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Today on You Are What You Read, we are joined by the ultimate book lover and book advocate, my friend Zibby Owens. Zibby is an author, publisher, bookseller, podcaster, and a force in the world of books. She is the founder and CEO of Zibby Media, which brings all of this together in her empire: Zibby Publishing; Zibby’s Bookshop, her independent bookstore in Santa Monica; the award-winning daily podcast, Totally Booked with Zibby; Zibby’s Book Club; and Zibby Retreats for book lovers. Zibby’s new memoir, Between Chapters: How I Started Over, Took Some Chances and Found the Plot, just hit bookshelves, and she is here today to tell us all about it.

This week on You Are What You Read, we are thrilled to welcome Jodi Picoult LIVE from her nationwide “Chapters” tour with HOLLOW BONES. This conversation was recorded live from New York City at Cooper Union with The Strand Bookstore. HOLLOW BONES is Jodi Picoult’s 30th novel. You know her New York Times best sellers: By Any Other Name, Wish You Were Here, Small Great Things, My Sister’s Keeper, and more.

On today’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are excited to welcome the great Alice Hoffman, live from The Strand bookstore in New York City. This is a conversation about Alice’s new novel, The Witches of Cambridge, this September’s Read with Jenna selection. Alice is the author of over thirty novels including The Dovekeepers, Magic Lessons, The Book of Magic, Practical Magic, and Practical Magic 2, the sequel to the blockbuster book and film, which is now in theaters starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman and directed by Susanne Bier (who you can also hear on the podcast, S1:E50).

On today’s episode, we are excited to welcome Victoria Aveyard to the show. Victoria is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster young adult novels: the RED QUEEN series and the REALM BREAKER trilogy. Her books have been translated into over 40 languages and counting. In this conversation, we discuss Victoria’s adult fiction debut, TEMPEST, which hits shelves today.

Thank you, dear listeners, for joining us this summer on You Are What You Read. We read your comments, and we know what books you have been reading and sharing with your book clubs. In the final weeks of summer, we are bringing back your favorite episodes and authors to the podcast. “The Best of Summer” on You Are What You Read welcomes back the biggest bestsellers of summer 2026. This week, Kathryn Stockett joins us with The Calamity Club.