Hi everyone! I’m looking for some good books about cults. I prefer fiction, but not opposed to some non-fiction too.
My only request, as silly as it may sound, is that I would like to avoid any books that include animal suffering (ie animal sacrifices, etc). If possible 😊
Thank you so much in advance for your recommendations!
by riverotter13
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The Project by Courtney Summers is very good and no animals at all that I remember
*Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties*
American Cult is a phenomenal nonfiction graphic novel introducing about 18-20 cults since colonial times to present day in the US. Each section has a different author and illustrator and sometimes the author is a former member. Really an amazing read.
It’s a bit old but fascinating : ‘Destroying the world to save it · Aum Shinrikyō, apocalyptic violence, and the new global terrorism’ by Robert Jay Lifton.
It covers the history and the actions of the Japanese Aum cult which used Sarin gas in the Tokyo Underground system with lethal consequences.
The Running Grave, by Robert Galbraith just came out
Nonfiction, but “Cultish” by Amanda Montell. It goes into the social science behind cults, and expands what a “cult” means/can look like. Highly recommend!
Arcadia
by Lauren Groff about the founding of a commune that eventually becomes a cult. The story goes past that but the later parts still refer back to the commune. It’s a great book.