The most popular French addiction books

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. Only books in French are listed.

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Will
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Will

Will Self

2019 · 2024 edition

360 pages

Junk
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Junk

Melvin Burgess

1996 · 2017 edition

419 pages

la disparition
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la disparition

Charlotte Gingras

Published 2005

159 pages

Le Nain
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Le Nain

Francine Brunet

Published 2014

240 pages

Toi, mon fils
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Toi, mon fils

Jean Bothorel

Published 1986

175 pages

La Marque Rouge
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La Marque Rouge

Marie-Andrée Clermont

1995 · 2008 edition

218 pages

Moins que zéro
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Moins que zéro

Bret Easton Ellis

1985 · 2011 edition

240 pages

Drogues
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Drogues

Mohamed Ben Amar, Centre québécois de lutte aux dépendances

Published 2014

261 pages