Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby chats with author Anastasia Zadeik about THE OTHER SIDE OF NOTHING, a riveting and redemptive portrayal of two suicidal young adults who meet in a psychiatric facility and escape on a cross-cou…

Zibby chats with memoirist and podcast host Glynnis MacNicol about I’M MOSTLY HERE TO ENJOY MYSELF, an intimate, powerful, jubilant, and triumphant travelog about the radically pleasurable time she s…

Award-winning casting director Jen Rudin joins Zibby to discuss CONFESSIONS OF A CASTING DIRECTOR, an invaluable guide to breaking into film, TV, theater, and even YouTube, with advice from actors, a…

New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh joins Zibby to discuss I PROMISE IT WON’T ALWAYS HURT LIKE THIS, a deeply honest and compassionate memoir about the unfathomable grief she navigated…

Zibby interviews award-winning Pakistani American author Hena Khan about DRAWING DEENA, a nuanced and quietly powerful middle-grade novel about a young artist determined to manage her anxiety, help h…

Debut author Simone Gorrindo joins Zibby to discuss THE WIVES, a fearless, gripping, and gorgeously rendered memoir (and Book of the Month Club pick!) about her experience of joining a community of A…

Zibby chats with author Marjan Kamali about THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN, a heartwrenching and achingly beautiful novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in…

Zibby is joined by New York City’s premier “house call veterinarian,” Dr. Amy Attas, who takes us into the exclusive penthouses and hotel rooms of the wealthiest Manhattan pet owners in her heartfelt…

Bestselling author Jamie Brenner returns to the podcast to discuss A NOVEL SUMMER, a delightful, sun-soaked beach read about a novelist who returns to the beach town where she spent her college summe…

Co-authors Audrey Bellezza (a two-time Emmy-nominated TV producer) and Emily Harding (also a TV producer!) return to the podcast to discuss their charming, hilariously witty, modern-day retelling of …

Zen practitioner and elite ultrarunner Katie Arnold chats with Zibby about BRIEF FLASHINGS IN THE PHENOMENAL WORLD, a wise, contemplative memoir of destruction and healing written about her struggle …

Debby Herbenick, PhD, an internationally recognized sexuality researcher and educator and author of five bestselling books, joins Zibby to discuss her authoritative, supportive, sex-positive, and fac…

Zibby chats with author Jess H. Gutierrez about A PRODUCT OF GENETICS (AND DAY DRINKING), a laugh-out-loud, bawdy memoir-in-essays that is overflowing with 90s nostalgia and relatable tales of a mill…

Zibby welcomes back New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin to discuss THE SUMMER PACT, a tender and heartfelt novel about four college friends who, after suffering a tragedy their senior year…

Award-winning journalist Brooke Lea Foster returns to the podcast, this time to discuss ALL THE SUMMERS IN BETWEEN, a breathtaking dual-timeline novel that is at once a mesmerizing portrait of a comp…

Zibby Books author alert! Zibby speaks to debut author Mary Jones about THE GOODBYE PROCESS, an arresting, original, and beautifully rendered short story collection that examines loss and the painful…

Zibby chats with author Alison Espach about her absurdly funny and devastatingly tender new novel, THE WEDDING PEOPLE—a Zibby’s Book Club, Read With Jenna, and B&N Book Club pick! Alison delves into …

Zibby is joined by two-time Pushcart Prize nominee Tara M. Stringfellow to discuss MAGIC ENUFF, an electrifying, glorious collection of poems that tells a universal tale of survival and revolution th…

National Book Award finalist Julia Phillips joins Zibby to discuss BEAR, a spellbinding and richly imagined novel about survival, obsession, and two sisters on San Juan Island whose lives are disrupt…

Zibby chats with co-authors Rachel Dodes and Lauren Mechling about THE MEMO, a smart, addictive, bittersweet, and ultimately triumphant debut novel about a woman who is approaching her 36th birthday,…