Dry A Memoir

The New York Times Bestseller that launched Augusten Burroughs into literary stardom, Dry is a raw, darkly hilarious memoir about hitting bottom—and clawing your way back up.

You’ve probably passed Augusten on the street: sharp suit, ad agency swagger, the kind of guy who looks like he has it all figured out. Except when everyone else called it a night, Augusten was just getting started. When colleagues had two drinks, he had twelve. When they went home at midnight, he never went home at all.

After his employers “suggest” rehab (and by suggest, they mean insist), Augusten finds himself under fluorescent lights in paper slippers, his fantasies of celebrity group therapy sessions quickly replaced by the grim reality of recovery. But something unexpected happens in those thirty days—something actually clicks. The real challenge? Returning to the same drunken Manhattan and staying sober.

This Tenth Anniversary Edition has sold over half a million copies in paperback, and it’s easy to see why. Burroughs writes with unflinching honesty about addiction, love, loss, and finding a Higher Power in the most unlikely places (yes, Starbucks counts). It’s moving and funny in equal measure, heartbreaking and hopeful, the kind of memoir that stays with you long after you’ve turned the final page.

Perfect for readers who appreciate brutally honest storytelling with a side of dark humor—and proof that sometimes the most ordinary-looking people are fighting the most extraordinary battles.

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