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Bleak and beautiful, awful and optimistic, The Road is a singular reading experience. A man and his son drag themselves through an unyielding wasteland in the hope of keeping hope. Inspired by conversations with McCarthy’s young son, the relationship between the two main characters explores the ends we would go to survive–and the ends we would not. Modern readers must [grapple with the reality of McCarthy’s life](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/20/cormac-mccarthy-began-relationship-with-16-year-old-while-42-and-married); should they choose to take on The Road, there are grim wonders to behold. - Jeff O'Neal [Buy Now](https://bookriot.com/p/click/camref:1101lkCeo/pubref:BBotCHorror/%5Bp_id:100l803%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-road-by-cormac-mccarthy%2F247177?partner=thriftbooks) https://bookriot.com/p/click/camref:1101lkCeo/pubref:BBotCHorror/%5Bp_id:100l803%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-shining-girls_lauren-beukes%2F354459%2F?partner=thriftbooks [The Shining Girls](https://bookriot.com/p/click/camref:1101lkCeo/pubref:BBotCHorror/%5Bp_id:100l803%5D/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-shining-girls_lauren-beukes%2F354459%2F?partner=thriftbooks)by Lauren Beukes As if being pursued by a serial killer isn't bad enough, the women in this book, which became a TV series with Elisabeth Moss, must contend with one who can travel through time. Harper Curtis is a vicious murderer who discovers an unusual house in Chicago that allows him to move back and forth through time, where he gleefully picks his victims, his special "shining girls." After he kills them, he vanishes without a trace. Kirby Mazrachi is a reporter who notices a pattern and begins chasing the story of a serial killer who can't possibly be operating for as long as he has. But then she stumbles upon the horrifying, unbelievable answers. (Blurb: Book Riot - Best Horror Books of the Century So Far)