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ספרים אלה חוקרים מצבי תודעה שונים ושימוש בחומרים באמצעות נרטיבים אישיים גולמיים, היסטוריות תרבותיות וחקירות פילוסופיות של חוויות פסיכואקטיביות. בין אם הם בוחנים את אחיזתה ההרסנית של ההתמכרות, תנועות תרבות נגדית או גבולות התפיסה האנושית, יצירות אלה מתמודדות עם המציאויות המורכבות של סמים בחברה ובחיי הפרט.

סמים תקצירי ספרים

You Are But Dust

מאת Hannah Clayton

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

3.50

1,000+

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

חוויתי

You Are But Dust

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

מאת Hannah Clayton 2025 302 עמודים

3.50

1,000+ דירוגים

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

The Easy Way to Stop Drinking

מאת Allen Carr • 2005

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

4.13

1,000+

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

חוויתי

The Easy Way to Stop Drinking

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

מאת Allen Carr 2005 272 עמודים

4.13

1,000+ דירוגים

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

Persuader

מאת Lee Child • 2003

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

4.15

100,000+

🪖 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.

מאת Lee Child 2003 496 עמודים

4.15

100,000+ דירוגים

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

The Power of the Dog

מאת Don Winslow • 2005

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

4.37

49,000+

🖤 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.

מאת Don Winslow 2005 542 עמודים

4.37

49,000+ דירוגים

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

Boy Swallows Universe

מאת Trent Dalton • 2018

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

4.34

99,000+

🖤 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.

מאת Trent Dalton 2018 474 עמודים

4.34

99,000+ דירוגים

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

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

מאת Gabor Maté • 2007

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

4.48

24,000+

🧠 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.

מאת Gabor Maté 2007 522 עמודים

4.48

24,000+ דירוגים

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

Down the Drain

מאת Julia Fox • 2023

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

4.36

95,000+

🎬 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.

מאת Julia Fox 2023 318 עמודים

4.36

95,000+ דירוגים

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

A Street Cat Named Bob

מאת James Bowen • 2012

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

3.99

60,000+

🧑‍⚕️ 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.

מאת James Bowen 2012 280 עמודים

3.99

60,000+ דירוגים

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

Dark Alliance

מאת Gary Webb • 1998

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

4.30

2,000+

🕵️ 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.

מאת Gary Webb 1998 601 עמודים

4.30

2,000+ דירוגים

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

Boulevard

מאת Flor M. Salvador • 2020

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

3.64

100,000+

😢 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.

מאת Flor M. Salvador 2020 316 עמודים

3.64

100,000+ דירוגים

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

The Black Ice

מאת Michael Connelly • 1993

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

4.13

95,000+

📋 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.

מאת Michael Connelly 1993 439 עמודים

4.13

95,000+ דירוגים

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

Tweak

מאת Nic Sheff • 2008

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

3.99

47,000+

🖋️ 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.

מאת Nic Sheff 2008 336 עמודים

3.99

47,000+ דירוגים

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

A Scanner Darkly

מאת Philip K. Dick • 1977

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

4.02

100,000+

🏙️ 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.

מאת Philip K. Dick 1977 217 עמודים

4.02

100,000+ דירוגים

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

I Forgot to Die

מאת Khalil Rafati • 2015

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

4.34

2,000+

💉 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.

מאת Khalil Rafati 2015 183 עמודים

4.34

2,000+ דירוגים

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

Fearless

מאת Eric Blehm • 2012

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

4.57

22,000+

🦭 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.

מאת Eric Blehm 2012 257 עמודים

4.57

22,000+ דירוגים

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

דמון קופרהד

מאת ברברה קינגסולבר • 2022

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

4.46

800,000+

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

דמון קופרהד

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

מאת ברברה קינגסולבר 2022 560 עמודים

4.46

800,000+ דירוגים

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

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

מאת Hunter S. Thompson • 1971

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

4.06

300,000+

📰 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.

מאת Hunter S. Thompson 1971 204 עמודים

4.06

300,000+ דירוגים

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

That Was Then, This Is Now

מאת S.E. Hinton • 1998

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

3.94

41,000+

🏚️ 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.

מאת S.E. Hinton 1998 159 עמודים

3.94

41,000+ דירוגים

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

Naked Lunch

מאת William S. Burroughs • 1959

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

3.46

99,000+

🚫 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.

מאת William S. Burroughs 1959 289 עמודים

3.46

99,000+ דירוגים

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

Marching Powder

מאת Rusty Young • 2003

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

4.31

31,000+

⛓️ 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.

מאת Rusty Young 2003 401 עמודים

4.31

31,000+ דירוגים

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

Tremendous

מאת Joey "Coco" Diaz • 2023

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

4.46

3,000+

🎤 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.

מאת Joey "Coco" Diaz 2023 280 עמודים

4.46

3,000+ דירוגים

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

Basketball Junkie

מאת Chris Herren • 2011

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

4.11

1,000+

🏅 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.

מאת Chris Herren 2011 308 עמודים

4.11

1,000+ דירוגים

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

True Hallucinations

מאת Terence McKenna • 1993

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

4.09

3,000+

🧠 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.

מאת Terence McKenna 1993 256 עמודים

4.09

3,000+ דירוגים

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

El Narco

מאת Ioan Grillo • 2011

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

4.07

5,000+

📜 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.

מאת Ioan Grillo 2011 336 עמודים

4.07

5,000+ דירוגים

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

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

מאת Jack Herer • 1992

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

4.46

500+

🌿 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.

מאת Jack Herer 1992 291 עמודים

4.46

500+ דירוגים

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

Slash

מאת Slash • 2007

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

4.00

30,000+

🎸 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.

מאת Slash 2007 458 עמודים

4.00

30,000+ דירוגים

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

Psychedelics

מאת David J. Nutt • 2023

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

4.36

500+

🍄 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.

מאת David J. Nutt 2023 307 עמודים

4.36

500+ דירוגים

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

The Dirt

מאת Tommy Lee • 2001

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

4.14

49,000+

📖 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.

מאת Tommy Lee 2001 431 עמודים

4.14

49,000+ דירוגים

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

לכו תשאלו את אליס

מאת ביאטריס ספארקס • 1971

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

3.73

200,000+

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

לכו תשאלו את אליס

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

מאת ביאטריס ספארקס 1971 185 עמודים

3.73

200,000+ דירוגים

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

Pryor Convictions

מאת Richard Pryor • 1995

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

4.05

1,000+

🎤 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.

מאת Richard Pryor 1995 261 עמודים

4.05

1,000+ דירוגים

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

Empire of Pain

מאת Patrick Radden Keefe • 2021

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

4.54

100,000+

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

Empire of Pain

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

מאת Patrick Radden Keefe 2021 535 עמודים

4.54

100,000+ דירוגים

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

Heroine

מאת Mindy McGinnis • 2019

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

4.28

13,000+

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

Heroine

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

מאת Mindy McGinnis 2019 419 עמודים

4.28

13,000+ דירוגים

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

The Dope

מאת Benjamin T. Smith • 2021

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

4.02

1,000+

🇲🇽 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.

מאת Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 עמודים

4.02

1,000+ דירוגים

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

Savages

מאת Don Winslow • 2010

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

3.90

23,000+

🔫 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.

מאת Don Winslow 2010 302 עמודים

3.90

23,000+ דירוגים

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

The Sober Truth

מאת Lance Dodes • 2014

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

3.92

500+

🍺 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.

מאת Lance Dodes 2014 192 עמודים

3.92

500+ דירוגים

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

Your Knife, My Heart

מאת K.M. Moronova • 2025

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

4.13

34,000+

⚔️ 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.

מאת K.M. Moronova 2025 304 עמודים

4.13

34,000+ דירוגים

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

The Basketball Diaries

מאת Jim Carroll • 1978

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

3.99

31,000+

🖤 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.

מאת Jim Carroll 1978 224 עמודים

3.99

31,000+ דירוגים

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

You'd Be Home Now

מאת Kathleen Glasgow • 2021

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

4.13

82,000+

💊 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.

מאת Kathleen Glasgow 2021 387 עמודים

4.13

82,000+ דירוגים

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

The Compass of Pleasure

מאת David J. Linden • 2010

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

3.89

5,000+

🧠 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.

מאת David J. Linden 2010 240 עמודים

3.89

5,000+ דירוגים

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

Crime & Punishment

מאת 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.

מאת Russell Marks 2015 226 עמודים

4.08

49 דירוגים

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

A Million Little Pieces

מאת James Frey • 2003

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

3.69

200,000+

💊 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.

מאת James Frey 2003

3.69

200,000+ דירוגים

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

Less Than Zero

מאת Bret Easton Ellis • 1985

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

3.61

100,000+

🖤 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.

מאת Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 עמודים

3.61

100,000+ דירוגים

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

The Black Hand

מאת Chris Blatchford • 2008

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

4.08

2,000+

🇲🇽 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.

מאת Chris Blatchford 2008 352 עמודים

4.08

2,000+ דירוגים

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

Crank

מאת אלן הופקינס • 2004

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

4.16

100,000+

💉 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.

מאת אלן הופקינס 2004 537 עמודים

4.16

100,000+ דירוגים

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

Health and Safety

מאת Emily Witt • 2024

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

3.49

2,000+

🧪 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.

מאת Emily Witt 2024 264 עמודים

3.49

2,000+ דירוגים

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

Found

מאת 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.

מאת Harlan Coben 2014 326 עמודים

4.15

16,000+ דירוגים

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

Cannabis Pharmacy

מאת 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.

מאת Michael Backes 2013 320 עמודים

4.27

493 דירוגים

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

The Secret Race

מאת 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.

מאת Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 עמודים

4.39

19,000+ דירוגים

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

The Addiction Manifesto

מאת 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.

מאת Jerry Weaver 2021 178 עמודים

4.72

1,000+ דירוגים

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

The Shimmering State

מאת 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.

מאת Meredith Westgate 2021 320 עמודים

3.43

1,000+ דירוגים

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

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