Author and influencer Tinx is revealing her bookshelf must-haves.
The It’s Me, Tinx podcast host, 34, shared with Page Six her favorite books and her go-to genre when choosing a new read at the bookstore.
“I’ve always loved to read,” she told the outlet. “My favorite types of books are memoirs because I learn so much from them.”
In fact, several of her favorite books fall in this genre — including The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown, which follows the author’s journey as she is “summoned from London in hopes that she can save Condé Nast’s troubled new flagship Vanity Fair,” according to a synopsis. It follows Brown’s journey in the New York media world as she “triumphantly reinvents a failing magazine.”
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Tinx described the memoir as “one of my favorite books of all time” adding, “Tina was the Editor-in-Chief of Vanity Fair in the ’90s and she is a force to be reckoned with. She’s an incredible writer and I love hearing stories from the glamorous time of publishing.”
However, The Vanity Fair Diaries isn’t the only memoir on her list, as she also named The Andy Cohen Diaries penned by Bravo host Andy Cohen, as one of her favorites. The book follows one year out of the Watch What Happens Live host’s life as he shares little glimpses into his day-to-day job filled with glamorous stars, his home life with family and friends and his dog.
“I have a radio show on Andy Cohen‘s channel and it’s something I’m so proud of,” Tinx told Page Six. “I worship Andy and I love all his books, and I love to hear the stories of his exciting life and cool friends.”
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She also loves A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. That beloved novel follows four college classmates, who are “broke, adrift and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition, as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune.”
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‘A Little Life’ by Hanya Yanagihara
According to Tinx, it is a narrative that “will absolutely level you,” and noted that it is also “a powerful story about the power of human endurance.” She added, ”Make sure to not finish it on an airplane because you will be sobbing for about three hours.”
A lighter one on her list is The Wedding People by Alison Espach, which follows a woman who stays at an inn where a wedding is being held and gets mistaken for one of the guests. Tinx described it as “ so fun and life-affirming,” adding that “to me it’s about the power of unexpected friendship.”
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‘The Wedding People’ by Alison Espach
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‘Nothing to See Here’ by Kevin Wilson
While several of the books Tinx mentioned can be very gritty and emotional, she also share one of her favorite lighthearted stories, Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, which is about a woman who asks her boarding school friend to watch over her twin stepkids who “spontaneously combust when they get agitated.”
“This book is absolutely hilarious, and you just have to read it to understand why everyone loves it so much,” Tinx teased.
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‘Hotter in the Hamptons’ by Tinx
As for her final choice — that’s easy. She chose her own debut novel Hotter in the Hamptons, which follows a New York City it-girl who flees to the Hamptons when her career is buried, with a final nail in the coffin from a culture critic who wrote a scathing exposé. But while she’s in the Hamptons, she finds herself neighboring the “woman who ruined her life.”
Tinx noted that her novel “is a fun spicy summer fling that follows canceled influencer Lola as she embarks on a summer of adventure.”
Hotter in the Hamptons was released on May 6 and is available now, wherever books are sold.
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