The Road is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best of which we are capable: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.




Cormac McCarthy and Oprah Start Your Journey  Read an excerpt of The Road  
Set in the smoking ashes of a post-apocalyptic America, learn about Cormac McCarthy's The Road, a father-son journey toward the sea and an uncertain salvation. 
Read an excerpt.


Cormac McCarthy and Oprah  The Cormac McCarthy Interview  Watch  
In his first on-camera interview, Cormac sits down with Oprah to talk about his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, luck, money and more. Watch this exclusive conversation.
Watch all the videos with Cormac McCarthy


Discuss reading questions.  Reading Questions
The Road has a tendency to raise more questions than answers. Get the conversation started at your next book club meeting with this study guide.



Themes in The Road  Themes in The Road
What destroyed the world? How far would you go to protect your child's life? We've called in Cormac's scientific colleagues from the Santa Fe Institute to help us explore the novel in new ways.

Download your bookmark.  Print Your Bookmark  PDF  
Track your own progress on The Road with this exclusive Oprah's Book Club bookmark.
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Published 03/28/2007

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