As we previewed Tuesday, our new free ebook Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter arrives this week packed with 51 pre-publication excerpts from major authors and exciting debuts. Our sampler is the ultimate way to prepare for the upcoming publishing season. For the trade editions — with publicity and marketing info, and click-throughs for full galleys, you can download through Netgalley or Edelweiss.
The consumers editions are available now on all major ebook platforms, including Kindle, Nook, Apple Books, Google Play, and Kobo. Authors to be featured on our upcoming Buzz Books Editors Panel on Wednesday, May 19 are noted with an asterisk. (Register for the panel now). Here are all of the forthcoming books excerpted in the new Buzz Books:
Fiction
Mitch Albom, THE STRANGER IN THE LIFEBOAT (Harper)
Patti Callahan, ONCE UPON A WARDROBE (Harper Muse)
Tea Cooper, THE CARTOGRAPHER’S SECRET (Harper Muse)
Donna Everhart, THE SAINTS OF SWALLOW HILL (Kensington)
Lauren Groff, MATRIX (Riverhead)
Noah Hawley, ANTHEM (Grand Central)
Lorena Hughes, THE SPANISH DAUGHTER (Kensington)
Claire Keegan, SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (Grove Press)
Natasha Lester, THE RIVIERA HOUSE (Forever)
Mesha Maren, PERPETUAL WEST (Algonquin)
Kimberly McCreight, FRIENDS LIKE THESE (Harper)
Johanna Mo, THE NIGHT SINGER (Penguin Books)
Richard Osman, THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE (Pamela Dorman Books)
Ruth Ozeki, THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS (Viking)
Anna Pitoniak, OUR AMERICAN FRIEND (Simon & Schuster)
Bernhard Schlink, OLGA (HarperVia)
Shruti Swamy, THE ARCHER (Algonquin Books)
Tiphanie Yanique, MONSTER IN THE MIDDLE (Riverhead)
Debut
Bisi Adjapon, THE TELLER OF SECRETS (HarperVia)
Jessamine Chan, SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS (Simon & Schuster)*
Ash Davidson, DAMNATION SPRING (Scribner)
Xochitl Gonzalez, OLGA DIES DREAMING (Flatiron Books)
Hazel Hayes, OUT OF LOVE (Dutton)
Amanda Jayatissa, MY SWEET GIRL (Berkley)
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, MY MONTICELLO (Henry Holt)
Julia May Jonas, VLADIMIR (Avid Reader Press)
Eva Jurczyk, DEPARTMENT OF RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Poisoned Pen Press)
James Kennedy, DARE TO KNOW (Quirk Books)*
Juhea Kim, BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND (Ecco)*
Naomi Krupitsky, THE FAMILY (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)*
Vera Kurian, NEVER SAW ME COMING (Park Row)
Katie Lattari, DARK THINGS I ADORE (Sourcebooks Landmark)
Claire Oshetsky, CHOUETTE (Harper)
Kirthana Ramisetti, DAVA SHASTRI’S LAST DAY (Grand Central)*
Nonfiction
Yrsa Daley-Ward, THE HOW (Penguin Books)
Jane Goodall and Doug Abrams, THE BOOK OF HOPE (Celadon)
Ryan Holiday, COURAGE IS CALLING (Portfolio)
Marc Myers, ROCK CONCERT (Grove Press)
Zibby Owens, MOMS DON’T HAVE TIME TO HAVE KIDS (Skyhorse)
Matthew Pearl, JEMIMA BOONE (Harper)
Cassandra Leah Quave, THE PLANT HUNTER (Viking)
Sarah Ruhl, SMILE: THE STORY OF A FACE (Simon & Schuster)
Abe Streep, BROTHERS ON THREE (Celadon)
Gayle Jessup White, RECLAMATION (Amistad)*
Young Adult
Mahogany L. Browne, VINYL MOON (Crown Books for Young Readers)
Jen Calonita, LOST LEGENDS: THE RISE OF FLYNN RIDER (Disney Hyperion)
Dhonielle Clayton, THE MIRROR SHATTERED MIDNIGHT (Hyperion)
Ayana Gray, BEASTS OF PREY (G.P. Putnam’s Sons BFYR)
H.J. Nelson, THE LAST SHE (Wattpad Books)
Rick Riordan, DAUGHTER OF THE DEEP (Disney Hyperion)
Jo Watson, BIG BONED (Wattpad Books)