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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1961
  • Latest Book:
    November 2011
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Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Joan Didion's electrifying first novel is a haunting portrait of a marriage whose wrong turns and betrayals are at once absolutely idiosyncratic and a razor-sharp commentary on the history of California. Everett McClellan and his wife, Lily, are the ...



  • The “dazzling” and essential portrayal of 1960s America from the author of South and West and The Year of Magical Thinking (The New York Times). Capturing the tumultuous landscape of the United States, and in particular California, during a pivot...



  • A shimmering novel of innocence and evil: the gripping story of two American women in a failing Central American nation, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean"[Didion's] most ambiti...



  • A “scathing novel” of one woman’s path of self-destruction in 1960s Hollywood -- by the New York Times"bestselling author of The White Album (The Washington Post Book World). Spare, elegant, and terrifying, Play It as It Lays is the unforgett...



  • From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean -- a gorgeously written, bitterly funny look at the relationship between politics and personal life. Moving deftly between romance, farce, and ...



  • An astonishing account of Cuban exiles, CIA informants, and cocaine traffickers in Florida by the New York Times"bestselling author of South and West. In Miami, the National Book Award"winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking looks beyond p...



  • In her latest forays into the American scene, Joan Didion covers ground from Washington to Los Angeles, from a TV producer's gargantuan "manor" to the racial battlefields of New York's criminal courts. At each stop she uncovers the mythic narratives ...



  • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Didion at her finest" -- USA Today • An intricate, fast-paced novel about trying to create a context for democracy and getting hands a little dirty in the process, complete with conspiracies, arms dealing, a...








  • Read the works discussed in the Netflix documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold.

    Includes seven books in one volume: the full texts of Slouching Towards Bethlehem; The White Album; Salvador; Miami; After Henry; Political Fict...




  • From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didio...



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    "From the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks--writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer.



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    First published in 1979, The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era -- including Charles Manson, the Black Panthers, and the shopping mall -- through the lens o...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joan Didion has published 14 books.

Joan Didion does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Blue Nights, was published in November 2011.

The first book by Joan Didion, Run River, was published in March 1961.

No. Joan Didion does not write books in series.