The most popular cults books

Books about cults explore closed groups under a magnetic leader. Why people join, how they are controlled and what it takes to leave are told in survivors' memoirs, reporting and tense novels. They are fascinating studies of belief, belonging and manipulation.

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The Prophet
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The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

1971 · 2023 edition

108 pages

Tao Te Ching
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Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

1972 · 2018 edition

84 pages

Brida
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Brida

Paulo Coelho

1990 · 2009 edition

212 pages

Going Clear
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Going Clear

Lawrence Wright

Published 2013

430 pages

The Chosen One
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The Chosen One

Carol Lynch Williams

2009 · 2010 edition

234 pages

Three
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Three

Sarah Lotz

Published 2014

The Golden Bough
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The Golden Bough

James George Frazer

1981 · 2010 edition

510 pages