Citizen Kim
- Author
- Jonathan Van Meter
- Narrator
- Jonathan Van Meter
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 27 October 2026
- Run Time
- 10 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
An unprecedented and intimate account of one of the most business-savvy, influential and defining public icons of our time
Kim Kardashian is a self-made mogul, social media genius, fashion icon and unlikely advocate for criminal justice reform. But she is also dismissed as a figure of scandal, spectacle and reality television. The truth is more complicated - and revealing.
Stylish, incisive and deeply reported, Citizen Kim is a portrait of a woman we think we know. Born into an Armenian American family in Beverly Hills and marked early by proximity to tragedy and notoriety, Kim’s sense of ambition was evident from the start. She rose from Paris Hilton’s assistant and shopgirl extraordinaire to tabloid fixation, reality-television star, and ultimately the luminary of a new celebrity economy - an ascent that reveals how precisely she understood the culture she would come to create in her image.
Drawing on interviews with dozens of Kim’s closest friends, family members and associates, the book shows how the Kardashians and American culture have been in conversation for decades - feeding, shaping and amplifying each other. Equal parts cultural history, high-fashion chronicle and intimate family study, Citizen Kim is a dazzling, whip-smart exploration of one of the most influential - and misunderstood - figures of our time, and the world that made her superstardom possible.
'Citizen Kim is the kind of intelligent and incisive book that comes along when a great journalist finds his perfect subject. Irresistible.' - Anna Wintour
© Jonathan Van Meter 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
Critics Review
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'Citizen Kim is the kind of intelligent and incisive book that comes along when a great journalist finds his perfect subject. Irresistible.'
Anna Wintour
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'Jonathan Van Meter brilliantly shows how fame, ambition, social media, and American-dream-flavoured capitalism converged to make her seem inevitable. This is a wild Los Angeles story, full of fascinating cultural history, all serving the remarkable Bowerbird construction that is the Kardashian family.'
Aimee Mann
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'Absolutely terrific. An intimate, moving, alternately tragic and hilarious portrait of one of the most public figures on the planet. In his inimitable style - warm, wise, and filled with wonder - Van Meter invites us to curl up beside her on the sofa, to listen to her raucous tale of dreams, tragedies, and improbable triumph. In Van Meter’s deft hands, Kim Kardashian’s life becomes a twenty-first century Horatio Alger story - with a feminist core. It is as thrilling as it is inspirational.'
Mary Gabriel
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Details
- Author
- Jonathan Van Meter
- Narrator
- Jonathan Van Meter
- Duration
- 10 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9781529199963
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: social media / internet celebrities, Television: reality shows
Synopsis
<p><b>An unprecedented and intimate account of one of the most business-savvy, influential and defining public icons of our time</b></p><p>Kim Kardashian is a self-made mogul, social media genius, fashion icon and unlikely advocate for criminal justice reform. But she is also dismissed as a figure of scandal, spectacle and reality television. The truth is more complicated - and revealing.</p><p>Stylish, incisive and deeply reported, <i>Citizen Kim</i> is a portrait of a woman we think we know. Born into an Armenian American family in Beverly Hills and marked early by proximity to tragedy and notoriety, Kim’s sense of ambition was evident from the start. She rose from Paris Hilton’s assistant and shopgirl extraordinaire to tabloid fixation, reality-television star, and ultimately the luminary of a new celebrity economy - an ascent that reveals how precisely she understood the culture she would come to create in her image.</p><p>Drawing on interviews with dozens of Kim’s closest friends, family members and associates, the book shows how the Kardashians and American culture have been in conversation for decades - feeding, shaping and amplifying each other. Equal parts cultural history, high-fashion chronicle and intimate family study, <i>Citizen Kim</i> is a dazzling, whip-smart exploration of one of the most influential - and misunderstood - figures of our time, and the world that made her superstardom possible.</p><p><b>'<i>Citizen Kim</i> is the kind of intelligent and incisive book that comes along when a great journalist finds his perfect subject. Irresistible.' - Anna Wintour</b></p><p>© Jonathan Van Meter 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026</p>
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