American Family Foundation, Cults: What Parents Should Know: A Practical Guide to Help Parents With Children in Destructive Groups. Carol Publishing Corp., 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0818405112.

Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: Science & Practice. Allyn & Bacon, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0321011473. pp.260.

Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman, Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change. Still Point Press, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0964765004. pp.401. The Kindle e-book format is also now available for Snapping.

Ronald Enroth, Churches that Abuse Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 0310532906. pp.231.

Nansook Hong, In the Shadow of the Moons : My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family. Little Brown & CO., 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 0316348163. pp.288.

Michael D. Langone, editor. Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0393313212.

David Johnson & Jeff Vanvonderen, The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse. Bethany House Publishers, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 1556611609. pp.235.

Deborah Layton, Seductive Poison. Aurum Press, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 1854106007. pp.324.

Robert Lifton, Thought Reform & the Psychology of Totalism. Norton Press. Reprinted: The University of North Carolina Press, 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0807842532. pp.528.

Walter Martin, The New Cults. Vision House Publishers Inc. George A. Mather, Larry A. Nichols, Alvin J. Schmidt (Editor), Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. Hbk. ISBN: 0310531004. pp.384. D.R. McConnell, A Different Gospel: Biblical and Historical Insights into the Word of Faith Movement. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 1565631323. Una McManus & John Charles Cooper, Dealing with Destructive Cults. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982. Pbk. ISBN: 031070281X.

Jean Ritchie, The Secret World of Cults. Angus & Robertson. Only available from the Cult Information Centre - £6.00 inc. P&P)

Stanley Milgram, Obedience to Authority. Pinter & Martin, 1997. ISBN: 0953096416. pp.250.

Margaret Singer and Janja Lalich, "Crazy" Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? Jossey-Bass, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0787902780. pp.288.

Margaret Thaler Singer with Janja Lalich, Cults in our Midst . Jossey-Bass, 1996. Pbk. ISBN: 0787902667.

Madeleine Landau Tobias and Janja Lalich, Captive Hearts Captive Minds. Hunter House, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0897931440. pp.304.

Books on Specific Groups

Aum Shinrikyo Robert Jay Lifton, Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism. Owl Books, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0805065113. pp.376.

Andrew Cohen

Luna Tarlo, The Mother of God. Plover Press, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 1570270430. pp.320.

The Family / The Family of God / Children of God / David Berg

Deborah (Linda Berg) Davis with Bill Davis, The Children of God: The Inside Story. Hbk. pp.244. (Only available from the Cult Information Centre - £11.00 postage included to addresses in the UK)

Miriam Williams, Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years as a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God Cult. William Morrow, & Co. ISBN: 0688170129. pp.312.

Transendental Meditiation / TM

Michael Persinger with Normand J. Carrey & Lynn A. Sues, TM and Cult Mania. Christopher Pub House, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0815803923.

Unification Church (Moonies)

Josh Freed, Moonwebs. Virgo Publishing.
(Moonwebs is only available from the Cult Information Centre - £2.50 postage included to addresses in the UK)