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BKLYN BookMatch Beautiful Descriptions, Darker Themes

Recommendations for a reader who likes books which involve lots of beautiful description but have much darker/creepier subjects. Likes Ian McEwan, Shirley Jackson, Roald Dahl and books like the Virgin Suicides, We Need to Talk About Kevin and Picnic at Hanging Rock. This list was created by a librarian with the Brooklyn Public Library for a reader. Would you like your own personalized list of reading suggestions? Visit Bklyn BookMatch here: www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/bookmatch

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Room
Emma Donoghue.
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Birds of America
Lorrie Moore.
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One true thing
Anna Quindlen.
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Belzhar
Meg Wolitzer.
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In cold blood
Truman Capote.
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Perfume
Patrick Sèuskind ; translated from the German by John E. Woods.
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Lord of the flies
William Golding.
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The boy on the bus
Deborah Schupack.
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