Recs if you like Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology...

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

Memoirs from people who either are or were in religious movements or cults of any kind. This is not anti-religion, and includes memoirs of people still in their religions, and I am ALWAYS looking for more - please offer suggestions.

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

Growing list of memoirs I have read or want to read that have been discussed on Chelsea Devantez's podcast, Glamorous Trash.

They're cute, they're smart, they're surviving this sh!t

I love the pod and I love a good (or ridiculous) celeb memoir

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

non-fiction focused

The grime and gruesome behind the glitz and glamour

Books that made me think about life differently after reading them.

Being raised in a super strict IFB household, surging years of abuse being justified by “biblical discipline “ has left me searching for books that leave me feeling more informed, and like I’m not alone in surviving toxicity. These books do just that.