Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia
By: Russell King
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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1. 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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2. Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story Of L. Ron Hubbard
By: Russell Miller
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The founder and leader of the Church of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard was promoted for over 30 years … read more
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3. Too Pretty To Live: The Catfishing Murders of East Tennessee
By: Dennis Brooks
4.48
Format: 448 pages,
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4. Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
By: None , Johnny Dodd
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A dramatic and compelling true-crime psychological thrillerThis incredible story shows how John Dou… read more
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5. Secrets in the Cellar
By: John Glatt
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life wi… read more
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6. The Tattoo Murder Case
By: Akimitsu Takagi , Deborah Boliver Boehm
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murdered in Tokyo, her severed limbs discovered in a … read more
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7. The Search for the Green River Killer
By: Carlton Smith , Tomás Guillén
3.50
Format: 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The true story of America's most notorious serial killer case ever. read more
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8. Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"
By: Harold Schechter
4.05
Format: None pages, Paperback
Murder Was the Least of His Crimes... The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films P… read more
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9. Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
By: Steven Callahan
3.12
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan's dramatic tale of surviv… read more
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10. Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
By: None
4.27
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
Written by a cult survivor and renowned expert on cults and totalitarianism, Terror, Love and Brain… 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. Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
By: John Bloom , Jim Atkinson
4.34
Format: 168 pages,
Edgar Award Finalist: The "sensational" true story of two desperate housewives and the killing that… read more
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13. 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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14. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
By: Roxanna Asgarian
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more
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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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
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"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
18. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
19. 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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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. Flunk. Start.: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology
By: Sands Hall
3.54
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
"With its keen attention to the language and tactics of the church, Hall’s memoir is unique among t… read more
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24. The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch
By: Miles Harvey
3.69
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, vanished from a… read more
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25. 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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26. Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life
By: Emily Lynn Paulson
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition
A music prodigy, head of her class, and well-liked in school, Emily Paulson decided early that embe… read more
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"This wasn't me getting plastered and getting a DUI; this was me getting dinner with friends and being blacked out for days."-Emily Lynn Paulson, Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life
27. Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia
By: Russell King
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Russell King has written the most definitive account of this grand American saga. Rajneeshpuram is… read more
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28. A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse
By: Victoria Shepherd
3.22
Format: 304 pages, ebook
The King of France – thinking he was made of glass – was terrified he might shatter…and he wasn’t a… read more
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29. Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder
By: Mikita Brottman
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times Book ReviewCritically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers … read more
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30. 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
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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