Cormac McCarthy
American · 1933–2023
Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist whose bleak, violent, and visionary fiction explored the extremes of human experience. His major works include Blood Meridian, the Border Trilogy, The Road, and No Country for Old Men. Often grouped with Melville and Faulkner — sorry, Faulkner is not in the collection — McCarthy combined biblical cadence with a Gnostic-tinged metaphysics of violence and won the Pulitzer Prize for The Road in 2007.
Books
- Blood Meridian (1985)
Episodes
- 58. Moby Dick finale: Ahab Derangement Syndrome
- 56. Moby Dick, part 2: A conceptual analysis of Whiteness
- 55. Moby Dick, part 1: My name is Ishmael and my special interest is whales
- 53. DYEL wrapped: Most beloved and hated books of 2025
- 49. C.P. Snow's The Two Cultures: the original stemcels vs shape rotators beef
- 48. Butcher's Crossing: John Williams's rougher cut
- 37. The Odyssey, part 2: Failsons and deadbeat dads
- 34. Blood Meridian, part 2: It's time for some game theory
- 33. Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, part 1: A legion of horribles
- 4. John Williams' sleeper hit Stoner: Finding perfection in mediocrity