8 must-read history books like Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman

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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…

If you liked the history plot in Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

By: Lawrence Wright

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-… read more

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  • history
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion

By: Janet Reitman

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Scientology, created in 1954 by pulp science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world'… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

3. The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice

By: Rebecca Musser , M. Bridget Cook

3.97

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" o… read more

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4. 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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5. Lost Boy

By: Maia Szalavitz , Brent W. Jeffs

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), girls can beco… read more

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6. 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

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  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • cults
  • audiobook
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8. 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

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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

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  • true crime
  • cults
  • 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

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10. 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

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  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. 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

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  • 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

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12. 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

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

13. 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

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  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times

By: Leah Sottile

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious d… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • 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 Sarah Berman's Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • cults
  • psychology
  • 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

16. 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

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  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. 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

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  • true crime
  • adult
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  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. 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

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

19. 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

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  • 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

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20. 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

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  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
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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

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  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook

7 Best adult books like Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman

Transform Your Habits

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

Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

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

Mitch Weiss

4.15

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Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans

Jane Marie

3.78

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3.93

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

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Sociopath: A Memoir

Patric Gagne

3.84

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Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

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Kate Kennedy

3.78

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