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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy: what to read next, and why.

Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy 1985 · Literary The author's earlier, far more brutal and poetic western about violence on the border.
The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 · Dystopian Another McCarthy book, bleaker and quieter, that shares the stripped-down style.
The Black Echo Michael Connelly 1992 · Crime A more conventional, humane crime novel with a similar sense of weary professionalism.