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• The Cement Garden

  McEwan, Ian, 1948-

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  Decay and taboo, not a great combination for any family.

• We Have Always Lived in the Castle

  Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965

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  Check Christmas dinner for poison.

• My Sister, the Serial Killer

  Braithwaite, Oyinkan

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  You can never truly trust your siblings.

• Flowers in the Attic

  Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.), 1933-1986

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  Don't go into the attic.

• Room

  a Novel

  Donoghue, Emma, 1969-

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  Sleeping in your childhood bedroom isn't so bad.

• Eileen

  Moshfegh, Ottessa

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  Dads forgotten Christmas again.

• We Need to Talk About Kevin

  Shriver, Lionel, 1957-

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  The brother you never wanted.

• Girl A

  Dean, Abigail

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  When your family is famous for the wrong reasons.

• The Virgin Suicides

  Eugenides, Jeffrey, 1960-

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  Copy cat sisters.

• Sharp Objects

  a Novel

  Flynn, Gillian, 1971-

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  Mums who munchausen by proxy