The Road (2006)
0.1333Canon Score · ranked #190 all time
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About the book
Cormac McCarthy's tenth novel, The Road, is his most harrowing yet deeply personal work. Some unnamed catastrophe has scourged the world to a burnt-out cinder, inhabited by the last remnants of mankind and a very few surviving dogs and fungi. The sky is perpetually shrouded by dust and toxic particulates; the seasons are merely varied intensities of cold and dampness. Bands of cannibals roam the roads and inhabit wha
Why it ranks #190
Every list on which The Road appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| OCLC/WorldCat Top 500 Novels (2019) | Editorial list | #247 / 500 |
| NYT 100 Best Books of 21st C (2024) | Major international poll | Selected |
| Guardian 1000 Novels (2009) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| Vulture 21st Century Canon (2018) | Editorial list | Selected |