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
12259 Riding In Cars With Boys Beverly Donofrio 1990 American English
12515 The Revolution Of Little Girls Blanche McCrary Boyd 1991 American English
12588 Diamond Dogs Alan Watt 2000 Unknown English
12994 All The Way To The River Elizabeth Gilbert 2025 American English
13128 We Did Ok, Kid Sir Anthony Hopkins 2025 British Unknown
13279 Even The Dogs Jon McGregor 2010 British English
13567 Johnny Cash Reinhard Kleist 2006 German German
13716 Tweak Nic Sheff 2007 American English
13750 When My Brother Was An Aztec Natalie Diaz 2012 American English
13796 Turnaround Don Carpenter 1981 American English
13879 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
14499 The Hair Of The Dog Karl Sabbagh 2009 British English
14827 Bad Habit Alana S. Portero Unknown Unknown
14878 Adrift On The Nile Naguib Mahfouz 1966 Egyptian Arabic
14986 Naked David Sedaris 1997 American English
14978 The Soft Machine William S. Burroughs 1961 American English
14986 Nova Express William S. Burroughs 1964 American English
14986 A Drinking Life Pete Hamill 1994 American English
14986 Me Elton John 2019 British English
14986 Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis 2004 American English
14986 Cash Johnny Cash 1997 American English
14986 August Tracy Letts 2008 American English
14986 Laughing In The Hills Bill Barich 1980 American English
14986 Lullabies For Little Criminals Heather O'Neill 2006 Canadian English
14986 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14986 Doctor Sleep Stephen King 2013 American English
14986 Long Bright River Liz Moore 2020 American English
14986 The Glass Hotel Emily St John Mandel 2020 Canadian English
15569 Stories T. C. Boyle 1998 American English
15569 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15720 The Elected Member Bernice Rubens 1969 British English
15867 The Setting Sun Osamu Dazai 1947 Japanese Japanese
15918 The Hasheesh Eater Fitz Hugh Ludlow 1857 American English
15918 Hollywood Babylon Kenneth Anger 1959 American English
15918 You Can’t Win Jack Black 1926 American English
17169 The Ticket That Exploded William S. Burroughs 1962 American English
17169 Mona Lisa Overdrive William Gibson 1988 American English
17169 Easy Travel to Other Planets Ted Mooney 1981 American English
17169 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17169 Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 American English
17169 Delicious Foods James Hannaham 2015 American English
17169 War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning Chris Hedges 2002 American English
17169 Heroine Mindy McGinnis 2019 American English
17169 Behind The Mask Tyson Fury 2019 British English
17169 Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking Allen Carr 1985 British English
17169 Autonomous Annalee Newitz 2017 American English
17169 Crank Ellen Hopkins 2004 American English
17169 The Motherf**Ker With The Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis 2011 American English
17169 Between Riverside & Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis 2014 American English
17169 Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz 2011 American English
17169 The Terrible Yrsa Daley-Ward 2018 British English
17169 Hollywood Park Mikel Jollett 2020 American English
17169 The Middlesteins Jami Attenberg 2012 American English
17169 Valiant Holly Black 2005 American English
17169 The House Of Shattered Wings Aliette de Bodard 2015 French English
17169 Sleeping Beauties Stephen King, Owen King 2017 American English
17169 The Politics Of Heroin Alfred McCoy 1972 American English
17169 The Tennis Partner Abraham Verghese 1998 American English
17169 The Trip To Echo Spring Olivia Laing 2013 British English
17169 Crooked Little Heart Anne Lamott 1997 American English
17169 Dog Flowers Danielle Geller 2021 American English
17169 The Drawing Of The Three Stephen King 1987 American English
17169 Hearts In Atlantis Stephen King 1999 American English
17169 The Acid House Irvine Welsh 1994 British English
17169 The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling 2012 British English
17169 Queer William S. Burroughs 1985 American English
17169 Rachel's Holiday Marian Keyes 1997 Irish English
17169 Dans Le Jardin De L'ogre Leïla Slimani 2014 French French
17169 Limehouse Nights Thomas Burke 1917 British English
17169 Quit Porn Effortlessly! The Easy Peasy Method Hackauthor² 2020 Unknown English
17169 Dopamine Detox Thibaut Meurisse 2020 Unknown English
17169 The Molecule Of More Daniel E. Lieberman 2018 American English
17169 Heavier Than Heaven Charles R. Cross 2001 American English
17169 I Am Ozzy Ozzy Osbourne 2009 British English
17169 Blitzed Norman Ohler 2015 German German
17169 The Beast Walter Dean Myers 2003 American English
17169 Of Women And Salt Gabriela Garcia 2021 Unknown English
17169 I Swear I'll Make It Up To You Mishka Shubaly 2016 American English
17169 Addicted Tony Adams 1998 British English
17169 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
17169 Ultra‑Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
17169 Impossible People Julia Wertz 2023 American English
17169 Next To Heaven James Frey Unknown Unknown
17146 The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Other Stories Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
17169 Room Full Of Mirrors Charles R. Cross 2005 American English
17169 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17169 The Outrun Amy Liptrot 2016 British English
17169 Townie Andre Dubus 2011 American English
17169 Your Brain On Porn Gary Wilson 2014 American English
17169 The Spirituality Of Imperfection Ernest Kurtz 1992 American English
17169 Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change And Grow William R. Miller 1991 American English
17169 Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism Anne Case 2020 American English
17169 Frank Skinner By Frank Skinner Quentin Skinner 2001 British English
17169 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17169 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17169 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17169 Porno Irvine Welsh 2002 Scottish English
17169 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17169 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
17169 Addiction Humphreys, Keith American English
17169 Identical Ellen Hopkins 2008 American English
17169 Metabolical Arnost Lustig 2021 Unknown English