The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Vietnam

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
296 The Lover Marguerite Duras 1984 French French
637 The Quiet American Graham Greene 1955 British English
648 The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien 1990 American English
652 Dispatches Michael Herr 1977 American English
922 The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 American English
937 The Sea Wall Marguerite Duras 1950 French French
2010 The War Marguerite Duras 1985 French French
2102 Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson 2007 American English
2365 The Sorrow Of War Bao Ninh 1990 Vietnamese Vietnamese
2954 Dog Soldiers Robert Stone 1974 American English
3079 Paradise of the Blind Dương Thu Hương 1988 Vietnamese Vietnamese
4418 A Bright Shining Lie Neil Sheehan 1988 American English
4664 Dusklands J. M. Coetzee 1974 South African English
4857 Der Tod Im Reisfeld Peter Scholl-Latour 1970 German German
4900 Once An Eagle Anton Myrer 1968 American English
5002 The Bamboo Bed William Eastlake 1969 American English
5969 Imperial China, 900–1800 F. W. Mote 1999 Chinese English
6122 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
6190 The March Of Folly Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1984 American English
6304 Les Lieux De Marguerite Duras Marguerite Duras 1977 French French
6736 The Women On The Island Ho Ahn Thai 1991 Vietnamese Vietnamese
6818 Koko Peter Straub 1988 American English
6873 Povedal Mi Veštec Tiziano Terzani 2002 Italian Italian
6967 The Boat Nam Le 2008 Australian English
7592 The Women Kristin Hannah 2024 American English
7606 Writing Marguerite Duras 1993 French French
7723 Unnatural Selection Mara Hvistendahl 2011 American English
8466 The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010 American English
8541 Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh 1992 Vietnamese English
8578 The Sorrow Of War Dương Thu Hương 1990 Vietnamese Vietnamese
9583 Night Sky With Exit Wounds Ocean Vuong 2016 American English
9597 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
9757 Fire in the Lake Frances FitzGerald 1972 American English
9931 Streamers David Rabe 1976 American English
9964 Going After Cacciato Tim O'Brien 1978 American English
10092 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10174 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler 1992 American English
10422 Matterhorn Karl Marlantes 2010 American English
10880 Anam André Dao 2023 Unknown English
11000 How We Won The War Võ Nguyên Giáp 1976 Vietnamese Vietnamese
11068 All The Wrong Places James Fenton 1994 British English
11086 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 American English
11113 The Healer's War Elizabeth Ann Scarborough 1988 American English
11335 The French Art Of War Alexis Jenni 2011 French French
11439 A History Of Bombing Sven Lindqvist 1999 Swedish Swedish
11545 Half The Sky Nicholas Kristof 2009 American English
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11663 Falling Through The Earth Danielle Trussoni 2006 American English
11663 Years Of Upheaval Henry A. Kissinger 1982 American English
11941 Fortunate Son Lewis B. Puller 1991 American English
12137 The Powers That Be David Halberstam 1979 American English
14348 Paco's Story Larry Heinemann 1986 American English
14499 The Trial Of Henry Kissinger Christopher Hitchens 2001 British English
14985 Ru Kim Thuy 2009 Canadian French
14985 Absolution Alice McDermott 2023 American English
15916 Breaking The Ties Nhat Linh 1936 Vietnamese Vietnamese
17163 Reflections from Captivity Ho Chi Minn 1965 Vietnamese Vietnamese
17163 Embers of War Fredrik Logevall 2012 American English
17163 The Lotus Eaters Tatjani Soli 2010 American English
17163 Up Country Nelson DeMille 2002 American English
17163 Anatomy Of A War Gabriel Kolko 1985 American English
17163 The Phoenix Program Douglas Valentine 1990 American English
17163 Nothing Ever Dies Viet Thanh Nguyen 2016 American English
17163 Without Remorse Tom Clancy 1993 American English
17163 The Bride Test Helen Hoang 2019 American English
17163 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17163 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17163 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17163 We Were Soldiers Once...And Young Harold G. Moore 1992 American English
17163 Dereliction Of Duty H.R. McMaster 1997 American English
17163 Things We Lost To The Water Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17163 Wandering Souls Cecile Pin 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17163 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17163 The Hinge Factor Erik Durschmied 1999 Unknown English
17163 The Brothers K David James Duncan 1992 American English
17163 The Time In Between David Bergen 2005 Canadian English
17163 Lost Connections Johann Hari 2018 British English
17163 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17163 Hue 1968 Mark Bowden 2017 American English
17163 Inside Out & Back Again Thanhhà Lại 2011 American English
17163 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17163 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17163 A Man Of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen 2023 American English
17163 An Honorable Exit Éric Vuillard 2023 French French
17163 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17163 Ways Of Escape Graham Greene 1971 British English
17163 Everything We Had: An Oral History Of The Vietnam War Al Santoli 1981 American English
17163 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17163 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English
17163 Lessons In Disaster Gordon M. Goldstein 2008 American English