12 must-read religion books like The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM by Toni Natalie

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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…

If you liked the religion plot in The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM by Toni Natalie , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. 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 Toni Natalie's The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • 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

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2. For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago

By: Simon Baatz

4.32

Format: 285 pages,

It was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two weal… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime

3. American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century

By: Paula Uruburu

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The scandalous story of America's first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrity, Evelyn Nesbi… read more

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4. 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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5. 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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6. Lust Killer

By: Ann Rule

4.34

Format: 640 pages,

When young women begin mysteriously disappearing in Oregon, Police Lieutenant James Stovall leads a… read more

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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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • 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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  • biography
  • true crime
  • 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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. 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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  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. 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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  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish by Anna Akbari

14. There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

By: Anna Akbari

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of th… read more

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

15. 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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 Toni Natalie's The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • cults
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • cult classics
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia  Levings

19. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

By: Tia Levings

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. May… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • cults
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out by Rick Alan Ross

20. 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 Toni Natalie's The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM

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

16 best-selling audiobook books like The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM by Toni Natalie

Transform Your Habits

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

Lisa Pulitzer , Jenna Miscavige Hill

3.77

Transform Your Habits

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

Emily Lynn Paulson

3.62

Transform Your Habits

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

Mitch Weiss

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Uncultured: A Memoir

Daniella Mestyanek Young

4.08

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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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