The Road

 The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006) 241 Pages

In a mysterious post-apocalyptic world, a nameless father and son are traveling "the road", looking for a warmer place to live. The story begins directly before winter. The man and the boy have a single shopping cart which houses all their belongings, and a revolver with two rounds. There are no chapters to this book, and much of it is conversations between the boy and the man. This post apocalyptic world is full of dangerous people, all doing whatever they have to do (horrible atrocities) to survive. 

I loved this book in that it was heartfelt despite being incredibly dark. It is an ode to human ingenuity but also true compassion and kindness in the midst of horrors.