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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
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Average duration
27 minutes
Episodes
2244
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Shelley Read, GO AS A RIVER

Shelley Read, GO AS A RIVER

Zibby interviews debut author and fifth-generation Coloradoan Shelley Read about Go as a River, a spellbinding and devastatingly beautiful coming-of-age story of a young woman who is broken by traged…

00:23:34  |   Thu 27 Apr 2023
Katherine Heiny, GAMES AND RITUALS: Stories

Katherine Heiny, GAMES AND RITUALS: Stories

Zibby speaks to beloved author and repeat MDHTTRB guest Katherine Heiny about Games and Rituals, a beautiful collection of stories brimming with humor, tenderness, and empathy. Katherine talks about …

00:31:58  |   Wed 26 Apr 2023
Aliza Licht, ON BRAND: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception.

Aliza Licht, ON BRAND: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception.

Zibby is joined by former fashion executive and bestselling author Aliza Licht to discuss her indispensable and entertaining personal branding guidebook On Brand: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vis…

00:26:47  |   Tue 25 Apr 2023
Judy Blume + directors Leah Wolchok and Davina Pardo, JUDY BLUME FOREVER (film)

Judy Blume + directors Leah Wolchok and Davina Pardo, JUDY BLUME FOREVER (film)

Judy Blume Forever explores the life and legacy of trailblazing author Judy Blume, whose honest and captivating books changed the way millions of adolescent readers understood themselves and what it …

00:22:10  |   Mon 24 Apr 2023
Judy Blume + Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson, and Kelly Fremon Craig, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET (film)

Judy Blume + Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson, and Kelly Fremon Craig, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET (film)

Judy Blume’s beloved bestselling classic, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, is hitting the big screen, and Zibby was lucky enough to interview Judy (who she idolizes!!) and the movie’s talented s…

00:33:42  |   Mon 24 Apr 2023
Cathleen Schine, KÜNSTLERS IN PARADISE

Cathleen Schine, KÜNSTLERS IN PARADISE

Zibby speaks to bestselling author and repeat MDHTTRB guest Cathleen Schine about Künstlers in Paradise, a dreamy, captivating novel about an Austrian family of movie stars and musicians who flee to …

00:26:50  |   Sun 23 Apr 2023
Julie Gerstenblatt, DAUGHTERS OF NANTUCKET

Julie Gerstenblatt, DAUGHTERS OF NANTUCKET

Zibby interviews author Julie Gerstenblatt about Daughters of Nantucket, a sweeping and emotional novel about Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, and the three women whose personal dramas, secrets, and j…

00:30:18  |   Sat 22 Apr 2023
Jennifer Savran Kelly, ENDPAPERS

Jennifer Savran Kelly, ENDPAPERS

Zibby speaks to debut author Jennifer Savran Kelly about Endpapers, an evocative and sharply-written early-2000s literary mystery about a queer bookbinder who finds a love letter and becomes obsessed…

00:27:08  |   Fri 21 Apr 2023
Susan and James Patterson, THINGS I WISH I TOLD MY MOTHER

Susan and James Patterson, THINGS I WISH I TOLD MY MOTHER

Zibby interviews New York Times bestselling authors Susan and James Patterson about Things I Wish I Told My Mother, an irresistible, funny, and heartfelt novel about a dynamic mother-daughter duo, th…

00:29:07  |   Thu 20 Apr 2023
Jeannette Walls, HANG THE MOON

Jeannette Walls, HANG THE MOON

Zibby is joined by #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeannette Walls to discuss Hang the Moon, an energetic and propulsive Prohibition-era story about an indomitable young woman in a world of lawl…

00:32:38  |   Wed 19 Apr 2023
Emily St. John Mandel, SEA OF TRANQUILITY

Emily St. John Mandel, SEA OF TRANQUILITY

Zibby interviews New York Times bestselling author Emily St. John Mandel about Sea of Tranquility, a shimmering work of speculative and historical fiction about a time-traveling detective investigati…

00:28:13  |   Tue 18 Apr 2023
Katherine May, ENCHANTMENT: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

Katherine May, ENCHANTMENT: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

Zibby speaks to New York Times bestselling author and repeat MDHTTRB guest Katherine May about Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, a lyrical, profound, and warm guide to feeling less bur…

00:28:49  |   Mon 17 Apr 2023
Curtis Sittenfeld, ROMANTIC COMEDY

Curtis Sittenfeld, ROMANTIC COMEDY

Zibby interviews New York Times bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld about Romantic Comedy, a hilarious and compelling meta-romance (and Reese's Book Club pick!) about a comedy writer who has sworn o…

00:31:50  |   Sun 16 Apr 2023
Pooja Lakshmin, REAL SELF-CARE: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)

Pooja Lakshmin, REAL SELF-CARE: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)

Zibby speaks to perinatal psychiatrist and New York Times contributor Pooja Lakshmin, MD, about her compassionate and actionable new book Real Self Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Welln…

00:26:39  |   Sat 15 Apr 2023
Jane Roper, THE SOCIETY OF SHAME

Jane Roper, THE SOCIETY OF SHAME

Zibby interviews author Jane Roper about The Society of Shame, a heartfelt, witty, and hysterical satirical novel about forty-seven-year-old perimenopausal Kathleen Held, her cheating politician husb…

00:26:06  |   Fri 14 Apr 2023
Maggie Smith, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL: A Memoir

Maggie Smith, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL: A Memoir

Bestselling poet and repeat MDHTTRB guest Maggie Smith joins Zibby to discuss You Could Make This Place Beautiful, a beautiful and heartrending memoir-in-vignettes about how she reckoned with her pas…

00:31:16  |   Thu 13 Apr 2023
Kelly Fradin, ADVANCED PARENTING: Advice for Helping Kids Through Diagnoses, Differences, and Mental Health Challenges

Kelly Fradin, ADVANCED PARENTING: Advice for Helping Kids Through Diagnoses, Differences, and Mental Health Challenges

Zibby interviews author and pediatrician Dr. Kelly Fradin about her important, empathetic, and comprehensive new guidebook Advanced Parenting: Advice for Helping Kids Through Diagnoses, Differences, …

00:20:11  |   Wed 12 Apr 2023
Anissa Gray, LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS

Anissa Gray, LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS

Zibby is joined by author, award-winning journalist, and repeat MDHTTRB guest Anissa Gray to discuss Life and Other Love Songs, a riveting, complex, and astonishingly moving African American family s…

00:18:06  |   Tue 11 Apr 2023
Rachel Beanland, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE

Rachel Beanland, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE

Zibby speaks to award-winning author and repeat MDHTTRB guest Rachel Beanland about The House is on Fire, a propulsive work of historical fiction about a fire that ravaged a theater mid-performance a…

00:27:22  |   Mon 10 Apr 2023
Laura Tremaine, THE LIFE COUNCIL: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs

Laura Tremaine, THE LIFE COUNCIL: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs

Zibby is joined by writer and podcaster Laura Tremaine to discuss her latest book The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs, an adult friendship book filled with honest confessions, wisdom, and …

00:28:17  |   Sun 09 Apr 2023
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