12 Harrowing Books About Cults and Survival
These true-life accounts are both heart-wrenching and powerful.
By
Paige Hettinger | Published Jul 2, 2020
My Life in Orange
By Tim Guest
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
By Jeff Guinn
Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted
By Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones & Juliana Buhring
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Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
By Deborah Layton
Buried Secrets
By Edward Humes
The Manson Women and Me
By Nikki Meredith
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
By Lawrence Wright
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
By Jenna Miscavige Hill
Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs
By Rachel Jeffs
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
By Jon Krakauer
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Escape: A Memoir
By Carolyn Jessop
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
By Haruki Murakami