MAGICAL OVERTHINKERS

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Win an annotated galley!

Anatomy of a bad book title

My "cult favorites" of 2023

Inside my book preview party

Culty gossip my editors made me cut

How to get a signed Cultish for the holidays

A (cut) chapter from my new book — part 3!

The single most important point in Cultish

Giving away 100 copies of my new book!

Finding spirituality in science

Reading my Jonestown chapter aloud for the first time

My new audiobook and live tour :)

Updates on my Cultish docuseries!

The 5 books that changed my life

Witching hour: A cut chapter from my new book! (Part 2)

Are women more likely to join cults?

My coziest newsletter yet—with a notebook giveaway!

Book titles I loved but didn’t use

The problem with saying someone is "brainwashed"

How I stay motivated to write through the apocalypse (+ a NYC meetup!)

A teaser line from my new book (and a psychology reading)

My dad grew up in a cult. Now he's a famous scientist.

My favorite Sounds Like A Cult episode yet…

A cut chapter from my new book! "Witching Hour," Part 1

The trauma bond that gave birth to CULTISH

The “cult” of Glossier, a new podcast, and a book giveaway!

Behind-the-scenes of my book cover drama

The fringiest fitness "cult" of them all...

A really good AI podcast, live LA event, writing prompt, and more

The rise of "therapyspeak" in the workplace

The CULTISH audiobook, "Amanda's version"

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