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ADDICTION FICTION: Fiction Book reviews featuring addiction, recovery, and mental health storylines.
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Jack London’s “John Barleycorn” isn’t just another book about drinking — it’s one of the most honest and personal looks…
This may sound like an outrageous response to Elizabeth Gilbert’s new memoir, “All the Way to the River,” about the…
I loved this book! It captures the absolutely insane nature of co-dependency. This book is for anyone who has ever…
William G. Borchert’s “The Lois Wilson Story: When Love Is Not Enough” tells the real, painful and hopeful story of…
Daisy Jones & the Six isn’t told like most novels. Taylor Jenkins Reid structures the story as an oral history,…
Kaveh Akbar’s “Martyr!” is a bold, emotional novel that wrestles with loss, purpose, addiction, identity and the hard work of…
“Hello, I’m Richard.” That’s how the door opened for Wendy Correa — Ringo at the threshold, sobriety on the other side. The…
Hubert Selby Jr.’s “Requiem for a Dream” is one of those novels that stays with you long after you close…
If you grew up in the 90s, you probably remember Stephanie Tanner’s famous line: “How rude!” Jodie Sweetin was a…
You might know Kid Cudi from his song “Pursuit of Happiness”, one of his earliest hits. Interestingly, the song was…
Addiction fiction isn’t just about substance use disorders; it’s about people — their choices, their pain, and their growth. At…
In episode 182 of Sober Not Mature, host Paul engages in an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation with Ian Fee—successful author,…
It’s Recovery Month, and what better way to celebrate than finally writing that quit lit book? Ever wondered how to…
I cried as an alcoholic. I cried as a mother. I cried as a 41-year-old woman raising a nearly three-year-old child, reading…
Some memoirs are polished and carefully curated, offering up sanitized trauma for easy consumption. Rabbit is not that book. Patricia…
In Richland, bats have gotten into the nuclear waste dump. Irradiated, they wantonly bite people around this eastern Washington city.…
“Confessions of an English Opium-Eater” is a true story, written in 1821 by Thomas De Quincey about his experiences with…
If you love your crime thrillers with a side of recovery realness and a main character who walks the razor’s…
“The Lost Weekend” takes us into the depths of addiction as it follows a five-day binge taken by the main…
Featuring Ted Neill on the “Eternally Amy” Podcast What does it mean to get sober — not just from alcohol,…
This week, Mike and Bill bring on Father Bill W, a chaplain and AA veteran with over 50 years of…
“Trainspotting” by Irvine Welsh is a raw and gritty novel that tells the story of a group of young men…
Why did I have such an intense rage response to Mel Robbins’ book, “The Let Them Theory?” How did I…
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…