Books by Vietnamese/Vietnamese-Diaspora Writers

1.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 132,971 ratings
2.
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating — 38,828 ratings
3.
Paradise of the Blind
Paradise of the Blind 3.78 avg rating — 2,966 ratings
4.
Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again 4.12 avg rating — 65,643 ratings
5.
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Night Sky with Exit Wounds 4.18 avg rating — 47,838 ratings
6.
Novel Without a Name
Novel Without a Name 3.81 avg rating — 1,414 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 — 6,619 ratings
8.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 374,978 ratings
9.
The Book of Salt
The Book of Salt 3.53 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
10.
The Refugees
The Refugees 3.87 avg rating — 21,717 ratings
11.
Eyes (Half-Alive, #1)
Eyes (Half-Alive, #1) 4.44 avg rating — 48 ratings
12.
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
The Gangster We Are All Looking For 3.68 avg rating — 3,058 ratings
13.
The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing 4.31 avg rating — 57,468 ratings
14.
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 — 4,293 ratings
15.
Ru
Ru
by: Kim Thúy
3.82 avg rating — 24,626 ratings
16.
Dragonfish
Dragonfish
by: Vu Tran
3.24 avg rating — 2,438 ratings
17.
The Sorrow of War
The Sorrow of War 4.09 avg rating — 10,790 ratings
18.
Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey
Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey
by: G.B. Tran
3.95 avg rating — 2,186 ratings
19.
An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems: From the Eleventh through the Twentieth Centuries
An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems: From the Eleventh through the Twentieth Centuries 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
20.
Mãn
Mãn
by: Kim Thúy
3.80 avg rating — 4,534 ratings
21.
Dumb Luck
Dumb Luck 4.17 avg rating — 3,521 ratings
22.
Red Juice: Poems 1998-2008
Red Juice: Poems 1998-2008 4.25 avg rating — 159 ratings
23.
Watermark
Watermark 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
24.
The Frangipani Hotel: Stories
The Frangipani Hotel: Stories 3.72 avg rating — 1,060 ratings
25.
Split
Split 4.47 avg rating — 297 ratings
26.
Night, Again: Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam
Night, Again: Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam
by: Linh Dinh
3.62 avg rating — 106 ratings
27.
Build Your House Around My Body
Build Your House Around My Body 3.81 avg rating — 9,314 ratings
28.
The General Retires and Other Stories
The General Retires and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating — 281 ratings
29.
The Boat
The Boat
by: Nam Le
3.62 avg rating — 5,996 ratings
29.
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War 4.05 avg rating — 1,326 ratings
31.
The Tale of Kiều
The Tale of Kiều 4.30 avg rating — 1,717 ratings
32.
Sông I Sing
Sông I Sing
by: Bao Phi
4.52 avg rating — 196 ratings
33.
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 — 9,604 ratings
34.
This Way to the Sugar
This Way to the Sugar 4.11 avg rating — 802 ratings
35.
A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath
A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath 3.98 avg rating — 736 ratings
36.
Beyond Illusions
Beyond Illusions 3.76 avg rating — 296 ratings
37.
Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong
Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong 4.14 avg rating — 368 ratings
38.
Open the Window, Eyes Closed
Open the Window, Eyes Closed 4.36 avg rating — 3,274 ratings
38.
Dust Child
Dust Child 4.23 avg rating — 17,828 ratings
40.
Burnings
Burnings 4.34 avg rating — 446 ratings
41.
The Lotus and the Storm
The Lotus and the Storm
by: Lan Cao
3.94 avg rating — 364 ratings
41.
The Chosen and the Beautiful
The Chosen and the Beautiful
by: Nghi Vo
3.55 avg rating — 18,441 ratings
43.
Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63
Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63 3.86 avg rating — 896 ratings
44.
A Pho Love Story
A Pho Love Story
by: Loan Le
3.66 avg rating — 22,152 ratings
45.
I Love Yous Are for White People
I Love Yous Are for White People
by: Lac Su
3.52 avg rating — 8,142 ratings
45.
Things We Lost to the Water
Things We Lost to the Water 3.75 avg rating — 11,438 ratings
47.
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars 4.16 avg rating — 959 ratings
47.
Six Rivers
Six Rivers
by: Jenna Le
4.44 avg rating — 52 ratings
49.
The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2)
The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 11,760 ratings
50.
Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems
Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems 4.36 avg rating — 661 ratings
51.
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram 3.79 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
51.
Child of War, Woman of Peace
Child of War, Woman of Peace 3.85 avg rating — 240 ratings
53.
The Defiant Muse: Vietnamese Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present (The Defiant Muse Series)
The Defiant Muse: Vietnamese Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present (The Defiant Muse Series) 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
54.
Bitter in the Mouth
Bitter in the Mouth 3.67 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
54.
We Should Never Meet: Stories
We Should Never Meet: Stories 4.15 avg rating — 710 ratings
56.
Love After War
Love After War really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings
57.
House of Sticks
House of Sticks
by: Ly Tran
4.37 avg rating — 4,936 ratings
58.
Memories of a Pure Spring
Memories of a Pure Spring 3.65 avg rating — 214 ratings
59.
No Man's Land
No Man's Land 3.79 avg rating — 701 ratings
60.
The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood
The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood 4.31 avg rating — 2,617 ratings
61.
What Doesn't Kill Us
What Doesn't Kill Us 4.27 avg rating — 59 ratings
61.
She Weeps Each Time You're Born
She Weeps Each Time You're Born 3.70 avg rating — 846 ratings
61.
Uprooted: A Vietnamese Family's Journey - 1935-1975
Uprooted: A Vietnamese Family's Journey - 1935-1975 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings
61.
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
61.
The Final Collapse (Indochina Monographs)
The Final Collapse (Indochina Monographs) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
61.
A Bestiary
A Bestiary 4.26 avg rating — 790 ratings
61.
Mèo and Bé
Mèo and Bé 4.38 avg rating — 120 ratings
61.
Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967
Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967 4.51 avg rating — 1,257 ratings
61.
The Way of Forge Mountain
The Way of Forge Mountain
by: Tru Ly
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
61.
No Soldier Left Behind: The Life and Times of Brigadier General John G Kulhavi, United States Army, Ret.
No Soldier Left Behind: The Life and Times of Brigadier General John G Kulhavi, United States Army, Ret. 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
61.
A Bánh Mì for Two
A Bánh Mì for Two 3.80 avg rating — 4,143 ratings
72.
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
72.
Vietgone
Vietgone 3.97 avg rating — 358 ratings
72.
In the Jaws of History: (Vietnam War Era Classics Series)
In the Jaws of History: (Vietnam War Era Classics Series) 3.98 avg rating — 44 ratings
72.
They Bloom at Night
They Bloom at Night 3.49 avg rating — 3,437 ratings
76.
No
No 4.52 avg rating — 93 ratings
76.
When Heaven Fell
When Heaven Fell 3.67 avg rating — 138 ratings
76.
The Tragedy of the Vietnam War: A South Vietnamese Officer's Analysis
The Tragedy of the Vietnam War: A South Vietnamese Officer's Analysis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
76.
Banyan Moon
Banyan Moon
by: Thao Thai
3.90 avg rating — 31,378 ratings
80.
Bạn Văn
Bạn Văn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
80.
Loose Strife (Pitt Poetry Series)
Loose Strife (Pitt Poetry Series) 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings
80.
Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath
Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath 4.19 avg rating — 47 ratings
80.
Inside An Lộc: The Battle to Save Saigon, April-May 1972
Inside An Lộc: The Battle to Save Saigon, April-May 1972 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
80.
A Two-Placed Heart
A Two-Placed Heart 4.24 avg rating — 121 ratings
85.
Blood and Soap: Stories
Blood and Soap: Stories
by: Linh Dinh
4.10 avg rating — 157 ratings
85.
The Battle of Saigon
The Battle of Saigon it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
85.
Without Boundaries: My Life During The Vietnam War
Without Boundaries: My Life During The Vietnam War
by: Dieu Bao
3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
85.
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 164,851 ratings
89.
Love Like Hate
Love Like Hate
by: Linh Dinh
3.86 avg rating — 155 ratings
89.
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora 4.03 avg rating — 270 ratings
89.
Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter
Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter
by: Lan Cao
3.85 avg rating — 173 ratings
89.
Vietnam Labyrinth: Allies, Enemies, & Why the U.S. Lost the War
Vietnam Labyrinth: Allies, Enemies, & Why the U.S. Lost the War 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
89.
Elevator in Sài Gòn
Elevator in Sài Gòn
by: Thuận
3.34 avg rating — 640 ratings
89.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by: Nghi Vo
3.92 avg rating — 42,133 ratings
95.
Dragon Hunt
Dragon Hunt 2.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
95.
Và Khi Tro Bụi
Và Khi Tro Bụi 4.08 avg rating — 891 ratings
95.
Steel and Blood: South Vietnamese Armor and the War for Southeast Asia
Steel and Blood: South Vietnamese Armor and the War for Southeast Asia 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
95.
The Magic Fish
The Magic Fish 4.49 avg rating — 29,301 ratings
95.
Fireheart Tiger
Fireheart Tiger 3.38 avg rating — 5,464 ratings
100.
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
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