Cult Book Club: Theory

1.
Cult Girls
Cult Girls 4.32 avg rating — 793 ratings
2.
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism 3.82 avg rating — 108,626 ratings
3.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,446 ratings
4.
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing 3.42 avg rating — 10,423 ratings
5.
Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History 3.54 avg rating — 2,364 ratings
6.
The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing 4.22 avg rating — 891 ratings
6.
Beyond Belief: Cults, Healers, Mystics and Gurus-Why We Believe
Beyond Belief: Cults, Healers, Mystics and Gurus-Why We Believe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
8.
Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything 3.79 avg rating — 1,909 ratings
8.
Take Back Your Life: Recovering From Cults & Abusive Relationships
Take Back Your Life: Recovering From Cults & Abusive Relationships 4.38 avg rating — 199 ratings
10.
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism 3.60 avg rating — 668 ratings
10.
Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind
Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind 3.54 avg rating — 262 ratings
12.
The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society
The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society 4.11 avg rating — 47 ratings
12.
The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist: Toward a General Theory of the Paranormal
The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist: Toward a General Theory of the Paranormal 4.04 avg rating — 68 ratings
14.
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China 4.15 avg rating — 306 ratings
14.
Stolen Lightning: Social Theory of Magic
Stolen Lightning: Social Theory of Magic
by: OKEEFE,
3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings
16.
The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 4.01 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
16.
A General Theory of Magic
A General Theory of Magic 3.80 avg rating — 341 ratings
18.
Opening Minds: The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing
Opening Minds: The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing
by: Jon Atack
4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings
18.
The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture
The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture 3.77 avg rating — 140 ratings
20.
Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control
Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control 3.59 avg rating — 615 ratings
20.
Conspiracy Theory in America
Conspiracy Theory in America 3.91 avg rating — 130 ratings
22.
New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed
New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
23.
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time 3.86 avg rating — 9,953 ratings
23.
The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion 3.96 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
25.
Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life
Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life 3.98 avg rating — 52 ratings
25.
Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth
Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth 3.77 avg rating — 104 ratings
27.
New Religions: A Guide: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities
New Religions: A Guide: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities 4.17 avg rating — 54 ratings
28.
New Age Capitalism: Making Money East of Eden
New Age Capitalism: Making Money East of Eden 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
28.
Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry
Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry 3.76 avg rating — 197 ratings
30.
The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture (The Re-Enchantment of the West #1)
The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture (The Re-Enchantment of the West #1) 4.24 avg rating — 41 ratings
30.
The Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic Movement
The Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic Movement 3.65 avg rating — 83 ratings
32.
New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought
New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought 4.23 avg rating — 74 ratings
32.
Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies 4.33 avg rating — 639 ratings
34.
Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader
Cults and New Religious Movements: A Reader 3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings
34.
World Famous Cults and Fanatics
World Famous Cults and Fanatics liked it 3.00 avg rating — 104 ratings
36.
Comprehending Cults: The Sociology of New Religious Movements
Comprehending Cults: The Sociology of New Religious Movements 3.60 avg rating — 81 ratings
36.
Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays
Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays 3.76 avg rating — 211 ratings
38.
Under the Influence
Under the Influence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
38.
Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book by and for the Fanatics Among Us
Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book by and for the Fanatics Among Us 3.65 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
40.
When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World
When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World 3.81 avg rating — 1,234 ratings
40.
The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions
The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions 3.89 avg rating — 73 ratings
42.
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements 4.20 avg rating — 11,541 ratings
43.
Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems
Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 475 ratings