Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books by William Kuhn

In Reading Jackie, William Kuhn offers a fascinating portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis through the lens of her publishing career. Drawing on the hundreds of books she edited after leaving the White House, Kuhn reveals how Jackie’s literary choices—spanning history, art, politics, and personal reflection—became a window into her private world. With insight and elegance, this biography reimagines one of America’s most enigmatic figures not merely as a style icon or First Lady, but as a thoughtful, discerning editor who found identity and meaning through books.