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Andy Cohen's Reading List

The talk-show host, producer and author of “The Andy Cohen Diaries” is a “Fountainhead” fan: “I like to think of myself as a Howard Roark type, but then I realize I’m the ‘Housewives’ guy.”

By the Book: Andy Cohen (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-04-21).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Smash Cut

Brad Gooch · Buy on Amazon

"I am savoring the end of Brad Gooch's wonderful Smash Cut (which is giving me a heartache)."

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt · 2013 · Buy on Amazon

"I still have The Goldfinch there because I loved it so much."

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara · Buy on Amazon

"A Little Life is one of the best books I've read in a long while. It's a heartbreakingly beautiful and tragic love story. I can't shake it."

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand · Buy on Amazon

"I loved The Fountainhead, and I like to think of myself as a Howard Roark type."

The Andy Warhol Diaries

Andy Warhol · Buy on Amazon

"Reading it 26 years ago as I began my career opened my eyes to a world that I wanted to be a part of. The book inspired my own Andy Cohen Diaries."

Forever

Pete Hamill · Buy on Amazon

"The 200-year saga of Cormac O'Connor, who is granted immortality as long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan. I find myself thinking about O'Connor's character all the time."

On their bookshelf (2020)

Books visible on Andy Cohen's bookshelf during an April 2020 TV/media appearance. Compiled by Gal Beckerman for The New York Times. Books extracted by NYT editor from video footage.

Source: www.nytimes.com

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara · 2015 · Buy on Amazon

"A tale of New York City unhappiness and quarter-life crises."

Live From New York

James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales · Buy on Amazon

"A gossip-rich, exhaustive oral history of Saturday Night Live."

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen · Buy on Amazon

"A tale of Midwestern unhappiness and midlife crises."

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