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Totally Booked with Zibby
For nearly a decade, Totally Booked with Zibby has been one of publishing's premier podcasts and a regular stop on book tours for today's biggest authors. Hosted by bestselling author, bookstore owner, and publisher Zibby Owens, the show has featured more than 2,000 conversations with bestselling authors, actors, athletes, chefs, musicians, and entrepreneurs.
Known for her warmth, empathy, and genuine curiosity, Zibby has a gift for asking the questions that lead to unforgettable conversations…
Episodes
Totally Booked with ZibbyAshley Kahn, DAYS OF MIRACLE AND WONDER: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
Ashley Kahn was sitting on a terrace in Italy as we talked about his love letter to Paul Simon and the album Graceland, Days of Miracle and Wonder. I couldn’t…
Totally Booked with ZibbyCinelle Barnes, A WAY HOME: A Memoir of Losing Yourself, and the Beauty of Returning
Cinelle Barnes was nervous. This was her first interview about her book after her brain injury which, having read the book, I completely understood. Cinelle…
Totally Booked with ZibbyChris Young, THE WOUND IS WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS: A Memoir of Resilience
Chris Young was beyond impressive! I loved talking to him about his experience in prison, how he turned to books and philosophy, his views on overcoming…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDr. Lucy McBride, BEYOND THE PRESCRIPTION: A Doctor's Guide to Taking Charge of Your Health
I feel like Dr. Lucy McBride and I could’ve grown up as friends. She’s so relatable despite her brilliance that taking her advice feels like a no-brainer. Hear…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDara Levan, SHAKEN TO THE CORE
Dara Levan is a contributor to my anthology On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates, who is the first person to show up for friends and…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDavid K. Israel, THE LOST MOZART
David K. Israel, one of the contributors to my anthology On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates, has a quirky, dry sense of humor that…
Totally Booked with ZibbyAnna Johnston, WHEN LEMONS GIVE YOU LIFE
I loved this book! Couldn’t put it down. Join me in September (9/15 at 7 pm ET) to discuss When Lemons Give You Life by Australian author Anna Johnston, whose…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJaclyn Moriarty, TIME TRAVEL FOR BEGINNERS
I don’t know what Jaclyn Moriarty’s parents did so right to raise a slew of brilliant women writers, but Jaclyn has a few ideas. Hear from her about the games…
Totally Booked with ZibbyChris Bohjalian, THE AMATEUR
Bestselling author Chris Bohjalian has written 26 books, including mega-bestsellers Oprah’s Book Club pick Midwives and The Flight Attendant, adapted into an…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDr. Lucy Kalanithi, WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR (10th Anniversary)
I reread (and listened to) one of my favorite books, When Breath Becomes Air, before speaking to late author Dr. Paul Kalanithi’s widow, Lucy. The book was as…
Totally Booked with ZibbyCatherine Ostler, THE RENOIR GIRLS: A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal
The newly minted New York Times bestseller The Renoir Girls by Brit Catherine Ostler tells a hidden story of what really happened to the young girls in…
Totally Booked with ZibbySoon Wiley, CECE DOWNING'S START OVER SUMMER: A Novel
We can’t all completely start our lives over again. But Cece Downing, down on her luck, tries to do just that. An intriguing neighbor catches her attention…
Totally Booked with ZibbySarah Vaughan, BASED ON A TRUE STORY: A Novel
I spoke to Sarah Vaughan about her riveting new novel, Based on a True Story (think: cliffside manor, a matriarch at her 70th birthday party, a secret, a…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDr. Elisa Port, THE BREAST ADVICE: All You Need to Know About Breast Health, Screening, and Treatment
Dr. Elisa Port, chief of breast surgery at Mount Sinai and one of the nation's leading breast cancer specialists, joins Zibby to discuss her compassionate new…
Totally Booked with ZibbyKate Doerge and Sara Bliss, REIMAGINING GRIEF: A New Path to Finding Healing, Strength, and Joy after Loss
Kate Doerge is a FORCE. When her daughter Penny passed away, Kate channeled her overwhelming grief into community building, giving back, and even her…
Totally Booked with ZibbyElizabeth Jannuzzi, SOBER MOM: A Memoir
Elizabeth Jannuzzi and I spoke about her journey from being a high-functioning alcoholic who managed to hide her addiction from her family to a "sober mom."…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJustin Halpern, GET LOST
I’ve been a fan of Justin Halpern’s for years and have read all his hilarious, heartbreaking, original stories. His debut novel Get Lost is a new take on some…
Totally Booked with ZibbyMichael Cunningham, UNSAYABLE: A Life in Writing
Well, he said it. Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham opens up about his formative relationships as he teaches the reader what great writing looks like. I…
Totally Booked with ZibbyMatthew Quick, DAD, LOVE, ME: A Memoir
August Book Club Pick!! You might know bestselling author Matthew Quick from his blockbuster hit Silver Linings Playbook, which became an Academy Award-winning…
Totally Booked with ZibbyBruce Holsinger, CULPABILITY
Obsessed. Super obsessed. Can’t stop talking about this book and recommending it. I have to admit, my mother is the one who finally got me to read it…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDaniel Silva, RANSOM
I can’t stop thinking about my interview with #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. Not only did we discuss the themes in his latest book Ransom…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJean Kwok, DOMINION
Jean Kwok ventured into writing fantasy after her own divorce, which we discuss, in addition to how she grew up working in sweatshops in Chinatown and ended up…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJo Piazza, THE PARISIAN HEIST
You know who was probably excited when masked robbers invaded the Louvre? Just kidding. But Jo Piazza’s novel The Parisian Heist couldn’t be more timely! Hear…
Totally Booked with ZibbyRachel Beanland, THE HALF LIFE
This is the third book I’ve interviewed Rachel Beanland about; I just love her writing. Did you know she won the National Jewish Book Award for debut fiction…
Totally Booked with ZibbyEmily Giffin, LOVE YOU MORE
Emily Giffin is a legend in women’s fiction (and we discussed whether we like calling it women’s fiction). Love You More is yet another fabulous read. Emily…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJohn Searles, SINGLE GIRLS
John Searles was an editor at Cosmopolitan back in the Helen Gurley Brown days. That’s why he’s the perfect person to have written Single Girls, this juicy…
Totally Booked with ZibbyNYT Bestselling Author Jessica Knoll, HELPLESS
New York Times bestselling author Jessica Knoll joined me live at the Whitby Hotel to discuss Helpless, her gripping new psychological thriller (her "slimmest…
Totally Booked with ZibbyBen Reeves, EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT + Ariel Sullivan, BENEATH
Zibby chats with Ben Reeves about EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT, an imaginative and deeply moving novel about finding beauty in the brevity of…
Totally Booked with ZibbyRobinne Lee, CRASH INTO ME + Beatriz Williams, WHEN YOU LOVED ME
Zibby welcomes back Robinne Lee to discuss CRASH INTO ME, a stunning, emotionally layered novel about identity, desire, beauty, race, and motherhood. Robinne…
Totally Booked with ZibbyAmanda Eyre Ward, ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES + Laura Lekkos, ALL THE LITTLE WAYS
Zibby welcomes New York Times bestselling author Amanda Eyre Ward back on the podcast to discuss ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, a transporting novel that reunites…
Totally Booked with ZibbyKalina Silverman, BIG TALK + Lu Chekowsky, DON'T BUY WHAT I'M SELLING
Kalina Silverman, founder of the global Big Talk movement, joins Zibby to discuss her inspiring new book, BIG TALK: How to Skip the Small Talk, Make Meaningful…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJenny Jackson, THE SHAMPOO EFFECT: A Novel
READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK! New York Times bestselling author Jenny Jackson returns to the podcast to discuss THE SHAMPOO EFFECT, a witty, drama-fueled…
Totally Booked with ZibbySabrina Rudin, HEALTHY WITH A SIDE OF HAPPY: 100 Plant-Based Recipes to Feed Your Family
Zibby chats with Sabrina Rudin, founder of Spring Café and author of HEALTHY WITH A SIDE OF HAPPY, about her lifelong dream of writing a book, how a vegetarian…
Totally Booked with ZibbyMarnie Salsky, A PEOPLEHOOD | AMIUT YEHUDIT + Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, Rabbi Yoshi Zweibach, and Rabbi Josh Franklin
Photographer Marnie Salsky joins Zibby to discuss A Peoplehood, Amiut Yehudit, her visually stunning exploration of contemporary Jewish identity. Drawing on…
Totally Booked with ZibbyEliza Reid, THE FIRST LADY NEXT DOOR: A Memoir of Iceland, Identity, and Unexpected Adventure
Zibby chats with Eliza Reid about her unexpected journey from Canadian farm girl to First Lady of Iceland. Eliza shares how her history-professor husband was…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDr. Lucy Hone, HOW WILL I EVER GET THROUGH THIS? + Oona Metz, UNHITCHED
Dr. Lucy Hone joins Zibby to discuss HOW WILL I EVER GET THROUGH THIS?, her compassionate guide to navigating grief and hardship. Drawing from her research in…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJaime Knopman and Rebecca Raphael, OWN YOUR FERTILITY + Lindsay Bartels, IMOGEN IN WAITING
Zibby interviews fertility specialist Dr. Jaime Knopman and co-author Rebecca Raphael about their book, OWN YOUR FERTILITY. They discuss the realities of…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDouglas Brunt, The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel + Ben Mezrich, CHECKMATE
Douglas Brunt returns to Totally Booked to discuss THE LOST EMPIRE OF EMANUEL NOBEL, the fascinating true story of the Nobel family’s rise in imperial Russia…
Totally Booked with ZibbyMeredith Walker, Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice + Adam Mansbach, Go the F*ck to College
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJudy Batalion, The Last Woman of Warsaw
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…)…
Totally Booked with ZibbyKatherine Center, The Shippers + Lila Raicek, The Plunge
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyBONUS: Share Your "Between Chapters" Story
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyKerry Docherty, Selfish, and Jess H. Gutierrez, Adulting for Amateurs
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyCaitlin Shetterly, The Gulf of Lions, and Lauren Schott, Very Slowly All at Once
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbySusan Patterson and James Patterson, The Mother-Daughter Book Club
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyBONUS: Zibby's Summer Reads Party: Live!
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyBruce Feiler's A Time to Gather, and Amy Schmittauer Landino's Good Morning Good Life
In this double episode of the podcast, Zibby talks with bestselling author and productivity expert Amy Landino about building intentional mornings, managing…
Totally Booked with ZibbyKerry Clare, Definitely Thriving, and Camille Pagán, Dog Person
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbySarah Damoff, The Burning Side
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyEmma Brodie's Into the Blue (Reese's pick!) and Morgan Radford's Now Then
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyRosie Walsh and Kelly Yang
Rosie Walsh, The One Day You Were My Husband Loss, love, expectations and mystery abound in Rosie Walsh’s latest novel about a woman whose husband vanishes on…
Totally Booked with ZibbyJane Costello’s Forty Love: My July Book Club Pick
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyLet’s Cook with Superstars Donna Hay and Adeena Sussman
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyLetting Go, Staying Resilient, and Finding Ourselves with Dr. Deepika Chopra and Stacey Lindsay
Dr. Deepika Chopra teaches us the difference between optimism and positivity, shares her own child’s medical struggles and how she gets through, discusses…
Totally Booked with ZibbySmall Towns, Friendship, and Secrets in Kristy Woodson Harvey and B&N Book Club Pick Mikki Brammer’s New Novels
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyPam Sherman plays herself and so can you
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyLaurie Frankel’s hilarious take on aging in Enormous Wings
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyMega-bestselling author of The Help is back! Kathryn Stockett on The Calamity Club
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…
Totally Booked with ZibbyDr. Tara Narula and Jenny Bartoy Tackle Pain from All Sides
Dr. Tara Narula gives us a specific recipe in The Healing Power of Resilience: A New Prescription for Health and Well-Being, while editor Jenny Bartoy collects…
Totally Booked with ZibbyFriendship for the Win: Jessica George, Geneen Roth
Jessica George takes on female friendship in her sophomore novel Love by the Book, which follows her hit Maame, which we also talked about on the podcast, as…