The most popular cults books of 2024

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. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

Cover of Where You End A Novel

Where You End A Novel

Abbott Kahler

Published 2024

336 pages

Cover of Here in Avalon

Here in Avalon

Tara Isabella Burton

Published 2024

320 pages

Cover of Pyramidia

Pyramidia

Stephanie Sanders-Jacob

Published 2024

361 pages

Cover of In a Dark Mirror

In a Dark Mirror

Kat Davis

Published 2024

318 pages

Cover of Her Exodus

Her Exodus

Shannon E. Stephan

Published 2024

150 pages

Cover of Rift

Rift

Cait West

Published 2024

252 pages

Cover of A Well-Trained Wife My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

A Well-Trained Wife My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

2024 · 2026 edition

304 pages

Cover of Victim to Victor

Victim to Victor

Christopher McKeon

Published 2024

618 pages

Cover of Surviving Modern Yoga Cult Dynamics, Charismatic Leaders, and What Survivors Can Teach Us

Surviving Modern Yoga Cult Dynamics, Charismatic Leaders, and What Survivors Can Teach Us

Matthew Remski

Published 2024

392 pages

Cover of Beloved Outcast - A True Story

Beloved Outcast - A True Story

Cherie Denna

Published 2024

244 pages

Cover of Religion of Fear The True Story of the Church of God of the Union Assembly

Religion of Fear The True Story of the Church of God of the Union Assembly

David Cady

Published 2024

900 pages

Cover of A Very British Cult Rogue Priests and the Abode of Love

A Very British Cult Rogue Priests and the Abode of Love

Stuart Flinders

2024 · 2026 edition

288 pages

Cover of Cults

Cults

Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar

Published 2024

232 pages

Cover of Houses of the Holy A Nightmare Web of Hate, Crime, Corruption and Child Abuse

Houses of the Holy A Nightmare Web of Hate, Crime, Corruption and Child Abuse

Mark C. Harris

Published 2024

480 pages

Cover of Chaos in Bethlehem

Chaos in Bethlehem

Horra

Published 2024

442 pages

Cover of Depth Psychology, Cult Survivors, and the Role of the Daimon Oppression, Agency, and Authenticity

Depth Psychology, Cult Survivors, and the Role of the Daimon Oppression, Agency, and Authenticity

Linda Quennec

Published 2024

198 pages

Cover of All Saved Great and Small Surviving a Chesapeake Cult and an Appalachian Apocalypse

All Saved Great and Small Surviving a Chesapeake Cult and an Appalachian Apocalypse

David Brown Howell

Published 2024

192 pages

Cover of ‘Cult’ Rhetoric in the 21st Century Deconstructing the Study of New Religious Movements

‘Cult’ Rhetoric in the 21st Century Deconstructing the Study of New Religious Movements

Aled Thomas, Edward Graham-Hyde

Published 2024

264 pages

Cover of Spirits of the Space Age

Spirits of the Space Age

Kelly E. Hayes

Published 2024

320 pages

Cover of Cults

Cults

Jamie King

Published 2024

800 pages

Cover of Cult Following The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations—and Take Over Our Lives

Cult Following The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations—and Take Over Our Lives

J. W. Ocker

Published 2024

272 pages

Cover of Depth Psychology, Cult Survivors, and the Role of the Daimon Oppression, Agency, and Authenticity

Depth Psychology, Cult Survivors, and the Role of the Daimon Oppression, Agency, and Authenticity

Linda R. Quennec

Published 2024

208 pages

Cover of Depth Psychology, Cult Survivors, And The Role Of The Daimon

Depth Psychology, Cult Survivors, And The Role Of The Daimon

Linda Quennec

Published 2024

Cover of Opus Dark Money, a Secretive Cult, and Its Mission to Remake Our World

Opus Dark Money, a Secretive Cult, and Its Mission to Remake Our World

Gareth Gore

Published 2024

448 pages

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