Archives

Buzz Books 2024: Romance

Download now at NetGalley, Edelweiss, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple Books,  Google Playand Kobo.

Welcome to the ninth annual Buzz Books: Romance! We’re excited to present our most extensive edition yet, featuring substantial prepublication excerpts from 21 forthcoming romance titles.

Get ready to explore works from beloved authors such as Jasmine Guillory, Sabrina Jeffries, Amanda Weaver, and Mia Sheridan, as well as social media sensations like B.K. Borrison and Sav R. Miller. We’re also proud to introduce exciting debut romance authors including Deanna Faison, Amanda M. Helander, Clare Osongco, Ingrid Ochoa, London Sperry, and Jill Tew. Keep an eye out for familiar names venturing into new territories—like Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin with his debut rom-com, and bestselling young adult author Sara Raasch publishing her first adult title.

Are you a fan of other genres too? Check out Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter for the best in upcoming fiction, young adult titles, and nonfiction, available now. And keep an eye out for our next edition covering the spring/summer 2025 publishing season, coming your way in January.

We hope you enjoy discovering your next favorite read!

Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter

Download now at NetGalley, Edelweiss, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter is the 25th volume in our popular sampler series. This Buzz Books presents passionate readers with an insider’s look at nearly fifty of the buzziest books due out this season. Such major bestselling authors as Jamie Attenberg, Kira Jane Buxton, Jean Hanff Korelitz, and Dava Sobel are featured, along with literary figures like Rumaan Alam, John Larison, Mason Coile, Kira Jane Buxton, Weike Wang and more.

Buzz Books has had a particularly stellar track record with highlighting the most talented, exciting, and diverse debut authors, and this edition is no exception. Anna Montague, editor at Dey Street Books, offers a novel about an unlikely late-in-life road trip for fans of Remarkably Bright Creatures. Among others are Julie Leong, Kristin Koval, Helena Echlin, Jane Yang, and Cebo Campbell. In this edition we’ve also included a selection of a graphic novel by the author known as unfins.

Our robust nonfiction section covers such important subjects as pregnancy loss and the winter blues; a literary memoir from singer-songwriter Neko Case; and a biography of Marie Curie by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dava Sobel.

Finally, we present early looks at new work from young adult authors, including the New York Times best-selling authors Kwame Mbalia, Judy I. Lin, and Robert Beatty; as well as new titles from Logan-Ashley Kisner, Amanda M. Helander, and Jill Tew.

And be sure to look out for Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer, coming in January, for next season’s most talked about books.

Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer

Download now at NetGalley, Edelweiss, Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer is the 24th volume in our popular sampler series. This Buzz Books presents passionate readers with an insider’s look at nearly sixty of the buzziest books due out this season. Such major bestselling authors as Ally Condie, Christina Dodd, Emiko Jean, and Liz Moore are featured, along with literary figures like Mateo Askaripour, Abi Daré, Alison Espach, Lisa Ko, Peter Nichols and more.
Buzz Books has had a particularly stellar track record with highlighting the most talented, exciting and diverse debut authors, and this edition is no exception. Rita Bullwinkel, editor at large for McSweeney’s and deputy editor of The Believer, offers a novel on women boxer, while Lily Samson’s title has already been preempted by Sony Pictures Television. One YA and two nonfiction authors make their adult fiction debuts: Kristen Perrin, Mary Annaïse Heglar and Kate Young, respectively.  Among others are Essie Chambers, Katelyn Doyle, Alejandro Puyana, and Rachel Rueckert.
Our robust nonfiction section covers such important subjects as suicide and combating racist biases; several memoirs about harrowing childhoods and illnesses; and a biography of the first Asian-American woman pilot to fly during World War II.
Finally, we present early looks at new work from young adult authors, including the New York Times bestselling Tracey Baptiste and Morgan Matson. The YA titles also represent more diversity than ever, with Aboriginal, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Malaysian and Trinidadian novelists.
And be sure to look out for Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter, coming in May, for next season’s most talked about books.