5 best books of July: Amazon editors' favorite picks

5. Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, by Janet Reitman

Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, by Janet Reitman, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 464 pp.

Relying on five years of her own research and interviews, former Rolling Stone editor Janet Reitman goes deep inside the Church of Scientology, examining its evolution from the books of L. Ron Hubbard into the religion that it is today. Inside Scientology is an informative and evenhanded work and a provocative read.

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