Author Guide · Lisanne Swart

Books Written by Tina Knowles

Tina Knowles has published two books, 23 years apart, and they read almost like two different women. The first is a glossy style guide from the height of Destiny’s Child fame. The second is a number-one bestselling memoir written after a divorce, a cancer diagnosis, and decades of watching her daughters become two of the most scrutinized women on earth — the book where she finally gets to be the subject instead of the stylist. Below is her complete bibliography, in order.

By Lisanne Swart · 2 books · 2002–2025 · Updated July 2026

Why trust this list: Every title, date, and co-author below is checked against publication record rather than assumed from memory. Curated by Lisanne Swart, who reads and writes about each author individually rather than generating lists algorithmically.

Where to start

Start with Matriarch

Unless you’re specifically hunting for early-2000s Destiny’s Child ephemera, Matriarch (2025) is the book. It’s the one that’s an actual memoir, the one that was a number-one bestseller and an Oprah pick, and the one that will tell you who Tina Knowles is rather than just what she dressed her daughter’s group in.

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2002

Destiny’s Style: Bootylicious Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Secrets From Destiny’s Child

Co-written with Zoe Alexander and published by HarperCollins, this early book arrived at the height of Destiny’s Child’s fame and shares the shopping, sewing, and styling choices Knowles made as the group’s costume designer. It also includes home entertaining tips and family recipes, including the gumbo recipe Knowles has said Jay-Z has flown to Houston specifically to eat.

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2025

Matriarch: A MemoirStart here

Written with Kevin Carr O’Leary and published by One World in the US and Dialogue Books in the UK, Matriarch traces Knowles’s life from a 1950s Galveston childhood as the youngest of seven, through building a hair salon empire in Houston, styling Destiny’s Child, and raising Beyoncé and Solange. It debuted as the number-one New York Times bestseller and was selected by Oprah Winfrey for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 in April 2025.

Frequently asked questions about Tina Knowles’s books

How many books has Tina Knowles written?
Tina Knowles has published two books. Destiny’s Style: Bootylicious Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Secrets From Destiny’s Child came out in 2002, co-written with Zoe Alexander. Her memoir, Matriarch, followed in 2025, written with Kevin Carr O’Leary.
What is Tina Knowles’s memoir called?
Tina Knowles’s memoir is called Matriarch: A Memoir, published in April 2025 by One World in the United States and Dialogue Books in the United Kingdom. It became a number-one New York Times bestseller and was selected by Oprah Winfrey for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0.
What is Matriarch by Tina Knowles about?
Matriarch traces Tina Knowles’s life from a childhood in 1950s Galveston, Texas, as the youngest of seven siblings, through building a hair salon empire in Houston, styling Destiny’s Child, and raising her daughters Beyoncé and Solange. It is framed as a multigenerational family saga tracing the women in her family back through several generations.
Did Tina Knowles write a book before Matriarch?
Yes. In 2002, she published Destiny’s Style: Bootylicious Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Secrets From Destiny’s Child, co-written with Zoe Alexander and published by HarperCollins. The book focused on the fashion and style choices Knowles created for Destiny’s Child, along with beauty tips, home entertaining advice, and family recipes, rather than personal memoir material.
Who co-wrote Tina Knowles’s memoir Matriarch?
Matriarch was written with Kevin Carr O’Leary, a collaborator credited alongside Knowles on the book. Her earlier book, Destiny’s Style, was co-written with Zoe Alexander.
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