Hi there, please suggest me some heart breaking books about drug addiction and alcoholism. I recently read Shuggie Bain and Monkey Grip so they're a no go. Please and thanks in advance 😊 by No-Journalist-3288
Per_Mikkelsen on July 22, 2025 2:40 am ***Appointment in Samarra*** ***The Basketball Diaries*** ***Drugstore Cowboy*** ***A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich*** ***Ironweed*** ***Leaving Las Vegas*** ***The Shining*** ***Tender Is the Night*** ***Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys*** ***Under the Volcano***
1_chrisbrown_1 on July 22, 2025 4:13 am Look up a Scottish writer called Tony O’Neill. He’s got some crackers
Successful-Try-8506 on July 22, 2025 4:52 am Anything by Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs and Hubert Selby Jr.
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Demon Copperhead.
A must read: Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson.
Augusten Burroughs “Dry”
***Appointment in Samarra***
***The Basketball Diaries***
***Drugstore Cowboy***
***A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich***
***Ironweed***
***Leaving Las Vegas***
***The Shining***
***Tender Is the Night***
***Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys***
***Under the Volcano***
Sing backwards and weep
Set This House On Fire by William Styron.
Requiem For A Dream
Look up a Scottish writer called Tony O’Neill. He’s got some crackers
“How to Murder Your Life,” by Cat Marnell
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Anything by Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs and Hubert Selby Jr.