Tim O'Brien

Heroic young men carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness

A Work of Fiction

The Things They Carried

In the Lake of the Woods

a novel

Going after Cacciato

A candid view of the American military establishment and the Vietnam conflict as witnessed by a foot soldier in the late sixties.

Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

If I Die in a Combat Zone

America Fantastica

Old friends share memories of the past, current regrets, and future plans as they gather on a July weekend for the thirtieth reunion of Darton Hall College's class of 1969.

July, July

In O'Brien's dynamic first novel, a Vietnam vet and his brother vie for the same gal, a native of their dwindling Minnesota hometown. Culminating in a disastrous road trip which ends with the men skiing home through the wilderness, "Northern Lights" spawned themes that would become the author's hallmarks for future works.

Northern Lights

In a tour de force of black comedy, award-winning novelist Tim O'Brien explores the battle of the sexes and creates a savage, startlingly inventive tale with a memorably maddening hero, a modern-day Don Juan who embodies the desires and bewilderment of men everywhere. Pompous, vain, shallow, inconsiderate, untrustworthy, fickle... linguistics professor Thomas 'Tomcat' Chippering is a man much like any other. But when his serial flirting finally drives his wife into the arms of a Florida tycoon, it is more than his fragile pride can stand, and he sets off in pursuit, with vengeance on his mind...

Tomcat in Love

In 2003, as an older father, O'Brien resolved to give his young sons what he wished his own father had given to him: a few scraps of paper signed "Love, Dad." Maybe a word of advice. Maybe a sentence or two about some long-ago Christmas Eve. Maybe some scattered glimpses of their aging father, a man they might never really know. In this book, O'Brien moves from soccer games to warfare to risqué lullabies, from alcoholism to magic shows to history lessons to bittersweet bedtime stories, but always returning to a father's soul-saving love for his sons. -- adapted from jacket

Dad's Maybe Book

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On the Rainy River

How to Tell a True War Story

From Library Journal : Brilliant nuclear detonations and rising silver Titans have plagued William's dreams since his childhood during the Cuban missile crisis, when he fashioned a fallout shelter from the family ping-pong table. Thirty years later his fear has mushroomed into blinding paranoia, and when his wife announces she is leaving, he laces a hole in the backyard with dynamite, places her in it, and prepares to blow her up.

The Nuclear Age

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Amusement Park Oddities & Trivia

"Our second volume of weird, wacky, and wonderfully true facts dedicated to America's national pastime!"--Back cover.

A Journey Through the Weird, Wacky, and Absolutely True World of Baseball

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Baseball Oddities & Trivia - Ball Two!

The Huge, The High, The Half-Buried

Tim O'Brien's Roadside Pics & Picks

Field Trip

Ploughshares Winter 1983 Guest-Edited by Raymond Carver

The Lives of the Dead

During his 39-year career, Dick Kinzel built the world's first 200, 300, and 400-foot tall roller coasters at Ohio's Cedar Point. The amusement park Hall of Famer was a thrill seeker and a risk taker all while being a fiscally responsible leader. He spent his life putting smiles on people's faces and fear in their eyes. This is his story.

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