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Joan Didion

Joan Didion is an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation. - Wikipedia

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American writer (1934-2021)

Born	5 December 1934
Died	23 December 2021

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Play It As It Lays

by Joan Didion
First published in 1970
36 editions, 8 ebooks

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Slouching Toward Bethlehem

by Joan Didion
First published in 1968
34 editions, 8 ebooks
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The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion, Barbara Caruso, and Paula Bonet
First published in 2005
27 editions, 6 ebooks

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A book of common prayer

by Joan Didion and Marisa Vitali
First published in 1977
18 editions, 5 ebooks

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The white album

by Joan Didion and Susan Varon
First published in 1979
17 editions, 3 ebooks

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Miami

by Joan Didion and Jennifer Van Dyck
First published in 1987
14 editions, 3 ebooks
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Run River

by Joan Didion and Holly Cate
First published in 1961
13 editions, 2 ebooks

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Blue nights

by Joan Didion
First published in 2011
12 editions, 2 ebooks

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Democracy

by Joan Didion
First published in 1984
11 editions, 3 ebooks

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The last thing he wanted

by Joan Didion
First published in 1996
10 editions, 2 ebooks

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Salvador

by Joan Didion
First published in 1982
10 editions, 4 ebooks

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Let Me Tell You What I Mean

by Joan Didion First published in 2021
9 editions

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Where I was from

by Joan Didion
First published in 2003
8 editions, 2 ebooks

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South and west: from a notebook

by Joan Didion and Nathaniel Rich First published in 2017
7 editions, 1 ebook

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Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Gold Level

by Kate Kinsella, Joan Aiken, Mitch Albom, Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Rudolfo A. Anaya, Maya Angelou, Isaac Asimov, Margaret Atwood, and 97 others
First published in 2002
6 editions, 5 ebooks
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

by Nance Davidson, Edward Abbey, Abigail Adams, Sherwood Anderson, W. H. Auden, James Baldwin, Donald Barthelme, Ann Beattie, Ambrose Bierce, and 119 others
First published in 1989
5 editions, 4 ebooks
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After Henry

by Joan Didion
First published in 1992
4 editions, 2 ebooks
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Sentimental journeys

by Joan Didion First published in 1993
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Political fictions

by Joan Didion
First published in 2001
3 editions, 2 ebooks

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Lose, Team, Lose!: #4

by Robert Lawrence Stine, Trip Park, and Joan Didion First published in 2006
2 editions

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American writer (1934-2021)

Born	5 December 1934
Died	23 December 2021

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL4441955A
Amazon ID: B000AQ4ZD2
BookBrainz: 516e67e2-96c2-420c-8a45-45d339f5af85
GoodReads: 238
ISNI: 0000000121033969
IMDb: nm0225820
Library of Congress Names: n78089822
LibraryThing: didionjoan
MusicBrainz: c77b6ec0-36e2-4b03-96f8-5bcf49717cbc
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV015053
VIAF: 100261335
Wikidata: Q267691
Inventaire.io: wd:Q267691

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Joan. Didion
joan didion

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