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Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
531 books — 380 voters
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
259 books — 288 voters

Harvest Home by Thomas TryonCollected Ghost Stories by M.R. JamesThe White People and Other Weird Stories by Arthur MachenThe Willows by Algernon BlackwoodWylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Folk Horror
342 books — 161 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Girls by Emma ClineCult Girls by Natalie GrandThe Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie OakesThe Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Cults and Communes in Fiction
362 books — 161 voters

The 19th Wife by David EbershoffThe Chosen One by Carol Lynch WilliamsKeep Sweet by Michele Domínguez GreeneSister Wife by Shelley HrdlitschkaHidden Wives by Claire Avery
Polygamist Cults
28 books — 74 voters

Cult Girls by Natalie GrandCult Child by Vennie KocsisBreaking Free by Rachel JeffsWhere's Jimmy? by Kathy JeffordTo Go Beneath the Water by K.L. Miller
Cult Survivors
39 books — 39 voters
The Victory Perspective by E.J. KellettThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAstronomicon minorem - DMT, Cthulhu and You by Khurt KhaveCreatures of the Dark by Stella PurpleTaoTuning by Adrian Emery
Sinister Literature
48 books — 29 voters

Cult Girls by Natalie GrandCult Child by Vennie KocsisCultish by Amanda MontellTake Back Your Life by Janja LalichPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino
Extremism and cults
237 books — 24 voters

No Man Knows My History by Fawn M. BrodieWho Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? by Wayne L. CowdreyStanding For Something More by Lyndon LambornOut of Mormonism by Judy RobertsonSecret Ceremonies by Deborah Laake
Ex-MORmON
44 books — 22 voters
Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl WigginsWhite Boy in Watts by Karl WigginsAn Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris HadfieldBournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny WinterAnxiety by Danny Winter
Biographies of the Weird
104 books — 18 voters

All Who Believed by Tamara MathieuEscape by Carolyn JessopTroublemaker by Leah ReminiUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerStolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
Non-fiction Books about Cults
85 books — 8 voters

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria BamfordThe Blackwood Cult by T.A. Waters500 Essential Cult Books by Gina McKinnonThe Lucifer Cult by Lynn BenedictThe Witness Wore Red by Rebecca Musser
Cult on the cover
64 books — 8 voters
Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanA Monster Calls by Patrick NessThe Monsters We Deserve by Marcus SedgwickTrust by Hernan DiazStarling House by Alix E. Harrow
Mildly Horrific for Spooky Reading
43 books — 7 voters

Devil's Creek by Todd KeislingBelow by Laurel HightowerAntioch by Jessica   LeonardSecret Santa by Andrew ShafferThe Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert
Gettin' F*cky in Kentucky
10 books — 1 voter
The Awakened Brain by Lisa   MillerThe Spiritual Child by Lisa   MillerUncultured by Daniella Mestyanek YoungStrange Rites by Tara Isabella BurtonOptimistic Nihilism by David Landers
Brittney Hartley's Book Recs
26 books — 1 voter


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