The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion, is an account of the year following the death of the author's husband John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003). Published by Knopf in October 2005, the book was immediately acclaimed as a classic in the genre of mourning literature. It won the National Book Award in November 2005 and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award[1] as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography.

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The 96th greatest nonfiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

1. - 5th on A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Canon (Vulture)
2. - 8th on Paste Magazine's Best Books of the Decade(2000-2009) (Paste Magazine)
3. - 33rd on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
4. - 40th on The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian)
5. - The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time (The Guardian)
6. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
7. - Books of the Decade (The Guardian)
8. - National Book Award - Nonfiction (National Book Foundation)
9. - 100 Major Works of Modern Creative Nonfiction (About.com)

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Audio CD	462517	$7.98	$2.90	2005
	The Year of Magical Thinking (Random House Large Print)	Paperback	2059945	$120.40	$0.01	2008
	The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play (Vintage International)	Kindle Edition	288041	$9.30		2009
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Paperback	2732761	$3.25	$1.25
	The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion	Paperback	200554	$5.88	$2.50	2009
	The Year Of Magical Thinking	Hardcover	1717248		$0.01
	Year of Magical Thinking, The [Paperback] by Didion, Joan	Paperback	2470378	$1.00	$0.01
	The Year of Magical Thinking: Joan Didion (Collins Modern Classics)	Paperback	5610581	$12.43	$11.03	2021
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Hardcover	25549	$9.49	$1.92	2005
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Paperback	2435176	$4.81	$0.01	2006
	Ett år av magiskt tänkande [A Year of Magical Thinking]	Audible Audio Edition	158112	$20.83		2012
	By Joan Didion: The Year of Magical Thinking	Hardcover	1604593	$4.50	$2.32	2005
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Hardcover	4862837	$19.21	$4.01	2005
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Audible Audiobook	5306	$6.96		2020
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Audio CD	3651612	$10.93	$6.61	2005
	The Year of Magical Thinking Playscript. Joan Didion	Paperback	1207458	$12.44	$9.00	2008
	El año del pensamiento mágico [The Year of Magical Thinking]	Audible Audiobook	121890	$14.05		2020
	The Year of Magical Thinking (Vintage International)	Kindle Edition	330	$12.99		2007
	The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play [Paperback] [2007] Joan Didion	Paperback	3225928	$11.40	$3.90	2006
	Joan Didion: The Year of Magical Thinking (Hardcover); 2005 Edition	Hardcover	15312067	$78.00	$5.16
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Paperback	1424	$8.99	$4.27	2007
	The Year of Magical Thinking	Paperback	231974	$7.95	$3.17	2007