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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
2242
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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A Zibby Summer Reads pick! Jessica Fein, BREATH TAKING: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes

A Zibby Summer Reads pick! Jessica Fein, BREATH TAKING: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes

Zibby chats with author Jessica Fein about her astonishing, heartrending, vulnerable new book, BREATH TAKING: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes. Jessica describes her lengthy infertility j…

00:24:25  |   Wed 24 Jul 2024
Emmy and James Beard Award nominated! Ali Rosen, ALTERNATE ENDINGS

Emmy and James Beard Award nominated! Ali Rosen, ALTERNATE ENDINGS

Bestselling author Ali Rosen returns to the podcast, this time to discuss ALTERNATE ENDINGS, a smart, witty, breathless second-chance romance about a single mother juggling homelife and career who st…

00:27:17  |   Tue 23 Jul 2024
A Zibby Summer Reads pick! Catherine Newman, SANDWICH

A Zibby Summer Reads pick! Catherine Newman, SANDWICH

Zibby chats with New York Times bestselling author Catherine Newman about SANDWICH, a wise, hilarious, and exquisitely written story about a family’s yearly Cape Cod vacation—but this time, fifty-som…

00:27:12  |   Mon 22 Jul 2024
The View co-host! Sunny Hostin, SUMMER ON HIGHLAND BEACH

The View co-host! Sunny Hostin, SUMMER ON HIGHLAND BEACH

The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin returns to the podcast—this time to discuss SUMMER ON HIGHLAND BEACH, the third novel in her New York Times bestselling Summer Beach seri…

00:27:36  |   Fri 19 Jul 2024
Return guest! Madeleine Henry, MY FAVORITE TERRIBLE THING

Return guest! Madeleine Henry, MY FAVORITE TERRIBLE THING

Zibby chats with author Madeleine Henry about MY FAVORITE TERRIBLE THING, an evocative mystery about the sudden disappearance of the world’s most famous author on her wedding day, and the private inv…

00:28:31  |   Thu 18 Jul 2024
A Zibby Summer Reads pick! Yukiko Tominaga, SEE: LOSS. SEE ALSO: LOVE.

A Zibby Summer Reads pick! Yukiko Tominaga, SEE: LOSS. SEE ALSO: LOVE.

Zibby is joined by author Yukiko Tominaga to discuss SEE: LOSS. SEE ALSO: LOVE., a tender and honest debut novel about a Japanese widow raising her son in San Francisco with the help of her Jewish mo…

00:22:43  |   Wed 17 Jul 2024
PEN USA award-winning author! Victor Lodato, HONEY

PEN USA award-winning author! Victor Lodato, HONEY

PEN USA Award-winning author Victor Lodato chats with Zibby about HONEY, a masterful and utterly enchanting novel about Honey Fasinga, an unforgettable heroine who escapes her mob family at 17 and re…

00:19:26  |   Tue 16 Jul 2024
Celebrity guest!! Paul Scheer, JOYFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF TRAUMA

Celebrity guest!! Paul Scheer, JOYFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF TRAUMA

Award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer joins Zibby to discuss JOYFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF TRAUMA, a vulnerable and hilarious memoir-in-essays about coming to terms with his childhood trauma and emb…

00:32:01  |   Mon 15 Jul 2024
Instant USA Today Bestseller! Steven Rowley, THE GUNCLE ABROAD

Instant USA Today Bestseller! Steven Rowley, THE GUNCLE ABROAD

New York Times bestselling author Steven Rowley returns to the podcast, this time to discuss his much-anticipated sequel, the wildly witty and tenderhearted THE GUNCLE ABROAD. Patrick O’Hara, a reclu…

00:24:12  |   Fri 12 Jul 2024
Return guest! Jamie Figueroa, MOTHER ISLAND: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico

Return guest! Jamie Figueroa, MOTHER ISLAND: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico

Critically acclaimed author (and repeat podcast guest!) Jamie Figueroa joins Zibby to discuss MOTHER ISLAND, a poignant, lushly written memoir about a Puerto Rican woman’s relationship with home, lin…

00:25:35  |   Thu 11 Jul 2024
Finalist for The Women's Prize for Fiction, Claire Kilroy, SOLDIER SAILOR

Finalist for The Women's Prize for Fiction, Claire Kilroy, SOLDIER SAILOR

Zibby speaks with Irish author Claire Kilroy about SOLDIER SAILOR, an urgent, gut-wrenching novel about new motherhood that explores the clash of fierce love for a new life with a seismic change in i…

00:22:47  |   Wed 10 Jul 2024
NYT bestselling author! Francine Prose, 1974: A Personal History

NYT bestselling author! Francine Prose, 1974: A Personal History

Zibby is joined by critically acclaimed, bestselling author Francine Prose to discuss 1974, a remarkable, artistic coming-of-age memoir about the close relationship she developed with activist Anthon…

00:19:30  |   Tue 09 Jul 2024
A Zibby Summer Reads pick! Paige Toon, SEVEN SUMMERS

A Zibby Summer Reads pick! Paige Toon, SEVEN SUMMERS

Bestselling author Paige Toon chats with Zibby about SEVEN SUMMERS, a beautiful, heart-wrenching story about second chances, grief, and everlasting love. Paige shares the inspiration behind the novel…

00:20:48  |   Mon 08 Jul 2024
Academy Award-winning screenwriter! Graham Moore, THE WEALTH OF SHADOWS

Academy Award-winning screenwriter! Graham Moore, THE WEALTH OF SHADOWS

Zibby is joined by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and bestselling author Graham Moore to discuss THE WEALTH OF SHADOWS, a thrilling, mind-expanding historical novel about an ordinary man—a tax at…

00:30:51  |   Fri 05 Jul 2024
Celebrate the American experiment with Charles Kenney, AMERICAN SYCAMORE

Celebrate the American experiment with Charles Kenney, AMERICAN SYCAMORE

Zibby speaks to author Charles Kenny about AMERICAN SYCAMORE, a gripping, profoundly moving novel about the turbulence in today's American life and the invincible power of love between a husband, a w…

00:26:28  |   Thu 04 Jul 2024
From Zibby's Asheville Retreat! Kristy Woodson Harvey, A HAPPIER LIFE

From Zibby's Asheville Retreat! Kristy Woodson Harvey, A HAPPIER LIFE

In this special episode (a live recording at Zibby’s Asheville Retreat!), Zibby interviews New York Times bestselling author and southern sensation Kristy Woodson Harvey about A HAPPIER LIFE, a beaut…

00:29:56  |   Wed 03 Jul 2024
Now a Netflix series! Holly Smale and Jeff Norton, GEEK GIRL

Now a Netflix series! Holly Smale and Jeff Norton, GEEK GIRL

Zibby is joined by Holly Smale, the author of the cheeky, hilarious, internationally bestselling GEEK GIRL series, and Jeff Norton, the executive producer of the books’ recent Netflix adaptation. Hol…

00:28:22  |   Tue 02 Jul 2024
Bustle Digital Group Chief Content Officer! Emma Rosenblum, VERY BAD COMPANY

Bustle Digital Group Chief Content Officer! Emma Rosenblum, VERY BAD COMPANY

Bestselling author and Bustle Digital Group Chief Content Officer Emma Rosenblum returns to the podcast, this time to discuss VERY BAD COMPANY, an irresistible, darkly funny beach read about a trendy…

00:31:03  |   Mon 01 Jul 2024
#1 New York Times bestseller! Katherine Applegate, THE ONE AND ONLY FAMILY

#1 New York Times bestseller! Katherine Applegate, THE ONE AND ONLY FAMILY

#1 New York Times bestseller! Powerhouse children’s writer and Newbery Award-winner Katherine Applegate joins Zibby to discuss THE ONE AND ONLY FAMILY, the poignant, delightful, and heartbreaking fin…

00:20:08  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Sherri Crichton & James Patterson, ERUPTION

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Sherri Crichton & James Patterson, ERUPTION

Zibby speaks with Sherri Crichton and literary giant James Patterson about their collaboration on ERUPTION, a partial manuscript written by the late Michael Crichton—creator of Jurassic Park, ER, and…

00:29:25  |   Thu 27 Jun 2024
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