Recs if you like Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM...

Books where cults are a significant part of the narrative. Some fiction, some non-fiction.

Books that feature religious trauma, cults, or high control groups that I've read or are on my tbr

These works (like Conspirituality and Doppelganger) show how high-control ideologies have moved out of the dark corners of the internet and into the mainstream by adopting the aesthetics of wellness, fitness, and motherhood. They teach us to recognize when the language of "liberation" is being used to build a new cage. This shit is insidious. The more you know

non-fiction and memoirs about cults and high control groups/religions. some of these are on my tbr, some are books I've already read

true crime and true crime adjacent.

collection of cult n cult-related reads started from my personal library

non-fiction focused