The Greatest Books of All Time on Recovery

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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
924 Where I'm Calling From Raymond Carver 1988 American English
2602 Darkness Visible William Styron 1990 American English
2633 AA Big Book Bill W 1939 American English
2640 The Child in Time Ian McEwan 1987 British English
2819 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard 2003 Australian English
3092 Disturbance Philippe Lançon 2018 French French
4271 Eight Million Ways To Die Lawrence Block 1982 American English
5392 The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans 1995 British English
5435 A Journey Round My Skull Frigyes Karinthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5448 The bells of Bicêtre Georges Simenon 1963 Belgian French
5625 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
6204 The Bridge Iain Banks 1986 Scottish English
6686 Pain Zeruya Shalev 2015 Israeli Hebrew
7570 Brain On Fire Susannah Cahalan 2012 American English
8493 Postcards From The Edge Carrie Fisher 1987 American English
8535 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
8850 The Munch Mancini Mystery Series Barbara Seranella 1997 American English
8945 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
9192 Irritable Hearts Mac McClelland 2015 Unknown English
9288 A Leg To Stand On Oliver Sacks 1984 British English
10384 Again, Rachel Marian Keyes 2022 Irish English
10437 She's Come Undone Wally Lamb 1992 American English
10454 Dopesick Beth Macy 2018 American English
11075 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11141 Is There No Place On Earth For Me? Susan Sheehan 1982 American English
11358 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11663 After The Music Stopped Alan S. Blinder 2013 American English
11874 Awakenings Oliver Sacks 1973 British English
11941 Fortunate Son Lewis B. Puller 1991 American English
12010 The Echo Maker Richard Powers 2006 American English
12259 The Loony Bin Trip Kate Millett 1990 American English
12459 The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang 2019 American English
12567 Shattered Hanif Kureishi 2024 British English
12834 Still Loved By The Sun Migael Scherer 1992 American English
13716 Tweak Nic Sheff 2007 American English
13941 The Noonday Demon Andrew Solomon 2001 American English
14056 Sybil Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973 American English
14348 Paco's Story Larry Heinemann 1986 American English
14520 Beyond The Crash Gordon Brown 2010 British English
14629 Five Steps To Happy Ella Dove 2019 British English
14985 Memory Lois McMaster Bujold 1996 American English
14985 Me Elton John 2019 British English
14985 Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis 2004 American English
14985 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14985 Doctor Sleep Stephen King 2013 American English
17163 Heroine Mindy McGinnis 2019 American English
17163 The Ha Ha Jennifer Dawson 1961 British English
17163 Lighter Than My Shadow Katie Green 2013 British English
17163 Behind The Mask Tyson Fury 2019 British English
17163 Crank Ellen Hopkins 2004 American English
17163 The Motherf**Ker With The Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis 2011 American English
17163 A Beautiful Mind Sylvia Nasar 1998 American English
17163 Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen 1993 American English
17163 An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 American English
17163 Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott 1999 American English
17163 Reasons To Stay Alive Matt Haig 2015 British English
17163 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17163 Quit Porn Effortlessly! The Easy Peasy Method Hackauthor² 2020 Unknown English
17163 Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow 2016 American English
17163 A Chair For My Mother Vera B. Williams 1982 American English
17163 Addicted Tony Adams 1998 British English
17163 It's Not About The Bike Lance Armstrong 1999 American English
17163 Fire In The Canyon Daniel Gumbiner 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Outrun Amy Liptrot 2016 British English
17163 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17163 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17163 The Spirituality Of Imperfection Ernest Kurtz 1992 American English
17163 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17163 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17163 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17163 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17163 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English
17163 Addiction Humphreys, Keith American English
17163 Conspiracy Of Silence Mel and Karen Silverstein American Unknown