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Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of “The Sympathizer,” awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. His most recent book, “To Save and to Destroy,” explores the idea of being an outsider. He is also the author of the short story collection “The Refugees;” the nonfiction book “Nothing Ever Dies,” a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award; the children's book “Simone” along with illustrator Minnie Phan; the sequel to “The Sympathizer,” “The Committed;” the nonfiction book “A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial,” longlisted for the National Book Award; and is the editor of an anthology of refugee writing, “The Displaced,” as well as a co-editor of ...more

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	The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 137,055 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Refugees 3.86 avg rating — 22,041 ratings — published 2017 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 12,265 ratings — published 2021 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial 4.32 avg rating — 3,224 ratings — published 2023 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Bezmozgis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Thi Bui (Contributor) 4.35 avg rating — 2,345 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War 4.06 avg rating — 1,356 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other 4.12 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simone by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author), Minnie Phan (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 309 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chicken of the Sea by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author), Ellison Nguyen, Thi Bui (illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black-Eyed Women by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author), Akhil Sharma (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

7 votes, 50.0%

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

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The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall

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What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell

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