Vietnamese-American Novels & Memoirs

1.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 133,016 ratings
2.
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 — 4,294 ratings
3.
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating — 38,830 ratings
4.
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
The Gangster We Are All Looking For 3.68 avg rating — 3,058 ratings
5.
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars 4.16 avg rating — 959 ratings
6.
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Night Sky with Exit Wounds 4.18 avg rating — 47,850 ratings
7.
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam 3.99 avg rating — 6,620 ratings
8.
Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63
Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63 3.86 avg rating — 896 ratings
9.
I Love Yous Are for White People
I Love Yous Are for White People
by: Lac Su
3.52 avg rating — 8,142 ratings
10.
The Lotus and the Storm
The Lotus and the Storm
by: Lan Cao
3.94 avg rating — 364 ratings
11.
American Dreamer: How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America
American Dreamer: How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America
by: Tim Tran
4.56 avg rating — 57 ratings
11.
House of Sticks
House of Sticks
by: Ly Tran
4.37 avg rating — 4,937 ratings
13.
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
by: Phuc Tran
4.29 avg rating — 9,605 ratings
14.
Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner 4.12 avg rating — 65,655 ratings
14.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,205 ratings
16.
This Way to the Sugar
This Way to the Sugar 4.11 avg rating — 802 ratings
17.
Burnings
Burnings 4.34 avg rating — 447 ratings
18.
The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood
The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood 4.31 avg rating — 2,617 ratings
18.
Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again 4.12 avg rating — 65,655 ratings
20.
Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey
Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey
by: G.B. Tran
3.95 avg rating — 2,186 ratings
21.
The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family 4.05 avg rating — 772 ratings
22.
Pioneer Girl
Pioneer Girl 3.40 avg rating — 2,077 ratings
23.
Novel Without a Name
Novel Without a Name 3.81 avg rating — 1,414 ratings
24.
Red Blood, Yellow Skin: A Young Girl's Survival in War-Torn Vietnam
Red Blood, Yellow Skin: A Young Girl's Survival in War-Torn Vietnam 4.18 avg rating — 299 ratings
24.
She Weeps Each Time You're Born
She Weeps Each Time You're Born 3.70 avg rating — 846 ratings
26.
Boat People
Boat People 3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings
26.
The Refugees
The Refugees 3.86 avg rating — 21,720 ratings
28.
What Doesn't Kill Us
What Doesn't Kill Us 4.27 avg rating — 59 ratings
28.
Ticket to Childhood: A Novel
Ticket to Childhood: A Novel 4.20 avg rating — 7,916 ratings
28.
No Passenger On The River
No Passenger On The River 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
28.
Survivor Love Thy Enemy
Survivor Love Thy Enemy 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
28.
No
No 4.52 avg rating — 93 ratings
28.
Sophomore Undercover
Sophomore Undercover
by: Ben Esch
3.04 avg rating — 49 ratings
28.
Child of War, Woman of Peace
Child of War, Woman of Peace 3.85 avg rating — 240 ratings
28.
The Twenty-Five Year Century: A South Vietnamese General Remembers The Indochina War To The Fall Of Saigon
The Twenty-Five Year Century: A South Vietnamese General Remembers The Indochina War To The Fall Of Saigon 3.63 avg rating — 38 ratings
28.
Bloodstained Sea - The Odyssey of the Vietnamese Boat People
Bloodstained Sea - The Odyssey of the Vietnamese Boat People
by: Chau Thuy
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
37.
Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Stealing Buddha's Dinner 3.56 avg rating — 4,098 ratings
37.
Blue Dragon White Tiger: A Tet Story
Blue Dragon White Tiger: A Tet Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
37.
Hell in An Loc: The 1972 Easter Invasion and the Battle That Saved South Viet Nam
Hell in An Loc: The 1972 Easter Invasion and the Battle That Saved South Viet Nam 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
37.
The Manicurist's Daughter
The Manicurist's Daughter 3.91 avg rating — 4,831 ratings
41.
The General Retires and Other Stories
The General Retires and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating — 281 ratings
41.
Mourning Headband for Hue: An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968
Mourning Headband for Hue: An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968
by: Nhã Ca
4.06 avg rating — 140 ratings
41.
Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir
Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir 3.62 avg rating — 2,026 ratings
44.
Dragonfish
Dragonfish
by: Vu Tran
3.24 avg rating — 2,439 ratings
44.
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam 4.28 avg rating — 3,776 ratings
46.
Bitter in the Mouth
Bitter in the Mouth 3.67 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
46.
We Should Never Meet: Stories
We Should Never Meet: Stories 4.15 avg rating — 710 ratings
46.
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream 3.85 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
49.
Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family
Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family 4.23 avg rating — 96 ratings
50.
Love Like Hate
Love Like Hate
by: Linh Dinh
3.86 avg rating — 155 ratings
51.
The Beauty of Humanity Movement
The Beauty of Humanity Movement 3.94 avg rating — 4,725 ratings
52.
Grass Roof, Tin Roof
Grass Roof, Tin Roof
by: Dao Strom
3.57 avg rating — 121 ratings
52.
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora 4.03 avg rating — 270 ratings
54.
Monkey Bridge
Monkey Bridge
by: Lan Cao
3.47 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
54.
The Book of Salt
The Book of Salt 3.53 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
56.
The Reeducation of Cherry Truong
The Reeducation of Cherry Truong 3.66 avg rating — 349 ratings
56.
The Sorrow of War
The Sorrow of War 4.09 avg rating — 10,794 ratings
58.
Shredding with the Geeks
Shredding with the Geeks
by: Amy Cobb
4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
59.
Short Girls
Short Girls 3.32 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
59.
Paradise of the Blind
Paradise of the Blind 3.78 avg rating — 2,967 ratings