The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International)

A father and son walk through a devastated American landscape toward the coast, their destination uncertain. The world is cold and dark, covered in ash. They carry only a pistol for protection against hostile groups, scavenged food, the clothes on their backs, and each other. The Road follows their journey of survival in a post-apocalyptic future where hope has vanished. Despite the bleakness, the father and son are sustained by their love for one another. The novel examines both human destructiveness and resilience, exploring how tenderness and desperate determination allow two people to endure in the face of total devastation. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the novel was named one of The New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century and a Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century.