Monday, September 23, 2019

Readalikes: If you enjoyed September's selection . . .

If you enjoyed Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and The Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy, then you might also enjoy these books recommended by Macy:

  • In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids by Travis N. Rieder
  • Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop by Anna Lembke, MD
  • The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin by Tracey Helton Mitchell
  • The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison
  • If You Love Me: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opioid Addiction by Maureen Cavanagh
  • American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts by Chris McGreal
  • Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town by Brian Alexander
  • What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte
  • Trampoline and Weedeater, illustrated novels by Robert Gipe
  • Ohio, a novel by Stephen Markley
  • Cherry, a novel by Nico Walker
  • I Know Your Kind, poems by William Brewer

Macy's follow-up to Dopesick:

  • Audible Original Finding Tess:A Mother's Search for Answers in a Dopesick America


And these articles and videos suggested by our discussion group members:

  • Wall Street Journal article Schism in the House of Sackler by Jared S. Hopkins July 13, 2019 print edition
  • Opioids and Opioids II segments from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, available on YouTube




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