The Road (Oprah's Book Club)

by Cormac McCarthy

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macktan894 recommends The Children of Men by P. D. James
JD456 recommends The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
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lmichet recommends The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
klarusu recommends Far North by Marcel Theroux, "Far North is less harrowing than The Road but equally thought provoking"
psybre recommends Earth Abides by George R. Stewart, "Earth Abides, a classic post-apocalyptic novel published in 1949, is a bit less dark, and as an ecological fable, contains more science than The Road. (see more) When pondering to read The Road again, read this book instead."
Boohradley recommends Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, "There are a lot of similarities between the plot of this book and The Road. In Parable of the Sower an adolescent girl, who suffers from hyper-empathy, (see more) makes a long journey in hope of survival in a hostile, post-apocalyptic world."
PDcastello recommends I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, "Same type of small and silent epic"
Stbalbach recommends The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski, "Kosinski & McCarthy were born 5 weeks apart in 1933 and were ages 6-12 during WWII. Both books are dark violent fables told from a child's view."
dhoyt recommends A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher, "A much better father and son story in a post-apocalyptic world."
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