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Alcohol Books
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This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.24 — 19,967 ratings — published 2015
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,745,564 ratings — published 2005
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.04 — 23,249 ratings — published 2015
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.98 — 30,755 ratings — published 2019
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.32 — 15,392 ratings — published 2017
Alcohol Explained (ebook)
by (shelved 21 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,239 ratings — published 2015
Drinking: A Love Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.09 — 21,386 ratings — published 1996
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,646 ratings — published 2013
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,359,037 ratings — published 2005
Proof: The Science of Booze (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,233 ratings — published 2014
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.81 — 33,730 ratings — published 2005
We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.32 — 9,458 ratings — published 2020
A Short History of Drunkenness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.97 — 4,189 ratings — published 2017
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,280,764 ratings — published 2015
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.88 — 8,511 ratings — published 2010
Sober Curious: The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, Limitless Presence, and Deep Connection Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.60 — 4,642 ratings — published 2018
The Sober Diaries: The brave and brilliantly funny memoir that is changing lives (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.36 — 9,645 ratings — published 2017
Wishful Drinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.82 — 93,466 ratings — published 2008
The Rum Diary (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.85 — 65,744 ratings — published 1998
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,565 ratings — published 2021
Drink?: The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,500 ratings — published 2020
Post Office (ebook)
by (shelved 11 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.93 — 139,090 ratings — published 1971
Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,485 ratings — published
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,842,142 ratings — published 2019
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,821 ratings — published 2018
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.06 — 284,663 ratings — published 2007
Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.81 — 3,159 ratings — published 2021
Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,303 ratings — published 2011
Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,028 ratings — published 2007
A Million Little Pieces (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.69 — 263,301 ratings — published 2003
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,419,677 ratings — published 2017
Drink: The Intimate Relationship between Women and Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.74 — 3,830 ratings — published 2013
A Drinking Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,410 ratings — published
My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.91 — 33,581 ratings — published 2012
The Tender Bar: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,226 ratings — published 2005
John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,957 ratings — published 1913
All My Rage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.48 — 64,047 ratings — published 2022
Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,111 ratings — published 2021
Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,944 ratings — published 2016
Easy Way to Control Alcohol (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,759 ratings — published 2001
High Sobriety: my year without booze (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,158 ratings — published 2013
The Trip to Echo Spring (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,620 ratings — published 2013
Alcoholics Anonymous (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.49 — 11,875 ratings — published 1939
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,071 ratings — published 2011
Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.87 — 926 ratings — published 2008
Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,947 ratings — published 2011
Tasting Beer: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,411 ratings — published 2009
And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,050 ratings — published 2006
Ham on Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as alcohol)
avg rating 4.14 — 118,476 ratings — published 1982
“If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you about American culture? Well, look at the drugs we use. Except for pharmaceutical poison, there are essentially only two drugs that Western civilization tolerates: Caffeine from Monday to Friday to energize you enough to make you a productive member of society, and alcohol from Friday to Monday to keep you too stupid to figure out the prison that you are living in.”
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“Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT."
Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”
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Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”
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