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Joan Didion's Favourite Books of All Time

By Maria Popova at the Marginalian
"Thanks to directors Susanne Rostock and Griffin Dunne, Didion's nephew, who are making a documentary about her, I was delighted to obtain a list of the beloved author's all-time favorite books. Given her strong convictions about the value of keeping a notebook, it's at once utterly unsurprising and utterly delightful that the reading list is penned in her own hand, on a page of her notebook:"
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A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
2
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
3
Guerrillas (V.S. Naipaul)
Guerrillas (V.S. Naipaul)
4
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
5
Wonderland (Joyce Carol Oates)
Wonderland (Joyce Carol Oates)
6
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
7
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
8
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
9
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
10
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
11
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
12
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square (Henry James)
13
Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
14
The Bostonians (Henry James)
The Bostonians (Henry James)
15
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
16
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
17
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
18
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
19
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
20
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
21
Speedboat (Renata Adler)
Speedboat (Renata Adler)
22
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
23
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
24
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
25
Collected Poems of Robert Lowell (Robert Lowell)
Collected Poems of Robert Lowell (Robert Lowell)
26
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden
27
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Wallace Stevens)
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Wallace Stevens)
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