Recs if you like Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out...

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

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

Suggestions from a girl who wrote her BA thesis on psychological manipulation and identity control in cults.

Moving beyond media spectacle and sensational narratives, these books examine the psychological, sociological, and historical frameworks that define high-control groups. Included are also non fiction books that provide insightful portrayals of cults and their impact on individual identity as well as group behavior.

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

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

non-fiction focused

A mix of non-fiction mostly about late-stage capitalism, cults, and pseudoscience.