19 books you can finish reading on a flight

Explore how to live better in Matt Haig’s number one best seller Reasons to Stay Alive. This moving true story is about mental illness and takes you on a journey as Matt overcomes a crisis and illness, learning to live again.

Great reads for kids on a short flight (or adults looking to relive a classic) include The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe, the novel from CS Lewis’s fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia.

The timeless coming of age children’s novel, Old Yeller which recounts the tale of a boy named Travis and his friendship with stray dog Yeller, is another classic short read.

It’s the perfect time to lose yourself in Adam Kay’s hit book This is Going to Hurt. A Hearst Big Book Award winner in 2018, it's a collection of amusing and heartbreaking diary entries written during his medical training.

The mesmerising tale of The Tattoist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, which tells the story of a Slovakian Jew who fell in love with the girl he was tattooing at the concentration camp, is another must-read.

Classics including William Golding’s 1954 novel The Lord of the Flies will leave you on the edge of your seat.

Alice Walker’s The Color Purple takes you to the deep American South between the wars, where a young black girl born into poverty and segregation is later freed from her past.

Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World delves into the far future when the 'ideal society' is created through genetic engineering and brainwashing.

The journey also leaves time for children to enjoy Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where they can step into the magical world of Willy Wonka.

Young book lovers can also join Mr Toad, Ratty, Badger and Mole on their adventures in Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows.

On a mid-haul escape, there's time to be absorbed by the life of an outsider beautifully portrayed in Gail Honeyman’s debut hit novel Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – a real tear-jerker.

Explore the Trump White House in Michael Wolff’s expose Fire and Fury, which paints a fascinating insight into the current US President. 

For a classical escape, enjoy Emily Bronte's captivating haunting and tormented love story Wuthering Heights, which recounts the tale of troubled orphan Heathcliff and his love for Catherine Earnshaw.

The flight also gives plenty of time for Harry Potter fans to read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third of JK Rowling’s seven Harry Potter adventure books.

There’s enough time on your long-haul flight for younger travellers or those young at heart to complete the seventh and final 638 page Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Mark Twain’s American novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about a boy and a runaway slave heading down the Mississippi River on a raft.