The most popular addiction books of 2025

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 2025.

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Lost to Alice
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Lost to Alice

Cassandra Crull

Published 2025

288 pages

Toxic
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Toxic

Neil Ruddock

Published 2025

320 pages

Dream Machine
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Dream Machine

Anthony Bevilacqua

Published 2025

66 pages

Nowhere Girl
Cover of Nowhere Girl

Nowhere Girl

CHELSEY. GAGNON

Published 2025

174 pages

Bug
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Bug

Normandy D. Piccolo

Published 2025

242 pages