Joan Didion was one of America’s most respected writers, her work constituting some of the greatest portraits of modern-day American culture. Over the four decades of her career, she produced widely-acclaimed journalistic essays, personal essays, novels, non-fiction, memoir and screenplays. Her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking won the National Book Award in 2005.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Run River (1961)
Play It as It Lays (1970)
A Book of Common Prayer (1977)
Democracy (1984)
The Last Thing He Wanted (1996)
Play It as It Lays (1970)
A Book of Common Prayer (1977)
Democracy (1984)
The Last Thing He Wanted (1996)
Collections
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Joan Didion recommends
The Late Great Creature (1971)
Brock Brower
"Wonderful - like a circus with several brilliant performances going on at the same time."
Anthologies containing stories by Joan Didion
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