14 Best nonfiction books like Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free by Sweta Patel

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Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

By: Sweta Patel

4.59

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

“Just to warn you, he swears. A lot.” I prepped my high school class for tomorrow’s speaker. “He…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free by Sweta Patel , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. American Drug Addict: a memoir

By: Brett Douglas

4.11

Format: 176 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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2. 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

Similar categories in Brandon Novak's Dreamseller book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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3. 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

Similar categories in Stephen E. Crockett's Black Tar: For the Love of Heroin book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • memoir

4. Thirty Rooms to Hide In: Insanity, Addiction, and Rock 'n' Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic

By: Luke Sullivan

3.62

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Author Luke Longstreet Sullivan has a simple way of describing his new memoir: "It's like The Shini… read more

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5. UnClobber

By: Glennon Doyle Melton , None

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Churches in America are experiencing an unprecedented fracturing due to their belief and attitude t… read more

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6. On the Inside

By: Kim Cano

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When Kristen is sentenced to seventeen years for committing a white collar crime, she's forced to l… read more

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7. Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope

By: Patty Wetterling

4.60

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

With stunning detail, Patty Wetterling shares the untold story of the 27-year search for her son Ja… read more

Similar categories in Patty Wetterling's Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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8. For the Love of Summer

By: Susan Mallery

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes an unforgettable tale about finding f… read more

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"I was in love with who I wanted him to be. Not who he was."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

"She's my family and you're hers. That means we are, in some inexplicable way, connected."

-Susan Mallery, For the Love of Summer

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9. A Perfectly Good Fantasy: A Memoir

By: Lynn Walker

4.43

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Brace yourself for this candid and darkly funny sequel to Lynn Walker’s award-winning book, Midnigh… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Walker's A Perfectly Good Fantasy: A Memoir book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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10. All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit

By: Stephen M. Cohn

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping portrait of trauma surgeons and their place in the controlled chaos of a trauma center, … read more

Similar categories in Stephen M. Cohn's All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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11. 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

Similar categories in David Poses's The Weight of Air: A Story of the Lies about Addiction and the Truth about Recovery book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • 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

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12. 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 Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more

Similar categories in Alex Messenger's The Twenty-Ninth Day book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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14. My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

By: Owen Elliot-Kugell

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star “M… read more

Similar categories in Owen Elliot-Kugell's My Mama, Cass: A Memoir book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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15. The Favorite Girl

By: Monica Arya

3.79

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

Every family has secrets—dark ones, twisted ones, ones they hide. The Ivory family is no different.… read more

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16. 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 Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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17. Addiction

By: Margaret McHeyzer

4.48

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestselling Author of Ugly and Mistrust.Meth, crank, ice, glass, fire, tina, chalk,… read more

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18. Dark Corner of the Mind

By: Anthony Anonimo

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Reading this book is addicting in itself! Pick it up once, and you're hooked. Addiction to heroin a… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Anonimo's Dark Corner of the Mind book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • memoir
Cover of Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky

19. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

Similar categories in Katie Ledecky's Just Add Water: My Swimming Life book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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20. My Name is Anthony Avalos: A Child Abuse True Crime Story (ABUSED TO DEATH)

By: Jessica Jackson

4.70

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

The murder of ten year old Anthony Avalos shocked the USA in 2018. In early 2023, the trial of his … read more

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21. The Photo Album

By: Brian O'Sullivan

4.12

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A long dormant mystery comes to life in THE PHOTO ALBUM! When Bobby McGowan discovers an old pho… read more

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22. 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 Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • memoir
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23. In the Shade of Olive Trees (Print Edition)

By: Kate Laack

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Julia Brooks' honeymoon has not gone as planned. Left at the altar by her fiance and now traveling … read more

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24. The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal

By: Brian H. Williams

4.43

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

A tour de force that diagnoses the structural root of the violence that plagues us all Trauma su… read more

Similar categories in Brian H. Williams's The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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25. Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

By: Sweta Patel

4.59

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

“Just to warn you, he swears. A lot.” I prepped my high school class for tomorrow’s speaker. “He… read more

Similar categories in Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Shooter's Sister (Raven Ledger Duet, #1) by Paige Dearth

26. The Shooter's Sister (Raven Ledger Duet, #1)

By: Paige Dearth

4.54

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

Raven became the shooter’s sister fourteen minutes after her brother entered their high school. … read more

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27. The Twin Sister (Raven Ledger Duet, #2)

By: Paige Dearth

4.72

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

A high school shooting. An unforgiving community. Someone has to pay. Raven Ledger is running fr… read more

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28. Suburban Junky: From Honor Roll to Heroin Addict

By: Jude Hassan

4.17

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Jude Hassan was an ordinary, all-American kid. He had two amazing parents who gave him everything, … read more

Similar categories in Jude Hassan's Suburban Junky: From Honor Roll to Heroin Addict book and Sweta Patel's Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a Crack Addict Who Broke Free

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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29. The Accomplice

By: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling multitalented artist delivers an electrifying novel—The Accomplice—t… read more

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30. Tragedy: Confronting the Unthinkable

By: Renee Haley

4.45

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When a bullet pierced a calm August evening, it forced one family into tragedy and fractured lives … read more

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31. The Husband's Secret: A Psychological Thriller (The Husband Series Book 1)

By: franklin christopher

3.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

"He has a dark secret, but so does she. Pamela Whitherspoon seemingly has it all—a stunning adop… read more

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Brett Douglas

4.11

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4.04

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Patty Wetterling

4.60

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David Poses

4.23

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Kristan Higgins

4.25

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4.28

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Nancy Thayer

4.00

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4.14

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