#82 - Why Cults Are So Fascinating + Recommendations

Today, Elizabeth and I deep dive into a conversation about cults. What are cults? What makes them so fascinating? And so much more! Of course there’s some book recommendations too. Recommendations start around the 20min mark. Elizabeth’s YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingWryly Elizabeth’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingwryly/ The Midnight Society Book Club: https://www.instagram.com/themidnightsocietybookclub/ Elizabeth’s cult video https://youtu.be/ygamQ3cL6FY Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel [BOOK DISCUSSION] https://tinyurl.com/2dv79kuz Sounds Like a Cult Podcast (w/ Amanda Montell) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-like-a-cult/id1566917047 SOURCES MasterClass https://tinyurl.com/3wt4e4mk Janja Lalich’s website: https://janjalalich.com/ Article- 10 Things to Know About The Psychology of Cults: https://www.onlinepsychologydegree.info/what-to-know-about-the-psychology-of-cults/ Join my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/talkbookishpodcast Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/talkbookishpodcast/ Talk Bookish to Me baseball cap https://www.bonfire.com/talk-bookish-to-me-classic-baseball-cap/ BOOKS MENTIONED buy the books mentioned https://amzn.to/3Kc02RA Look Closer by David Ellis I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Girls by Emma Cline Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel The Children of Red Peak by Craig DiLouie When She Returned by Lucinda Berry Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell Bunny by Mona Awad This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez Sure I’ll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford I forgot to mention but you definitely need to check out The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Warner, a memoir about the author's experiences growing up in a polygamous Mormon cult. She describes the abuse that she and her mother experienced in their family, the atmosphere of fear and paranoia they lived in, and her ultimate triumphant escape from that world.