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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
1
Ernest Hemingway
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
2
Joseph Conrad
Guerrillas (V.S. Naipaul)
Guerrillas
3
V.S. Naipaul
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
4
George Orwell
Wonderland (Joyce Carol Oates)
Wonderland
5
Joyce Carol Oates
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
6
Emily Bronte
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
7
Ford Madox Ford
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
8
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
9
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
10
John O'Hara
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
11
Norman Mailer
Washington Square (Henry James)
Washington Square
12
Henry James
Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
Portrait of a Lady
13
Henry James
The Bostonians (Henry James)
The Bostonians
14
Henry James
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
15
Henry James
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
16
Henry James
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
17
Henry James
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
18
Henry James
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers
19
Henry James
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
20
Henry James
Speedboat (Renata Adler)
Speedboat
21
Renata Adler
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
22
James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
23
James Baldwin
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
24
Christopher Isherwood
Collected Poems of Robert Lowell (Robert Lowell)
Collected Poems of Robert Lowell
25
Robert Lowell
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden (W.H. Auden)
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden
26
W.H. Auden
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Wallace Stevens)
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
27
Wallace Stevens
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