10 books for fans of The Road
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Child of God (Vintage International)
by Cormac McCarthy
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McCarthy strips away civilization's veneer through Lester Ballard, a mountain outcast whose violence and necrophilia reveal humanity's darkest impulses in rural Tennessee.
★ 3.82 Goodreads (56.3K ratings) - 2
Outer Dark
by Cormac McCarthy
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A brother abandons his sister's infant in the woods, then both wander a plague-ravaged landscape stalked by three mysterious killers in McCarthy's darkest exploration of guilt and retribution.
★ 3.89 Goodreads (26.4K ratings) - 3
James
by Percival Everett
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Everett retells Huckleberry Finn from Jim's viewpoint, exposing how enslaved people performed ignorance while harboring deep intelligence. A searing reimagining of American literature's most problematic classic.
★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K ratings) - 4
My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
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Anna was born to be a genetic match for her cancer-stricken sister, but at 13, she sues her parents for the right to her own body.
★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.3M ratings) - 5
The Jungle Temple Oracle
The Mystery of Herobrine • Book 2
by Mark Cheverton
★ 4.52 Goodreads (569 ratings) - 6
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The Body
by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King
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Wil Wheaton's performance perfectly channels the nostalgic voice of Gordie looking back on that pivotal summer when innocence died along a railroad track.
★ 4.30 Goodreads (45.7K ratings) - 8
The Color Purple
The Color Purple Collection • Book 1
by Alice Walker
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Through letters to God and her sister, Celie transforms from an abused girl into a woman who discovers her own voice and worth in the Jim Crow South.
★ 4.28 Goodreads (758.4K ratings) - 9
Heart the Lover
by Lily King
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King's latest explores the complexities of love through interconnected relationships that reveal how we connect, disconnect, and find each other again.
★ 4.28 Goodreads (201.6K ratings) - 10
Russian Classics in Russian and English: Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Vassiliev
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The unnamed underground man's rambling confessions reveal Dostoevsky's exploration of free will, rational egoism, and the perverse human need to act against one's own interests.
★ 4.17 Goodreads (237.7K ratings)