Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien — one title in the rankings.
Editor’s note American writer drafted into the Vietnam War in 1968, whose fiction keeps returning to it. The Things They Carried, one of the best rated books here, is a set of linked stories about a platoon, narrated by a character called Tim O’Brien who is and is not the author; it begins with an inventory of what the soldiers carry, from weapons to love letters, fear and shame. It asks what a true war story is, and admits that sometimes invented truth is truer. Going After Cacciato won the National Book Award.
- Ranked titles
- 1 book
- Average score
- 8.2
- Total ratings
- 591
- First published
- 1990
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Books by Tim O'Brien
Other books by Tim O'Brien
Titles we know of but do not rank — they have not gathered enough reader ratings, or our sources do not agree on where they belong.
- 1973If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
- 1978Going after Cacciato
- 1995In the Lake of the Woods
- 1998Tomcat in Love
- 2002July, July
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