Ultimate list of Drug Novels and Books (according to me)

A Listmania! list by Richard Perez "retro-artifact appreciator & non-academic" (New York City)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Harper Perennial Modern Classics
1.  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Harper Perennial Modern Classics by Hunter S. Thompson
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  "RIP Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.  Heroic & over-the-top."
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
2.  Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William Burroughs
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  "Disturbingly doped-out.  Funny when it really shouldn't be."
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Infinite Jest
3.  Infinite Jest by Dave Eggers
The list author says:
  "Makes "secret smoking" seem lucrative.  Gately's final scenes are some of the finest in drug fiction."
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
4.  Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby
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  "The scariest book I have ever read.  Heartbreaking."
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The Acid House
5.  The Acid House by Irvine Welsh
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  "More fun than a barrel of amphetamine monkeys with razors."
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Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance
6.  Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance by Irvine Welsh
The list author says:
  "So nasty.  And yet, so romantic in the end."
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Requiem for a Dream: A Novel
7.  Requiem for a Dream: A Novel by Darren Aronofsky
The list author says:
  "Even more transgressive than the film."
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Trainspotting
8.  Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
The list author says:
  "The cooked-up shot heard round the world."
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Porno
9.  Porno by Irvine Welsh
The list author says:
  "Poor Spud.  More fun than Trainspotting."
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Less Than Zero
10.  Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
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  "Unpleasantry delivered from a Valium viewpoint."
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Brand New Cherry Flavour
11.  Brand New Cherry Flavour by Todd Grimson
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  "This has to become a movie someday.  Visually intense and thrilling."
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The Basketball Diaries
12.  The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
The list author says:
  "Even when it gets bad here, it still seems romantic.  Credit Carroll's beautiful writing."
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Perv--A Love Story
13.  Perv--A Love Story by Jerry Stahl
The list author says:
  "Hilarious, although the drug scenes are deeply terrifying.  Just what you'd expect from an ex-junkie/ALF staff writer."
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Brave New World
14.  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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  "It's soma time!  Let's play some Obstruction Golf."
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The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (P.S.)
15.  The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (P.S.) by Aldous Huxley
The list author says:
  "A man on mescaline stares at a chair.  Well, more than that really, but that's my favorite scene."
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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
16.  The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda
The list author says:
  "Cultural anthropology or stoned mysticism?  Who cares?  It's entertaining.  Where else can a man on peyote try to urinate on a dog and have it be a beautiful experience?"
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A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin)
17.  A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin) by Anthony Burgess
The list author says:
  "What's in your milk?  You can get your brain twisted off of the language here."
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Million Little Pieces (Oprah's Book Club)
18.  Million Little Pieces (Oprah's Book Club) by James Frey
The list author says:
  "Not a memoir. But still compelling writing."
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Candy
19.  Candy by Luke Davies
The list author says:
  "The romance of drugs. Gorgeous writing from a poet."
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Junk (Puffin Teenage Fiction)
20.  Junk (Puffin Teenage Fiction) by Melvin Burgess
The list author says:
  "Another romance. In the form of Young Adult cautionary tale."
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Go Ask Alice
21.  Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
The list author says:
  "True or not, this Young Adult cautionary tale has become a classic."
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Beauty Queen
22.  Beauty Queen by Linda Glovach
The list author says:
  "Another Young Adult cautionary tale: down the slippery slope of addiction"
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Invisible Monsters
23.  Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
The list author says:
  "Pharmaceutical adventures with a ton of heart and fun twists."
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Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland
24.  Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland by James St James
The list author says:
  "Devastingly bleak. Blackly funny. Take a trip down the K-hole, New York style."
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Permanent Obscurity: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death
25.  Permanent Obscurity: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Richard Perez
The list author says:
  "This is my own cautionary tale. Proof positive that drugs and female domination (BDSM) don't mix. Part neo-sexploitation novel, part black comedy. Set in New York City. Thanks for looking at my list!"
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