Having People Over

A Modern Guide to Planning, Throwing, and Attending Every Type of Party

By: Chelsea Fagan

Narrated by: Chelsea Fagan

Become the perfect host and learn how to foster community as an adult with this modern guide to hosting every type of gathering.

In a world that often feels disconnected and transactional, there's nothing more radically hospitable than welcoming people into your space, your table, and your life.

In this accessible, inviting audiobook on hosting and entertaining, author, CEO, and internet big sister Chelsea Fagan guides listeners on creating moments worth staying in for. From designing the right space, to crafting a menu that won’t keep you in the kitchen all night, to revitalizing the lost art of cultivating grown-up communities, this audiobook will make you the perfect host at every budget. Having People Over includes guides for:

• Curating a space optimized for entertaining, so people can drop by without it sending you into a tailspin.
• A brief history of the cocktail hour—and its imagined future—including recipes with and without spirits.
• The 101 tutorial for all things dinner parties: inviting guests, setting the table, planning a menu, creating a mood board, and actually enjoying the evening yourself.
• Facilitating a (platonic) adult sleepover—and why you definitely should!
• How to be good guest wherever you go, from when to show up, to what to bring, to what absolutely not to do.

With plenty of actual recipes for your next gathering, Having People Over will transform your relationship to entertaining, one apéritif at a time.


* This audiobook edition contains a downloadable PDF of recipes from the book.

Fabulous, and inspiring

A great, short listen. Relatable—- an unstuffy guide to the timeless art of hosting, written for the modern host/ess.

Love this!

Love this helpful overview of everything hosting from a financially smart perspective! I love the topics covered from platonic sleepovers to how to be a good guest to influencer hosting and over consumption! Thanks for sharing these helpful resources, tips, and recipes. What a great holiday gift for loved ones and friends!

Is the PDF complete?

I loved the book and it was very helpful! Because Chelsea mentions the PDF several times, I thought there would be more useful information included from the book, but the PDF only includes recipes. Other than that, I enjoyed the book and thought Chelsea did a nice job narrating it.

Awesome, but the PDF is missing a thing or 2

Narration, advice, and insights were all great. I feel a little less intimidated to host things! The PDF seems to be missing one or 2 things referenced in the book, just has the recipes.

Create community

Loved her practical advice to help people consider how good hosting could be for their overall wellbeing and satisfaction with life.