Drogues

Ces livres explorent les états modifiés de conscience et l'usage de substances à travers des récits personnels bruts, des histoires culturelles et des investigations philosophiques sur les expériences psychoactives. Qu'ils examinent l'emprise dévastatrice de l'addiction, les mouvements contre-culturels ou les limites de la perception humaine, ces ouvrages confrontent les réalités complexes des drogues dans la société et dans les vies individuelles.

Drogues Résumés de livres

You Are But Dust

par Hannah Clayton

At her sister's funeral, Samarra meets Death: a charming man offering to end her pain.

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👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💀 Personified Death 🌀 Addiction Spiral 🖤 Grief As Horror 🌫️ Hallucinatory Reality

Immersif

You Are But Dust

At her sister's funeral, Samarra meets Death: a charming man offering to end her pain.

par Hannah Clayton 2025 302 pages

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👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💀 Personified Death 🌀 Addiction Spiral 🖤 Grief As Horror 🌫️ Hallucinatory Reality

The Easy Way to Stop Drinking

par Allen Carr • 2005

Remove the desire to drink, and quitting becomes not a sacrifice but a celebration.

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🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🔄 Addiction Reframing 🎉 Joyful Sobriety 🚫 Abstinence Mindset 🛑 Quitting Alcohol

Immersif

The Easy Way to Stop Drinking

Remove the desire to drink, and quitting becomes not a sacrifice but a celebration.

par Allen Carr 2005 272 pages

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🍺 Alcohol Addiction 🔄 Addiction Reframing 🎉 Joyful Sobriety 🚫 Abstinence Mindset 🛑 Quitting Alcohol

Persuader

par Lee Child • 2003

Reacher rescues a boy and joins a crime family to catch the man he left for dead.

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🪖 Ex-Military Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💊 Drug Smuggling 🕵️ Undercover Mission 🕴️ Family Crime Empire

Persuader

Reacher rescues a boy and joins a crime family to catch the man he left for dead.

par Lee Child 2003 496 pages

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🪖 Ex-Military Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💊 Drug Smuggling 🕵️ Undercover Mission 🕴️ Family Crime Empire

The Power of the Dog

par Don Winslow • 2005

A DEA agent helps a Mexican cop who becomes the drug lord he'll hunt for decades.

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🖤 Drug War Saga 👮 Obsessed Lawman 👑 Family Crime Dynasty 🕵️ High-Stakes Informant 🌃 Cynical Noir Tone

The Power of the Dog

A DEA agent helps a Mexican cop who becomes the drug lord he'll hunt for decades.

par Don Winslow 2005 542 pages

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49 000+ évaluations

🖤 Drug War Saga 👮 Obsessed Lawman 👑 Family Crime Dynasty 🕵️ High-Stakes Informant 🌃 Cynical Noir Tone

Boy Swallows Universe

par Trent Dalton • 2018

In 1980s Brisbane, a boy finds a red telephone that spills his family's deadly secrets.

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🖤 Dark Coming-Of-Age 🕶️ Literary Noir 👬 Brotherly Bond 👴 Criminal Mentor 👥 Family Secrets

Boy Swallows Universe

In 1980s Brisbane, a boy finds a red telephone that spills his family's deadly secrets.

par Trent Dalton 2018 474 pages

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99 000+ évaluations

🖤 Dark Coming-Of-Age 🕶️ Literary Noir 👬 Brotherly Bond 👴 Criminal Mentor 👥 Family Secrets

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

par Gabor Maté • 2007

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

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🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Addiction Recovery

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

par Gabor Maté 2007 522 pages

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24 000+ évaluations

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Addiction Recovery

Down the Drain

par Julia Fox • 2023

An Italian girl follows her erratic father to New York. Survival will mean constant reinvention.

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 💉 Addiction Recovery 🌍 Immigrant Childhood ⛓️ Sex Work 🔥 Raw And Unflinching

Down the Drain

An Italian girl follows her erratic father to New York. Survival will mean constant reinvention.

par Julia Fox 2023 318 pages

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🎬 Celebrity Memoir 💉 Addiction Recovery 🌍 Immigrant Childhood ⛓️ Sex Work 🔥 Raw And Unflinching

A Street Cat Named Bob

par James Bowen • 2012

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

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🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery 🐈 Human-Animal Bond 🏠 Homelessness Memoir 🏡 Animal Rescue 🐱 Cat Memoirs

A Street Cat Named Bob

An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.

par James Bowen 2012 280 pages

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60 000+ évaluations

🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery 🐈 Human-Animal Bond 🏠 Homelessness Memoir 🏡 Animal Rescue 🐱 Cat Memoirs

Dark Alliance

par Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

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🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

par Gary Webb 1998 601 pages

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2 000+ évaluations

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Boulevard

par Flor M. Salvador • 2020

Two damaged teens, one secret boulevard, and a love that can't stop the coming storm.

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😢 Tragic Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 💔 Damaged Hero 🔺 Love Triangle 💊 Substance Abuse

Boulevard

Two damaged teens, one secret boulevard, and a love that can't stop the coming storm.

par Flor M. Salvador 2020 316 pages

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😢 Tragic Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 💔 Damaged Hero 🔺 Love Triangle 💊 Substance Abuse

The Black Ice

par Michael Connelly • 1993

A cop's suicide note lures Harry Bosch into a border drug war and a deadly masquerade.

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📋 Police Procedural 🕶️ Hardboiled Detective 💀 Fake Death 🌵 Border Noir 💊 Drug Cartels

The Black Ice

A cop's suicide note lures Harry Bosch into a border drug war and a deadly masquerade.

par Michael Connelly 1993 439 pages

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95 000+ évaluations

📋 Police Procedural 🕶️ Hardboiled Detective 💀 Fake Death 🌵 Border Noir 💊 Drug Cartels

Tweak

par Nic Sheff • 2008

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

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🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

Tweak

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

par Nic Sheff 2008 336 pages

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47 000+ évaluations

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

A Scanner Darkly

par Philip K. Dick • 1977

An undercover agent addicted to a brain-splitting drug is assigned the target: himself.

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🏙️ Near-Future Dystopia 📖 Literary Sci-Fi 🎭 Dual Identity Crisis 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 💊 Addiction Spiral

A Scanner Darkly

An undercover agent addicted to a brain-splitting drug is assigned the target: himself.

par Philip K. Dick 1977 217 pages

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100 000+ évaluations

🏙️ Near-Future Dystopia 📖 Literary Sci-Fi 🎭 Dual Identity Crisis 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 💊 Addiction Spiral

I Forgot to Die

par Khalil Rafati • 2015

How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.

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💉 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🌑 Heroin Addiction 🏚️ Homelessness

I Forgot to Die

How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.

par Khalil Rafati 2015 183 pages

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💉 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🌑 Heroin Addiction 🏚️ Homelessness

Fearless

par Eric Blehm • 2012

Addiction. A jail cell. Then a spot on SEAL Team Six. The transformation of Adam Brown.

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🦭 Navy Seals 🎖️ Military Biography 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🌅 Redemption Arc ✝️ Christian Testimony

Fearless

Addiction. A jail cell. Then a spot on SEAL Team Six. The transformation of Adam Brown.

par Eric Blehm 2012 257 pages

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🦭 Navy Seals 🎖️ Military Biography 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🌅 Redemption Arc ✝️ Christian Testimony

Demon Copperhead

par Barbara Kingsolver • 2022

Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.

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🏔️ Appalachian Fiction 💊 Opioid Crisis 📖 Modern Retelling 👦 Orphaned Protagonist 🫂 Found Family

Demon Copperhead

Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.

par Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 pages

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🏔️ Appalachian Fiction 💊 Opioid Crisis 📖 Modern Retelling 👦 Orphaned Protagonist 🫂 Found Family

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

par Hunter S. Thompson • 1971

Journalist and attorney tear through Vegas on a drug-fueled hunt for the American Dream.

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📰 Gonzo Journalism 💊 Drug Trip 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy 🇺🇸 1970s America

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Journalist and attorney tear through Vegas on a drug-fueled hunt for the American Dream.

par Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 pages

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📰 Gonzo Journalism 💊 Drug Trip 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Dark Comedy 🇺🇸 1970s America

That Was Then, This Is Now

par S.E. Hinton • 1998

Bryon and Mark were like brothers, until Mark's drug dealing forced an impossible choice.

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🏚️ Gritty Realism 💔 Doomed Friendship 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Moral Awakening 🕰️ 1970s America

That Was Then, This Is Now

Bryon and Mark were like brothers, until Mark's drug dealing forced an impossible choice.

par S.E. Hinton 1998 159 pages

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🏚️ Gritty Realism 💔 Doomed Friendship 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Moral Awakening 🕰️ 1970s America

Naked Lunch

par William S. Burroughs • 1959

A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.

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🚫 Transgressive Fiction 🥁 Beat Generation ✂️ Experimental Novel 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎛️ Control Systems

Naked Lunch

A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.

par William S. Burroughs 1959 289 pages

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🚫 Transgressive Fiction 🥁 Beat Generation ✂️ Experimental Novel 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎛️ Control Systems

Marching Powder

par Rusty Young • 2003

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

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⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

Marching Powder

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

par Rusty Young 2003 401 pages

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31 000+ évaluations

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

Tremendous

par Joey "Coco" Diaz • 2023

Homeless at twenty-one, sleeping in a rocket ship. How Joey Diaz traded crime for stand-up.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🔫 Criminal Past 🏙️ Street Hustle 💔 Childhood Trauma

Tremendous

Homeless at twenty-one, sleeping in a rocket ship. How Joey Diaz traded crime for stand-up.

par Joey "Coco" Diaz 2023 280 pages

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3 000+ évaluations

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🔫 Criminal Past 🏙️ Street Hustle 💔 Childhood Trauma

Basketball Junkie

par Chris Herren • 2011

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

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🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

Basketball Junkie

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

par Chris Herren 2011 308 pages

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🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

True Hallucinations

par Terence McKenna • 1993

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

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🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

True Hallucinations

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

par Terence McKenna 1993 256 pages

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3 000+ évaluations

🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

El Narco

par Ioan Grillo • 2011

US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.

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📜 Drug War History 🕵️‍♂️ Organized Crime 💰 Cartel Economics 🛡️ State Corruption ⚔️ Insurgency

El Narco

US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.

par Ioan Grillo 2011 336 pages

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5 000+ évaluations

📜 Drug War History 🕵️‍♂️ Organized Crime 💰 Cartel Economics 🛡️ State Corruption ⚔️ Insurgency

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

par Jack Herer • 1992

Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.

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🌿 Cannabis History 🏭 Industrial Hemp 🚫 Drug Prohibition ♻️ Renewable Resources 💊 Medical Cannabis

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.

par Jack Herer 1992 291 pages

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500+ évaluations

🌿 Cannabis History 🏭 Industrial Hemp 🚫 Drug Prohibition ♻️ Renewable Resources 💊 Medical Cannabis

Slash

par Slash • 2007

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

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🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Slash

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

par Slash 2007 458 pages

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30 000+ évaluations

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Psychedelics

par David J. Nutt • 2023

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

Psychedelics

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

par David J. Nutt 2023 307 pages

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

The Dirt

par Tommy Lee • 2001

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

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📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

The Dirt

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

par Tommy Lee 2001 431 pages

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49 000+ évaluations

📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

Go Ask Alice

par Beatrice Sparks • 1971

A lonely teen's diary begins with hope, but a spiked drink sends her into drug addiction.

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📓 Diary Format ⚠️ Cautionary Tale 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🖤 Confessional 🌑 Dark And Gritty

Go Ask Alice

A lonely teen's diary begins with hope, but a spiked drink sends her into drug addiction.

par Beatrice Sparks 1971 185 pages

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200 000+ évaluations

📓 Diary Format ⚠️ Cautionary Tale 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🖤 Confessional 🌑 Dark And Gritty

Pryor Convictions

par Richard Pryor • 1995

Brothel childhood. Cocaine addiction. Self-immolation. Richard Pryor's life, before the punchline.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😢 Childhood Trauma 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🇺🇸 Race In America 🔥 Surviving Catastrophe

Pryor Convictions

Brothel childhood. Cocaine addiction. Self-immolation. Richard Pryor's life, before the punchline.

par Richard Pryor 1995 261 pages

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1 000+ évaluations

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😢 Childhood Trauma 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🇺🇸 Race In America 🔥 Surviving Catastrophe

L'Empire de la douleur

par Patrick Radden Keefe • 2021

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

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💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties 💉 Opioid Epidemic 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

L'Empire de la douleur

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

par Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 535 pages

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100 000+ évaluations

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties 💉 Opioid Epidemic 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Heroine

par Mindy McGinnis • 2019

A softball catcher starts OxyContin to heal. She keeps using it to hide.

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🖤 Teen Addiction 🦴 Sports Injury 💊 Opioid Addiction 🥎 Athlete Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Heroine

A softball catcher starts OxyContin to heal. She keeps using it to hide.

par Mindy McGinnis 2019 419 pages

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13 000+ évaluations

🖤 Teen Addiction 🦴 Sports Injury 💊 Opioid Addiction 🥎 Athlete Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Dope

par Benjamin T. Smith • 2021

State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.

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🇲🇽 Mexican Drug War 💰 Drug Trafficking ⚔️ War On Drugs 🏛️ State Corruption 🕴️ Organized Crime

The Dope

State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.

par Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 pages

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1 000+ évaluations

🇲🇽 Mexican Drug War 💰 Drug Trafficking ⚔️ War On Drugs 🏛️ State Corruption 🕴️ Organized Crime

Savages

par Don Winslow • 2010

To free their kidnapped girlfriend, two pot growers must rob the cartel that took her.

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🔫 Narco Thriller 🌴 California Noir 💕 Throuple 🎖️ Ex Military Hero 🔪 Kidnapping Ransom

Savages

To free their kidnapped girlfriend, two pot growers must rob the cartel that took her.

par Don Winslow 2010 302 pages

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23 000+ évaluations

🔫 Narco Thriller 🌴 California Noir 💕 Throuple 🎖️ Ex Military Hero 🔪 Kidnapping Ransom

The Sober Truth

par Lance Dodes • 2014

Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.

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🍺 AA Criticism 🧠 Anti-Disease Model 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 💰 Rehab Industry Critique 📋 Evidence-Based Treatment

The Sober Truth

Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.

par Lance Dodes 2014 192 pages

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🍺 AA Criticism 🧠 Anti-Disease Model 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 💰 Rehab Industry Critique 📋 Evidence-Based Treatment

Your Knife, My Heart

par K.M. Moronova • 2025

She's a mafia killer. He destroys every partner. One cell, no escape, and a fatal attraction.

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⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 💀 Deadly Trials 🖤 Trauma Bonding 💊 Addicted Hero

Your Knife, My Heart

She's a mafia killer. He destroys every partner. One cell, no escape, and a fatal attraction.

par K.M. Moronova 2025 304 pages

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34 000+ évaluations

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 💀 Deadly Trials 🖤 Trauma Bonding 💊 Addicted Hero

The Basketball Diaries

par Jim Carroll • 1978

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

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🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

The Basketball Diaries

A New York basketball prodigy keeps a diary as the court gives way to the needle.

par Jim Carroll 1978 224 pages

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31 000+ évaluations

🖤 Addiction Memoir 🗽 1960s New York 🏀 Sports As Salvation 🏚️ Gritty Realism 📓 Teenage Diarist

You'd Be Home Now

par Kathleen Glasgow • 2021

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

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💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

You'd Be Home Now

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

par Kathleen Glasgow 2021 387 pages

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82 000+ évaluations

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

The Compass of Pleasure

par David J. Linden • 2010

Drugs, food, sex, and charity run through the same brain circuit. What that means for addiction.

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🧠 Dopamine And Reward 💉 Addiction Neurobiology 🍔 Food And The Brain 🔄 Compulsive Behaviors 🧩 Neuroplasticity

The Compass of Pleasure

Drugs, food, sex, and charity run through the same brain circuit. What that means for addiction.

par David J. Linden 2010 240 pages

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5 000+ évaluations

🧠 Dopamine And Reward 💉 Addiction Neurobiology 🍔 Food And The Brain 🔄 Compulsive Behaviors 🧩 Neuroplasticity

Crime & Punishment

par Russell Marks • 2015

Prison punishes disadvantage, not crime. The alternatives that reduce reoffending work elsewhere.

4.08

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🤝 Restorative Justice 🧠 Therapeutic Jurisprudence 💰 Justice Reinvestment

Crime & Punishment

Prison punishes disadvantage, not crime. The alternatives that reduce reoffending work elsewhere.

par Russell Marks 2015 226 pages

4.08

49 évaluations

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🤝 Restorative Justice 🧠 Therapeutic Jurisprudence 💰 Justice Reinvestment

A Million Little Pieces

par James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

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💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

par James Frey 2003

3.69

200 000+ évaluations

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

Less Than Zero

par Bret Easton Ellis • 1985

Home from college, Clay drifts through LA parties where the glamour hides something rotting.

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🖤 Transgressive Fiction 💸 Rich Kid Ennui 👁️ Passive Narrator 💊 Drug-Fueled Descent 🫥 Numb Detachment

Less Than Zero

Home from college, Clay drifts through LA parties where the glamour hides something rotting.

par Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 pages

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100 000+ évaluations

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 💸 Rich Kid Ennui 👁️ Passive Narrator 💊 Drug-Fueled Descent 🫥 Numb Detachment

The Black Hand

par Chris Blatchford • 2008

He was the Mexican Mafia's most brutal enforcer. Then he became its greatest target.

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🇲🇽 Mexican Mafia 🕴️ Organized Crime ⛓️ Prison Gangs 🚪 Gang Defection 🕵️ Criminal Informants

The Black Hand

He was the Mexican Mafia's most brutal enforcer. Then he became its greatest target.

par Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages

4.08

2 000+ évaluations

🇲🇽 Mexican Mafia 🕴️ Organized Crime ⛓️ Prison Gangs 🚪 Gang Defection 🕵️ Criminal Informants

Crank

par Ellen Hopkins • 2004

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

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💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Crank

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

par Ellen Hopkins 2004 537 pages

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100 000+ évaluations

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Health and Safety

par Emily Witt • 2024

She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.

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🧪 Drug Experimentation 🎶 Rave Culture 🏙️ Urban Gentrification 🗳️ Trump-Era Politics 💔 Abusive Relationships

Health and Safety

She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.

par Emily Witt 2024 264 pages

3.49

2 000+ évaluations

🧪 Drug Experimentation 🎶 Rave Culture 🏙️ Urban Gentrification 🗳️ Trump-Era Politics 💔 Abusive Relationships

Found

par Harlan Coben • 2014

Father's grave: only ashes. Mickey Bolitar hunts a secret rescue network, a missing boy, a killer.

4.15

16 000+

🔎 Teen Detective 👤 Missing Parent ⛹️ Sports Drama 🕵️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Found

Father's grave: only ashes. Mickey Bolitar hunts a secret rescue network, a missing boy, a killer.

par Harlan Coben 2014 326 pages

4.15

16 000+ évaluations

🔎 Teen Detective 👤 Missing Parent ⛹️ Sports Drama 🕵️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Cannabis Pharmacy

par Michael Backes • 2013

Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.

4.27

493

🌿 Medical Cannabis 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💊 Pain Management 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏥 Patient Guides

Cannabis Pharmacy

Your body runs on cannabinoids. A guide to using cannabis for pain, nausea, and neuroprotection.

par Michael Backes 2013 320 pages

4.27

493 évaluations

🌿 Medical Cannabis 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💊 Pain Management 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏥 Patient Guides

The Secret Race

par Tyler Hamilton • 2012

A secret phone, hidden blood, a decade of lies: a Tour winner tells all.

4.39

19 000+

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Sports Doping 🧪 Doping Culture 🕵️ Sports Corruption 🧠 Athlete Mental Health

The Secret Race

A secret phone, hidden blood, a decade of lies: a Tour winner tells all.

par Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages

4.39

19 000+ évaluations

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Sports Doping 🧪 Doping Culture 🕵️ Sports Corruption 🧠 Athlete Mental Health

The Addiction Manifesto

par Jerry Weaver • 2021

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

4.72

1 000+

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

The Addiction Manifesto

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

par Jerry Weaver 2021 178 pages

4.72

1 000+ évaluations

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

The Shimmering State

par Meredith Westgate • 2021

A photographer and dancer meet in Malibu rehab, each unsure whose memories are really theirs.

3.43

1 000+

🚀 Near Future Sci-Fi 💊 Memory Drug 🧩 Fragmented Identity 🤝 Shared Trauma Bond 🎨 Grief And Art

The Shimmering State

A photographer and dancer meet in Malibu rehab, each unsure whose memories are really theirs.

par Meredith Westgate 2021 320 pages

3.43

1 000+ évaluations

🚀 Near Future Sci-Fi 💊 Memory Drug 🧩 Fragmented Identity 🤝 Shared Trauma Bond 🎨 Grief And Art

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