Disorientation is a 2022 satirical humor political fiction novel by Taiwanese American writer Elaine Hsieh Chou.

The novel follows Ingrid Yang, an eighth-year PhD student studying the work of late Chinese-American poet, Xiao-Wen Chou, described as the "so-called Chinese Robert Frost."

Feeling motivated to uncover this mystery and find a new angle for her dissertation, Ingrid, along with her friend Eunice, discovers that the handwriting on the note belongs to John Smith.

[1] Chou was nominated for the Young Lions Fiction Award for the novel, and it was shortlisted for the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

[2][3] On September 27, 2022, Apple Studios, Hyperobject Industries' Adam McKay, and Malala Yousafzai and Erika Kennair's company Extracurricular announced that they will produce a film adaptation of the novel.