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phallicide on January 27, 2026 2:56 am Wasting Talent by Ryan Leone I’ve never read this book so I’m not sure if it’s good.
Mybenzo on January 27, 2026 3:33 am Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson—short stories connected by the same narrator, only called Fuck Head. 10/10
Nolongerhuman2310 on January 27, 2026 4:59 am Flash: The Tragic Drug Experience by Charles Duchaussois. Morphine by Mijaíl Bulgákov. Cherry by Nico Walker. Cain’s Book by Alexander Trocchi. Novel with Cocaine by M. Ageyev. Candy by Luke Davies.
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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Wasting Talent by Ryan Leone
I’ve never read this book so I’m not sure if it’s good.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Trainspotting
Christiane F.
Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson—short stories connected by the same narrator, only called Fuck Head. 10/10
The book Matthew Perry wrote, I can’t remember the name
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Demon Copperhead might scratch this itch for you
Flash: The Tragic Drug Experience by Charles Duchaussois.
Morphine by Mijaíl Bulgákov.
Cherry by Nico Walker.
Cain’s Book by Alexander Trocchi.
Novel with Cocaine by M. Ageyev.
Candy by Luke Davies.
Fearless by Eric Blehm
Million little pieces. It’s not truth, it I’d riveting.
Requiem for an American Dream by Herbert Selbey Jr
patrick melrose series, by edward st aubyn
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick
The basketball diaries by Jim Carrol.
American psycho
Nevada by Imogen Binnie