The Things They Carried appears in 19 book lists

By Tim O'Brien,

The Things They Carried appears in 19 book lists on Shepherd.

My favorite books that explore the human condition: choice & consequence

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My favorite books on surviving a life-changing challenge

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My favorite books to make you a teenage radical

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My favorite books to make you want to write your own damn book

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My favorite books that will haunt you for life

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My favorite books about surviving war (or not)

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My favorite books about being changed by war

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My favorite books by Vietnam veterans

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My favorite books on war that leave you shattered (from a Purple Heart recipient’s perspective)

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The best war books about turning PTSD into post-traumatic growth

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The best dark fiction books that explore the hidden shadows of humanity

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My favorite books to combat loneliness and quiet desperation

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My favorite books to begin understanding interconnectedness

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My favorite books about the combat soldier’s experience in the Vietnam War—military fiction at its best

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My favorite books on the personal impact of war

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My favorite books about the Vietnam War from different POVs

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My favorite books about traveling to dangerous places

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My favorite books about the Vietnam War that reflect or contend how they depict the reality of the war

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The best literature on the Vietnam War from a male perspective

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