Books › The heroin diaries › Books like it
If you loved
Books like The heroin diaries
A chaotic, visceral plunge into the darkest depths of rock-and-roll excess and the paranoid isolation of addiction. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The heroin diaries.
- claustrophobic
- paranoid
- chaotic
- gritty
- dark
- 01
The Dirt
Tommy Lee
A chaotic, unapologetic plunge into the absolute extremes of rock-and-roll hedonism and its devastating hangovers.
- 02
Slash
Anthony Bozza
A chaotic, unfiltered backstage pass into the dizzying highs and near-fatal lows of rock's most dangerous era.
- 03
Slash
Slash · 2007
A raw, unfiltered plunge into the volatile and electric heart of rock 'n' roll history.
- 04
Tommyland
Anthony Bozza
A chaotic, unapologetic rollercoaster ride through the highest highs and lowest lows of rock and roll excess.
- 05
It's so easy
Duff McKagan
A raw, adrenaline-fueled descent into rock-and-roll excess that transforms into a surprisingly grounded story of survival and reinvention.
- 06
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.
- 07
A million little pieces
James Frey
A visceral, breathless descent into the hell of addiction and the agonizing, bloody crawl back to life.
- 08
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.
- 09
Neon angel
Cherie Currie and Tony O'Neill
A gritty, backstage pass to the dizzying highs and devastating lows of teenage rock stardom.
- 10
Scar Tissue
Anthony Kiedis
A chaotic, sun-drenched plunge into the euphoric highs and devastating lows of rock stardom and severe addiction.
- 11
Professional idiot
Stephen "Steve-O" Glover
A chaotic, shockingly raw plunge into the darkest depths of addiction and the hard-fought climb back to sanity.
- 12
I Am Ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne
A hilariously profane and unbelievably chaotic pub yarn spun by rock's most bewildered survivor.
