Secret Societies

I’m in the middle of reading:
Secret Societies Handbook
by Michael Bradley
A History of Secret Societies
by Arkon Daraul
And I’m fascinated, especially by the Handbook, because it lists the Bilderberg Group, the Club of Rome and the Council on Foreign Relations; all are real groups that seem to have major influence on world events. Which makes me glad that Wikipedia has a whole section for secret societies.