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Spooky Southern Gothic Books

The genre of "Southern Gothic", as defined by Wikipedia as "a subgenre of Gothic fiction in American literature that takes place in the American South.
Common themes in Southern Gothic literature include deeply flawed, disturbing or eccentric characters who may be involved in hoodoo, decayed or derelict settings, grotesque situations, and other sinister events relating to or stemming from poverty, alienation, crime, or violence".
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
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The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
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The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Suttree
Suttree
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Outer Dark (Cormac McCarthy)
Outer Dark (Cormac McCarthy)
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Child of God
Child of God
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Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
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Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects
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Selah (Anthony Grooms)
Selah (Anthony Grooms)
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A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
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A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
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Little Sister Death (William Gay)
Little Sister Death (William Gay)
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Interview With the Vampire
Interview With the Vampire
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
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The Little Friend (Donna Tartt)
The Little Friend (Donna Tartt)
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Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance (James Dickey)
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
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The Elementals (Michael Mcdowell)
The Elementals (Michael Mcdowell)
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Boy's Life
Boy's Life
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The Toll (Cherie Priest)
The Toll (Cherie Priest)
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Those Across the River (Christopher Buehlman)
Those Across the River (Christopher Buehlman)
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The Reapers Are the Angels (Alden Bell)
The Reapers Are the Angels (Alden Bell)
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Ghost Summer: Stories (Tananarive Due)
Ghost Summer: Stories (Tananarive Due)
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A Choir of Ill Children (Tom Piccirilli)
A Choir of Ill Children (Tom Piccirilli)
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Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August (William Faulkner)
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The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
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Other Voices, Other Rooms (Truman Capote)
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Truman Capote)
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Wise Blood
Wise Blood
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Yonder Stands Your Orphan (Barry Hannah)
Yonder Stands Your Orphan (Barry Hannah)
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