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Totally Booked with Zibby

Hi! I'm Zibby Owens, host of Totally Booked! I'm hosting four events on September 19, 25th and 30th in NYC and on October 4th in Greenwich, CT. Get your tickets here!


In my daily show, I interview today’s latest, bestselling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author and (obviously) podcaster, I get a comprehensive look at everything that’s coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don’t have to. Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do. Every single day.


FYI, my show has won many awards! It was one of Oprah's top literary podcasts - twice! - and has been downloaded 15 million+ times. With 2,000+ episodes to choose from, you'll never run out of book talk. For more information, go to zibbymedia.com and follow me on Instagram at @zibbyowens. If you love the show, please rate and review it. And go buy the books!


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Update frequency
every day
Average duration
27 minutes
Episodes
2240
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Esther Chehebar, SISTERS OF FORTUNE: A Novel

Esther Chehebar, SISTERS OF FORTUNE: A Novel

Zibby interviews debut novelist Esther Chehebar about SISTERS OF FORTUNE, a warm, perceptive, witty, and utterly enjoyable novel about three Syrian Jewish sisters navigating family, tradition, body i…

00:28:09  |   Fri 05 Sep 2025
Rebecca Gardner, A SCREAMING BLAST: Exceptional Entertaining

Rebecca Gardner, A SCREAMING BLAST: Exceptional Entertaining

Zibby chats with Rebecca Gardner, founder and creative director of the online shop Houses & Parties, about her dazzling new book, A SCREAMING BLAST: Exceptional Entertaining, a vibrant journey throug…

00:24:09  |   Thu 04 Sep 2025
David Duchovny, ABOUT TIME: Poems

David Duchovny, ABOUT TIME: Poems

Acclaimed author, actor, and singer-songwriter David Duchovny returns to the podcast to discuss ABOUT TIME, a deeply personal, existential, and insightful debut poetry collection. They dive into the …

00:26:41  |   Wed 03 Sep 2025
Raegan Revord, RULES FOR FAKE GIRLFRIENDS

Raegan Revord, RULES FOR FAKE GIRLFRIENDS

Raegan Revord, debut author and star of the CBS hit series Young Sheldon, chats with Zibby about her charming YA rom-com, RULES FOR FAKE GIRLFRIENDS. They discuss how the novel blends grief, love, fr…

00:30:10  |   Tue 02 Sep 2025
Rebecca Wolf, ALIVE AND BEATING

Rebecca Wolf, ALIVE AND BEATING

Zibby welcomes author Rebecca Wolf to discuss her debut novel, ALIVE AND BEATING. Inspired by the true story of Rebecca’s close friend, who was killed in a 1995 suicide bombing in Israel, the novel i…

00:25:38  |   Mon 01 Sep 2025
Rachel Cockerell, MELTING POINT: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land

Rachel Cockerell, MELTING POINT: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land

Zibby chats with author Rachel Cockerell about her dazzling, eclectic, genre-bending new book, MELTING POINT: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land. Blending family memoir with forgotten…

00:22:29  |   Fri 29 Aug 2025
Marian Thurm, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THIS

Marian Thurm, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THIS

Novelist and short story writer Marian Thurm joins Zibby to discuss I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THIS, a touching and quirkily humorous book about a family court judge navigating complex cases in the…

00:23:19  |   Thu 28 Aug 2025
Dr. Vonda Wright, UNBREAKABLE: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power

Dr. Vonda Wright, UNBREAKABLE: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power

Zibby chats with renowned orthopedic surgeon and longevity specialist, Dr. Vonda Wright, about her groundbreaking new book, UNBREAKABLE: A Woman’s Guide to Aging with Power. Dr. Wright shares her jou…

00:23:55  |   Wed 27 Aug 2025
Ilana Kurshan, CHILDREN OF THE BOOK: A Memoir of Reading Together

Ilana Kurshan, CHILDREN OF THE BOOK: A Memoir of Reading Together

Zibby interviews award-winning author Ilana Kurshan about her luminous, heartfelt new book, CHILDREN OF THE BOOK: A Memoir of Reading Together. Ilana shares how reading aloud to her five children—fro…

00:28:58  |   Tue 26 Aug 2025
Lauren Grodstein, A DOG IN GEORGIA

Lauren Grodstein, A DOG IN GEORGIA

Author Lauren Grodstein returns to the podcast to discuss her heartwarming, emotionally attuned, and intricately crafted new novel, A DOG IN GEORGIA. What begins as the story of a middle-aged woman i…

00:24:22  |   Mon 25 Aug 2025
Valerie Gilpeer and Emily Grodin, I HAVE BEEN BURIED UNDER YEARS OF DUST: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

Valerie Gilpeer and Emily Grodin, I HAVE BEEN BURIED UNDER YEARS OF DUST: A Memoir of Autism and Hope

Zibby is joined by Valerie Gilpeer and Emily Grodin, co-authors of I HAVE BEEN BURIED UNDER YEARS OF DUST, an evocative and affecting memoir by a mother and her autistic daughter who’d long been unab…

00:16:21  |   Fri 22 Aug 2025
Kimberly Brooks, 10 THINGS EVERY JEW SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THEY GO TO COLLEGE

Kimberly Brooks, 10 THINGS EVERY JEW SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THEY GO TO COLLEGE

Artist Kimberly Brooks joins Zibby to discuss 10 THINGS EVERY JEW SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THEY GO TO COLLEGE, a book she illustrated alongside co-authors Emily Schrader and Blake Flayton. Kimberly shares …

00:21:46  |   Thu 21 Aug 2025
Sasha Salzmann, GLORIOUS PEOPLE

Sasha Salzmann, GLORIOUS PEOPLE

Zibby speaks with playwright and author Sasha Salzmann about GLORIOUS PEOPLE, a remarkable, astute, and deeply empathic novel exploring the disintegration of the Soviet Union, told through mothers an…

00:22:56  |   Wed 20 Aug 2025
Giri Nathan, CHANGEOVER: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis

Giri Nathan, CHANGEOVER: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis

Zibby interviews “the best tennis writer in America,” Giri Nathan, about THE CHANGEOVER, a gripping, scintillating account of the pivotal generational shift happening in men’s tennis. Giri shares his…

00:24:28  |   Tue 19 Aug 2025
Ali Brady, BATTLE OF THE BOOKSTORES

Ali Brady, BATTLE OF THE BOOKSTORES

Bestselling writing duo Ali Brady (a.k.a Alison Hammer and Bradeigh Godfrey) joins Zibby to celebrate their new pitch-perfect rom-com, BATTLE OF THE BOOKSTORES. They share the inspiration behind thei…

00:19:31  |   Mon 18 Aug 2025
Carson Meyer, GROWING TOGETHER: Doula Wisdom & Holistic Practices for Pregnancy, Birth & Early Motherhood

Carson Meyer, GROWING TOGETHER: Doula Wisdom & Holistic Practices for Pregnancy, Birth & Early Motherhood

Renowned Hollywood doula and author Carson Meyer chats with Zibby about her groundbreaking and empowering pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood guide, GROWING TOGETHER. Carson shares the inspiration…

00:25:11  |   Fri 15 Aug 2025
Jennifer Trevelyan, A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY: A Novel

Jennifer Trevelyan, A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY: A Novel

Zibby interviews debut novelist Jennifer Trevelyan about A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, a tense, gripping, exquisitely written coming-of-age mystery set on the Kāpiti Coast of New Zealand in 1985. They discuss …

00:21:17  |   Thu 14 Aug 2025
Jess Johnston, PERFECT IS BORING (AND IT TASTES LIKE KALE): Finding Belonging and Purpose Without Changing Who You Are

Jess Johnston, PERFECT IS BORING (AND IT TASTES LIKE KALE): Finding Belonging and Purpose Without Changing Who You Are

Zibby chats with bestselling author Jess Johnston about PERFECT IS BORING (AND IT TASTES LIKE KALE), a hilariously candid, refreshingly self-aware, and deeply heartfelt exploration of letting go of p…

00:19:02  |   Wed 13 Aug 2025
Alyson Stoner, SEMI-WELL-ADJUSTED DESPITE LITERALLY EVERYTHING: A Memoir

Alyson Stoner, SEMI-WELL-ADJUSTED DESPITE LITERALLY EVERYTHING: A Memoir

Actor-dancer Alyson Stoner chats with Zibby about their bold, incisive, and revelatory new memoir, SEMI-WELL-ADJUSTED DESPITE LITERALLY EVERYTHING, which weaves together stories from their life as a …

00:28:50  |   Tue 12 Aug 2025
Kate Price, THIS HAPPENED TO ME: A Reckoning

Kate Price, THIS HAPPENED TO ME: A Reckoning

Zibby interviews author and researcher Kate Price about THIS HAPPENED TO ME, an exquisitely rendered, haunting, and transformative memoir about how she broke free of the horror that defined her child…

00:26:41  |   Mon 11 Aug 2025
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