Mind Over Midnight: A Book Club - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Not your average book club. We dive into books that don’t flinch at existential crises, societal breakdowns, the spectacle of modern life, addiction, and the mess of being human. Drinks and hard questions are welcome. This is a book club for those who want to wrestle with heavy texts, challenging ideas, and the uncomfortable truths of existence. We read works that demand deep thought, including philosophical discussions, cultural critique, raw memoirs, and literature that refuse easy answers.

We descend into the violent, mythic nightmare of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. Often hailed as one of the greatest, and most brutal, American novels, McCarthy’s vision of the West dismantles the romantic frontier and replaces it with a cosmic meditation on violence, prophecy, and the human appetite for destruction. As we meet, we’ll confront the Judge: a character who seems to exist beyond morality, beyond history, and possibly beyond humanity itself. Does McCarthy reveal something essential about the nature of violence, or does he thrust us into a void where meaning cannot survive? Prepare for a conversation as unforgiving and expansive as the desert itself.