Why people recommend it
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a classic anti-war novel that follows the protagonist Billy Pilgrim through experiences of time travel and his survival of the Allied firebombing of Dresden. John Green recommended the novel on The Book Review, while John Stewart added it to his personal list of recommended Kurt Vonnegut works during an appearance on The Ezra Klein Show. Kurt Metzger mentioned the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, noting that students often read it in school because the author himself was present during the deliberate terror attack in Dresden. The novel also received significant literary discussion on The Book Review, where Rose McGowan shared that it was her favorite book, recalling how she first read and parsed it apart at age eleven from a copy with a personalized inscription by Kurt Vonnegut. Pamela Paul referenced the novel on the same podcast when discussing the role of humor in iconic World War II books alongside Catch-22. On StarTalk Radio, Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed the book's surreal themes, highlighting the protagonist's abduction by aliens in his backyard as a reflection of longing for extraordinary occurrences in ordinary settings. Finally, Nick Pollard mentioned on Modern Wisdom that it stands out as a universally cited piece of fiction.
Who recommended it
- Rose McGowan Discussed
- John Green Recommended
- Nick Pollard Discussed
- John Stewart Recommended
- Pamela Paul Discussed
- Kurt Metzger Recommended
- Ryan Holiday Discussed
- Bryan Callen Discussed
Rose McGowan — 2 mentions
“and probably my favorite is slaughterhouse 5 with a personalized inscription by Kurt vonet”
“I was reading another vonet book and I and I I I read slaughterhouse 5 for the first time when I was 11 and and uh and parsed it apart”
John Green — 1 mention
“Uh the Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonagget.”
Nick Pollard — 1 mention
“um slaughterhouse 5 is probably the one that everybody says”
John Stewart — 1 mention
“slaughterhouse 5 whatever you want to do God bless you Mr Rosewell”
Pamela Paul — 1 mention
“I want to go back to this idea of humor in war novels because when we think of slaughterhouse 5 and catch 22 these kind of two iconic uh World War II novels”
Kurt Metzger — 1 mention
“you ever read slaughterhouse Kurt vonet we to read the book in school because he was at Dresden Kurt vonet and it was a deliberate terror attack”
Ryan Holiday — 1 mention
“there's a there's a story that i tell in one of my books about joseph heller who wrote catch 22 and kurt vonnegut who wrote slaughterhouse five”
Bryan Callen — 1 mention
“you know uh kurt vaget i think in the book slaughterhouse 5 talks about this in vivid detail”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“That's the theme in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five, where the protagonist is in his backyard and he's lifted up by aliens—which I always want to have happen to me when I go to anybody's backyard at night and I look up!”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“one was the scene in slaughterhouse 5 where he gets into the car to drive”