Totally Booked with Zibby

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Episodes 2,429
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 4.5 (630)
Since Mar 2018
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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42%
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About This Podcast

Totally Booked with Zibby is a podcast about books—and everything they reveal about who we are. Hosted by Zibby Owens, each episode features conversations with authors, creators, and thinkers about writing, reading, creativity, ambition, relationships, resilience, and the moments that shape our lives. Because talking about books is really talking about life.



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Recent Episodes

S26E78 Meredith Walker, Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice + Adam Mansbach, Go the F*ck to College

Jun 11, 2026 26m

Loop in your teens! Get some life advice from Meredith Walker who founded Smart Girls with Amy Poehler in Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice and then laugh along with Adam Mansbach whose unorthodox…

S26E77 Judy Batalion, The Last Woman of Warsaw

Jun 10, 2026 25m

NYT bestselling author Judy Batalion shares a compelling pre-WWII story of a family in a changing city, in The Last Woman of Warsaw. (The more things change…)** If you enjoy recommending things you…

S26E76 Katherine Center, The Shippers + Lila Raicek, The Plunge

Jun 09, 2026 41m

This double episode tackles love in all its forms with Katherine Center’s The Shippers and Lila Raicek’s The Plunge. Hear from NYT bestselling author Katherine Center about her writing process and…

BONUS: Share Your "Between Chapters" Story

Jun 08, 2026 8m

Your story makes a difference. How did you get through that last painful chapter? Why are you loving your current chapter? Which chapter are you leaving and which are you entering? Karson Brown…

S26E75 Kerry Docherty, Selfish, and Jess H. Gutierrez, Adulting for Amateurs

Jun 04, 2026 27m

Loved Selfish! Co-founder of Faherty, Kerry Docherty, was a college athlete and superstar with a natural healer’s energy before helping her husband and his twin brother launch the clothing company.…

S26E74 Caitlin Shetterly, The Gulf of Lions, and Lauren Schott, Very Slowly All at Once

Jun 03, 2026 37m

Caitlin Shetterly wrote about a mom with breast cancer in The Gulf of Lions, a follow-up to Pete and Alice in Maine. Then, in a strange plot twist, she got breast cancer herself. It’s hard to believe…

S26E73 Susan Patterson and James Patterson, The Mother-Daughter Book Club

Jun 02, 2026 26m

Yes, this is about a group of moms and daughters, a story told in many alternating viewpoints during a fun getaway in Europe and beyond. But at its core, it’s about the ripple effects of an accident:…

S26E72 BONUS: Zibby's Summer Reads Party: Live!

May 29, 2026 30m

I loved hosting my annual Summer Reading List celebration in New York! I invite all authors on my list (see here) to meet each other, share about their books, and connect. Here are the photos so you…

S26E71 Bruce Feiler's A Time to Gather, and Amy Schmittauer Landino's Good Morning Good Life

May 28, 2026 31m

In this double episode of the podcast, Zibby talks with bestselling author and productivity expert Amy Landino about building intentional mornings, managing energy instead of time, and creating…

S26E70 Kerry Clare, Definitely Thriving, and Camille Pagán, Dog Person

May 27, 2026 29m

Double episode from interviews recorded live at The Whitby Hotel!Bestselling author Camille Pagán joins Zibby to discuss her moving new novel, Dog Person, a witty story narrated by an aging rescue…

S26E69 Sarah Damoff, The Burning Side

May 26, 2026 27m

Zibby’s Book Club Pick! I ugly-cried on the plane reading Sarah Damoff’s THE BURNING SIDE. It was like listening to a symphony — beautiful throughout but with piercing violin moments that made me…

S26E68 Emma Brodie's Into the Blue (Reese's pick!) and Morgan Radford's Now Then

May 21, 2026 50m

Emma Brodie’s Into the Blue: A Reese’s Book Club Pick!Emma Brodie said she cried every day writing this book which became a Reese’s Book Club pick. (Maybe that’s the secret?!) We connected at Totally…

S26E67 Rosie Walsh and Kelly Yang

May 20, 2026 50m

Rosie Walsh, The One Day You Were My HusbandLoss, love, expectations and mystery abound in Rosie Walsh’s latest novel about a woman whose husband vanishes on their wedding night. We spoke about how…

S26E66 Jane Costello’s Forty Love: My July Book Club Pick

May 19, 2026 26m

I’m obsessed with this novel. Perhaps because I also wrote a book called Forty Love but even though my agent sent it out as the start of the pandemic, it didn’t sell. Which is probably for the best.…

Let’s Cook with Superstars Donna Hay and Adeena Sussman

May 14, 2026 39m

Donna Hay is the ubiquitous cookbook author and lifestyle brand. Her latest cookbook, Sunshine, Lemons, and Sea Salt, will join the others on my shelf. Hear from Donna in Australia as she discusses…

S26E64 Letting Go, Staying Resilient, and Finding Ourselves with Dr. Deepika Chopra and Stacey Lindsay

May 13, 2026 50m

Dr. Deepika Chopra teaches us the difference between optimism and positivity, shares her own child’s medical struggles and how she gets through, discusses pregnancy issues, and helps us find the…

S26E63 Small Towns, Friendship, and Secrets in Kristy Woodson Harvey and B&N Book Club Pick Mikki Brammer’s New Novels

May 12, 2026 34m

Kristy Woodson Harvey spotlights NICU nurses, sports coaches, and a small town in her annual summer novel, this time Summer State of Mind. If you’ve ever wondered “how something like this could…

S26E62 Pam Sherman plays herself and so can you

May 07, 2026 25m

Pam Sherman took her superpower of inspiring others in acting, speaking, and work to write a helpful handbook to put your best foot forward. As Pam says, "You want to be who you are, wherever you…

S26E61 Laurie Frankel’s hilarious take on aging in Enormous Wings

May 06, 2026 26m

What if your grandmother got pregnant? That’s the premise behind Laurie Frankel’s witty, escapist narrative about an older woman who takes up with her retirement community next-door neighbor and…

S26E60 Mega-bestselling author of The Help is back! Kathryn Stockett on The Calamity Club

May 05, 2026 29m

I remember reading The Help in 2009 when it came out and absolutely loving it! Back then I was a stay-at-home mom of twins under age two. To think that by the time they graduated high school I’d be…

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