One of the most prolific writers of our time, Cormac McCarthy is responsible for dark, poetic tales like The Road and No Country For Old Men. McCarthy’s ability to showcase the dimensions of the human psyche allow him to weave breakneck adventures with emotional complexity. If you enjoy thrilling literary fiction (with perhaps some missing punctuation) try our list of six books to read if you like Cormac McCarthy.
Books to Read if You Like Cormac McCarthy
Fever Tree: A Novel
Tim Applegate
Release Date: August 2, 2016
When a handsome mysterious man named Dieter moves to Crooked River, Florida, the small town erupts with rumors. Despite making friends with the locals, some residents are paranoid that he’s there for the wrong reasons. One such resident Teddy Mink, the town’s notorious drug lord, is convinced Dieter is there to investigate him and starts formulating a plan to silence him. When Dieter falls in love with town sweetheart Maggie Paterson, her ex joins in on the plan to get rid of Dieter and things get even more troubling.
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Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
Release Date: September 1, 2016
With its white picket fences and freshly-mowed grass, Sycamore Glen, North Carolina looks like the perfect idyllic town. When an accident at the community pool starts unraveling the town’s many secrets, the neighbors’ intertwined lives are dropped into chaos. As the sweltering hot summer bears down on the town, they must question whether or not it’s possible to forgive and move on.
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Ian McEwan
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She’s still living in their dilapidated London townhouse but John’s not there. Instead, she’s with his brother, Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy’s womb.
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Alex Marwood
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Twelve years ago, a media storm descended upon the Jacksons’ seaside vacation home. Three-year-old Coco disappeared during her father’s fiftieth birthday party and the only witness to her kidnapping is her identical twin sister Ruby. The girl’s father, Sean, was wealthy and influential as were most of his friends. Now Sean Jackson is dead and those present at the vacation home twelve years ago must come together for the funeral that will reveal more secrets than can ever stay hidden.
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D.M. Pulley
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Nine-year-old Jasper is left by his mother at his uncle’s farm with nothing but a change of clothes and a bible. No one knows where his mother went or if she’s coming back and his uncle doesn’t like questions. Desperate to see her again, Jasper ventures out into 1952 Detroit where he will discover an adult world filled with corruption, scandal, murder, and what exactly his mother was running from.
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Noah Hawley
Release Date: May 31, 2016
On a foggy summer night, eleven people depart Martha’s Vineyard on a private plane headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are a down-on-his-luck painter and a four-year-old boy who is now the last remaining member of an immensely rich and powerful family. Was it merely by chance that such influential people all perished together? Or was it something more sinister?
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