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  • "O'Brien's first novel in two decades was well worth the wait. . . . In the age of 'mythomania,' O'Brien takes aim at the lies that power this country, and how and why they sustain us. America Fantastica peers straight into the dark heart o...







  • "Insidiously, compulsively readable." -- MSNBC At the thirtieth reunion of the Darton Hall College class of 1969, ten old friends join their classmates for a summer weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing, and regret. The three decades ...



  • A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THINGS THEY CARRIEDIn this wildly funny, brilliantly inventive novel, Tim O'Brien has created the ultimate character for our times. Thomas Chippering, a 6'6" professor of linguistics, is a m...







  • A politician's past war crimes are revealed in this psychologically haunting novel by the National Book Award -- winning author of The Things They Carried.   Vietnam veteran John Wade is running for senate when long-hidden secrets about his invo...




  • Going After Cacciato (winner of the National Book Award in 1979) was widely acclaimed as one of the most powerful and emotionally vivid novels about Vietnam. Now, writing with the same sharp, richly expressive language, the same edgy dark humor and c...



  • "To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like calling Moby-Dick a novel about whales." So wrote the New York Times of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Cacciato captures the p...



  • A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THINGS THEY CARRIEDOriginally published in 1975, Tim O'Brien's debut novel demonstrates the emotional complexity and enthralling narrative tension that later earned him the National Book Awa...




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    Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this searing, intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam.��The author takes us with him -- to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to...



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    A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Things They Carried "One of the best, most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was / is Vietnam." -- Minneapolis Star and TribuneBefore writing his award-winning Going A...


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tim O'Brien has published 18 books.

Tim O'Brien does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Contingent, was published in June 2026.

The first book by Tim O'Brien, Northern Lights, was published in June 1975.

No. Tim O'Brien does not write books in series.