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Books set in Ho Chi Minh City

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8 books · 8 authors · 1955–2025

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Most-set authors
André Dao (1) · Jack Carr (1) · Ocean Vuong (1) · Kim Thúy (1) · Nam Le (1) · Graham Greene (1)
Genres
thriller & suspense (2) · literary fiction (2)

Books set here

Set in Ho Chi Minh City (6)

Cry Havoc
Jack Carr
Saigon, MACV-SOG operations base
Ru
Kim Thúy
Childhood Saigon before escape
The Boat
Nam Le
Vietnam — wartime and refugee stories
The Quiet American
Graham Greene
1950s Saigon war correspondent
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Fall of Saigon opening
The Headmaster's Wager
Vincent Lam
Cholon — the Chinese market district outside Saigon where Percival Chen runs his English school through the Vietnam War

Also featuring Ho Chi Minh City (2)

Anam
André Dao
Saigon; family displacement during wars
On Earth We Were Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
family's origin in Vietnam, intergenerational trauma

Notable locations in Ho Chi Minh City

Cholon1

Nearby books

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