Bill Clinton Books in Order
Bill Clinton has written 5 books, published between 1996 and 2024. The first book is Between Hope and History (1996) and the newest is Citizen: My Life After the White House (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 1996–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,620 in 3 of 5 books
- Reading time
- 27–41 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,620 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 5 titles with a page count on record.
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, in office from 1993 to 2001, and 5 books are catalogued under his name. My Life (2004) is the presidential memoir, and Citizen: My Life After the White House (2024) covers the years after office. Between Hope and History (1996), Giving (2007) and Back to Work (2011) take up politics, philanthropy and public service. Generosity, voluntarism and social action recur as subjects.
How many Bill Clinton books are there?
Bill Clinton has 5 books, released between 1996 and 2024.
Bill Clinton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Bill Clinton books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Between Hope and History1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 2My Life2004 · 969 pages · confirmed 1/420049691/4
- 3Giving2007 · 409 pages · confirmed 1/420074091/4
- 4Back to Work2011 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/420112421/4
- 5Citizen: My Life After the White House2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Bill Clinton books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
5 books5 Bill Clinton titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Bill Clinton books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 5 Bill Clinton books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Bill Clinton
Start with Between Hope and History (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bill Clinton book?
Citizen: My Life After the White House (2024) is the newest Bill Clinton book released so far.
Is there a new Bill Clinton book coming?
No next Bill Clinton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bill Clinton at a glance
- Still publishing
- Bill Clinton published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Bill Clinton books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
- Length
- 1,620 pages across the 3 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 409 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bill Clinton books, 2 of 5, were published in the 2000s.
What the Bill Clinton books are about
3 of the 5 Bill Clinton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: politics and government is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Politics and government 2 of 3 books
- Amigos y asociados 1 of 3 books
- Biografía 1 of 3 books
- Current Events 1 of 3 books
- Economic conditions 1 of 3 books
- Economic stabilization 1 of 3 books
- Familia 1 of 3 books
- Friends and associates 1 of 3 books
- Generosity 1 of 3 books
- Government policy 1 of 3 books
- Governors 1 of 3 books
- Nonfiction 1 of 3 books