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In the 2000s Peter Pomerantsev, the son of Soviet dissidents who had emigrated to London, went to Moscow to work as a producer in Russian reality television. He found a world in which the Kremlin directed television like a show and nothing was quite what it seemed. His book about those years became one of the essential guides to Putin's Russia. He has since written about disinformation around the world and about a forgotten British propagandist of the Second World War. This guide covers all three of his books in order, and where to start.
By Lisanne Swart · 3 books · Nonfiction · 2014–2024 · Updated October 2026
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Quick answer
Peter Pomerantsev has published three books: Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (2014), about working in Russian television; This Is Not Propaganda (2019), about the global war on reality; and How to Win an Information War (2024), about the British propagandist Sefton Delmer.
Where to Start with Peter Pomerantsev
If you want the famous one
→ Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (2014).
If you want disinformation today
→ This Is Not Propaganda (2019).
If you want history
→ How to Win an Information War (2024).
All 3 Peter Pomerantsev Books, in Order
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible
His years as a television producer in Moscow, among oligarchs, gangsters, models and political spin doctors, and how the Kremlin used television to shape reality.
This Is Not Propaganda
Disinformation and propaganda around the world, from troll farms to populist campaigns, interwoven with his parents' experience as dissidents in the Soviet Union.
How to Win an Information War
The story of Sefton Delmer, a British journalist who ran radio stations during the Second World War designed to undermine Nazi Germany from within, and what his methods suggest about fighting disinformation today.
How Many Books Did Peter Pomerantsev Write?
Three books between 2014 and 2024.
- Russia — Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (2014). Read the entries →
- Propaganda — This Is Not Propaganda (2019) and How to Win an Information War (2024). Read the entries →
In What Order to Read Peter Pomerantsev
The three books are best read in order, from Russian television to propaganda worldwide and its history.
A reading path
1. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (2014)
2. This Is Not Propaganda (2019)
3. How to Win an Information War (2024)
Quick facts about Peter Pomerantsev
- Born
- 1977, Kyiv
- Grew up
- London, where his parents emigrated as Soviet dissidents
- Career
- Television producer in Moscow; researcher on propaganda
- Books
- 3, from 2014 to 2024
How Peter Pomerantsev Writes: The Inside of the Spin
Pomerantsev writes from personal experience inside the media and propaganda machines he describes, starting with his own years in Russian television.
He mixes reportage, memoir and history, often using his own family's story as a counterpoint.
Frequently asked questions about Peter Pomerantsev's books
How many books has Peter Pomerantsev written?
Peter Pomerantsev has published three books: Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (2014), This Is Not Propaganda (2019) and How to Win an Information War (2024).
What is Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible about?
It describes Pomerantsev's years working in Russian television and how the Kremlin used media to shape reality.
Footnotes
Bibliography last verified 1 October 2026.
This list was not put together by a machine.
The notes are all mine,
and the books are all his.
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Written by Lisanne Swart, who has curated reading lists and author guides at lisanneswart.com since 2021.
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