Book list


Addiction publishes new book lists five times per year, both in print and on this website. Items are alphabetised by author within each list. Entry in this list neither precludes nor guarantees later review. Note that entries with ** in front of citation are government documents and ++ denotes non-English language publications.

Compiled by Andrea L. Mitchell, SALIS: Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists.

Email: amitchell@salis.org


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Previous Issue - June 2021

Addiction, Representation and the Experimental Novel, 1985-2015

HEATH A. DIEHL

Anthem Press, 2021, 176 pp, ISBN: 9781785276132 (hardcover); ASIN: B08Q4DCVGK (Kindle)

Addictions Counseling Today: Substances and Addictive Behaviors

KEVIN G. ALDERSON

Sage, 2020, 720 pp, ISBN: 9781483308265 (paperback); ASIN: B08263X6SP (e-Textbook, 2019)

Alcohol in the Early Modern World: A Cultural History

B. ANN TLUSTY, ed.

Bloomsbury Academic, 2021, 224 pp, ISBN: 9781472569783 (hardcover, e-book)

Alcohol (Series: Neurobiology of Addiction)

GEORGE F. KOOB, MICHAEL A. ARENDS, MANDY MCCRACKEN AND MICHEL LE MOAL

Academic Press, 2021, 350 pp, ISBN: 9780128167939 (paperback)

Alternative Pain Management: Solutions for Avoiding Prescription Drug Overuse

INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, ed.

Medical Information Science Reference, 2020, 388 pp, ISBN: 9781799816805

Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul

JAMIE DUCHARME

Henry Holt and Company, 2021, 336 pp, ISBN: 9781250777539 (hardcover); ASIN: 08NH9K8FP (Kindle)

Bottoms Up: A History of Alcohol in Newfoundland and Labrador

SHEILAH ROBERTS LUKINS

Breakwater Books, 2020, 240 pp, ISBN: 9781550818017 (paperback)

Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances: The Clinician's Handbook

OWEN BOWDEN-JONES AND DIMA ABDULRAHIM

Cambridge University Press, 2020, 150 pp, ISBN: 9781911623090 (paperback); ASIN: B08X19TNHS (Kindle)

Compulsive Sexual Behaviours: A Psycho-sexual Treatment Guide for Clinicians

SILVA NEVES

Routledge, 2021, 200 pp, ISBN: 9780367465506 (hardcover); ISBN: 9780367465483 (paperback)

Dopeworld: Adventures in Drug Lands

NIKO VOROBYOV

Hodder & Stoughton, 2020, 432 pp, ISBN: 9781529378030 (paperback); ASIN: B0818Q395Q (Kindle)

Drink of Immortality: Essays on Distillation and Alcohol Use in Ancient India

D.N. JHA, ed.

Manohar, 2020, ISBN: 9789390035212 (hardcover)

Drug Policy (Series: Defining Documents in American History)

MICHAEL SHALLY-JENSEN

Salem Press, 2020, 600 pp, ISBN: 9781642654011 (hardcover)

Drug Smuggler Nation: Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-1995

STEPHEN SNELDERS

Manchester University Press, 2021, 304 pp, ISBN: 9781526151391 (hardcover); ASIN: B08W593RMQ (Kindle)

Drugs in Perspective: Causes, Assessment, Family, Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment, 10th edition

RICHARD FIELDS

McGraw Hill, 2021, 336 pp, ISBN: 9781260240672 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781260575507 (paperback, eBook)

Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice, 5th edition

CHARLES F. LEVINTHAL AND LORI BRUSMAN LOVINS

Pearson Education, 2020, 416 pp, ISBN: 978-0135180037 (paperback)

Fierce Chemistry: History of UK Drug Wars

HARRY SHAPIRO

Amberley Publishing, 2021, 320 pp, ISBN: 9781445665443 (hardcover)

Gambling Disorder Treatment Handbook: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

JODY BECHTOLD AND ALYSSA WILSON

Jessica Kingsley, 2021, 224 pp, ISBN: 9781787755529 (paperback)

Heavy Traffic: The Global Drug Trade in Historical Perspective (Series: Roots of Contemporary Issues)

KEN FAUNCE

Oxford University Press, 2021, 192 pp, ISBN: 9780190696238 (paperback)

Human Rights and Drug Control: A New Perspective

MELISSA BONE

Routledge, 2020, 242 pp, ISBN: 9781138224025 (hardcover)

Injecting Bodies in More-than-Human Worlds (Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness)

FAY DENNIS

Routledge, 2020, 248 pp, ISBN: 9781138609556 (hardcover); ISBN: 978-0367660406 (paperback); ASIN: B07PF1M1KF (Kindle), hardcover and e-book published 2019

Love is the Drug: The Chemical Future of our Relationships

BRIAN D. EARP AND JULIAN SAVULESCU

Manchester University Press, 2020, 280 pp, ISBN: 9781526145413 (hardcover)

Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education: Supporting the Whole Student

NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE

National Academies Press, 2021, 212 pp, ISBN: 978030912412-6 (paperback); ASIN: B08WS3LMBK (Kindle)

Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras: The Drug Cult That Civilized Europe

CARL A.P. RUCK, MARK ALWIN HOFFMAN, AND JOSE ALFREDO GONZÁLEZ CELDRÁN

City Lights Publishers, 2021, ASIN: B08X2XWBDS (Kindle), originally published 2009

Neuropathology of Drug Abuse

ANDREAS BÜTTNER

Springer, 2021, 120 pp, ISBN: 9783030605308 (paperback); ASIN: B08M3FL921 (Kindle)

Pathways to Excessive Gambling: A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits

CHARLOTTE FABIANSSON

Routledge, 2020, 244 pp, ISBN: 9780367602697 (paperback), originally published 2010

Policing County Lines: Responses to Evolving Provincial Drug Markets (Series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society)

JACK SPICER

Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 268 pp, ISBN: 9783030541927 (hardcover); ASIN: B08MBS3D4S (Kindle)

Psychodynamic Approaches for Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction: Theory and Treatment

DAVID POTIK

Routledge, 2021, 208 pp, ISBN: 9780367087012 (hardcover); ISBN: 9780367087029 (paperback); ASIN: B08LN1B5C9 (Kindle)

Psychopharmacology in British Literature and Culture, 1780-1900 (Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine)

NATALIE ROXBURGH AND JENNIFER S. HENKE, eds.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 316 pp, ISBN: 9783030535971; ASIN: B08KG2LSVM (Kindle)

Secret Narco: The Great Train Robber Whose Partnership with Pablo Escobar Turned Britain On to Cocaine

WENSLEY CLARKSON

Ad Lib Publishers, 2020, 288 pp, ISBN: 9781913543990 (paperback); ASIN: B089T4SJDX (Kindle)

Soju: A Global History (Series: Asian Connections)

HYUNHEE PARK

Cambridge University Press, 2021, 300 pp, ISBN: 9781108842013 (hardcover); ASIN: B08TRF2S3L (Kindle)

Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering

WESLEY J. WILDMAN AND KATE J. STOCKLY

St. Martin's Press, 2021, 400 pp, ISBN: 9781250274939 (hardcover); ASIN: B08FZ7M7T6 (Kindle)

Substance Use and Misuse: Everything Matters, 3rd edition

RICK CSIERNIK

Canadian Scholars, 2021, 500 pp, ISBN: 9781773382296 (paperback)

Substance Use Disorders (Series: Primer On)

F. GERARD MOELLER AND MISHKA TERPLAN, eds.

Oxford University Press, 2021, 384 pp, ISBN: 9780190920197 (paperback); ASIN: B08HSCC8MW (Kindle)

The Foggy Bottom Gang: The Story of the Warring Brothers of Washington, DC

LEO WARRING

Parafine Press, 2020, 252 pp, ISBN: 9781950843329 (paperback); ASIN: B08N5FST3X (Kindle)

The Joke: A History of Cannabis Prohibition in Australia

JOHN JIGGENS

John Jiggens, 2020, 189 pp, ISBN: 9780957868458 (paperback)

The Nadir & the Zenith: Temperance & Excess in the Early African American Novel

ANNA POCHMARA

University of Georgia Press, 2020, 256 pp, ISBN: 9780820358918 (hardcover); ISBN: 9780820359021 (paperback)

The State of Cannabis Law: A Fifty State Compendium

ANNA HALSEY, GREG KAUFMAN, MEGHANA SHAH AND VIRGINIA WORTHY

Wolters Kluwer, 2020, 588 pp, ISBN: 9781543823707 (paperback)

Toxic Masculinity, Casino Capitalism, and America's Favorite Card Game: The Poker Mindset

ANDREW MANNO

Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 208 pp, ISBN: 9783030402594 (hardcover); ISBN: 9783030402624 (paperback); ASIN: B084ZG3RMX (Kindle)

Toxicological Evaluation of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Products

MANUEL C. PEITSCH AND JULIA HOENG, eds.

Elsevier, 2021, 620 pp, ISBN: 9780128204900 (paperback); ASIN: B08THKQVXS (Kindle)

Trauma and the 12 Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery, revised and expanded edition

JAMIE MARICH

North Atlantic Books, 2020, 252 pp, ISBN: 9781623174699 (Nook)