Cults

"Cult" may refer to the original and typically ancient sense of "religious practice" or to a newly established religious movement. It is also a pejorative term for a group whose religious beliefs are considered fanatical and unacceptable.

(See also cult classics.)
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New Releases Tagged "Cults"

The Scammer
Crafting for Sinners
Herculine
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
Julie Chan Is Dead
The Unworthy
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)
So Far Gone
The Scammer
The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7)
Mary
The Colony
Firestorm (The Divine Affinity #1)
How Bad Things Can Get
Our Last Resort
Camp Damascus
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
The Last Housewife
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
The Girls
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Escape
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Breaking Free
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult
Educated
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Uncultured: A Memoir
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM
Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige HillUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerEscape by Carolyn JessopUnorthodox by Deborah FeldmanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  Hough
Small, Offbeat Religion Memoirs
246 books — 277 voters
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Urban Fantasy Outside the Box
13 books — 8 voters

Cult Girls by Natalie GrandEscape by Carolyn JessopAll Who Believed by Tamara MathieuThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnUnderground by Haruki Murakami
Cults
16 books — 17 voters
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Decoding the Gurus Podcast
80 books — 2 voters

Cult Girls by Natalie GrandCult Child by Vennie KocsisCultish by Amanda MontellTake Back Your Life by Janja LalichTraumatic Narcissism by Daniel    Shaw
Extremism and cults
235 books — 22 voters
After the Fire by Will  HillFamily by Micol OstowCreed by Trisha LeaverThe Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie OakesThe Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
YA Cults
59 books — 13 voters


For all his ego and mendacity, Moore is immensely popular. He's got an Oscar, more film awards than we can easily count, and a following whose blindest followers resemble cult members. Like a cult, the Moore movement shares the drive to recruit converts.... ...more
David T. Hardy, Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man: The Crockumentary Dissected―Camera Tricks, Spinning Statistics, and the Truth

Dan    Brown
Professor Langdon,' called a young man with curly hair in the back row, 'if Masonry is not a secret society, not a corporation, and not a religion, then what is it?' 'Well, if you were to ask a Mason, he would offer the following definition: Masonry is a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.' 'Sounds to me like a euphemism for "freaky cult." ' 'Freaky, you say?' 'Hell yes!' the kid said, standing up. 'I heard what they do inside those secret buildings! Weird candleli ...more
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