Award Winning Books by
JOAN DIDION

Blue Nights by Joan Didion 117 reviews (2011) (p) (Amazon Top100) (PW Nonfiction) (MK Top) (NYT100) (B&N Nonfiction) (TIME Non) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 1596 reviews (2005) (240p) (NBCCA Autobio) (PP Bio) (NBA Non) (NYTimes Non) (TIME Non) (Amazon 05 C50) (Amazon 05 E50) (Amazon 05 CBio) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

From one of America's iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage–and a life, in good times and bad–that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughte... more >>

Democracy by Joan Didion 7 reviews (1984) (240p) (LATimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Moving between Honolulu, Jakarta and Saigon, against the historical backdrop of the final withdrawal from Vietnam, this novel is a bitingly funny, cumulatively devastating post-mortem of our national mores and institutions. A U.S. Senator, his wife, senatorial groupies and international arms dealing intersect with one another in this blistering indictment of American amnesia.... more >>

Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion 11 reviews (1977) (272p) (NBCCA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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Joan Didion Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 4   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 2   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 1 The Year of Magical Thinking ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 2 Book of Common Prayer · The Year of Magical Thinking ·   National Book Award Wins 1 The Year of Magical Thinking ·   National Book Award Nominations 1 The Year of Magical Thinking ·   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 0

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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