Buzz26

This season’s top nonfiction titles bring stories of remarkable lives, analysis of our culture, and visions of the past that are as relevant as ever. Memoirs from celebrities, journalists, and cultural figures dominate the season. Colin Kaepernick, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Lloyd, and LeVar Burton’s books explore their lives in the limelight. Bob Woodward reveals his Secrets and Gloria Steinem reflects on her Unexpected Life. Evan Gershkowitz shares details of his imprisonment in Russia, Monty Python’s Eric Idle brings readers a story of transformation in Southern France, and George M. Johnson, author of the most banned book in the US, continues […]

With the launch of our latest Buzz Books anthology, we’re publishing our comprehensive fall/winter season preview. Today, our preview continues with part two of the season’s buzziest fiction titles, featuring debut and commericial. The preview will run in four parts, with nonfiction to follow later this week. You can sample some of the highlighted titles right now in Buzz Books: Fall/Winter 2026; they are noted with an asterisk. And please remember: because we prepare this preview many months in advance, titles, content, and publication dates are all subject to change. Debut Meg Anderson, The Memory of Borrowed Books (Landmark, 10/6)* Sarah […]

With the launch of our latest Buzz Books anthology, we’re publishing our comprehensive fall/winter season preview. To help you sift through the many thousands of planned titles, we’ve selected what we think are among the most noteworthy breakout titles for adults in fiction and nonfiction, separated into key categories. The preview will run in four parts, beginning today with the first half of our fiction list, which highlights literary titles from notable authors and emerging writers. You’ll be able to sample some of the highlighted titles right now in Buzz Books: Fall/Winter 2026; they are noted with an asterisk. And […]

Thursday, May 28, is our second Buzz Books Official Day, and we are thrilled to bring you this event, which we hope will become seasonal. Please join us for our first Author & Editor Panel of the season—the fiction panel with Chloe Benjamin, Joseph Fink, Lydia Millet, Chad Harbach, and Wayétu Moore. on Thursday evening at 7:00.  Sign up here. We’ll be giving away copies of all the panel titles! We’ve also got a full day of book programming to enjoy. Here’s the schedule: 12:00 Live with Ali Rosen | The Apparent Trap 1:00 Live with Yasmin Angoe | The […]

Today is pub day for the Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter season sampler, now available to download for free from Netgalley, Edelweiss, Bookshop.org (new!) and your eBook retailer of choice. Dive into 66 of Fall/Winter 2026’s shiniest releases, showcasing both established voices and emerging talents across Debut, Fiction, Nonfiction, and YA categories. The sampler presents a cornucopia of deluxe excerpts, with new work from Freida McFadden, Eric Idle, Wayétu Moore, Elizabeth Alexander, Chloe Benjamin, and many more.  This is your chance to get ahead of the curve on the year’s best books. Please join us in building the buzz! Then, next […]

Pub day for our forthcoming Buzz Books sampler is Tuesday, May 19, and you’ll be able to download Fall/Winter 2026 wherever you get your ebooks. Join us Thursday, June 4 at 7pm Eastern to hear from six sharp nonfiction authors and editors of upcoming books, hosted by PM’s Mary Ann Naples. Attending the event enters you to win galleys of the panelists’ titles. Eric Idle with Austin Ross on IDLE IN PROVENCE (Harper Select, September 8) ​Kristin Kobes Du Mez with Dan Gerstle on LIVE LAUGH LOVE (Liveright, September 15) ​Radha Agrawal with Ariel Curry on HOW TO MAKE A FRIEND (Sourcebooks, October […]