11 must-read biography memoir books like Scarred by Sarah Edmondson

Cover of Scarred by Sarah  Edmondson

Scarred

By: Sarah Edmondson

3.94

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

"'Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor.' From the second I climb onto the table, acutel…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Scarred by Sarah Edmondson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Stolen Innocence by Lisa Pulitzer, Elissa Wall

1. Stolen Innocence

By: Lisa Pulitzer , Elissa Wall

3.94

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous f… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Pulitzer's Stolen Innocence book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"With no other choice, I'd submitted to the will of our prophet and had married my nineteen-year-old first cousin."

-Lisa Pulitzer, Stolen Innocence

"In the end, He's the only reason that I made it. Sometimes that's the only thing we have. Whether you call it God, or hope, or faith -whatever word you use- the fact is, I couldn't have survived if I…"

-Lisa Pulitzer, Stolen Innocence

Cover of Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Lisa Pulitzer, Jenna Miscavige Hill

2. Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

By: Lisa Pulitzer , Jenna Miscavige Hill

3.77

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

Jenna Miscavige was raised to obey. As niece of the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige,… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Pulitzer's Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • audiobook
"Scientology always has been a game of power and control. L. Ron Hubbard was the ultimate con man, and it's hard to figure out how much of Scientology was an experiment in brainwashing and controlling…"

-Lisa Pulitzer, Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Cover of Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Rebecca Paley, Leah Remini

3. Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

By: Rebecca Paley , Leah Remini

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The outspoken actress, talk show host, and reality television star offers up a no-holds-barred memo… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Paley's Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"By their actions, they will show you who they are."

-Rebecca Paley, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

"Belief and faith are great, but very few people have been led astray by thinking for themselves."

-Rebecca Paley, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

"He wasn't attached to Scientology like I was. For him it was simply a tool to better your life. Then, if it wasn't doing that, it was time to leave the church."

-Rebecca Paley, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

"I hate when people say 'Enjoy it' when you're complaining or something. I am enjoying it. But I also enjoy complaining about it. It's one of my favorite pastimes."

-Rebecca Paley, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

4. Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult

By: None

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs,… read more

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5. Blown for Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology

By: Marc Headley , None

3.76

Format: None pages,

The International Base of Scientology. The sprawling 500 acre property located deep in the Californ… read more

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6. Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me

By: Ron Miscavige , Dan Koon

3.71

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The only book to examine the origins of Scientology's current leader, RUTHLESS tells the revealing … read more

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7. The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of Scientology

By: John Sweeney

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Tom Cruise and John Travolta say the Church of Scientology is a force for good. Others disagree. Aw… read more

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8. The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper

By: Tony Ortega

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

the story of the life of author Paulette Cooper, the most famous victim of the Church of Scientolog… read more

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Cover of Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson

9. Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing

By: Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She signed up for the sisterhood, free cars, and the promise of a successful business of her own. I… read more

Similar categories in Emily Lynn Paulson's Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults by Mitch  Weiss

10. Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults

By: Mitch Weiss

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In 1979, Jane Whaley, a fiery preacher with a thick Southern drawl, attracted a small group of foll… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Weiss's Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young

11. Uncultured: A Memoir

By: Daniella Mestyanek Young

4.08

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a … read more

Similar categories in Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured: A Memoir book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • audiobook
"Daniella,"

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"The body keeps the score."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"I can run and run, but I’m always still here."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

"...the only real friend I had, and would ever have, was myself."

-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

Cover of Scarred by Sarah  Edmondson

12. Scarred

By: Sarah Edmondson

3.94

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

"'Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor.' From the second I climb onto the table, acutel… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Edmondson's Scarred book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder

13. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

By: Mike Rinder

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powe… read more

Similar categories in Mike Rinder's A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • audiobook
"The fear of psychiatry is one of the hardest ideas to shake when you escape from the mind-prison."

-Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

Cover of Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah  Berman

14. Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM

By: Sarah Berman

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

They draw you in with the promise of empowerment, self-discovery, women helping women. The more sec… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Berman's Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones

15. Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult

By: Faith Jones

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Named a Best Book of 2021 by Newsweek and a Most Anticipated by People , TIME , USA Today , Real Si… read more

Similar categories in Faith Jones's Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • audiobook
Cover of Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin

16. Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir

By: Daniel Barban Levin

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An “extraordinary” (Nylon) firsthand account of the creation of a modern cult and the costs paid by… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Barban Levin's Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm by Catherine Oxenberg

17. Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm

By: Catherine Oxenberg

3.71

Format: 10 pages, Audiobook

Now updated with a new afterword, Captive is an emotional, ripped-from-the-headlines exposé that la… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Oxenberg's Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • audiobook
Cover of Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival by Spencer Schneider

18. Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival

By: Spencer Schneider

3.53

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

They took an oath of absolute secrecy and lived in a covert world in plain sight. “It didn’t loo… read more

Similar categories in Spencer Schneider's Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I was a member of the Gans group for over 20 years. I didn't realize it was really a cult until I took the step, out the door. Ironically, that's when I finally felt and tasted the very freedom that …"

-Spencer Schneider, Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival

"...There were dozens of construction projects where members were coerced into working in dangerous conditions for free...We were paying for the privilege of being forced to build for Sharon and other…"

-Spencer Schneider, Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival

Cover of The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM by Toni Natalie

19. The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM

By: Toni Natalie

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

As seen in the HBO docuseries THE A jaw-dropping insider look into the world of the so-called "Hol… read more

Similar categories in Toni Natalie's The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Behind the Dress: One Woman's Life in a Religious Cult and the Healing That Came Later by Christine Faour

20. Behind the Dress: One Woman's Life in a Religious Cult and the Healing That Came Later

By: Christine Faour

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

A patriarchal, fundamentalist and abusive cult that was hidden in plain sight. The Amazon Prime doc… read more

Similar categories in Christine Faour's Behind the Dress: One Woman's Life in a Religious Cult and the Healing That Came Later book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • cult classics
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Still Learning by India Oxenberg

21. Still Learning

By: India Oxenberg

3.79

Format: 332 pages, Audible Audio

Still Learning is India Oxenberg’s intimate, first-person account of how she was lured into and, se… read more

Similar categories in India Oxenberg's Still Learning book and Sarah Edmondson's Scarred

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

16 Top audiobook books like Scarred by Sarah Edmondson

Transform Your Habits

Stolen Innocence

Lisa Pulitzer , Elissa Wall

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Lisa Pulitzer , Jenna Miscavige Hill

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

Rebecca Paley , Leah Remini

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing

Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

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19 best-selling audiobook books like Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm by Catherine Oxenberg

Transform Your Habits

Triumph: Life After the Cult--A Survivor's Lessons

Carolyn Jessop , Laura Palmer

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Lisa Pulitzer , Jenna Miscavige Hill

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion

Janet Reitman

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults

Mitch Weiss

4.15

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