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A sassy, restless dive into the chaotic thrills and paralyzing doubts of teenage rebellion. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Cherry.
- restless
- chaotic
- angst-ridden
- nostalgic
- 01
Lit
Mary Karr · 2009
A darkly hilarious, fiercely unsentimental plunge into the abyss of addiction and the messy, miraculous climb back out.
- 02
The Liars' Club
Mary Karr · 1995
A fiercely funny, unsentimental plunge into a chaotic Texas childhood where storytelling is the only survival skill.
- 03
Just Kids
Patti Smith · 2006
A tender, poetic elegy to a transformative friendship and the gritty, magical crucible of 1970s bohemian New York.
- 04
The chronology of water
Lidia Yuknavitch
A raw, untraditional plunge into grief, fluid sexuality, and the fierce current of survival.
- 05
Running with Scissors
Augusten Burroughs
A hilariously horrifying plunge into a childhood where the adults are the lunatics and survival requires a razor-sharp sense of irony.
- 06
Priestdaddy
Patricia Lockwood
A wildly poetic, laugh-out-loud descent into the absurdities of a deeply eccentric Catholic upbringing.
- 07
Drinking
Caroline Knapp · 1996
An extraordinarily candid memoir that strips away the liquid armor of addiction to reveal the vulnerable realities of coping with life.
- 08
Girl, interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
A razor-sharp, fragmented descent into the parallel universe of a 1960s psychiatric ward that questions the very nature of sanity.
- 09
Grace (Eventually)
Anne Lamott
A funny, bittersweet, and poignant exploration of faith and the wild adventure of being fully alive.
- 10
The Basketball diaries
Jim Carroll · 1978
A raw, poetic plunge into the chaotic streets of 1960s New York, tracing a teenager's free-fall from athlete to addict.
- 11
The cost of living
Deborah Levy
A vibrant, urgent reflection on dismantling the social hierarchies that diminish women, in pursuit of a life lived with meaning, pleasure, and ultimate freedom.
- 12
Crank
Ellen Hopkins
A visceral, free-falling descent into addiction told through sharp, breathless verse that refuses to look away.
