[octygen]

The Road is my favorite fathering book ever. I have recommended it to all my dad friends. Audiobook is excellent too.

[thombles]

I gifted it to a couple of new Dad friends. They never did get back to me about it. Fair.

[ycombinete]

I can see why, but as a new father the last thing I want my fatherhood associated with is that horrible horrible story.

[virgil_disgr4ce]

I read The Road long before I became a father and part of me is, I guess, afraid to read it again now that I have two kids—perhaps because I remember how devastating it was then and suspecting it would be 100x that now. But I do intend to reread it sooner or later.

[elephant81]

I've read it twice. Once as a naive 16-year-old. Once, as a young father. Profoundly upsetting the second time.

[Cruncharoo]

I'd also suggest Siddhartha for this. Having read it at different points of my life makes it uniquely special.