Author
Joan Didion
December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021 · United States
Screenwriter, Novelist, Journalist, Writer, Essayist
Titles on list
12
Total weeks
75
Peak rank
#2
FictionNonfictionDot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- December 5, 1934 · Sacramento
- Died
- December 23, 2021 · Manhattan
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley, C. K. McClatchy High School
Awards & Honours
- 1988Ambassador Book Award
- 1996Edward MacDowell Medal
- 2001George Polk Award
- 2002St. Louis Literary Award
- 2005American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals
- 2005Los Angeles Times Book Prize
- 2007Prix Médicis essai
- 2007National Book Award
- 2012National Humanities Medal
- 2013National Medal of Arts
- 2014California Hall of Fame
- Evelyn F. Burkey Award
On the Bestseller Lists
12 titles
NOTES TO JOHN
Joan Didion
NOTES TO JOHN
#6 · 1 wk
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN
Joan Didion
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN
#6 · 2 wks
SOUTH AND WEST
Joan Didion
SOUTH AND WEST
#9 · 2 wks
BLUE NIGHTS
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BLUE NIGHTS
#4 · 2 wks
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
#2 · 25 wks
THE LAST THING HE WANTED
Joan Didion
THE LAST THING HE WANTED
#15 · 1 wk
AFTER HENRY
Joan Didion
AFTER HENRY
#15 · 1 wk
DEMOCRACY
Joan Didion
DEMOCRACY
#12 · 4 wks
SALVADOR
Joan Didion
SALVADOR
#8 · 8 wks
THE WHITE ALBUM
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THE WHITE ALBUM
#7 · 13 wks
A BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
Joan Didion
A BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
#8 · 15 wks
PLAY IT AS IT LAYS
Joan Didion
PLAY IT AS IT LAYS
#10 · 1 wk
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).