Gritty, Intense or graphic stories about real life situations. Not for the faint of heart.

YB CARROLL             The Basketball Diaries
Y/CL Goask                 Go Ask Alice
YF Anderson               Wintergirls
YF Benoit                   You
YF Block                     Wasteland
YF Brooks                   Candy
YF Brown                    Hate List
YF Chaltas                  Because I Am Furniture
YF Cohn                     You Know Where To Find Me
YF Efaw                      After
YF Ellis                       Everything is Fine
YF Giles                      What Happened to Cass McBride?
YF Giles                      Dark Song
YF Hoban                    Willow
YF McCormick            Cut
YF Nelson                  Breathe My Name
YF Nolan                    Dancing on the Edge
YF Reed                     Beautiful
YF Runyon                 The Burn Journals
YF Scott                     Living Dead Girl
YF Shaw                    Safe
YF Van Diepen          Street Pharm 

Y 362.1969 ANONY         It happened to Nancy
Y 362.29 SHEFF             Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines

See Also:

13 Reasons Why
Mental Health
Substance Abuse
Sexual Abuse