Best Literature About the Vietnam War

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The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating β€” 337,427 ratings
2.
Matterhorn
Matterhorn 4.27 avg rating β€” 46,456 ratings
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Dispatches
Dispatches 4.22 avg rating β€” 21,212 ratings
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A Rumor of War
A Rumor of War 4.17 avg rating β€” 15,736 ratings
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The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating β€” 68,861 ratings
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam 4.34 avg rating β€” 32,454 ratings
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Boot: A Sorta Novel of Vietnam
Boot: A Sorta Novel of Vietnam 4.53 avg rating β€” 206 ratings
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Chickenhawk
Chickenhawk 4.27 avg rating β€” 14,801 ratings
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam 4.24 avg rating β€” 12,399 ratings
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Fields of Fire
Fields of Fire 4.21 avg rating β€” 7,680 ratings
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If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home 3.96 avg rating β€” 11,657 ratings
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Going After Cacciato
Going After Cacciato 3.91 avg rating β€” 14,427 ratings
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The 13th Valley
The 13th Valley 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,947 ratings
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The Best and the Brightest
The Best and the Brightest 4.27 avg rating β€” 12,645 ratings
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Vietnam: A History
Vietnam: A History 4.13 avg rating β€” 7,805 ratings
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The Sorrow of War
The Sorrow of War 4.09 avg rating β€” 10,790 ratings
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The Short-Timers
The Short-Timers 4.22 avg rating β€” 2,309 ratings
18.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 132,971 ratings
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Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu 4.30 avg rating β€” 2,148 ratings
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In the Lake of the Woods
In the Lake of the Woods 3.76 avg rating β€” 23,890 ratings
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Tree of Smoke
Tree of Smoke 3.60 avg rating β€” 14,874 ratings
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What It is Like to Go to War
What It is Like to Go to War 4.01 avg rating β€” 9,708 ratings
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Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers 3.70 avg rating β€” 7,338 ratings
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NAM: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There
NAM: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,249 ratings
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Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam 4.08 avg rating β€” 2,382 ratings
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Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam
Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam 4.29 avg rating β€” 1,735 ratings
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Novel Without a Name
Novel Without a Name 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,414 ratings
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The Lotus Eaters
The Lotus Eaters 3.87 avg rating β€” 13,331 ratings
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About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior
About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior 4.38 avg rating β€” 5,900 ratings
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HuαΊΏ 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
HuαΊΏ 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam 4.33 avg rating β€” 7,777 ratings
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Home before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Home before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam 4.34 avg rating β€” 2,806 ratings
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,293 ratings
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Up Country
Up Country 4.08 avg rating β€” 20,781 ratings
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 4.30 avg rating β€” 3,275 ratings
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Paco's Story
Paco's Story 3.76 avg rating β€” 984 ratings
36.
Message From Nam
Message From Nam 4.12 avg rating β€” 12,700 ratings
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Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History
Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,143 ratings
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Better Times Than These
Better Times Than These 3.88 avg rating β€” 396 ratings
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Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism, 1959-1975
Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism, 1959-1975 4.31 avg rating β€” 153 ratings
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In Country
In Country 3.59 avg rating β€” 2,857 ratings
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The Forgotten Hero of My Lai: The Hugh Thompson Story
The Forgotten Hero of My Lai: The Hugh Thompson Story 4.19 avg rating β€” 133 ratings
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They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967
They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,927 ratings
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Meditations in Green
Meditations in Green 4.01 avg rating β€” 586 ratings
44.
The Ugly American
The Ugly American 4.06 avg rating β€” 5,031 ratings
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Rolling Thunder (Wings of War, #1)
Rolling Thunder (Wings of War, #1) 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,661 ratings
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365 Days
365 Days 4.32 avg rating β€” 781 ratings
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Flight of the Intruder (Jake Grafton #1)
Flight of the Intruder (Jake Grafton #1) 4.10 avg rating β€” 29,304 ratings
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Dirty Work
Dirty Work 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,184 ratings
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating β€” 332,371 ratings
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Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War
Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War 4.21 avg rating β€” 447 ratings
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The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War
The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,318 ratings
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Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin 3.96 avg rating β€” 108,622 ratings
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My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and Its Aftermath
My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and Its Aftermath 3.80 avg rating β€” 479 ratings
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The Fourteenth of September
The Fourteenth of September 4.12 avg rating β€” 342 ratings
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The Wars Among the Paines
The Wars Among the Paines 4.60 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Close Quarters
Close Quarters 3.90 avg rating β€” 393 ratings
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Highways to a War
Highways to a War 4.28 avg rating β€” 608 ratings
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...and a Hard Rain Fell: A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam
...and a Hard Rain Fell: A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam 4.12 avg rating β€” 977 ratings
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One to Count Cadence
One to Count Cadence 3.92 avg rating β€” 378 ratings
60.
Absolutely Nothing (Jason Steed #3)
Absolutely Nothing (Jason Steed #3) 4.38 avg rating β€” 643 ratings
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Gardens Of Stone
Gardens Of Stone 4.11 avg rating β€” 160 ratings
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Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs Of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs Of Legendary Ace Robin Olds 4.48 avg rating β€” 3,757 ratings
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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam 4.23 avg rating β€” 4,958 ratings
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1968
1968 4.03 avg rating β€” 336 ratings
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Monkey Bridge
Monkey Bridge
by: Lan Cao
3.47 avg rating β€” 1,360 ratings
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36 Streets
36 Streets 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,024 ratings
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Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July
by: Ron Kovic
3.89 avg rating β€” 5,161 ratings
68.
Sympathy For The Devil (Hanson #1)
Sympathy For The Devil (Hanson #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 805 ratings
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Charlie Mike
Charlie Mike 4.30 avg rating β€” 1,352 ratings
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Welcome to Vietnam (Echo Company, #1)
Welcome to Vietnam (Echo Company, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 236 ratings
71.
Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam
Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam 3.99 avg rating β€” 90 ratings
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Embers Of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Embers Of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam 4.43 avg rating β€” 2,685 ratings
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Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,619 ratings
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We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam
We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,135 ratings
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Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides
Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides 4.45 avg rating β€” 739 ratings
76.
Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam
Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam 4.50 avg rating β€” 2,075 ratings
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Nam-A-Rama
Nam-A-Rama 3.54 avg rating β€” 136 ratings
78.
The Fire Dream
The Fire Dream 4.52 avg rating β€” 302 ratings
79.
The Names of the Dead
The Names of the Dead 3.94 avg rating β€” 284 ratings
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In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,555 ratings
81.
The Nightingale's Song
The Nightingale's Song 4.25 avg rating β€” 776 ratings
82.
One Young Soldier
One Young Soldier really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
83.
The Big Buddha Bicycle Race
The Big Buddha Bicycle Race 4.47 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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June 17, 1967: The Battle of Xom Bo II
June 17, 1967: The Battle of Xom Bo II 4.10 avg rating β€” 278 ratings
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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 4.31 avg rating β€” 7,315 ratings
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The Outside Lands
The Outside Lands 3.72 avg rating β€” 393 ratings
87.
Guns Up!
Guns Up! 4.41 avg rating β€” 1,237 ratings
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Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet
Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet 4.15 avg rating β€” 852 ratings
89.
A Hard Place: A Sergeant's Tale
A Hard Place: A Sergeant's Tale 3.70 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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Fourth and Forever
Fourth and Forever 4.56 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat
Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat 4.21 avg rating β€” 2,252 ratings
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The Saigon Zoo: Vietnam's Other War: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll
The Saigon Zoo: Vietnam's Other War: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll 3.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Once Upon a Mulberry Field
Once Upon a Mulberry Field 4.25 avg rating β€” 84 ratings
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Ho Chi Minh: A Life
Ho Chi Minh: A Life 4.15 avg rating β€” 935 ratings
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Amaryllis
Amaryllis 3.56 avg rating β€” 84 ratings
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Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War
Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War 4.13 avg rating β€” 151 ratings
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Sand in the Wind
Sand in the Wind 4.44 avg rating β€” 203 ratings
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The Time In Between
The Time In Between 3.26 avg rating β€” 3,037 ratings
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The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War
The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,979 ratings
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Fire Base Illingworth: An Epic True Story of Remarkable Courage Against Staggering Odds
Fire Base Illingworth: An Epic True Story of Remarkable Courage Against Staggering Odds 4.17 avg rating β€” 189 ratings
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