Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien has written at least 26 books. Their most popular book is The Things They Carried with 549 saves with an average rating of 4.1⭐.

Author Bio

William Timothy O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He is best known for his book *The Things They Carried* (1990), a collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In 2010, the New York Times described O'Brien's book as a Vietnam classic. In addition, he is known for his war novel, *Going After Cacciato* (1978), also about wartime Vietnam, and later novels about postwar lives of veterans.

O'Brien has held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University–San Marcos every other academic year since 2003–2004 (2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011–2012).

**Source**: Tim O'Brien on Wikipedia

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien	4.1	302 reads
America Fantastica Tim O'Brien	3.43	8 reads
In the Lake of the Woods Tim O'Brien	3.66	20 reads
Going After Cacciato Tim O'Brien	3.83	16 reads
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Tim O'Brien	4.29	8 reads
July, July Tim O'Brien	3.6	7 reads
Tomcat In Love Tim O'Brien	3.5	4 reads
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American Stories Since 1970 Amy Bloom Kate Braverman Robert Olen Butler Ethan Canin Raymond Carver Sandra Cisneros Michael Cunningham Sherman Alexie Stuart Dybek Tony Earley Louise Erdrich Richard Ford David Gates Tim Gautreaux Ron Hansen Amy Hempel Denis Johnson Edward P. Jones Margaret Atwood Thom Jones David Michael Kaplan Janet Kauffman Jamaica Kincaid David Leavitt Reginald McKnight Lorrie Moore Bharati Mukherjee Joyce Carol Oates Cade Bambara Tim O'Brien Cynthia Ozick Annie Proulx Mark Richard Lee Smith Susan Sontag Amy Tan Russell Banks John Barth Donald Barthelme Rick Bass Richard Bausch Melanie Rae Thon Stephanie Vaughn John Edgar Wideman Joy Williams Charles Baxter Junot Díaz Alice Munro Alice Walker	0	1 read
Dad's Maybe Book Tim O'Brien	5	1 read
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Short Stories Since 1970	0	0 reads
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology	0	1 read
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970	4	1 read
If I Die in a Combat Zone Tim O'Brien	4	1 read
Northern Lights Tim O'Brien	0	0 reads
The Nuclear Age Tim O'Brien	0	0 reads
On War: The Best Military Histories Rick Atkinson Carlo D'Este Max Hastings James M. McPherson Allan R. Millet Tim O'Brien Gerhard L. Weinberg	0	0 reads
The Vietnam in Me The Vietnam in Me Tim O'Brien	5	1 read
Inseguendo Cacciato Tim O'Brien	0	0 reads
Il mistero del lago Tim O'Brien Roberto Buffagni (Translator)	0	0 reads
Le cose che portiamo Tim O'Brien Carlo Prosperi (Translator)	3	1 read
Tomcat in Love: A Novel Tim O'Brien	5	1 read
The Amusement Park Guide The Amusement Park Guide: Coast to Coast Thrills Tim O'Brien	0	0 reads
Waren wir nicht glücklich Tim O'Brien	0	0 reads
Tim O'Brien's Roadside Pics & Picks: The Huge, The High, The Half-Buried Tim O'Brien	0	0 reads
Always Cedar Point: A Memoir of the Midway H. John Hildebrandt	0	0 reads
How to Tell a True War Story Tim O'Brien	0	0 reads