Recommended Reading

For decades, people have been publishing books, articles, and more reading regarding their experiences, thoughts, and ideas on Scientology. Below, we’ve started to compile a list of the books that are available.

  • Book cover of 'Troublemaker' by Leah Remini, featuring a photo of Leah Remini with brown hair and a neutral expression, with text highlighting it as a bestseller about surviving Hollywood and Scientology.

    Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

    Leah Remini

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  • Book cover titled "The Perils of Paulette, A Writer's Memoir" with a photo of a woman with short blonde hair, smiling, holding two small dogs, against a colorful background.

    The Perils of Paulette: A Writer's Memoir

    Paulette Cooper

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  • Book cover of 'Commodore's Messenger: Book One' by Janis Gillham Grady, featuring a man and woman walking down a hallway, sepia-toned photo with dark borders.

    Commodore's Messenger: A Child Adrift in the Scientology Sea...

    Janis Gillham Grady

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  • Thrown Overboard: By Scientology and Other...

    Debbie Norwitz

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  • Close-up of a man with short brown hair and blue eyes, next to a torn page with the book title 'A Billion Years' by Mike Rinder and some text about resilience and escape from Scientology.

    A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks...

    Mike Rinder

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  • Book cover titled 'Blown for Good' by Marc Headley, with the subtitle 'Escape from the International Base of Scientology', featuring a rainy street scene with a motorcycle being followed by police cars.

    Blown For Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology

    Marc Headley

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  • Book cover titled 'Scientology Abuse at the Top' by Amy Scobee, featuring an illustration of two men in a tense confrontation, with one man grabbing the other's collar, set against a reddish background.

    Scientology: Abuse At The Top, A former top insider...

    Amy Scobee

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  • Book cover titled 'Relentless: Rescuing My Daughter From Scientology' by Brian J. Sheen. The cover features a fiery background with a dragon, a spaceship, and people standing near a sign that says 'Hell,' with some figures casting shadows.

    Relentless: Rescuing My Daughter From Scientology

    Brian J. Sheen

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  • Let's Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky

    Let's Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky

    Jon Atack

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  • Book cover titled 'BILLIONTOLOGY Hubbardism Volume 1' by Duane K. Estill, featuring a smiling woman with glasses against a red background.

    Billiontology Hubbardism Volume 1: A Critical Guide to...

    Duane K. Estill

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  • Book cover titled 'World Religions, Cults and the Occult' by Pastor Billy Crone, with imagery of a man looking thoughtful and a person in a hat, featuring the Scientology logo.

    Scientology & the Occult Teachings of L. Ron Hubbard

    Billy Crone

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  • Book cover titled 'Reconnection: a memoir' by Lucas A Catton, featuring a black and white photograph of two hands reaching out towards each other.

    Reconnection: A Memoir

    Lucas A. Catton

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  • Book cover titled 'Out of the Darkness: My Escape from Sin' by Michael D'Aigle, featuring a silhouette of a person walking through a tunnel with light at the end.

    Out of the Darkness: My Escape From Sin

    Michael D'Aigle

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  • Cover of a book titled 'My Scientology Story' by Diana Dudas, showing a pile of crumpled paper on a dark surface with black socks visible at the bottom.

    My Scientology Story: The True Story of an Ex-Scientologist

    Diana Dudas

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  • Book cover with colorful, psychedelic swirl background, featuring a yin-yang symbol, and text reading "L. Ron Hubbard," "The Tao of Insanity," and "Peter Moon."

    L. Ron Hubbard - The Tao of Insanity

    Peter Moon

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  • Book cover titled "Bare-Faced Messiah" by Russell Miller, with a grayscale portrait of a man, and yellow and white text.

    Barefaced Messiah

    Russell Miller

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  • Book cover titled 'Scientology for Never Ins' by Stefani Hutchison with a foggy landscape and a large tree.

    Scientology for Never Ins: Clearing Away the Fog...

    Stefani Hutchison

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  • Book cover titled 'Ron the War Hero' by Chris Owen, featuring an illustration of a sailor saluting.

    Ron The War Hero: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard's...

    Chris Owen

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  • Book cover of 'My So Called Crazy Life' by Aurora Rucker, featuring a woman with long blonde hair covering her face.

    My So Called “Crazy” Life: A True Story of an Escaped Scientologist

    Aurora Rucker

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  • Book cover titled "I Survived!" with subtitle "Overcoming Abuse, Scientology and Life in General," featuring a young girl with blonde hair and a serious expression, set against a cloudy sky background.

    I Survived!: Overcoming Abuse, Scientology and Life in General

    Margery Wakefield

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  • Promotional poster for the TV show 'Louis Theroux: Gotta Get Theroux This,' featuring Louis Theroux's face on a blue background with bold white, black, and yellow text.

    Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television

    Louis Theroux

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  • Book cover for 'The Thunderstorms of Eden' by Sandra Kay, depicting a woman with dark hair holding a glowing light in front of a doorway, surrounded by lightning bolts.

    The Thunderstorms of Eden: The odyssey of a second-generation...

    Sandra Kay

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  • Book cover titled "Scythe Tlepö" by Nathan Rich. The cover features a stylized silhouette of a boy with the text "My survival of a cult, abandonment, addiction, and homelessness" at the top.

    Scythe Tleppo: My Survival of a Cult, Abandonment, Addiction...

    Nathan Rich

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  • Book cover titled 'Scientology: reclaiming freedom - A testimony from the dark' by John A. Kilmore, with a dark background and a light beam resembling a doorway.

    Scientology᛬ reclaiming freedom: A testimony from the dark

    John A. Kilmore

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  • Book cover featuring a woman with short blond hair, wearing a black blazer and gold hoop earrings, with the title 'Perfectly Clear' and the subtitle 'Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I Love'.

    Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for...

    Michelle LeClair

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  • Book cover titled 'The Golden Fleece: The Diary of a Scientology Warrior' featuring a knight in armor on a black horse holding a spear with a glowing cross in the background.

    The Golden Fleece: The Diary of a Scientology Warrior

    Michael Priv

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  • Book cover titled 'Fractured Journey: A Personal Account of 30 Outrageous Years in the Church of Scientology' by Chris Shurgart, featuring a desert landscape with a Scientology sign, an old television with a cartoon image, and some electronic equipment against a pink sky.

    Fractured Journey: A Personal Account of 30 Outrageous Years...

    Chris Shugart

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  • Book cover titled 'Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology' by Sands Hall, with a red geometric background and a quote at the top.

    Flunk. Start.: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology

    Sands Hall

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  • Book cover titled "The Expert Witness" by Jesse Prince, featuring a black and white photograph of a man in a suit speaking into a microphone.

    The Expert Witness: My Life at the Top of Scientology

    Jesse Prince

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  • Book cover of 'Commodore's Messenger' by Janis Gillham Grady, featuring a black-and-white photo of a man in a hat and glasses talking to a woman with straight dark hair, outdoors with trees in the background.

    Commodore's Messenger Book II: Riding out the Storms with L. Ron...

    Janis Gillham Grady

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  • Book cover titled 'Battlefield Science and Technology' by Tony Ortega and Paulette Cooper, with the subtitle 'Exposing L. Ron Hubbard's dangerous religion.'

    Battlefield Scientology: Exposing L. Ron Hubbard's Dangerous...

    Tony Ortega and Paulette Cooper

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  • Book cover titled 'A Mother's Heartbreak: How Scientology Destroyed My Family' by Lori Hodgson, featuring a broken red and black heart with two hands reaching out.

    A Mother's Heartbreak: How Scientology Destroyed My Family

    Lori Hodgson

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  • Book cover titled 'Scientology in Popular Culture' by Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine, featuring a large building with a cross at the top and a blue-tinted cityscape background.

    Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for...

    Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine

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  • Book cover titled "Over the Edge: A Pawn in the Scientology Money Machine" by Kay Rowe. The cover features a chess pawn with arms, standing on a board made of hundred-dollar bills, with some gold thoroughbred racehorses on top, and white pawns in the foreground.

    Over the Edge: A Pawn in the Scientology Money Machine

    Kay Rowe

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  • Book cover titled 'Naked in the spotlight' with the subtitle 'My life with sex, singing, and Scientology' by Mark Janicello. Features a man in a tuxedo, smiling, with his arm raised.

    Naked in the Spotlight: My Life with Sex, Singing and Scientology

    Mark Janicello

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  • Book cover with a wooden bridge over water and green plants on sides, titled 'Escaping Utopia' by Janja Lalich and Karla McLaren, with subtitle 'Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over'.

    Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and...

    Janja Lalich and Karla McLaren

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  • The book cover for 'Escaping Scientology' by Karen Schless Pressley features abstract red, black, and yellow brushstrokes with white text that reads 'Escaping Scientology: An Insider's True Story'.

    Escaping Scientology: An Insider's True Story

    Karen Schless Pressley

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  • Book cover of 'The Defector' by Robert Dam featuring a man with dark hair and beard, looking out a window with curtains.

    The Defector: After 20 years in Scientology

    Robert Dam

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  • Book cover titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely' with a black-and-white portrait of Paulette Cooper.

    The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology...

    Tony Ortega

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  • Book cover titled 'Scientology: A to Xenu' by Chris Shelton, featuring a building with a large Scientology sign in front.

    Scientology᛬ A to Xenu: An Insider's Guide to What...

    Chris Shelton

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  • Book cover titled 'Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief' by Lawrence Wright.

    Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison...

    Lawrence Wright

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  • Cover of a book titled "The Sociopath Next Door" by Martha Stout, Ph.D., featuring close-up images of eyes, with a red background and white and black text.

    The Sociopath Next Door

    Martha Stout, Ph.D.

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  • Cover of a book titled "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl, with a foreword by Harold S. Kushner, featuring a soft gradient background with blue, purple, and beige tones, and a white circle indicating over 12 million copies sold worldwide.

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl

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  • Book cover with text and a yellow lily flower, featuring the title "the secret world of manipulation, undue influence and brainwashing" and the author's name "Jon Attack."

    Opening Minds: The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue...

    Jon Atack

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