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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 387 times as cults)
avg rating 3.80 — 122,156 ratings — published 2021
The Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 250 times as cults)
avg rating 3.51 — 246,500 ratings — published 2016
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 247 times as cults)
avg rating 4.01 — 228,099 ratings — published 2003
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 242 times as cults)
avg rating 4.04 — 45,362 ratings — published 2013
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 227 times as cults)
avg rating 4.17 — 20,149 ratings — published 2017
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape (Hardcover)
by (shelved 213 times as cults)
avg rating 3.78 — 42,071 ratings — published 2013
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 179 times as cults)
avg rating 4.07 — 77,723 ratings — published 2015
Escape (Hardcover)
by (shelved 179 times as cults)
avg rating 3.99 — 46,862 ratings — published 2007
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as cults)
avg rating 4.06 — 155,208 ratings — published 1974
Breaking Free (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as cults)
avg rating 4.12 — 16,547 ratings — published 2017
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as cults)
avg rating 3.87 — 10,678 ratings — published 2021
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as cults)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,908,564 ratings — published 2018
Uncultured: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 140 times as cults)
avg rating 4.14 — 19,891 ratings — published 2022
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 139 times as cults)
avg rating 3.95 — 32,016 ratings — published 2008
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as cults)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,730 ratings — published 2021
Black Sheep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as cults)
avg rating 3.58 — 38,565 ratings — published 2023
Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as cults)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,074 ratings — published 1997
The Project (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as cults)
avg rating 3.50 — 16,202 ratings — published 2021
The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as cults)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,436 ratings — published 2013
Last Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as cults)
avg rating 3.71 — 16,071 ratings — published 2012
Just Like Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as cults)
avg rating 3.70 — 15,987 ratings — published 2022
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)
by (shelved 99 times as cults)
avg rating 4.24 — 104,406 ratings — published 2024
Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as cults)
avg rating 3.98 — 7,171 ratings — published 2011
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly (ebook)
by (shelved 98 times as cults)
avg rating 3.95 — 13,033 ratings — published 2015
The Sound of Gravel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as cults)
avg rating 4.31 — 69,564 ratings — published 2016
A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as cults)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,276 ratings — published 2022
The Last Housewife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as cults)
avg rating 3.69 — 65,889 ratings — published 2022
Hollywood Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as cults)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,906 ratings — published 2020
Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as cults)
avg rating 3.87 — 9,587 ratings — published 2011
Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as cults)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,082 ratings — published 2020
The Incendiaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as cults)
avg rating 3.21 — 25,445 ratings — published 2018
Counting the Cost (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 79 times as cults)
avg rating 3.99 — 159,212 ratings — published 2023
Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as cults)
avg rating 3.56 — 3,191 ratings — published 2022
Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 75 times as cults)
avg rating 4.15 — 19,138 ratings — published 2019
Little Eve (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as cults)
avg rating 3.73 — 11,454 ratings — published 2018
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as cults)
avg rating 4.01 — 5,183 ratings — published 2011
The Chosen One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as cults)
avg rating 3.85 — 15,702 ratings — published 2009
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as cults)
avg rating 4.28 — 201,966 ratings — published 2025
Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as cults)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,705 ratings — published 1982
Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as cults)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,007 ratings — published 2017
The Children of Red Peak (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as cults)
avg rating 3.39 — 6,490 ratings — published 2020
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as cults)
avg rating 4.28 — 36,020 ratings — published 2024
Last Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as cults)
avg rating 3.72 — 9,244 ratings — published 2009
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as cults)
avg rating 3.91 — 22,853 ratings — published 1997
The Polygamist's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as cults)
avg rating 3.64 — 14,763 ratings — published 2017
Little Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as cults)
avg rating 3.83 — 12,131 ratings — published 2017
Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as cults)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,625 ratings — published 1988
Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as cults)
avg rating 3.93 — 124,743 ratings — published 1999
“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....”
― Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man: The Crockumentary Dissected―Camera Tricks, Spinning Statistics, and the Truth
― Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man: The Crockumentary Dissected―Camera Tricks, Spinning Statistics, and the Truth
“Describing the process of making her decision to leave, Patricia said: “It is as if there is a shelf where all your doubts and misgivings are placed while you are in that group. Over the months or years you observe so many things that may conflict with your original beliefs and values, or you see things done by the group or leader that are just not right. Because of the indoctrination and not being allowed to ask questions, you just put it on the shelf. Eventually, the shelf gets heavier and heavier and finally just breaks, and you are ready to leave" (p. 55).”
― Captive Hearts, Captive Minds : Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Other Abusive Relationships
― Captive Hearts, Captive Minds : Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Other Abusive Relationships
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