Great guidebook to learn about upcoming releases in Spring and Summer of 2021. A lot of times I hear about a book, read reviews, but I'd love to get a taste for the writing style and technique. Buzz Books allows me to do that by including excerpts to new popular releases. I am looking forward to a lot of these books based on the excerpts. I also enjoyed how the book was organized, making it easy for me to find books based on my interests.

An excellent collection of books releasing for Spring/Summer 2021. There were several books from authors that I love that I was not aware were releasing. In addition, there are many new authors to try, including a section specific to debut novels. In the back there are also excerpts of select books so that you can preview them before deciding to request them from NetGalley.

There's nothing I love more than building anticipation for upcoming book releases, and this Buzz Books increased my excitement for several launches this spring and summer. I particularly like that it includes both familiar authors and debuts, so I can expand my reading and find new authors to love. It's also helpful that it includes excerpts from the book, so I can get a feel for the writing style. My TBR list is much longer thanks to this recap.

This season's BUZZ BOOKS 2021: SPRING/SUMMER offers a vast array of wonderful books from experienced as well as debut authors -- I got lost in the wealth of new books being launched and cannot wait to read many of them in full. As always, I appreciated the organization and presentation of what can be a virtual flood of appealing and life-changing reads. I received an advance copy of this guide from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my unbiased review.

This is my first time checking out one of these previews for Netgalley. I love that they do this so I can see what books are upcoming to read and request and share. I love how it includes a section for debuts as well.

It's the first Buzz Book I read and found it interesting as it helped me to discover new authors and read sampler of interesting book.
Highly recommended.

You would think that given the surfeit of books being published, it would be a relatively simple matter of choosing what to read next. Actually, this is probably one of the most daunting tasks facing any committed reader.

I often experience ‘reader anxiety’ when I approach the end of one book, as the question is already at the back of my mind: What am I going to read next? (This could explain why I always juggle several books at once, as it resolves the problem through continuous reading. But that is another story).

‘Buzz Books’ originally introduced me to Netgalley, another fantastic resource for readers, as is PublishersMarketplace for back-end insight into the industry. What I love about these samplers is that they represent a comprehensive overview of upcoming books, from fiction (literary and commercial) to debuts and non-fiction.

My only caveat is that there is no SF/Horror/Fantasy section. There is a full listing at the beginning, followed by extracts from select books. I also appreciate the fact that the actual covers and synopses are given, as this allows for a quick overview and assists with visual identification when a particular book pops up on one’s radar further down the line.

Purists might raise their eyebrows at the merest hint of an ‘extract’, with its hint of Reader’s Digest abbreviation, but I for one consider the beginning of any book crucial to determine if I am going to commit time to it. And ‘Buzz Books’ is just that, a collection that allows the reader to effortlessly sample a range of different beginnings, in that elusive search for the next happy ending.

Incredibly useful resource to inform avid readers about all of the books due out this year. Love the excerpts and links!

I look forward to Buzz Books previews every year/season! It makes it so easy to find out about upcoming books all in one place.

I know this technically isn't like a...book-book but this was a great overview for what I'll be adding to my GoodReads want-to-read list for 2021! I didn't know about a lot of these titles, thank you!

It's always great to get to see excerpts from upcoming books to get a feeling for the coming spring/summer. Thank you Publisher's Lunch for this round-up, definitely writing some of them in for future reviews, since the prose has piqued my interest. I definitely recommend checking this out to get ready for the next season.

Buzz Books is always such a great resource featuring forthcoming books. This season's has four sections: fiction, debut, nonfiction, and young adult.

I'm highly anticipating Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's Good Company, Kristen Arnett's With Teeth, Kaitlyn Greenidge's Libertie, Imbolo Mbue's How Beautiful We Were, and about three dozen other titles. I was excited to learn about Come Fly the World by Julia Cooke, Mergers and Acquisitions by Cate Doty, and Alison Bechdel's latest.

I'm aware it'd make the book much longer, but I do wish Buzz Books would include even a 1-sentence description of each title where they list the author, title, publisher, and publication date - though thankfully I can pop open Google while reading and look those up myself! Grateful for what they do offer and look forward to all these great books coming out.

I love receiving this magazine listing buzzy upcoming books. I always find books to add to my "to be read" list.

So many amazing books to look forward to. Some I already had my eye on but I didn’t know all of them. So glad this was published so I could look into new authors and titles.

Getting the Buzz Books catalog reminds of the Christmas season when we would get all the toy catalogs from the department stores!

Thanks again for the sneak peak at what is soon to be released.

Super exciting to be able to read excerpts from some very talented writers! Looking forward to reading the whole books!

At the beginning of every year, I am awaiting the BUZZ BOOKS Spring/Summer - Publishers Lunch edition with anticipation. And also their 2021 edition does not disappoint.

Featuring excerpts from the works of well-known authors such as Viet Thanh Nguyen, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Morgan Jenkins, and many more - up to Debut writers: Gabriela Garcia, Miranda Cowley Heller, Nancy Tucker ... this issue comes with a colourful choice of Fiction and Non-Fiction books released in 2021.

What I would appreciate is a special section for crime and thriller novels, perhaps also for historical fiction. While these are mentioned in the overall Preview section (including a release date in brackets), it would be wonderful to be able to get excerpts also for these categories.

Overall though, I have enjoyed browsing through the upcoming titles for this year and 2021 promises to become another wonderful year for every reader.

This is my first opportunity to read through a buzz books sampler and I absolutely loved it! I read all of the book summaries that were included and many of the book excerpts and even requested a couple of ARC from NetGalley.
Thoroughly recommend this and I wish there were more of these types of book summaries compiled for specific genres!

Thank you for the sneak peek at a fantastic line-up of books coming out this spring and summer. I requested quite a few of these books based on the excerpt I was able to read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Publishers Lunch for allowing me to read Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer! After previewing the last edition of Buzz Books, I knew this was a release I couldn't miss. It provides me a great way to preview various titles to see if I would like to add them to my TBR and/or preorder them. Buzz Books gives me the opportunity to dabble in different genres and gets me excited for my next season of reading. I particularly enjoy the catalogs that publishers provide which include their specific upcoming releases but this makes it simple and easy.