Cults Curated

A selection of books about cults, both fiction and non.
Updated September 19, 2022
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The girls : a novel
Cline, Emma
CD
THE INSTANT BESTSELLER * An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post * NPR * The Guardian * Entertainment Weekly * San...
Helter skelter : the true story of the Manson murders
Bugliosi, Vincent.
Paper Book
A national bestseller--over 7 million copies sold. "[A] social document of rare importance."--The New Republic. Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth...
Going clear : Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief
Wright, Lawrence
CD
National Book Award Finalist A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower,nbsp;the now-classic study of al-Qaeda's 9/11 attack. Based on more than two hundred personal...
Slonim Woods 9 : a memoir
Levin, Daniel Barban
Paper Book
An "extraordinary" (Nylon) firsthand account of the creation of a modern cult and the costs paid by its young victims- a group of college roommates "Intense . . . a tale of hard-won survival, and creating a life after the unimaginable."-Salon ...
The world in flames : a black boyhood in a white supremacist doomsday cult
Walker, Jerald
Paper Book
A lively memoir of growing up with blind African American parents in a segregated cult preaching the imminent end of the world--for fans of James McBride's The Good Lord Bird. It's 1970, and Jerry Walker is six years old. His consciousness revolves around being a member of...

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