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ADDICTION FICTION: Fiction Book reviews featuring addiction, recovery, and mental health storylines.
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At The Sober Curator, we’re always looking for stories that crack open the complexities of addiction, recovery, and family dynamics.…
In Shine of the Ever, Claire Rudy Foster crafts a collection of short stories that hums with the spirit of…
What happens after the pink cloud fades? Tiffany Jenkins has the answers—and they’re raw, real, and ridiculously relatable. When the…
File under: Not Your Mama’s Quit Lit 📚 So apparently everyone but me knew who John Crist was. Yeah, that…
After reading the memoir “From Junkie to Judge, One Woman’s Triumph over Trauma and Addiction” by Mary Beth O’Connor, I…
In the canon of classic children’s literature, few books merge the philosophical with the personal quite as gracefully as Genzaburo…
What does redemption look like?Sometimes it looks like a guy who’s hit rock bottom.Sometimes it looks like a broken system,…
Fentanyl, Inc. by Ben Westhoff is a harrowing deep dive into the world of synthetic drugs, focusing on fentanyl. This…
“The 12-Step Guide for Skeptics,” by Arlina Allen, is a tome that delights skeptics and believers alike with its candid…
By the time Beth Macy’s Dopesick was published in 2018, the opioid crisis had already claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of…
Let’s be honest. If cocaine and celebrities are your idea of a good time—but so is growth, redemption, and finally…
In Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss, David Magee does not merely open a wound—he…
If you’re single in your late twenties, thirties, or (gasp) beyond, The Unexpected Joy of Being Single by Catherine Gray…
Every person who’s ever stared into the mirror, vowing to leave old habits behind and then actually done it, has…
In Long Way Home, Cameron Douglas—scion of Hollywood royalty—steps out of the shadows cast by his father, Michael Douglas, and…
In Dreamland, Sam Quinones intricately weaves together a disturbing narrative of America’s opioid crisis, tracing its roots back to two…
“Demon Copperhead isn’t just a novel—it’s a punch to the gut and a balm for the soul, all wrapped in…
In 1899, in a sweltering tobacco field in Truevine, Virginia, two African American boys—George and Willie Muse—were plucked from their…
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz is a short but powerful book that…
In Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic, Barry Meier delivers a devastating exposé…
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers is an important contribution to the historical literature of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.). While its…
I felt a deep connection with Rich Roll after finishing his book Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of…
J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a moving and personal story about…
In a world that never seems to stop spinning, our minds often mirror the frenetic pace. Amy Liz-Harrison, host of…
Factory Man by Beth Macy is an extraordinary work of nonfiction that tells the compelling and timely story of John…
American Pain by John Temple is a captivating and deeply unsettling account of one of the most significant contributors to…
Sam Lansky’s Broken People explores a young man’s search for healing from self-induced anxieties driven by a constant, judging inner…
Welcome to the latest installment of Addiction Fiction in The Sober Curator Library! This time, we’re diving into a thriller…
I bought my copy of The Varieties of Religious Experience when I read that Ebby Thacher had recommended it to…