Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005)

Joan Didion chronicles her own account of the year following the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. The Year of Magical Thinking has been heralded as a classic book about grief and mourning.

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