18 books
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21 voters
Substance Abuse Books
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Crank (Crank, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.16 — 156,617 ratings — published 2004
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.73 — 294,250 ratings — published 1971
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.18 — 109,054 ratings — published 2007
Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.99 — 47,887 ratings — published 2008
Sunny Side Up (Sunny #1)
by (shelved 18 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.12 — 43,100 ratings — published 2015
Cornered Coyote (Coyote #3)
by (shelved 17 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.48 — 358 ratings — published 2014
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,337,433 ratings — published 2015
A Million Little Pieces (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.69 — 265,098 ratings — published 2003
Demon Copperhead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.46 — 847,097 ratings — published 2022
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.15 — 35,513 ratings — published 2018
Glass (Crank, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.29 — 75,224 ratings — published 2007
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,385,368 ratings — published 2005
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.06 — 383,504 ratings — published 1971
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,548,921 ratings — published 2022
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.30 — 207,429 ratings — published 2021
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,901,297 ratings — published 2019
You'd Be Home Now (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.13 — 83,631 ratings — published 2021
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.07 — 46,498 ratings — published 2018
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,060,897 ratings — published 2013
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.59 — 590,111 ratings — published 2018
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.48 — 24,653 ratings — published 2007
Addicted to You (Addicted, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.70 — 198,722 ratings — published 2013
Clean (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.99 — 7,398 ratings — published 2011
Beneath a Meth Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.70 — 4,644 ratings — published 2012
Dry (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.03 — 98,792 ratings — published 2003
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.94 — 412,435 ratings — published 2022
Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.30 — 197,472 ratings — published 2020
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.00 — 150,454 ratings — published 2017
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.04 — 23,478 ratings — published 2015
Requiem for a Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.12 — 68,488 ratings — published 1978
Valley of the Dolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.87 — 79,110 ratings — published 1966
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.46 — 99,656 ratings — published 1959
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.54 — 142,455 ratings — published 2021
All My Rage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.47 — 66,439 ratings — published 2022
Long Bright River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.04 — 204,126 ratings — published 2020
Midnight Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.09 — 47,504 ratings — published 2018
The Seventh Wish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,864 ratings — published 2016
Lead (Stage Dive, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.24 — 52,424 ratings — published 2014
Junky (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.84 — 72,507 ratings — published 1953
A Piece of Cake (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.26 — 39,168 ratings — published 2006
Martyr! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.14 — 191,847 ratings — published 2024
There There (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.97 — 231,040 ratings — published 2018
Of Women and Salt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.69 — 49,951 ratings — published 2021
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.12 — 183,152 ratings — published 1993
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,459,564 ratings — published 2017
Girl in Pieces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.93 — 277,843 ratings — published 2016
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 4.23 — 32,675 ratings — published 2015
Wishful Drinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.82 — 94,958 ratings — published 2008
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,766,832 ratings — published 2005
Smack (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as substance-abuse)
avg rating 3.91 — 22,390 ratings — published 1996
“It's not the substance that hooks you, it's the emotions," he explained. "There is a crack somewhere in our spirits, and we have to heal that before anything.”
― Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness and Becoming
― Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness and Becoming
“Although I've been told I'm an ALCOHOLIC, which means I cannot stop drinking, I've also discovered, over years of experience, that if I have no money, or car, and it's cold in the winter, most days I am not terribly excited to run out and steal beers from the Rite Aid. Think for yourself.”
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