Author

Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy — 6 titles in the rankings, first published between 1985 and 2006. They average 8.2, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages. One series has a reading order worth keeping to.

Editor’s note The Road is the most-read and the easiest way in: short, bleak and tender. Blood Meridian is the harder, more violent masterpiece. The Border Trilogy — All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain — rates highest of all here, The Crossing on top; read it in order.

Ranked titles
6 books
Average score
8.2
Total ratings
4.9K
First published
1985–2006

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Series by Cormac McCarthy

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Books by Cormac McCarthy

Book score6 books on a timeline, 1985–2006 · Highest rated: The Crossing
  1. The Crossing
    The CrossingCormac McCarthy · 1994116 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  2. All the Pretty Horses
    All the Pretty HorsesCormac McCarthy · 1992412 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  3. Cities of the Plain
    Cities of the PlainCormac McCarthy · 199881 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  4. No Country for Old Men
    No Country for Old MenCormac McCarthy · 2005 Thriller644 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  5. The Road
    The RoadCormac McCarthy · 2006 Dystopian2.8K ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  6. Blood Meridian
    Blood MeridianCormac McCarthy · 1985 Historical fiction823 ratings
    8.18.1 / 10

Other books by Cormac McCarthy

Titles we know of but do not rank — they have not gathered enough reader ratings, or our sources do not agree on where they belong.

  • 1965The Orchard Keeper
  • 1968Outer Dark
  • 1973Child of God
  • 1979Suttree
  • 1996The Gardener's Son
  • 2022The Passenger
  • 2022Stella Maris
  • The Sunset Limited

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