6 ratings | 2 reviews | avg rating:5.00

Brittany Ackerman’s Followers (63)

Brittany’s Bookshelves

to-read (1)
currently-reading (0)
read (6)
did-not-finish (0)

Brittany’s Friends (4)

Jen Safrey

1,951 books | 362 friends

Eleni

568 books | 30 friends

Rachel Michael

2,703 books | 44 friends

Rhiannon Johnson

1,559 books | 1,814 friends

Brittany Ackerman

Goodreads Author

Website

http://www.brittanyackerman.com

Member Since

November 2018

edit data

Brittany Ackerman is a writer from Riverdale, New York. She earned her BA in English from Indiana University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida Atlantic University. She has led workshops for UCLA’s Extension, The Porch, HerStry, Write or Die, and Lighthouse Writers. She is a 3x Pushcart Prize Nominee and her work has been featured in The Sun, MUTHA, Jewish Book Council, Lit Hub, The Los Angeles Review, No Tokens, Joyland, and more. Her first collection of essays, The Perpetual Motion Machine, was published with Red Hen Press in 2018, and her debut novel, The Brittanys, is out now with Vintage.

Combine Editions
Brittany Ackerman’s books

Average rating: 3.33 · 815 ratings · 164 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Brittanys 3.29 avg rating — 771 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perpetual Motion Machine 4.18 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Put Into Words, My Love by Brittany Ackerman (Goodreads Author), Kim Malinowski (Goodreads Author), Allen Plone 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Style of Your Life did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

rss
Brittany’s Recent Updates

Brittany Ackerman rated a book it was amazing The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mar 21, 2026 07:25PM · 1 like · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Brittany Ackerman liked Hallie's review of The Brittanys: ""We could talk forever, if only someone would let us." The mentions of the video game Snood and Heavier Things sealed the rating for me. This is a magical book if you were a teenager in the early 2000s. Honestly, I read this book so slowly because I d" Read more of this review »
Mar 06, 2026 08:40PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Brittany Ackerman liked Hannah's review of The Brittanys: "I loved reading this- devoured it in an evening. I could see myself and my friends so clearly in this time period, how ridiculous early teen years were, and I loved those moments being contrasted with how little some things/people come to matter in a" Read more of this review »
Jul 15, 2025 07:20PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Brittany Ackerman rated a book it was amazing Howling Women by Shelby Hinte	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A bitchin' tale from a bitchin' writer A bitchin' tale from a bitchin' writer ...more
May 27, 2025 01:49PM · 2 likes · like · see review
Brittany Ackerman liked Lauren Nossett's review of The Brittanys: "I could not put this down--funny, with poignant insights on the vulnerabilities and awkward moments of adolescence, it's set at a Florida private school on a big lake with manicured hedges and canary yellow buildings, where students are embarrassed b" Read more of this review »
Jan 20, 2025 08:32PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">