The Greatest Books of All Time on Addiction

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
12258 Riding In Cars With Boys Beverly Donofrio 1990 American English
12513 The Revolution Of Little Girls Blanche McCrary Boyd 1991 American English
12586 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12991 All The Way To The River Elizabeth Gilbert 2025 American English
13125 We Did Ok, Kid Sir Anthony Hopkins 2025 British Unknown
13276 Even The Dogs Jon McGregor 2010 British English
13566 Johnny Cash Reinhard Kleist 2006 German German
13715 Tweak Nic Sheff 2007 American English
13749 When My Brother Was An Aztec Natalie Diaz 2012 American English
13795 Turnaround Don Carpenter 1981 American English
13878 Love Me Back Merritt Tierce 2014 American English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
13971 Star Island Carl Hiaasen 2010 American English
14025 Heart Berries Terese Marie Mailhot 2018 Canadian English
14078 Ordinary Girls Jaquira Díaz 2019 American English
14100 The Royal Family William T. Vollmann 2000 American English
14113 Eyes Bottle Dark With A Mouthful Of Flowers Jake Skeets 2019 American English
14154 The Vortex Noel Coward 1924 British English
14232 Sweat Lynn Nottage 2015 American English
14498 The Hair Of The Dog Karl Sabbagh 2009 British English
14825 Bad Habit Alana S. Portero Unknown Unknown
14946 Adrift On The Nile Naguib Mahfouz 1966 Egyptian Arabic
14984 Naked David Sedaris 1997 American English
14978 The Soft Machine William S. Burroughs 1961 American English
14984 Nova Express William S. Burroughs 1964 American English
14984 A Drinking Life Pete Hamill 1994 American English
14984 Me Elton John 2019 British English
14984 Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis 2004 American English
14984 Cash Johnny Cash 1997 American English
14984 August Tracy Letts 2008 American English
14984 Laughing In The Hills Bill Barich 1980 American English
14984 Lullabies For Little Criminals Heather O'Neill 2006 Canadian English
14984 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14984 Doctor Sleep Stephen King 2013 American English
14984 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14984 The Glass Hotel Emily St John Mandel 2020 Canadian English
15561 Stories T. C. Boyle 1998 American English
15561 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15712 The Elected Member Bernice Rubens 1969 British English
15856 The Setting Sun Osamu Dazai 1947 Japanese Japanese
15901 The Hasheesh Eater Fitz Hugh Ludlow 1857 American English
15901 Hollywood Babylon Kenneth Anger 1959 American English
15901 You Can’t Win Jack Black 1926 American English
17122 The Ticket That Exploded William S. Burroughs 1962 American English
17122 Mona Lisa Overdrive William Gibson 1988 American English
17122 Easy Travel to Other Planets Ted Mooney 1981 American English
17122 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17122 Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 American English
17122 Delicious Foods James Hannaham 2015 American English
17122 War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning Chris Hedges 2002 American English
17122 Heroine Mindy McGinnis 2019 American English
17122 Behind The Mask Tyson Fury 2019 British English
17122 Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking Allen Carr 1985 British English
17122 Autonomous Annalee Newitz 2017 American English
17122 Crank Ellen Hopkins 2004 American English
17122 The Motherf**Ker With The Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis 2011 American English
17122 Between Riverside & Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis 2014 American English
17122 Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz 2011 American English
17122 The Terrible Yrsa Daley-Ward 2018 British English
17122 Hollywood Park Mikel Jollett 2020 American English
17122 The Middlesteins Jami Attenberg 2012 American English
17122 Valiant Holly Black 2005 American English
17122 The House Of Shattered Wings Aliette de Bodard 2015 French English
17122 Sleeping Beauties Stephen King, Owen King 2017 American English
17122 The Politics Of Heroin Alfred McCoy 1972 American English
17122 The Tennis Partner Abraham Verghese 1998 American English
17122 The Trip To Echo Spring Olivia Laing 2013 British English
17122 Crooked Little Heart Anne Lamott 1997 American English
17122 Dog Flowers Danielle Geller 2021 American English
17122 The Drawing Of The Three Stephen King 1987 American English
17122 Hearts In Atlantis Stephen King 1999 American English
17122 The Acid House Irvine Welsh 1994 British English
17122 The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling 2012 British English
17122 Queer William S. Burroughs 1985 American English
17122 Rachel's Holiday Marian Keyes 1997 Irish English
17122 Dans Le Jardin De L'ogre Leïla Slimani 2014 French French
17122 Limehouse Nights Thomas Burke 1917 British English
17122 Quit Porn Effortlessly! The Easy Peasy Method Hackauthor² 2020 Unknown English
17122 Dopamine Detox Thibaut Meurisse 2020 Unknown English
17122 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17122 Heavier Than Heaven Charles R. Cross 2001 American English
17122 I Am Ozzy Ozzy Osbourne 2009 British English
17122 Blitzed Norman Ohler 2015 German German
17122 The Beast Walter Dean Myers 2003 American English
17122 Of Women And Salt Gabriela Garcia 2021 Unknown English
17122 I Swear I'll Make It Up To You Mishka Shubaly 2016 American English
17122 Addicted Tony Adams 1998 British English
17122 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
17122 Ultra‑Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
17122 Impossible People Julia Wertz 2023 American English
17122 Next To Heaven James Frey Unknown Unknown
17109 The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Other Stories Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
17122 Room Full Of Mirrors Charles R. Cross 2005 American English
17122 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17122 The Outrun Amy Liptrot 2016 British English
17122 Townie Andre Dubus 2011 American English
17122 Your Brain On Porn Gary Wilson 2014 American English
17122 The Spirituality Of Imperfection Ernest Kurtz 1992 American English
17122 Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change And Grow William R. Miller 1991 American English
17122 Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism Anne Case 2020 American English
17122 Frank Skinner By Frank Skinner Quentin Skinner 2001 British English
17122 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17122 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17122 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17122 Porno Irvine Welsh 2002 Scottish English
17122 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17122 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
17122 Addiction Humphreys, Keith American English
17122 Identical Ellen Hopkins 2008 American English
17122 Metabolical Arnost Lustig 2021 Unknown English