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Notes to John

by Joan Didion

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Notes to John by Joan Didion appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around eye-opening reads, family matters, biography & memoir, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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