Ocean Vuong

A masterful story of friendship and how much we're willing to risk to possess one of life's most treasured mercies— a second chance. The Emperor of Gladness is the million-copy bestseller and TikTok sensation. Ocean Vuong returns with a big-hearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. One late summer evening...

The Sunday Times bestselling debut novel from the prize-winning prodigy. Sunday Times Bestseller Brilliant, heart-breaking and highly original, TikTok has fallen in love with Ocean Vuong's shattering portrait of a family. This is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's...

Night Sky with Exit Wounds is the extraordinary debut from young Vietnamese American poet, Ocean Vuong. Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize and the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection, this book of poetry is unlike any other. Steeped in themes of war and cultural upheaval, and wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most...

Discover the Sunday Times bestselling collection from the TikTok sensation and author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. 'One of the most important poets of his generation' ANDREW MCMILLAN, author of Physical 'Powerful' DUA LIPA 'Redefines our idea of what an elegy can do, what it is for' ILYA KAMINSKY, author of Deaf Republic In this deeply intimate second poetry...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, a vibrant and heartbreaking story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance. One late summer evening in the town of East Gladness, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly...

The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016 Critics PickBest Books listingBest LGBTQ BooksTop 100 Books of the YearBest Books of 2016 "There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from Mr. Vuong's sincerity and candor, and from his ability to capture specific moments in time with both photographic clarity and a sense of the...

The instant New York Times bestseller • Oprah’s Book Club Pick • Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, USA Today, NPR, People, Christian Science Monitor, Scientific American, and Kirkus Reviews • Longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence “Stunning . . . A heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on...