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24 alternatives to The Body of Chris

A memoir of obsession, addiction, and madness

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Body of Chris launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Incognito▲70

   The secret lives of the brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Heroin Diaries▲66

   A year in the life of a shattered rock star

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Madness, Rack, and Honey▲61

   A book for anyone interested in the human heart

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Navel Gazing: True Tale of Bodies, Mostly Mine ▲61

   A comedian faces his genetic legacy

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession▲65

   How desire shapes the world

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Mind Club▲67

   Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Binary Star▲65

   A moving tale of an anorexic and her alcoholic bf

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Lucky▲68

   A candid memoir from a rape victim

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography▲66

   Autobio from one of the first New York punks

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Book of Disquiet▲61

    A haunting mosaic of dreams

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    A Work in Progress: A Memoir▲66

    Connor Franta shares the lessons he learned on his journey

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds▲70

    An amazing window into how mania, obsessions & bubbles form

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Look Me in the Eye▲58

    My Life with Asperger's

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Your Brain on Porn▲65

    Internet porn and emerging science of addiction.

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    The Folded Clock▲70

    Diary of a modern writer

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Breaking Busy▲64

    How to find peace and purpose in a world of crazy

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships ▲73

    It is a painfully honest account of a life crisis

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy▲62

    Interviews with the world's best comedians

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Art of Memoir▲56

    A tome on writing that will never leave your shelf

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Scream▲56

    Chilling adventures in the science of fear

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    If You Feel Too Much▲66

    Thoughts on things found and lost and hoped for

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Heroin Diaries▲66

    The book every rock and drug historian needs to read

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Dataclysm▲71

    What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

    2016 · its alternatives →

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