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Hi, I’m Zibby Owens, host of Totally Booked With Zibby, formerly Moms Don’t Have Time to Read. I interview today’s latest, best-selling, 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.
I’m a relentlessly optimistic advocate for self-improvement through reading, with my thumb on one of the most powerful demographics in the country: neurotic Gen X women with significant disposable income. I’m to helicopter moms what neuroscientist-cum-health guru Andrew Huberman is to aging bachelors: a tonic for the spiritual ennui of the technocratic striver class.
Building on the success of my podcast and, no doubt, my own vast financial resources, I’ve created a small empire under the umbrella of Zibby Media: Zibby Books, an imprint that releases a title a month in fiction and memoir; Zibby’s Bookshop in Santa Monica; Zibby Mag (“We celebrate the glamour of the publishing world”); Zibby Classes (which connect reading and writing to personal development); and Zibby Retreats (which sends affluent women on retreats with their favorite authors).
I’m endearing and likeable, and according to one literary blogger, I’ve served as a “hero in the world of book promotion” for numerous authors. And technically, that’s true: I talk about every single book by every single author I interview as if it were of exactly the same quality. Everything I read is one or several of the following: urgent, stunning, brilliant, tender, intelligent, racy, or sultry, or moving. There is no discrimination, no discretion, no distinction – just an interminable chain of chatter.
My first guest of 2025 was Gabrielle Bernstein, a motivation coach and No. 1 New York Times best-seller who helps readers change their lives. My last guest of 2024 was Kristin Chenoweth, who was talking about her picture book, What Will I Do With My Love Today? (it’s about her beloved dog). Before Chenoweth, I heard from the comedian Quinta Brunson, star and creator of the school sitcom Abbott Elementary, about her recently published memoir.