The Road by Cormac McCarthy and Romulus, My Father by Raimond Gaita are both about the relationship between fathers and sons, the first from the father's perspective and the second from the son's.
The Road is a novel set in a post-apocalypse world. It tells the story of the efforts of a father and son to survive and describes the thoughts of the father as he approaches death: will he kill his emaciated son or give him the opportunity of survival? Is there hope? The book is intense, harrowing and dramatic.
Romulus, My Father is a memoir. In the son's younger years, the book is mostly descriptive of the breakdown of his parents' marriage but as the father and son age, the book is more contemplative and philosophical (Raimond Gaita is a philosopher). The book has been adapted into a movie.
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