--- title: Hillary Clinton: Her Favorite Alternate Book Title description: Hillary Clinton gave her first at-home exclusive interview since leaving her government post in 2013 to People canonical: https://time.com/118680/hillary-clinton-book-people/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-27T14:15:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:49.470Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton: Her Favorite Alternate Book Title og:description: Hillary Clinton gave her first at-home exclusive interview since leaving her government post in 2013 to People og:url: https://time.com/118680/hillary-clinton-book-people/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1742b282ff45c4a2/698690eb169ab07b952797a2/486282907.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3200 og:image:height: 1800 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton: Her Favorite Alternate Book Title twitter:description: Hillary Clinton gave her first at-home exclusive interview since leaving her government post in 2013 to People twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1742b282ff45c4a2/698690eb169ab07b952797a2/486282907.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Were Hillary Clinton's Options For a Different Book Title > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 27, 2014 2:15 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton delivers the Keynote Address at the 35th Annual Simmons Leadership Conference Hillary Clinton delivers the Keynote Address at the 35th Annual Simmons Leadership ConferencePaul Marotta—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 27, 2014 2:15 PM UTC PEOPLE magazine [scored Hillary Clinton’s first at-home interview](http://www.people.com/article/hillary-clinton-sneak-peek-new-book-hard-choices) since she left government last year, and the potential presidential candidate offered a preview of her new book _Hard Choices_ on Tuesday. “I considered a number of titles,” the former secretary of state writes in a newly-released excerpt. “Helpfully, _The Washington Post_ asked its readers to send in suggestions. One proposed _It Takes a World_, a fitting sequel to \[my previous book,\] _It Takes a Village_. My favorite was _The Scrunchie Chronicles: 112 Countries and It’s Still All about My Hair_.” PEOPLE’s interview with Clinton hits newsstands June 6. 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