
- Roadside Attractions: Cool Cafes, Souvenir Stands, Route 66 Relics, & Other Road Trip Fun by Brian & Sarah Butko
- A Route 66 Companion by David King Dunaway
- Get Your Pics on Route 66: Postcards from America's Mother Road by Joe Sonderman
Route 66 related children books
- Route 66 for kids, by Emily Priddy
- Annie Mouse's Route 66 Adventure: A Photo Journal, a children's book by Anne Maro Slanina and Kelsey Collins
Route 66 related cookbooks
Route 66 related novels
- Freeways - Lewis Davies
- Growing Up on Route 66 - Michael Lund
Other Languages
German Books
- Route 66: Straße Der Sehnsucht by Holger Hötzel
- Route 66 - Musikalische und andere Stories entlang des Highway by Peter Kraus
- Route 66. Auf der Straße der Träume von Chicago nach L.A. by Hans-Christian Kirsch.
- Streckenpilot Route 66, entlang der Traumstraße Amerikas
French Books
- Route 66 by Patrick Sautelet, Serge Labrune, Jean-Luc Moreau and Philippe Fauconnier.
Dutch Books
- Route 66 by Willy Francois.
Collector Items
These are not printed any longer, just hard to find and/or sell for excessive prices.
- Route 66: A Guidebook to the Mother Road by Bob Moore and Patrick Grauwels.
- Route 66 Across New Mexico : A Wanderer's Guide - Jill Schneider.
- The Route 66 Cookbook - Marian Clark.
- Antique Roads of America, Bicycle Guide for Route 66 - Dan Mahnke
- Drivin' Route 66 by Cambridge Digital Media and Creative Multimedia
- Route 66 Traveler's Guide 1st edition - Tom Snyder.
- Route 66 Traveler's Guide 2nd edition - Tom Snyder.
- Route 66 Traveler's Guide 3rd edition - Tom Snyder.
- Route 66: EZ66 Guide for Travelers, 1st edition - Jerry McClanahan
- Route 66: EZ66 Guide for Travelers, 2nd Edition - Jerry McClanahan
- The Complete Guidebook to & Atlas of Route 66 - Bob Moore, Rich Cunningham
- Motorcycle Guide to Historic Route 66 - Kirk Woodward
- Oklahoma Route 66 - Jim Ross
- Route 66 Dining & Lodging Guide, 10th Edition - National Historic 66 Federation
- Route 66 Dining & Lodging Guide, 11th Edition - National Historic 66 Federation
- Route 66 Dining & Lodging Guide, 12th Edition - National Historic 66 Federation
- Route 66 Dining & Lodging Guide, 14th Edition - National Historic 66 Federation
- Route 66 Dining & Lodging Guide, 15th Edition - National Historic 66 Federation
- Route 66 Adventure Handbook 1st edition - Drew Knowles
- Route 66 Adventure Handbook 2nd edition - Drew Knowles
- Route 66 Adventure Handbook 3rd edition - Drew Knowles
- Lonely Planet Road Trip Route 66 - Sara Benson
- Hogs on 66: Best Feed and Hangouts for Roadtrips on Route 66 - Michael Wallis and Marian Clark
- Route 66: Main Street USA - Nick Freeth
- Route 66: Lives on the Road - Jon G. Robinson
- Route 66 - Gerd Kittel, Alexander Bloom, Freddy Langer
- Searching for 66 - Tom Teague
- Route 66 Remembered - Michael Karl Witzel
- Return to Route 66 - Shelle Graham.
- Route 66: The Empires of Amusement - Thomas Arthur Repp
- Route 66: The Romance of the West - Thomas Arthur Repp
- Route 66 Chronicles - Gerald M. Knowles
- American Route 66: Home on the Road - Jane Bernard & Polly Brown
- Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story - David King Dunaway
- Route 66 Lost & Found: Ruins and Relics Revisited Volume 1 - Russel A. Olsen
- Route 66 Lost & Found: Ruins and Relics Revisited Volume 2 - Russel A. Olsen
- The complete Route 66 Lost & Found - Russel A. Olsen
- Route 66 Cookbook: Comfort Food from the Mother Road - Marian Clark
- Road Trip USA Route 66 by Jamie Jensen
- Molly's Route 66 Adventure (The American Girls Collection) (children's book)
- Route 66: The Mother Road - hardcover by Michael Wallis
- Route 66: the highway and its people - hardcover by Quinta Scott, Susan Croce Kelly
- The Route 66 Cookbook - hardcover by Marian Clark and Michael Wallis