13 Top cults books like Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler

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Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

By: Max Cutler

3.56

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on insi…

If you liked the cults plot in Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land by Sally Denton

1. The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

By: Sally Denton

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of November 4, 2019, an unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by mas… read more

Similar categories in Sally Denton's The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

2. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

3. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Guinn's Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen  Hale

4. Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls

By: Kathleen Hale

3.94

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the Am… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hale's Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson

5. 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 Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

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

6. 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 Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle

7. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

By: Erin Kimmerle

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kimmerle's We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

By: Laurah Norton

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more

Similar categories in Laurah Norton's Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

By: Jeff Guinn

4.16

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

By the New York Times bestselling author of Manson, the comprehensive, authoritative, and tragic st… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Guinn's The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"No one listening [to Jones' sermons], even those who were the most devoted to him, could take it all in. But at some point each follower heard something that reaffirmed his or her personal reason for…"

-Jeff Guinn, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

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10. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

By: Greg Melville

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more

Similar categories in Greg Melville's Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."

-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

Cover of Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

11. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

By: Rick Emerson

3.96

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud. In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvente… read more

Similar categories in Rick Emerson's Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder

12. 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 Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • true crime
  • cults
  • 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 Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie

13. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans

By: Jane Marie

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more

Similar categories in Jane Marie's Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler

14. Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

By: Max Cutler

3.56

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on insi… read more

Similar categories in Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco by Stephan Talty

16. Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco

By: Stephan Talty

3.95

Format: 446 pages, Hardcover

The first comprehensive account of David Koresh's life, his road to Waco, and the rise of governmen… read more

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

17. 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 Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • true crime
  • cults
  • 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

18. 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 Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out by Rick Alan Ross

19. Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out

By: Rick Alan Ross

4.02

Format: 653 pages, Kindle Edition

You've seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think—and they're armed… read more

Similar categories in Rick Alan Ross's Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out book and Max Cutler's Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them

  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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20. Jak usunąć wujka z podłogi? Zawód: sprzątanie po zgonach

By: Małgorzata Węglarz

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Klienci często pytają, dlaczego opróżniamy całe mieszkanie, a nie tylko pokój po trupie? Ludzie … read more

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Cover of American Cults: Cabals, Corruption, and Charismatic Leaders (Dark Minds True Crimes) by Jim   Willis

21. American Cults: Cabals, Corruption, and Charismatic Leaders (Dark Minds True Crimes)

By: Jim Willis

3.18

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

America has spawned hundreds of cults. Charismatic leaders periodically burst into the news for the… read more

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  • nonfiction

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