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The Shameful Bliss of Kim’s Selfie Book

Me, Me, Me

Kim Kardashian’s book of ‘selfies’ features her on her own, with famous friends, being sexy, being goofy—and all the time, it seems, ready for the camera’s attention.

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Kim Kardashian West, Selfish, Rizzoli, 2015.
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The cover of Selfish.

Kim Kardashian West, Selfish, Rizzoli, 2015.
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This selfie is from 2007, right around the time Keeping Up With the Kardashians aired for the first time.


Kim Kardashian West, Selfish, Rizzoli, 2015.
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Kardashian's love of makeup and bikinis are two running themes in Selfish. Here's a two-birds-with-one-stone selfie.

Kim Kardashian West, Selfish, Rizzoli, 2015.
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In 2010, with sister Kourtney and nephew Mason, when Kim and Kourtney were shooting the spin-off Kourtney and Kim Take New York.

Kim Kardashian West, Selfish, Rizzoli, 2015.
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Occasionally, there's even a selfie in which Kardashian isn't making bedroom eyes at the camera.

Kim Kardashian West, Selfish, Rizzoli, 2015
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From the black pages of Selfish, which feature Kardashian in various stages of undress. (This is one of the more clothed shots.)

Kim Kardashian West, Selfish, Rizzoli, 2015.