collection of cult n cult-related reads started from my personal library
non-fiction focused
created by kasanei
last updated October, 2026
Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry
Robert Jay Lifton
Uncultured: A Memoir
Daniella Mestyanek Young
Charles Manson's Creepy Crawl: The Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family
Jeffrey Melnick
Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America
Bridget Read
Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy
Colin Dickey
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Separation of Church and Hate
John Fugelsang
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Leah Remini
A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology
Mike Rinder
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Jenna Miscavige Hill
Counting the Cost
Jill Duggar
Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
Deborah Layton
Jesusland: Stories from the Upside Down World of Christian Pop Culture
Joelle Kidd
Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs
Rachel Jeffs
Hoodwinked: How Marketers Use the Same Tactics as Cults
Mara Einstein
Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
Emily Lynn Paulson
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
Tal Lavin
Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
Jeff Guinn
The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History
Warren Throckmorton
Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement
Kathryn Joyce
Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All
Laura Bates
Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans
Jane Marie
RedHanded: An Exploration of Criminals, Cannibals, Cults, and What Makes a Killer Tick
Suruthi Bala
Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias
Kevin Cook
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Lawrence Wright
Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults
Mitch Weiss
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM
Sarah Berman
Killer Cults: Stories of Charisma, Deceit, and Death (Volume 3) (Profiles in Crime)
Stephen Singular
The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them
Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling In Love With) A Magical Subculture
AJ Wolfe
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