The most popular addiction books of 2020

Books about addiction tell stories of dependence on alcohol, drugs, gambling and more. They show the pull of the habit, the damage to family and work, and the hard road of recovery. Novels and memoirs here are unsparing and often deeply hopeful, written by people who know. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Again Again
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Again Again

E. Lockhart

2020 · 2021 edition

304 pages

Stray
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Stray

Stephanie Danler

Published 2020

240 pages

Smacked
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Smacked

Eilene Zimmerman

Published 2020

244 pages

Filthy Beasts
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Filthy Beasts

Kirkland Hamill

Published 2020

320 pages

The Wild
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The Wild

Owen Laukkanen

2020 · 2021 edition

368 pages

Overdose
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Overdose

Benjamin Perrin

Published 2020

304 pages

This Boy
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This Boy

Lauren Myracle

Published 2020

309 pages

The Wild Path
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The Wild Path

Sarah R. Baughman

Published 2020

336 pages

Followers
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Followers

Raziel Reid

2020 · 2023 edition

336 pages