Elliot Ackerman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Elliot Ackerman on XElliot Ackerman is an author. Writer: @TheAtlantic; Books: 2054; Halcyon; Fifth Act; 2034; Red Dress in Black & White; Places & Names; Waiting for Eden; Dark at the Crossing; Green on Blue

The People Immortal
Vasily Grossman“…the victory at Stalingrad over the Nazis and fascism wasn’t simply a Russian victory; it was a Ukrainian one too.” My latest for @TheAtlantic on Stalingrad and the narrative legacy of Vasily Grossman. https://t.co/48i4FIQbJB
Paperback, 2022
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Halcyon
Elliot AckermanLovely review in @nytimesbooks for HALCYON on pub day. “It is our own constant frustration and confrontation with history that threatens to drive us to a permanent state of rage-ennui, for history is not easily derailed.” @AAKnopf https://t.co/DUev2IY6DY
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel
Kurt VonnegutMy review of The Writer's Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five by Tom Roston - The Washington Post https://t.co/6JtSFPBovg
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The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan
Mitchell ZuckoffMy review of “The Secret Gate” for @washingtonpost, the latest by @mitchellzuckoff which is well worth your time. https://t.co/4pjDfb4VtE
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Acceptance: A Memoir
Emi NietfeldThought I’d sit down and read a chapter, wound up reading half the book. Finished it the next day. What a beautiful, funny, and (yeah) heartbreaking story of what it means to grown up and then make it in America. @eminietfeld @penguinpress
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Writer's Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five
Tom RostonMy review of The Writer's Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five by Tom Roston - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/did-kurt-vonnegut-have-ptsd-and-does-slaughterhouse-five-prove-it/2022/01/06/a0e1a60e-5c33-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html
Hardcover, 2021
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To Lose a War: The Fall and Rise of the Taliban
Jon Lee AndersonReading Anderson’s early dispatches is like stepping into a time capsule ... One of the remarkable aspects of Anderson’s reporting is its scope of perspective as well as time ... As deeply humane and profoundly rendered as any I’ve read about Afghanistan, or any other war.
Hardcover, 2025
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death
Kurt VonnegutFor fans of Vonnegut, a review of mine: @DocSoupMan’s new book about “Slaughterhouse-Five”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/did-kurt-vonnegut-have-ptsd-and-does-slaughterhouse-five-prove-it/2022/01/06/a0e1a60e-5c33-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html
Paperback, Mass Market, 1991
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Long Corner
Alexander MaksikIf you’re in nyc tonight, I hope you’ll join me and @AlexanderMaksik to discuss his new novel The Long Corner @Rizzoli_Bkstore https://twitter.com/rizzoli_bkstore/status/1526607224499486722
Paperback, 2023
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II
David ChrisingerLooking forward to this event on June 6 in DC on Ernie Pyle and “The Soldier’s Truth,” a remarkable new book. https://t.co/rLapY6lDaE
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book