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

Start Your Journey 
Set in the smoking ashes of a post-apocalyptic America, Cormac McCarthy's The Road tells the story of a father-son journey toward the sea and an uncertain salvation. Learn more about this Pulitzer Prize-winning book and read an excerpt.

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


  
Reading Questions 
The Road is a book that can raise more questions than answers. Get the conversation started at your next book club meeting with this study guide.



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

Print Your Bookmark 
Track your own progress on The Road with this exclusive Oprah's Book Club bookmark.