The Road
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.99
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and …
Want to Read $ 12.99"Carry the fire."-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
"If only my heart were stone."-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
"There is no God and we are his prophets."-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
"You have my whole heart. You always did."-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
If you liked the dystopia plot in The Road by Cormac McCarthy , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. The Stranger
By: Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None
4.02
Format: 123 pages, Paperback
Published in 1942 by French author Albert Camus, The Stranger has long been considered a classic of… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
"It is better to burn than to disappear."-Albert Camus, The Stranger
"Everything is true, and nothing is true!"-Albert Camus, The Stranger
"After awhile you could get used to anything."-Albert Camus, The Stranger
"To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing."-Albert Camus, The Stranger
2. On the Road
By: Jack Kerouac
3.61
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more
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- literature
- novels
- fiction
"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
3. Slaughterhouse-Five
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2.60
Format: None pages,
Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Fiveintroduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who beco… read more
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- literature
- novels
- fiction
- science fiction
4. Never Let Me Go
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
A tale of deceptive simplicity that slowly reveals an extraordinary emotional depth and resonance -… read more
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- literary fiction
- dystopia
- fiction
- contemporary
- science fiction
5. The Old Man and the Sea
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.80
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here This short novel, already a moder… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
"My big fish must be somewhere."-Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
"I shouldn’t have gone out so far, fish,"-Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
"The setting of the sun is a difficult time for all fish."-Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
"Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."-Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
6. Lonesome Dove
By: Larry McMurtry
4.00
Format: 117 pages,
A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-- winning … read more
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- novels
- fiction
7. East of Eden
By: John Steinbeck
4.42
Format: 601 pages, Paperback
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed … read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
"All great and precious things are lonely."-John Steinbeck, East of Eden
"No one who is young is ever going to be old."-John Steinbeck, East of Eden
"Perhaps it takes courage to raise children.."-John Steinbeck, East of Eden
"A man without words is a man without thought."-John Steinbeck, East of Eden
8. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
By: Max Brooks
4.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of… read more
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9. Of Mice and Men
By: John Steinbeck
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
The compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world. Drifter… read more
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10. Catch-22
By: Joseph Heller
3.99
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature a… read more
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- literature
- novels
- fiction
"Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family."-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
"When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective."-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
"They’re not going to send a crazy man out to be killed, are they?"-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
11. Brave New World
By: Aldous Huxley
3.99
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vi… read more
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- literature
- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
- novels
"Pain was a fascinating horror"-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Ending is better than mending."-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"The more stitches, the less riches."-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"If one's different, one's bound to be lonely."-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
12. The Grapes of Wrath
By: John Steinbeck
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles… read more
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13. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
By: Hunter S. Thompson , Ralph Steadman
3.86
Format: 536 pages, Paperback
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasis the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good … read more
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14. The Road
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.99
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and … read more
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- literary fiction
- post apocalyptic
- apocalyptic
- literature
- dystopia
- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- novels
- science fiction
"Carry the fire."-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
"If only my heart were stone."-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
"You have my whole heart. You always did."-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
"There is no God and we are his prophets."-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
15. Stoner
By: John Williams , John McGahern
4.34
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming famil… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
"Annesi, hayatını sabırla kabullenmişti, katlanmak zorunda olduğu uzun bir anmışçasına."-John Williams, Stoner
"Within a month he knew that his marriage was a failure; within a year he stopped hoping that it would improve."-John Williams, Stoner
"But the required survey of English literature troubled and disquieted him in a way nothing had ever done before."-John Williams, Stoner
"While they talked they remembered the years of their youth, and each thought of the other as he had been at another time."-John Williams, Stoner
16. Dune (Dune, #1)
By: Frank Herbert
4.27
Format: 658 pages, Hardcover
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more
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- science fiction
- novels
- fiction
"Hope clouds observation."-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)
"Fear is the mind-killer."-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)
"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)
"Humans are almost always lonely."-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)
17. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
By: Philip K. Dick
4.09
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans o… read more
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- science fiction
- dystopia
- fiction
- novels
"An android,"-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Mors certa, vita incerta,"-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Mankind needs more empathy."-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Frankly, you look more like a goat man to me."-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
18. I Am Legend
By: Richard Matheson
4.06
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and c… read more
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- apocalyptic
- post apocalyptic
- dystopia
- fiction
- horror
- science fiction
"Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
"It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word “horror"-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend
19. The Stand
By: Stephen King
4.35
Format: None pages, Audiobook
First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of t… read more
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- apocalyptic
- post apocalyptic
- dystopia
- fiction
- horror
- science fiction
"A person can't change all at once."-Stephen King, The Stand
"HEY, BOBBY TERRY, YOU SCROOOOWED IT UP!"-Stephen King, The Stand
"Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up."-Stephen King, The Stand
"His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere."-Stephen King, The Stand
20. Fight Club
By: Chuck Palahniuk
4.19
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation’s most visionary satirist in this, his first bo… read more
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- literature
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"I am nothing, and not even that."-Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
"I don't want to die without any scars."-Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
"Skinny guys fight till they're burger."-Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
"Maybe we should always assume the worst."-Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
21. A Clockwork Orange
By: Anthony Burgess
4.00
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, criminals take over after dark. Te… read more
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- dystopia
- fiction
- horror
- science fiction
- novels
"I was cured all right."-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
"Alex like groweth up, Oh Yes."-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
"I was always on my oddy knocky."-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
"Civilised my syphilised yarbles."-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
