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What are some of Joan Didion’s most famous works?

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Joan Didion’s most famous works include the essay collections Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968) and The White Album (1979), as well as her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking (2005). The memoir explores her grief after the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. She also wrote novels, such as Play It as It Lays (1970), and screenplays.