Good Minds Suggest—Irvine Welsh's Favorite Books About Addiction
Posted by Goodreads on September 4, 2012
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
"This is not strictly a book about addiction, although it has some desperate scenes. But it's a great journey into the mind and thus illustrates the mind-set of the rebel hipster."

Deliria by Albyn Leah Hall
"This is a great shimmering, trippy novel of smack addiction. [It] describes beautifully and lyrically the tranquil nature of escape that heroin offers. A neglected classic from a great writer. What happened to her?"

Junky by William S. Burroughs
"Not an experimental work like Naked Lunch, but a straightforward account of the life of a heroin addict."

Cain's Book by Alexander Trocchi
"Trocchi was a great writer, and Cain's Book is a brilliant depiction of the life of a Scottish smackhead in New York City, closely related to Trochhi's own experiences. His life, however, is a study in how drugs can enhance creativity but destroy another equally important asset for a writer, namely his engine."

Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincey
"I've kept back an older classic for the last. It reminds us that drug addiction isn't a modern or contemporary phenomenon; the Victorians were at it in a big way."

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