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
2601 Darkness Visible William Styron 1990 American English
2632 AA Big Book Bill W 1939 American English
2639 The Child in Time Ian McEwan 1987 British English
2817 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard 2003 Australian English
3091 Disturbance Philippe Lançon 2018 French French
4270 Eight Million Ways To Die Lawrence Block 1982 American English
5390 The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans 1995 British English
5433 A Journey Round My Skull Frigyes Karinthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
5446 The bells of Bicêtre Georges Simenon 1963 Belgian French
5622 Wave Sonali Deraniyagala 2013 Sri Lankan English
6200 The Bridge Iain Banks 1986 Scottish English
6685 Pain Zeruya Shalev 2015 Israeli Hebrew
7569 Brain On Fire Susannah Cahalan 2012 American English
8491 Postcards From The Edge Carrie Fisher 1987 American English
8533 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin 1990 American English
8848 The Munch Mancini Mystery Series Barbara Seranella 1997 American English
8943 Wolf in White Van John Darnielle 2014 American English
9191 Irritable Hearts Mac McClelland 2015 Unknown English
9286 A Leg To Stand On Oliver Sacks 1984 British English
10380 Again, Rachel Marian Keyes 2022 Irish English
10433 She's Come Undone Wally Lamb 1992 American English
10450 Dopesick Beth Macy 2018 American English
11070 Hit So Hard Patty Schemel 2017 Unknown English
11136 Is There No Place On Earth For Me? Susan Sheehan 1982 American English
11353 The Girl In The Green Dress Jeni Haynes 2019 Unknown English
11660 After The Music Stopped Alan S. Blinder 2013 American English
11872 Awakenings Oliver Sacks 1973 British English
11939 Fortunate Son Lewis B. Puller 1991 American English
12008 The Echo Maker Richard Powers 2006 American English
12258 The Loony Bin Trip Kate Millett 1990 American English
12457 The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang 2019 American English
12565 Shattered Hanif Kureishi 2024 British English
12832 Still Loved By The Sun Migael Scherer 1992 American English
13715 Tweak Nic Sheff 2007 American English
13941 The Noonday Demon Andrew Solomon 2001 American English
14056 Sybil Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973 American English
14347 Paco's Story Larry Heinemann 1986 American English
14519 Beyond The Crash Gordon Brown 2010 British English
14628 Five Steps To Happy Ella Dove 2019 British English
14984 Memory Lois McMaster Bujold 1996 American English
14984 Me Elton John 2019 British English
14984 Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis 2004 American English
14984 The Night Of The Gun David Carr 2008 American English
14984 Doctor Sleep Stephen King 2013 American English
17120 Heroine Mindy McGinnis 2019 American English
17120 The Ha Ha Jennifer Dawson 1961 British English
17120 Lighter Than My Shadow Katie Green 2013 British English
17120 Behind The Mask Tyson Fury 2019 British English
17120 Crank Ellen Hopkins 2004 American English
17120 The Motherf**Ker With The Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis 2011 American English
17120 A Beautiful Mind Sylvia Nasar 1998 American English
17120 Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen 1993 American English
17120 An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison 1995 American English
17120 Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott 1999 American English
17120 Reasons To Stay Alive Matt Haig 2015 British English
17120 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17120 Quit Porn Effortlessly! The Easy Peasy Method Hackauthor² 2020 Unknown English
17120 Girl In Pieces Kathleen Glasgow 2016 American English
17120 A Chair For My Mother Vera B. Williams 1982 American English
17120 Addicted Tony Adams 1998 British English
17120 It's Not About The Bike Lance Armstrong 1999 American English
17120 Fire In The Canyon Daniel Gumbiner 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Outrun Amy Liptrot 2016 British English
17120 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17120 Remaking A World Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman 2001 American English
17120 The Spirituality Of Imperfection Ernest Kurtz 1992 American English
17120 Trauma And Recovery Judith Lewis Herman 1992 American English
17120 Another Bullshit Night In Suck City Nick Flynn 2004 American English
17120 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17120 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17120 Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones 2022 British English
17120 Addiction Humphreys, Keith American English
17120 Conspiracy Of Silence Mel and Karen Silverstein American Unknown