Alcohol

An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar. The consumption of alcohol plays an important social role in many cultures. Most countries have laws regulating the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

The Glass Girl
Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel
Band Nerd
Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
Drinking Games
Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health
Glorious Rock Bottom
Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, and Triumphs of America's Youngest Sommelier
The Meaning of Beer
The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free
This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life
Looking for Alaska
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Alcohol Explained
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
Drinking: A Love Story
The Glass Castle
Proof: The Science of Booze
Dry
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
A Short History of Drunkenness
The Girl on the Train
The Sober Diaries by Clare Pooley100 Proof by Nicole Prentice MarshallDrinking by Caroline KnappSmashing Sobriety by Carla KingsleyThe Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray
Sobriety Books
11 books — 13 voters
One for the Money by Skye WarrenBlackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. ManansalaCoffee Crush by Cassie MintWould Like to Meet by Rachel WintersMoorewood Family Rules by HelenKay Dimon
Books with Drinks on the Cover
323 books — 75 voters

Steadfast by Sarina BowenCome As You Are by Jess K. HardyAddicted to You by Krista RitchieBeneath the Burn by Pam GodwinDark Needs by T.M. Frazier
Addiction
65 books — 3 voters

Post Office by Charles BukowskiThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Drunken Masters
285 books — 378 voters
Country Ham by Steve CoomesSalt by Mark KurlanskyCod by Mark KurlanskyThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
197 books — 60 voters


G.K. Chesterton
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.
G.K. Chesterton, Heretics: The Annotated

Charles Bukowski
Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.
Charles Bukowski

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