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…
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1. Triumph: Life After the Cult--A Survivor's Lessons
By: Carolyn Jessop , Laura Palmer
3.83
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
A moving and inspirational true story of one woman’s life after fleeing the ultra-fundamentalist Am… read more
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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
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"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
3. Church of Lies
By: Flora Jessop , None , Paul T. Brown
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the Preface: "My name is Flora Jessop. I've been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, … read more
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4. 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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5. Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
By: Lisa Pulitzer , Lauren Drain
4.18
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
NOW A NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERYou've likely heard of the WestboroBaptistChurch. Perhaps you've seen… read more
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6. 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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7. 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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8. Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties
By: None , None
3.67
Format: 499 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne L… read more
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9. I'm Watching You
By: Mary Burton
4.24
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
He'll Taste Their Fear The first kill was easy. The second much easier. No guilt, no remorse, just … read more
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10. Escape
By: Carolyn Jessop , Laura Palmer
5.00
Format: None pages,
The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, a… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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13. Daughter of Gloriavale: My life in a Religious Cult
By: None
3.99
Format: 244 pages,
In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rul… read more
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14. 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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15. Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
By: Jon Krakauer , Sam Brower
4.01
Format: 532 pages,
From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the arrest of Warren Jeffs, the… read more
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16. 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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17. 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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"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
18. 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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19. 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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"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
20. 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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21. 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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22. 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
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23. Unspeakable: Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice
By: Jessica Willis Fisher
4.52
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait … read more
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24. 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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25. 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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26. 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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"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
27. Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I Love
By: Michelle LeClair
3.84
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The revelatory memoir by former "poster girl for Scientology" Michelle LeClair about her defection … read more
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28. Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation
By: Sarah Cooper
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this hilariously revealing debut memoir, comedian Sarah Cooper charts her rise from lip-synching… read more
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29. 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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30. 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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31. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more
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