The RoadModern · Fiction, Dystopia, Science Fiction
The Road
2006 · 241 pages · Fiction
60
Modern
★ 4.00 on Goodreads · 1.1M ratings
Critics' pick · Lifetime bestseller
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2007). On 2 canon lists, including NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. 4.00★ from 1.1M Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
60Must-Read Score
- Readers46 out of 100 · counts 40%+21
- Critics93 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+33
- Bestseller38 out of 100 · counts 14%+6
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #24 of the 141 science fiction books we rank
- #107 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #252 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (2007)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Dark, Thought-provoking, Moving
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