does anyone have any good recommendation for books like the bell jar or catcher in the rye, that's sort of related to social isolation or just all around cynicism? also, any memoirs or stories about rehab (drugs, eating disorders, mental health stuff, etc.) would be interesting too. sort of like the book wasted by marya hornbacher.. i've been reading a lot of books like that but i've run out.

"Go Ask Alice," by Anonymous is a good going-down-with-a-vengence-on-drugs book....notorious for having been publicized as being a true story, when in actuality it was written as anti-drug propaganda.

"The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer" by Jennifer Lynch is mondo-depressing, and also about drugs, as well as prostitution and child molestation. Definitely a good book if you were ever into the TV series.

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Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski maybe?

Catcher in The Rye is my all time favourite book, and Ham on Rye is my second. hah. Its basically a semi-autobiographical story about Bukowski's childhood, etc. Anything by Bukowski is brilliant though.

You seem to have similar taste as me... so maybe you'll like it? ahha

Franny and Zooey by J D Salinger

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