Foundations of Cult Dynamics & Thought Reform
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism — Robert Jay Lifton
Coercive Persuasion — Edgar Schein
Escape from Freedom — Erich Fromm
The Crowd — Gustav Le Bon
Manufacturing Mania — John Hunter
Cults in Our Midst — Janja Lalich & Margaret Singer
Captive Hearts, Captive Minds — Janja Lalich & Michael Langone
Bounded Choice — Janja Lalich
Influence, Persuasion & Psychological Manipulation
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion — Robert Cialdini
Emotional Blackmail — Susan Forward
In Sheep’s Clothing — George K. Simon
Snakes in Suits — Robert Hare
On Being Certain — Robert A. Burton
Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman
Cult Recovery, Exit & Survivor Narratives
Freedom of Mind — Steven Hassan
Take Back Your Life — Janja Lalich
The Cult of Trump — Steven Hassan
Unfollow — Megan Phelps-Roper
A Queer and Pleasant Danger — Kate Bornstein
Good Morning, Monster — Catherine Gildiner
Scientology: Systems, Exposés & Memoirs
Blown for Good – Marc Headley
The Scandal of Scientology — Paulette Cooper
Beyond Belief — Jenna Miscavige Hill
A Piece of Blue Sky — Jon Atack
If Scientology Ruled the World — Jon Atack
From A to Xenu — Chris Shelton
The Road to Xenu — Margery Wakefield & Bob Penny
My Nine Lives in Scientology — Monica Pignotti
Commodore’s Messenger — Janice Gillham Grady
Inside Scientology — Robert Kaufman
L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? Bent Corydon & Ronald DeWolf
The Unbreakable Miss Lovely – Tony Ortega
A Billion Years – Mike Rinder
Social Control in Scientology — Bob Penny
Secrets of Scientology: The E-Meter — David Touretzky
Trauma, Dissociation & Recovery
The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma and Recovery — Judith Herman
The Haunted Self — van der Hart, Nijenhuis & Steele
Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation — Boon, Steele & van der Hart
Finding Solid Ground Workbook — Schielke, Brand & Lanius
Terror, Love and Brainwashing — Alexandra Stein
What Now? A Practical Guide to Life After a Cult – Chris Shelton
Attachment, Parts Work & Relational Healing
Attached — Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
The Power of Attachment — Diane Poole Heller
Healing Your Attachment Wounds — Diane Poole Heller
No Bad Parts — Richard Schwartz
Self-Development, Mindfulness & Inner Work
How to Do the Work — Nicole LePera
The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle
Practicing the Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth — Eckhart Tolle
Buddha’s Brain — Rick Hanson
Emotion Regulation, Anger & the Brain
Rage — Ronald Potter-Efron
Healing the Angry Brain — Ronald Potter-Efron
Identity, Development & Meaning-Making
Identity: Youth and Crisis — Erik Erikson
Stages of Psychosocial Development — Erik Erikson
Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl
Fiction & Narrative Insight into Control and Systems
The Orphan Master’s Son — Adam Johnson