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Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
533 books — 387 voters
Trainspotting by Irvine WelshRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Scar Tissue by Anthony KiedisJunky by William S. BurroughsTweak by Nic Sheff
Addicts
270 books — 350 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonChasing the Scream by Johann HariThe Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous HuxleyFood of the Gods by Terence McKennaJunky by William S. Burroughs
The truth about drugs...
149 books — 133 voters
Junky by William S. BurroughsCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlDandelion Wine by Ray BradburyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Under the Influence
366 books — 122 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsLegend by Marie Lu
Readers Choice Young Adult Science Fiction
119 books — 119 voters
The Addiction Manifesto by Jerry WeaverRaising the Bottom by Lisa BoucherThe Bench by Joel ElstonOpiate Addiction - The Painkiller Addiction Epidemic, Heroin ... by Taite AdamsThe Joey Song by Sandra Swenson
Books On Recovery From Addiction
53 books — 87 voters

The Three Privileges by A.V. DavinaThe Cavalier by Israh AziziMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
Best Hidden YA Books
145 books — 62 voters
Stick Me Baby...One More Time by Kat DeSalleLover Enshrined by J.R. WardCome Unto These Yellow Sands by Josh LanyonTakedown by Julie MillerUnholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane
Recovery: Drug Addiction in Romance Novels
59 books — 36 voters

Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneMad Love by Lynessa LayneDivergent by Veronica RothLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Strong Women in Fiction
127 books — 32 voters
The Coolest Way to Kill Yourself by Nicholas TanekPunk by K.D. McQuainRock 'n' Roll Babes From Outer Space by Linda JaivinMissing Side of a Rubik's Cube by C. EnyoThe Acid Diary by Daniel S. William Fletcher
Hard drugs, kinky sex, and an endless amount of music references
25 books — 21 voters

The Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton TrottThe Drug Users Bible [Extended Edition] by Dominic Milton TrottPlants of the Gods by Richard Evans SchultesDMT by Rick StrassmanThe Honest Drug Book by Dominic Milton Trott
Recreational Drug Books
22 books — 18 voters
The Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton TrottThe Drug Users Bible [Extended Edition] by Dominic Milton TrottDIARY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL GIRL by Isabella PaxIgnorance is not Bliss by Susan Segovia-MunozOrange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Substance abuse and addiction
20 books — 16 voters

Shadow of Justice by Jules MacLeod#drug 140 by I.D. OroShadow of Justice by Jules MacLeod#drug 142 by I.D. Oro#Drug by I.D. Oro
Novels about Drug Trafficking
15 books — 9 voters
Drunk Mom by Jowita BydlowskaMore, Now, Again by Elizabeth WurtzelCrank by Ellen HopkinsJunky by William S. BurroughsTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Great Trainwrecks
28 books — 8 voters

The Drug Users Bible [Extended Edition] by Dominic Milton TrottThe Doors of Perception by Aldous HuxleyRevenge by Arthur PorgesTell Your Children by Alex BerensonDopesick by Beth Macy
Recreational Drugs In Fact And Fiction
56 books — 7 voters
Dances of Vice, Horror, and Ecstasy by Sebastian DrosteFuzz Against Junk by Akbar Del PiomboThe Peyote Dance by Antonin Artaudget the buzzzon by coyote manSnow from Broken Eyes by Richard H. Millington
:Piffity-Pufƒ::~..."Bah!, Just A Cigarette?" (She Wanted Other Stuff)
111 books — 3 voters

Heroine by Mindy McGinnisYou'd Be Home Now by Kathleen GlasgowFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyWrecked by Heather HensonFix by J. Albert Mann
Opioid Epidemic in YA Fiction
12 books — 3 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Brumby by Mary Elwyn PatchettPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Red Pyramid by Rick RiordanThe Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
Home-schooled main characters
7 books — 2 voters

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