Books like…

Books Like Dry

by Augusten Burroughs · about this book

Loved Dry by Augusten Burroughs? If its nonfiction, memoir & biography and addiction memoir hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir, Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash and This Is Me: A Reckoning. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Dry: Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography · Addiction Memoir · Substance Abuse · First Person Narrator

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   Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

   Matthew Perry

   Addiction Memoir · Recovery Journey · Memoir & Biography · Substance Abuse · Addiction

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   Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash

   Laura Clery

   Addiction Memoir · Recovery Journey · Memoir & Biography · Self-Deprecating Humor · Addiction

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   This Is Me: A Reckoning

   Hayden Panettiere

   Addiction Memoir · Recovery Journey · Memoir & Biography · Addiction · Substance Abuse

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4. 

   Beyond the Wand

   Tom Felton

   Memoir & Biography · Self-Deprecating Humor · Recovery Journey · Nonfiction · Addiction

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5. 

   I'm Glad My Mom Died

   Jennette McCurdy

   Memoir & Biography · Self-Deprecating Humor · Nonfiction · Dark Comedy · Addiction

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6. 

   Martyr!

   Kaveh Akbar

   Recovery Journey · Addiction · Substance Abuse · LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Male Lead

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7. 

   Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

   Hunter S. Thompson

   Substance Abuse · Addiction · Dark Comedy · Memoir & Biography · First Person Narrator

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8. 

   A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020

   David Sedaris

   Memoir & Biography · Self-Deprecating Humor · Nonfiction · Dark Comedy · LGBTQ+ Protagonist

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9. 

   Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously

   Adam Ellis

   Memoir & Biography · Self-Deprecating Humor · Nonfiction · LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Self-Discovery

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10. 

    Ham On Rye

    Charles Bukowski

    Substance Abuse · Addiction · Memoir & Biography · First Person Narrator · Dark Comedy

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11. 

    Spare

    Prince Harry

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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    Becoming

    Michelle Obama

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator

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13. 

    The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

    Elizabeth Kendall

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Recovery Journey · Addiction Memoir · Substance Abuse

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14. 

    The Woman in Me

    Britney Spears

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Substance Abuse

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15. 

    The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

    Griffin Dunne

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Addiction · Dark Comedy · Emotional

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16. 

    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    Substance Abuse · Addiction · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Dark Comedy

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17. 

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Addiction · Substance Abuse · LGBTQ+ Protagonist · First Person Narrator · Memoir & Biography

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18. 

    I See You've Called in Dead

    John Kenney

    Self-Deprecating Humor · Dark Comedy · Substance Abuse · Male Lead · Addiction

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19. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Recovery Journey · Addiction · Self-Discovery · Substance Abuse · Male Lead

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20. 

    Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

    Shonda Rhimes

    Memoir & Biography · Self-Deprecating Humor · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Self-Discovery

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