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
2009 The War Marguerite Duras 1985 French French
2101 Tree of Smoke Denis Johnson 2007 American English
2363 The Sorrow Of War Bao Ninh 1990 Vietnamese Vietnamese
2952 Dog Soldiers Robert Stone 1974 American English
3077 Paradise of the Blind Dương Thu Hương 1988 Vietnamese Vietnamese
4417 A Bright Shining Lie Neil Sheehan 1988 American English
4663 Dusklands J. M. Coetzee 1974 South African English
4856 Der Tod Im Reisfeld Peter Scholl-Latour 1970 German German
4899 Once An Eagle Anton Myrer 1968 American English
4999 The Bamboo Bed William Eastlake 1969 American English
5966 Imperial China, 900–1800 F. W. Mote 1999 Chinese English
6119 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
6186 The March Of Folly Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1984 American English
6301 Les Lieux De Marguerite Duras Marguerite Duras 1977 French French
6735 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
7591 The Women Kristin Hannah 2024 American English
7605 Writing Marguerite Duras 1993 French French
7722 Unnatural Selection Mara Hvistendahl 2011 American English
8464 The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010 American English
8539 Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh 1992 Vietnamese English
8576 The Sorrow Of War Dương Thu Hương 1990 Vietnamese Vietnamese
9581 Night Sky With Exit Wounds Ocean Vuong 2016 American English
9595 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
9754 Fire in the Lake Frances FitzGerald 1972 American English
9927 Streamers David Rabe 1976 American English
9960 Going After Cacciato Tim O'Brien 1978 American English
10087 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10418 Matterhorn Karl Marlantes 2010 American English
10875 Anam André Dao 2023 Unknown English
10995 How We Won The War Võ Nguyên Giáp 1976 Vietnamese Vietnamese
11063 All The Wrong Places James Fenton 1994 British English
11081 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 American English
11108 The Healer's War Elizabeth Ann Scarborough 1988 American English
11330 The French Art Of War Alexis Jenni 2011 French French
11435 A History Of Bombing Sven Lindqvist 1999 Swedish Swedish
11451 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler 1992 American English
11542 Half The Sky Nicholas Kristof 2009 American English
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11660 Falling Through The Earth Danielle Trussoni 2006 American English
11660 Years Of Upheaval Henry A. Kissinger 1982 American English
11939 Fortunate Son Lewis B. Puller 1991 American English
12136 The Powers That Be David Halberstam 1979 American English
14347 Paco's Story Larry Heinemann 1986 American English
14498 The Trial Of Henry Kissinger Christopher Hitchens 2001 British English
14984 Ru Kim Thuy 2009 Canadian French
14984 Absolution Alice McDermott 2023 American English
15898 Breaking The Ties Nhat Linh 1936 Vietnamese Vietnamese
17120 Reflections from Captivity Ho Chi Minn 1965 Vietnamese Vietnamese
17120 Embers of War Fredrik Logevall 2012 American English
17120 The Lotus Eaters Tatjani Soli 2010 American English
17120 Up Country Nelson DeMille 2002 American English
17120 Anatomy Of A War Gabriel Kolko 1985 American English
17120 The Phoenix Program Douglas Valentine 1990 American English
17120 Nothing Ever Dies Viet Thanh Nguyen 2016 American English
17120 Without Remorse Tom Clancy 1993 American English
17120 The Bride Test Helen Hoang 2019 American English
17120 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17120 Language For A New Century Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar 2008 Multiple English
17120 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17120 We Were Soldiers Once...And Young Harold G. Moore 1992 American English
17120 Dereliction Of Duty H.R. McMaster 1997 American English
17120 Things We Lost To The Water Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17120 Wandering Souls Cecile Pin 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17120 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17120 The Hinge Factor Erik Durschmied 1999 Unknown English
17120 The Brothers K David James Duncan 1992 American English
17120 The Time In Between David Bergen 2005 Canadian English
17120 Lost Connections Johann Hari 2018 British English
17120 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17120 Hue 1968 Mark Bowden 2017 American English
17120 Inside Out & Back Again Thanhhà Lại 2011 American English
17120 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17120 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17120 A Man Of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen 2023 American English
17120 An Honorable Exit Éric Vuillard 2023 French French
17120 A History Of Warfare John Keegan 1993 British English
17120 Ways Of Escape Graham Greene 1971 British English
17120 Everything We Had: An Oral History Of The Vietnam War Al Santoli 1981 American English
17120 Translation As Transhumance Mireille Gansel 2017 French French
17120 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English
17120 Lessons In Disaster Gordon M. Goldstein 2008 American English