Author · updated 2026
Joan Didion Books in Order
Every Joan Didion book in publication order — 26 in total, spanning 1963–2021.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run River | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Play It As It Lays | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Book of Common Prayer | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Democracy | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Last Thing He Wanted | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vintage Didion | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The 1960s & 70s | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slouching Towards Bethlehem | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The White Album | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Salvador | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Miami | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Some Women | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | After Henry | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Sentimental Journeys | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Perspectives on the Individual | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Political Fictions | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Fixed Ideas | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Where I Was From | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Live and Learn | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Year of Magical Thinking | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Blue Nights | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Insider Baseball | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | South and West | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Collected Essays | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Let Me Tell You What I Mean | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 26, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run River | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Slouching Towards Bethlehem | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Play It As It Lays | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Book of Common Prayer | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The White Album | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Salvador | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Democracy | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Miami | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Some Women | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | After Henry | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Sentimental Journeys | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Last Thing He Wanted | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Perspectives on the Individual | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Political Fictions | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Fixed Ideas | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Where I Was From | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Vintage Didion | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Live and Learn | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Year of Magical Thinking | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Blue Nights | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Insider Baseball | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | South and West | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Collected Essays | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The 1960s & 70s | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Let Me Tell You What I Mean | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
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