12 must-read nonfiction books like Chasing A Flawed Sun by Daniel McGhee

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Chasing A Flawed Sun

By: Daniel McGhee

4.32

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

★"Riveting" ★      ★"I Couldn't put it down!"★       ★"Not just another addiction memoir" ★      ★"…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Chasing A Flawed Sun by Daniel McGhee , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips

1. High on Arrival

By: Mackenzie Phillips

3.82

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

The eldest daughter of John Phillips and stepdaughter of Michelle Phillips, both lead singers of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean by Amy Dresner

2. My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean

By: Amy Dresner

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Blackout and Permanent Midnight , a darkly funny and revealing debut memoir of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Running in Circles: A Memoir by Eva Yin

3. Running in Circles: A Memoir

By: Eva Yin

3.91

Format: 360 pages,

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  • memoir
Cover of American Drug Addict: a memoir by Brett Douglas

4. American Drug Addict: a memoir

By: Brett Douglas

4.11

Format: 176 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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5. Dreamseller

By: Brandon Novak , Joseph Frantz

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Skateboarding used to be my life. When I was fourteen years old, I was discovered by Bucky Lasek an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Perfect (Impulse, #2) by Ellen Hopkins

6. Perfect (Impulse, #2)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they'd rather be. For four high-school seniors… read more

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Cover of Glass (Crank, #2) by Ellen Hopkins

7. Glass (Crank, #2)

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got h… read more

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8. Black Tar: For the Love of Heroin

By: Stephen E. Crockett

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Black Tar: For The Love of Heroin is a biographical essay describing the use of heroin and the toll… read more

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  • memoir
Cover of Fallout (Crank, #3) by Ellen Hopkins

9. Fallout (Crank, #3)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.26

Format: 665 pages, Hardcover

Hunter. Autumn. Summer. Different homes. Different guardians. Different last names. Different liv… read more

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"Innocence eroded into nightmare. All because of very bad touch. Love, corrupted."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout"

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Anger is a valid emotion. It's only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don't want to do."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

"Clear. Cold. Empty. Like how I feel right now. Love is strange. One minute you’re jungle fever. The next you’re Artic winter."

-Ellen Hopkins, Fallout (Crank, #3)

10. In My Skin: A Memoir

By: Kate Holden

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

Kate Holden is used to being summed up at a glance: arts graduate, history buff, middle-class daugh… read more

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11. Teenage Degenerate

By: S.C. Sterling

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

In 1996, Scott was nineteen and lost in adulthood with an endless job and no future ambitions. Teen… read more

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12. Diary of a Drug Addict

By: Stephen E. Crockett

4.01

Format: 217 pages,

A heroin addict looks back over a life of misery and addiction. From his earliest days experimentin… read more

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13. When Smiles Fade

By: Paige Dearth

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition. ASIN: B00B8XPVL6 Young Emma Murphy kills people, but only if they deserve … read more

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Cover of Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir by Lisa F. Smith

14. Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir

By: Lisa F. Smith

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in NYC when alcoholism and drug addi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

15. Hammered: Memoir of an Addict

By: Geoff Brown

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

GNBraun led a life of addiction and slow decay. Drugs, crime and ennui pervaded every part of his d… read more

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16. The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star

By: Nikki Sixx

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of Motley Crue offers an… read more

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17. Smoke (Burned, #2)

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.15

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Pattyn Von Stratten's father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse a… read more

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18. Wasting Talent

By: None

4.15

Format: 447 pages, Paperback

His music could have made Damien Cantwell the star of his generation. But living fast has its conse… read more

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19. She Won't Leave

By: James Caine

4.07

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

She has taken over my life. Everything was perfect until tragedy brought my mother-in-law, Delores… read more

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20. The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery

By: David Poses

4.23

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

While his wife and two-year-old daughter watched TV in the living room, David Poses was in the kitc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"From the beginning of high school, all other substances were readily available and liberally consumed by my friends, who used weed and booze like an essential garnish for activities. Peer pressure wa…"

-David Poses, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery

"I didn’t want to be sad, but I didn’t know why I was sad or how not to be sad or how to talk about it. I was broken. I felt broken. My body ached. My stomach hurt. I couldn’t sleep. Nothing was pleas…"

-David Poses, The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery

Cover of A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton, #1) by Paige Dearth

21. A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton, #1)

By: Paige Dearth

4.47

Format: 453 pages, Kindle Edition

Rainey Paxton was born addicted to heroin. In the fragile first hours of Rainey’s life, hospital… read more

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"A little pinprick changed my whole life. That’s all it takes—it’s that quick."

-Paige Dearth, A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton, #1)

Cover of A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2) by Paige Dearth

22. A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

By: Paige Dearth

4.58

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

A child’s life ruined by her parent’s addiction. A sister’s vow that can’t be broken. First came… read more

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"Ain’t easy for a child to use their free will when adults dance with the devil."

-Paige Dearth, A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

Cover of High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life by Tiffany   Jenkins

23. High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

By: Tiffany Jenkins

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A few years ago, Tiffany Jenkins was detoxing behind bars at a Florida prison, incarcerated on 20 f… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Jenkins's High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life book and Daniel McGhee's Chasing A Flawed Sun

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"A flicker of hope in one’s heart, is capable of lighting the path to a new destiny…"

-Tiffany Jenkins, High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

Cover of Chasing A Flawed Sun by Daniel McGhee

24. Chasing A Flawed Sun

By: Daniel McGhee

4.32

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

★"Riveting" ★      ★"I Couldn't put it down!"★       ★"Not just another addiction memoir" ★      ★"… read more

Similar categories in Daniel McGhee's Chasing A Flawed Sun book and Daniel McGhee's Chasing A Flawed Sun

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery by Jordan P. Barnes

25. One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery

By: Jordan P. Barnes

4.46

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

AWARD WINNER - 2020 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, INDIES TODAY At the age of 24, Jordan Barnes woke up … read more

Similar categories in Jordan P. Barnes's One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery book and Daniel McGhee's Chasing A Flawed Sun

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Damaged Goods : A Memoir by Shelley Louise

26. Damaged Goods : A Memoir

By: Shelley Louise

3.97

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a deeply personal story of a young woman’s journey through addiction; the loss of her child… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Sam's Truth (Samantha Mallon, #2) by C.L.  Heckman

27. Sam's Truth (Samantha Mallon, #2)

By: C.L. Heckman

4.20

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

The sequel to Charlie’s Secret: Inspired by a true story After the death of her abusive mother, … read more

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28. Junkie: Madness to Ministry

By: Dawn Searock

4.22

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Dawn. A woman bound in the addiction of heroin and crack cocaine. Witness as she commits crime… read more

Similar categories in Dawn Searock's Junkie: Madness to Ministry book and Daniel McGhee's Chasing A Flawed Sun

  • memoir
Cover of Dope Fiends Daughter by Davida Wooten

29. Dope Fiends Daughter

By: Davida Wooten

3.61

Format: 108 pages, Kindle Edition

Through the lies, deception, pain and hurt. Through a childhood being raised by a single mother who… read more

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Cover of How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon’s Guide to Rebuilding After Religion by Alyssa Grenfell

30. How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon’s Guide to Rebuilding After Religion

By: Alyssa Grenfell

4.57

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

Where will you go? After more than 20 years of devotion to the Mormon church, Alyssa Grenfell decid… read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Grenfell's How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon’s Guide to Rebuilding After Religion book and Daniel McGhee's Chasing A Flawed Sun

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

31. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

Similar categories in Minu Cash's The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth book and Daniel McGhee's Chasing A Flawed Sun

  • nonfiction
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

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Mackenzie Phillips

3.82

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Amy Dresner

3.93

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Running in Circles: A Memoir

Eva Yin

3.91

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American Drug Addict: a memoir

Brett Douglas

4.11

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Amy Dresner

3.93

The Bitter Taste of Dying: A Memoir

Jason Smith

3.96

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Augusten Burroughs

4.03

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Caroline Knapp

4.09

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