From Bill’s crime novel to Hillaryland: why the Clintons are taking over your bookshelf

From autobiographies and political essays to sci-fi imaginings, brace yourself for a deluge of books by, about or featuring Hillary and Bill

To the great literary movements of the 21st century so far – transrealism and books with the word “girl” in the title – we can add another: books by, and about, the Clintons. Book deals will be impossible to get unless your name is Hillary or Bill Clinton; proposals will be rejected unless they feature the former president or presidential candidate. Within a year, you will not be able to go into a bookshop without being faced with rows of book jackets featuring a stylised bob-and-pantsuit line drawing or nicely lit shots of one of the Clintons looking weary but unbroken.

First, due in September, Hillary’s book will be published. It is not a memoir exactly, but a collection of essays based on inspirational quotes that have, she says, “helped me celebrate the good times, laugh at the absurd times, persevere during the hard times and deepen my appreciation of all life has to offer”.

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