Book · 2018 · Fiction
The President is Missing
A Novel
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This is a thriller that has been kept heavily under wraps.
What they say about it
- Authorship and collaboration“Bill Clinton and James Patterson”5
- Bestseller list success“at the top of the bestseller list”2
- Secretive plot details“kept heavily under wraps”2
The best things said about it
The title is The President is Missing, and they're being extremely stingy with details about the plot.
And the Book of course is the president is missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson an interesting collaboration and it sold about 152,000 hard cover copies in its first week on sale.
At the top of the bestseller list, we still have a thriller now for five weeks straight, Bill Clinton and James Patterson, The President is Missing.
But there's this other little book out out there right now by a former president and a best-selling author called the president is missing yes by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.
Why people recommend it
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson is a high-stakes political thriller that imagines a crisis where the American commander-in-chief suddenly vanishes while dealing with a catastrophic cyberattack. Alexandra Alter and Pamela Paul discussed the collaborative novel extensively on multiple episodes of The Book Review, noting its massive commercial success, including robust first-week hardcover sales and a multi-week stint at the top of the bestseller lists. The hosts and guests highlighted the intense secrecy surrounding the plot, observing that the publisher and authors kept details heavily under wraps prior to publication while generating immense public curiosity. Later, on The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan referenced a completely different publication by Bill Clinton during a conversation with guest Bart Sibrel, noting a specific passage on page 156 where the former president expressed doubts concerning the authenticity of the historical moon landings. Across these podcast episodes, commentators analyzed both the collaborative fiction writing partnership between a former statesman and a bestselling novelist and the unexpected details found in the broader bibliography associated with the American presidency, reflecting sustained cultural and political fascination.
Every mention
Alexandra Alter for the past five weeks Bill Clinton and James Patterson's novel the president is missing has been number o… 4
“for the past five weeks Bill Clinton and James Patterson's novel the president is missing has been number one on our list”
“and the Book of course is the president is missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson an interesting collaboration and it sold about 152,000 hard cover copies in its first week on sale”
“co-authored by James Patterson and former President Bill Clinton called the president is missing and this is a thriller that has been kept heavily Under Wraps at least the plot of it has”
“the title is the president is missing and they're being extremely stingy with details about the plot”
Bart Sibrel Two of them on page 156 of his book; you know this. He says that he doubts the authenticity of the moon lan… 1
“Two of them on page 156 of his book; you know this. He says that he doubts the authenticity of the moon landings as president.”
Pamela Paul well at the top of the bestseller list we still have a thriller now for five weeks straight Bill Clinton an… 1
“well at the top of the bestseller list we still have a thriller now for five weeks straight Bill Clinton and James Patterson the president is missing”
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“but there's this other little book out out there right now by a former president and a best-selling author called the president is missing yes by Bill Clinton and James Patterson”
