50 Books like Cash

The Book of Drugs

by Mike Doughty • 2012

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

3.63

2k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Book of Drugs 95%

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

by Mike Doughty 2012

3.63

2k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Three Pianos

by Andrew McMahon • 2021

At 22, his exhaustion was leukemia. The cure: a stem cell transplant from his sister.

4.40

3k+

🎹 Musician Memoirs 🚐 Touring Life 🎗️ Cancer Survival 🧪 Parental Addiction 🩹 Addiction Recovery

Three Pianos 95%

At 22, his exhaustion was leukemia. The cure: a stem cell transplant from his sister.

by Andrew McMahon 2021

4.40

3k+ ratings

🎹 Musician Memoirs 🚐 Touring Life 🎗️ Cancer Survival 🧪 Parental Addiction 🩹 Addiction Recovery

Scar Tissue

by Anthony Kiedis • 2004

His father gave him drugs at eleven. This is what happened after.

4.10

103k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💉 Heroin Addiction 🩹 Recovery Journey 🥁 Band Dynamics 🌴 Los Angeles Punk

Scar Tissue 94%

His father gave him drugs at eleven. This is what happened after.

by Anthony Kiedis 2004

4.10

103k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💉 Heroin Addiction 🩹 Recovery Journey 🥁 Band Dynamics 🌴 Los Angeles Punk

The Reason

by Lacey Sturm • 2014

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

4.36

2k+

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

The Reason 94%

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

by Lacey Sturm 2014

4.36

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

The Faith of Elvis

by Kent Sanders • 2022

Three stepbrothers moved into Graceland. Behind closed doors, Elvis was a gospel singer, not a king.

4.26

372

🎵 Gospel Music ⭐ Celebrity Memoir ✝️ Faith And Fame 📖 Christian Biography ⛪ Southern Christianity

The Faith of Elvis 94%

Three stepbrothers moved into Graceland. Behind closed doors, Elvis was a gospel singer, not a king.

by Kent Sanders 2022

4.26

372 ratings

🎵 Gospel Music ⭐ Celebrity Memoir ✝️ Faith And Fame 📖 Christian Biography ⛪ Southern Christianity

Born to Run

by Bruce Springsteen • 2016

Stadiums roared his anthems. Inside, he waged a lifelong war with depression and his father's ghost.

4.19

56k+

🎸 Songwriter Memoir 🏭 Blue Collar Roots 🌑 Depression And Art 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🥁 Band Dynamics

Born to Run 94%

Stadiums roared his anthems. Inside, he waged a lifelong war with depression and his father's ghost.

by Bruce Springsteen 2016

4.19

56k+ ratings

🎸 Songwriter Memoir 🏭 Blue Collar Roots 🌑 Depression And Art 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🥁 Band Dynamics

Boys in the Trees

by Carly Simon • 2015

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

3.67

12k+

🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity 💔 Complicated Marriages 👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood

Boys in the Trees 94%

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

by Carly Simon 2015

3.67

12k+ ratings

🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity 💔 Complicated Marriages 👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood

Slash

by Slash • 2007

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

4.00

31k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Slash 93%

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

by Slash 2007

4.00

31k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎵 Music Industry 🕶️ 80s Rock Scene

Sober Mercies

by Heather Harpham Kopp • 2013

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

4.31

636

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery 🍷 Functional Addiction 🌱 Faith Deconstruction

Sober Mercies 93%

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

by Heather Harpham Kopp 2013

4.31

636 ratings

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery 🍷 Functional Addiction 🌱 Faith Deconstruction

Wonderland Avenue

by Danny Sugerman • 1989

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

4.25

3k+

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism

Wonderland Avenue 93%

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

by Danny Sugerman 1989

4.25

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction 🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism

I Am Ozzy

by Ozzy Osbourne • 2009

Invented heavy metal by accident, survived a near-fatal blackout, and woke up a reality TV dad.

4.16

36k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🤘 Heavy Metal History 💊 Addiction And Recovery 😈 Dark Humor Memoirs 🌟 Surviving Fame

I Am Ozzy 93%

Invented heavy metal by accident, survived a near-fatal blackout, and woke up a reality TV dad.

by Ozzy Osbourne 2009

4.16

36k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🤘 Heavy Metal History 💊 Addiction And Recovery 😈 Dark Humor Memoirs 🌟 Surviving Fame

Herbie Hancock

by Herbie Hancock • 2014

A five-dollar piano, Miles Davis at 23, a crack addiction hidden from everyone.

4.23

2k+

🎹 Jazz Memoirs 🎸 Jazz Fusion 🎺 Midcentury Jazz 🔄 Musical Reinvention 💻 Electronic Music Pioneers

Herbie Hancock 93%

A five-dollar piano, Miles Davis at 23, a crack addiction hidden from everyone.

by Herbie Hancock 2014

4.23

2k+ ratings

🎹 Jazz Memoirs 🎸 Jazz Fusion 🎺 Midcentury Jazz 🔄 Musical Reinvention 💻 Electronic Music Pioneers

Brothers

by Alex Van Halen • 2024

Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.

4.08

9k+

🎸 Rock Music History 🎤 Band Memoirs 👥 Sibling Bands 🔥 Artistic Obsession 🛠️ Diy Music Scenes

Brothers 93%

Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.

by Alex Van Halen 2024

4.08

9k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Music History 🎤 Band Memoirs 👥 Sibling Bands 🔥 Artistic Obsession 🛠️ Diy Music Scenes

Short Stories

by Columbus Short • 2020

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

3.94

293

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Short Stories 93%

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

by Columbus Short 2020

3.94

293 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Mentors

by Russell Brand • 2019

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

3.67

2k+

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 🔄 Twelve Step Recovery

Mentors 93%

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

by Russell Brand 2019

3.67

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 🔄 Twelve Step Recovery

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

3.79

2k+

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Unwasted 93%

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

60k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

The Cross and the Switchblade 93%

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

by David Wilkerson 1963

4.27

60k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

Iron Man

by Tony Iommi • 2011

A factory press severs his fingertips. Leather thimbles, detuned strings: heavy metal is born.

4.01

4k+

🎸 Heavy Metal Memoirs 💰 Music Industry Greed 🩹 Post-Injury Creativity 🥁 Band Dynamics 🔮 Occult Rock

Iron Man 93%

A factory press severs his fingertips. Leather thimbles, detuned strings: heavy metal is born.

by Tony Iommi 2011

4.01

4k+ ratings

🎸 Heavy Metal Memoirs 💰 Music Industry Greed 🩹 Post-Injury Creativity 🥁 Band Dynamics 🔮 Occult Rock

The Only Pirate at the Party

by Lindsey Stirling • 2016

Thrown off reality TV for being too weird, a violinist turned that weirdness into sold-out arenas.

4.14

6k+

🎻 Musician Memoirs 📹 Youtube Creators 🍽️ Eating Disorder Recovery 🎨 Creative Careers 🚫 Rejection Resilience

The Only Pirate at the Party 93%

Thrown off reality TV for being too weird, a violinist turned that weirdness into sold-out arenas.

by Lindsey Stirling 2016

4.14

6k+ ratings

🎻 Musician Memoirs 📹 Youtube Creators 🍽️ Eating Disorder Recovery 🎨 Creative Careers 🚫 Rejection Resilience

Porcelain

by Moby • 2016

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

3.98

4k+

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Doubt 🍷 Sobriety Journeys

Porcelain 93%

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

by Moby 2016

3.98

4k+ ratings

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Doubt 🍷 Sobriety Journeys

American Drug Addict

by Brett Douglas • 2018

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

American Drug Addict 92%

Prison didn't sober him up. Neither did bankruptcy. His mother's tears finally did.

by Brett Douglas 2018

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve-Step Recovery 🏥 Disease Model Of Addiction 🔄 Relapse And Recovery 👪 Family And Addiction

See A Little Light

by Bob Mould • 2011

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

3.80

2k+

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

See A Little Light 92%

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

by Bob Mould 2011

3.80

2k+ ratings

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

by Lisa F. Smith • 2016

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

4.14

7k+

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Girl Walks Out of a Bar 92%

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

by Lisa F. Smith 2016

4.14

7k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

One Train Later

by Andy Summers • 2006

A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.

4.04

1k+

🎸 Rock Guitarists 🥁 Band Histories 🎨 Creative Process 🚐 Touring Life 🍄 Psychedelic Era

One Train Later 92%

A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.

by Andy Summers 2006

4.04

1k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Guitarists 🥁 Band Histories 🎨 Creative Process 🚐 Touring Life 🍄 Psychedelic Era

The Storyteller

by Dave Grohl • 2021

Iggy Pop called. He said yes. From punk basements to stadiums, a life in music.

4.43

170k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🔧 DIY Ethos 💔 Grief And Loss 🎨 Creative Resilience 👨‍👧 Fatherhood

The Storyteller 92%

Iggy Pop called. He said yes. From punk basements to stadiums, a life in music.

by Dave Grohl 2021

4.43

170k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🔧 DIY Ethos 💔 Grief And Loss 🎨 Creative Resilience 👨‍👧 Fatherhood

The Dirt

by Tommy Lee • 2001

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

4.14

50k+

📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

The Dirt 92%

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

by Tommy Lee 2001

4.14

50k+ ratings

📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess 🤘 Glam Metal 💉 Addiction Recovery

Shattered

by Frank Pastore • 2010

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

3.95

150

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Shattered 92%

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

by Frank Pastore 2010

3.95

150 ratings

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Matthew Perry • 2022

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

3.94

408k+

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🎭 Fame And Emptiness

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Summary

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing 92%

While millions laughed at Chandler, Matthew Perry's colon burst from opioids. He kept using anyway.

by Matthew Perry 2022

3.94

408k+ ratings

📖 Addiction Memoir ⭐ Celebrity Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🎭 Fame And Emptiness

Before My Heart Stops

by Paul Cardall • 2010

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

3.98

392

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Before My Heart Stops 92%

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

by Paul Cardall 2010

3.98

392 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Painting With Ashes

by Michael Adam Beck • 2022

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

4.55

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Painting With Ashes 92%

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

by Michael Adam Beck 2022

4.55

47 ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

by Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

4.13

32k+

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years 92%

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

by Donald Miller 2009

4.13

32k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

Glory Days

by Dave Marsh • 1987

The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.

3.78

387

🎤 Music Biographies 📰 Rock Criticism 🏭 Working Class Life 💰 Music Industry 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Glory Days 92%

The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.

by Dave Marsh 1987

3.78

387 ratings

🎤 Music Biographies 📰 Rock Criticism 🏭 Working Class Life 💰 Music Industry 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Faith, Hope and Carnage

by Nick Cave • 2022

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

4.41

8k+

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Faith, Hope and Carnage 92%

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

by Nick Cave 2022

4.41

8k+ ratings

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Will

by Will Smith • 2021

The secret to Will Smith's empire: a terrified kid, a pile of bricks, and a refusal to stop.

4.24

76k+

📖 Celebrity Memoir 🎤 Hip-Hop Memoir 🦁 Overcoming Fear 🏆 Redefining Success 🏃 Taking Action

Will 92%

The secret to Will Smith's empire: a terrified kid, a pile of bricks, and a refusal to stop.

by Will Smith 2021

4.24

76k+ ratings

📖 Celebrity Memoir 🎤 Hip-Hop Memoir 🦁 Overcoming Fear 🏆 Redefining Success 🏃 Taking Action

High Achiever

by Tiffany Jenkins • 2017

Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.

4.20

47k+

💉 Opiate Addiction 🔗 Women In Prison 🎭 Functional Addicts 🕊️ Addiction Recovery 🔫 Addiction And Crime

High Achiever 92%

Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.

by Tiffany Jenkins 2017

4.20

47k+ ratings

💉 Opiate Addiction 🔗 Women In Prison 🎭 Functional Addicts 🕊️ Addiction Recovery 🔫 Addiction And Crime

Walking with Ghosts

by Gabriel Byrne • 2021

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

4.10

4k+

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

Walking with Ghosts 92%

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

by Gabriel Byrne 2021

4.10

4k+ ratings

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

Windswept & Interesting

by Billy Connolly • 2021

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

4.40

11k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Windswept & Interesting 92%

A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.

by Billy Connolly 2021

4.40

11k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir 🎤 Comedian Memoir 🃏 Humor As Survival 💪 Sobriety Journey 🎨 Creative Reinvention

Basketball Junkie

by Chris Herren • 2011

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

4.11

2k+

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

Basketball Junkie 92%

33rd NBA pick, he started for the Celtics while shooting heroin. The words that broke him open.

by Chris Herren 2011

4.11

2k+ ratings

🏅 Sports Memoirs 💊 Addiction Memoirs 🌅 Recovery Narratives 💉 Heroin Addiction 🏀 Basketball Careers

Love Warrior

by Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

4.07

75k+

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Love Warrior 92%

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016

4.07

75k+ ratings

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

The Road Beneath My Feet

by Frank Turner • 2015

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

4.21

2k+

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life 🤘 Punk Rock 🎨 Artistic Integrity

The Road Beneath My Feet 92%

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

by Frank Turner 2015

4.21

2k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life 🤘 Punk Rock 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Carry On, Warrior

by Glennon Doyle • 2013

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

4.10

30k+

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Carry On, Warrior 92%

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

by Glennon Doyle 2013

4.10

30k+ ratings

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Recovery

by Russell Brand • 2017

Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.

3.93

13k+

🧰 Addiction Recovery 📋 Twelve Step Programs 📱 Behavioral Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🔍 Self Examination

Recovery 92%

Why you can't stop scrolling, eating, or working, and what to do about it.

by Russell Brand 2017

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧰 Addiction Recovery 📋 Twelve Step Programs 📱 Behavioral Addiction 🙏 Spiritual Recovery 🔍 Self Examination

The Addiction Manifesto

by Jerry Weaver • 2021

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

4.72

1k+

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

The Addiction Manifesto 92%

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

by Jerry Weaver 2021

4.72

1k+ ratings

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

Face the Music

by Paul Stanley • 2014

A deformed ear. Partial deafness. Face paint to hide them both. Then it became a rock god's armor.

4.13

5k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🕺 1970s Rock Scene 🎭 Rock Theatricality 🪞 Fame And Insecurity 🥁 Band Conflicts

Face the Music 92%

A deformed ear. Partial deafness. Face paint to hide them both. Then it became a rock god's armor.

by Paul Stanley 2014

4.13

5k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🕺 1970s Rock Scene 🎭 Rock Theatricality 🪞 Fame And Insecurity 🥁 Band Conflicts

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

265k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

A Million Little Pieces 92%

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

265k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery 💔 Trauma And Addiction ✍️ Unflinching Memoir

Tweak

by Nic Sheff • 2008

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

3.99

48k+

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

Tweak 92%

Eighteen months sober, one relapse, and he's back on the street. A meth memoir with no filter.

by Nic Sheff 2008

3.99

48k+ ratings

🖋️ Addiction Memoir 💎 Crystal Meth 🔄 Cycle Of Relapse 🚶 Street Life 👶 Early Onset Addiction

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker • 1999

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

4.14

2k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Education of a Felon 92%

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

by Edward Bunker 1999

4.14

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Heroes And Villains

by Steven Gaines • 1986

Sunny surf pop hid abuse, Brian Wilson's breakdown, and Charles Manson as a houseguest.

3.85

771

🎸 Band Biographies 🎵 Rock History 🏠 Family Dysfunction 🎬 Behind The Music 🧠 Musical Genius

Heroes And Villains 92%

Sunny surf pop hid abuse, Brian Wilson's breakdown, and Charles Manson as a houseguest.

by Steven Gaines 1986

3.85

771 ratings

🎸 Band Biographies 🎵 Rock History 🏠 Family Dysfunction 🎬 Behind The Music 🧠 Musical Genius

Canary in the Coal Mine

by William Cooke • 2021

When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.

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