Buzz25

We’re still accepting nominations for our next Buzz Books collection, highlighting hotly anticipated titles in Fall 2025 and Winter 2026. Send us your buzziest titles by Thursday, February 27, along with imprint, pub date, and genre (fiction, debut, nonfiction). The Fall/Winter edition will publish on May 14.

You can now watch our latest Buzz Books Authors and Editors panel, dedicated to a genre that author Markus Redmond likened to punk music: “It’s rebellious, it has something to say, and it’s totally in your face.” With their editors, authors Ivy Pochoda, Redmond, Hester Steel, and Daphne Fama discussed their upcoming titles and then the group engage in an inspiring and illuminating panel discussion about how vibrant, evolving, and diverse the genre can be. As Page Street editor Alexandra Murphy said, “There is horror for everyone out there….It’s a sandbox of a genre where you can throw any other […]

Tonight at 7 PM Eastern, we’ll host a thrilling new Buzz Books panel: Horror’s New Horizons. Join ​four authors and their editors as they discuss their dark new novels: Ivy Pochoda & Daphne Durham discuss Ecstasy, a horror retelling of a Greek tragedy about women who reject society’s expectations. A dark, poetic story about power and desire. ​Markus Redmond & Leticia Gomez discuss Blood Slaves, a vampire origin story set during American slavery. The last member of an ancient African vampire tribe joins forces with an enslaved person seeking freedom, leading to a violent battle for liberation. ​Hester Steel & Alexandra Murphy […]

You are invited to nominate your buzziest titles for inclusion in the 27th edition of Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter, book publishing’s longest-running, most successful sampler. Nominations are due February 27. Send a list of your nominated titles publishing between September 2025 and February 2026, including imprint, pub date, genre (fiction, debut, nonfiction), ISBN, and any compelling information about the title, to project directors Julie Trelstad and Ali Battey at buzzbooks@publishersmarketplace.com as soon as possible but no later than February 27. If you are nominating more than one title, please let us know if there is a maximum number of acceptances […]

On February 19 at 7 PM Eastern, we’ll host our second Buzz Books panel of the season: Horror’s New Horizons. Join ​Ivy Pochoda, Markus Redmond, Hester Steel, and Daphne Fama and their editors as they discuss their dark new novels. You can register here and find excerpts of their books in our Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer collection here.

Last week we hosted another great Buzz Books panel, featuring authors Katie Yee, Nanda Reddy, Jefferson Fisher, Dennard Dale, and Louis Sachar along with their editors. You can watch each conversation here. And if you haven’t yet, be sure to check out these books and more in our Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer collection.