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  • A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer.The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country's f...



  • A Kirkus Best Picture Book of the Year 2024A Kirkus Best Picture-Book Conversation Starter of 2024A School Library Journal Best Picture Book 2024From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and illustrator Minnie Phan comes an unforgettable s...




  • The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the unnamed Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and e...



  • A band of intrepid chickens leave behind the boredom of farm life, joining the crew of the pirate ship Pitiless to seek fortune and glory on the high seas. Led by a grizzled captain into the territory of the Dog Knights, they soon learn what...



  • THE REFUGEES is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of 20 years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family. With the coruscating gaze that informed THE SYMPATHIZER, in THE REFUGEES Viet Thanh Nguyen...



  • The Refugees, is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family. With the coruscating gaze that informed The Sympathizer, in The Refugees Viet Thanh Ng...



  • The Refugees is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family. With the coruscating gaze that informed The Sympathizer, in The Refugees Viet Thanh Ngu...



  • A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, "The Sympathizer" is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties. It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a gener...





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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Viet Thanh Nguyen has published 9 books.

The next book by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Best American Short Stories 2026, will be published in October 2026.

The first book by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer, was published in April 2015.

No. Viet Thanh Nguyen does not write books in series.