20 must-read nonfiction books like Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir by Brandon Novak

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Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

By: Brandon Novak

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

“Skate, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll!”—Kat Von D, LA Ink Forward by Tony Hawk Skateboarder and Jackas…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir by Brandon Novak , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Such a Pretty Girl

By: Laura Wiess

3.87

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

They promised Meredith nine years of safety, but only gave her three. Her father was supposed to be… read more

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"knowing deep inside some ghosts are too cruel to question"

-Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

"I am shrunken and shriveled inside, a rotten chestnut hidden beneath a deceptively smooth shell"

-Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

"In my family, you can rot to hell on the inside as long as you’re flawless on the outside, which is really sick, but also hard to unlearn."

-Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

"So I leave proof of my existence behind me like a snail trail with the small hope that years of talking at me will someday soften her enough to talk with me, that she'll finally pull the knife from m…"

-Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

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2. Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road

By: Neil Peart

4.11

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

This bold narrative written by the drummer and lyricist for the band Rush shows how Peart tried to … read more

Similar categories in Neil Peart's Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Professional Idiot: A Memoir by Stephen "Steve-O" Glover, David Peisner

3. Professional Idiot: A Memoir

By: Stephen "Steve-O" Glover , David Peisner

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From his early days videotaping crazy skateboard stunts to starring in the Jackass movies, there wa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"When we were working on Jackass and I'd be traveling in the same bus, car, or van with Johnny Knoxville on road trips, he'd sometimes stick sedative pills in my food in the hope that they'd shut me u…"

-Stephen "Steve-O" Glover, Professional Idiot: A Memoir

"A couple months after school started that year, I just plain stopped going to see the Maje. I remember coming home one day and checking the answering machine in my bedroom. The first message was from…"

-Stephen "Steve-O" Glover, Professional Idiot: A Memoir

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4. The Long Hard Road Out of Hell

By: Neil Strauss , Marilyn Manson

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

The 150,000-copy national bestselling autobiography of Marilyn Manson, America's most controversial… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Neil Strauss, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, None

5. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

By: Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Whiskey and porn stars, hot reds and car crashes, black leather and high heels, overdoses and death… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Lee's The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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6. 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

Similar categories in Amy Dresner's My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir

7. Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines

By: Nic Sheff

3.34

Format: 320 pages,

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularl… read more

Similar categories in Nic Sheff's Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir

8. 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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9. We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction

By: Nic Sheff

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster r… read more

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10. Permanent Midnight

By: Jerry Stahl

4.00

Format: None pages, Trade Paperback

His byline appeared everywhere, from L.A. Styleto the Village Voice, from Esquireto Hustler. He pen… read more

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11. The Polygamist's Daughter

By: Leslie Wilson , Anna LeBaron

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

"My father had more than fifty children." So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter o… read more

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12. Hjärnstark

By: Anders Hansen

3.50

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Vill du bli mer stresstalig, ma battre, forbattra ditt minne och bli mer kreativ och intelligent? S… read more

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13. Leslie F*cking Jones

By: Leslie Jones

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Jones's Leslie F*cking Jones book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Dad"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

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14. We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder

By: M. William Phelps

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author, television personality, and host of the #1 podcast "Paper Ghosts… read more

Similar categories in M. William Phelps's We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
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15. A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions

By: Stephen "Steve-O" Glover

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Stephen "Steve-O" Glover—social media icon, comedy-touring stalwart, and star of Jackass —delivers … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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16. Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

By: Danny Trejo

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey fr… read more

Similar categories in Danny Trejo's Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"...even in prison I could be free."

-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

"...it's hard to teach anyone anything when they think they know everything already."

-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

"When you're an addict you think the only person you're hurting is you. And that's not true."

-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

"Once you know where drugs and alcohol will take you, you can never enjoy them the same way again."

-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

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17. Mimi's Tales of Terror

By: Hirokatsu Kihara

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Experience real-life chills as Junji Ito brings these “true” horror series to life! University s… read more

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18. I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are

By: Rachel Bloom

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Mindy Kaling, Ali Wong, and Amy Poehler, a collection of hilarious personal essays, … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Bloom's I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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19. Tremendous

By: Joey "Coco" Diaz

4.47

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Com… read more

Similar categories in Joey "Coco" Diaz's Tremendous book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me by Erin Khar

20. Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me

By: Erin Khar

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen.” — New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Erin Khar's Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of When the World Didn't End: A Memoir by Guinevere Turner

21. When the World Didn't End: A Memoir

By: Guinevere Turner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood… read more

Similar categories in Guinevere Turner's When the World Didn't End: A Memoir book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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22. Acid for the Children

By: Flea

4.08

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parent… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Bein famous don't mean shit"

-Flea, Acid for the Children

"Such a fool was I. It's a fool who's seduced by that which feels good. Nothing but a simple fool."

-Flea, Acid for the Children

"We sat up through the night snorting and talking. It all felt so important, meaningful and good, all be it in that weird coke way. In the years to come, during all night coked out blab-fests, even du…"

-Flea, Acid for the Children

Cover of Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) by Serj Tankian

23. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)

By: Serj Tankian

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more

Similar categories in Serj Tankian's Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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24. Final Cut

By: S.J. Watson

3.15

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

For generations Blackwood Bay, a quaint village in northern England, has been famous only for the s… read more

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25. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

Similar categories in Paul Scheer's Joyful Recollections of Trauma book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Cover of Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker

26. Life's Too Short: A Memoir

By: Darius Rucker

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more

Similar categories in Darius Rucker's Life's Too Short: A Memoir book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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27. Känslofällan

By: Siri Helle

3.55

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Uppskjutande, oro, dåliga vanor… Du är inte ensam om att gång på gång gå i känslofällan, då du ager… read more

Similar categories in Siri Helle's Känslofällan book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
Cover of Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir by Brandon Novak

28. Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

By: Brandon Novak

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

“Skate, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll!”—Kat Von D, LA Ink Forward by Tony Hawk Skateboarder and Jackas… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of When Darkness Ends (Moments in Boston #3) by Marni Mann

29. When Darkness Ends (Moments in Boston #3)

By: Marni Mann

4.43

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

You never forget your first love … even when he becomes a memory. There was before. When we we… read more

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30. The Streets of Baltimore

By: Joe Frantz

4.43

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Brandon Novak, an actor known for the films Jackass and Viva La Bam , among others, was a teenage s… read more

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31. Pulled Beneath (Bar Harbor, #1)

By: Marni Mann

3.91

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

I was floating through my life, safe and warm, before my parents died. My life capsized as the una… read more

Similar categories in Marni Mann's Pulled Beneath (Bar Harbor, #1) book and Brandon Novak's Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir

"I had witnessed his pain in motion; the way he had stroked over the sea fueled by something so similar to what fueled me. The agony he couldn’t hide from his caramel-colored eyes. I was drawn to what…"

-Marni Mann, Pulled Beneath (Bar Harbor, #1)

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Neil Peart

4.11

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4.08

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The Long Hard Road Out of Hell

Neil Strauss , Marilyn Manson

3.79

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3.94

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