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Books like Drinking
An extraordinarily candid memoir that strips away the liquid armor of addiction to reveal the vulnerable realities of coping with life. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Drinking.
- vulnerable
- introspective
- somber
- 01
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher · 2008
A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud survival guide to Hollywood royalty, addiction, and the absurdity of being a human action figure.
- 02
Wasted
Marya Hornbacher · 1998
A visceral, unflinching descent into the claustrophobic grip of an eating disorder and the brutal fight to survive it.
- 03
Lit
Mary Karr · 2009
A darkly hilarious, fiercely unsentimental plunge into the abyss of addiction and the messy, miraculous climb back out.
- 04
Tweak
Nic Sheff
A raw, unflinching descent into the chaos of addiction that grips you by the throat and refuses to let go until a final, fragile glimmer of hope.
- 05
A million little pieces
James Frey
A visceral, breathless descent into the hell of addiction and the agonizing, bloody crawl back to life.
- 06
Reviving Ophelia
Mary Pipher
A compassionate and urgent exploration of the psychological front lines of girlhood in a toxic culture.
- 07
The chronology of water
Lidia Yuknavitch
A raw, untraditional plunge into grief, fluid sexuality, and the fierce current of survival.
- 08
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
An unsentimental, deeply affecting journey through a childhood defined by both breathtaking freedom and devastating neglect.
- 09
Prozac nation
Elizabeth Wurtzel · 1994
A torrential, unapologetic plunge into the messy, chaotic reality of coming of age under the crushing weight of clinical depression.
- 10
The art of memoir
Mary Karr
An illuminating and cathartic exploration of how we shape our memories and how our memories shape us.
- 11
Codependent No More
Melody Beattie
A gentle but firm intervention that offers a roadmap out of chronic caretaking and into personal freedom.
- 12
The outrun
Amy Liptrot
A bracing, windswept immersion into the harsh beauty of the Scottish islands and the slow, deliberate work of healing.
