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Books like John Barleycorn

Looking for read-alikes for John Barleycorn by Jack London? These 24 titles overlap in Alcohol, Substance Abuse & Addictions, Customs & Traditions, and Literary Figures and overall literary texture.

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Top related books to John Barleycorn

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Dry A Memoir

Augusten Burroughs

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

Returning A Spiritual Journey

Dan Wakefield

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Literary Figures

Manchild in the Promised Land

Claude Brown

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Literary Figures

Lit A Memoir

Mary Karr

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Literary Figures

Glass Half Full

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Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

The Outrun

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Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

The Grass Arena An Autobiography

John Healy

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Literary Figures

The Endless Steppe

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Themes: Customs & Traditions • Literary Figures • Literary Criticism

A Moveable Feast

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Themes: Customs & Traditions • Literary Figures • Literary Criticism

#10

The Illustrated Easy Way to Stop Drinking Free at Last!

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Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

#11

I Know why the Caged Bird Sings

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Themes: Customs & Traditions • Literary Figures • Literary Criticism

#12

Walden

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Themes: Customs & Traditions • Literary Figures • Literary Criticism

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Abba May Alcott

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Literary Figures • Literary Criticism

#14

The 30-Day Sobriety Solution How to Cut Back Or Quit Drinking in the Privacy of Your Own Home

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Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

#15

Pour Me A Life

A. A. Gill

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Literary Figures

#16

Ancient Wine and the Bible The Case for Abstinence

David Brumbelow

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

#17

Alcohol Opposing Viewpoints

Karen Balkin

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

#18

Careless People Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

Sarah Churchwell

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Literary Figures • Literary Criticism

#19

Fear and Loathing in Dublin

Aodhan Madden

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Literary Figures

#20

Truman Capote’s Southern Years, 25th Anniversary Edition Stories from a Monroeville Cousin

Marianne M. Moates

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Literary Figures • Literary Criticism

#21

The A-Z of Binning the Booze

Lucy Rocca

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

#22

Space A Memoir

Jesse Lee Kercheval

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Literary Figures • Literary Criticism

#23

Time Is All We Have Four Weeks at the Betty Ford Center

Barnaby Conrad

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Literary Figures

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The Twelve Gifts of Life Recovery Hope for Your Journey

Stephen Arterburn

Themes: Alcohol • Substance Abuse & Addictions • Customs & Traditions

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with John Barleycorn by Jack London. Connected by Alcohol, Substance Abuse & Addictions, Customs & Traditions. Authors featured include Augusten Burroughs, Dan Wakefield, Claude Brown, Mary Karr, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.