Joan Didion





Joan Didion


Born
in Sacramento, California, The United States
December 05, 1934

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Joan Didion was born in California and lives in New York City. She's 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. A sense of anxiety or dread permeates much of her work.

Average rating: 3.90 · 157,141 ratings · 13,132 reviews · 55 distinct works · Similar authors
The Year of Magical Thinking

3.84 avg rating — 86,985 ratings — published 2005 — 52 editions
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

4.24 avg rating — 16,567 ratings — published 1968 — 28 editions
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Play It as It Lays

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Blue Nights

3.73 avg rating — 14,731 ratings — published 2011 — 37 editions
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The White Album

4.21 avg rating — 7,660 ratings — published 1979 — 15 editions
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A Book of Common Prayer

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Where I Was From

3.86 avg rating — 2,099 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions
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Democracy

3.82 avg rating — 1,545 ratings — published 1984 — 27 editions
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Salvador

3.76 avg rating — 1,495 ratings — published 1983 — 13 editions
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