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Another great edition! I always find new books to preorder from every edition!

Thank you publishers lunch for providing this!

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Love these samplers to kick off a new season! I always appreciate getting to see what's coming and read a bit.

Thank you to Publishers Lunch.

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Excellent resource for all the amazing books coming in 2025- so many good ones! I especially loved the excerpts from Crush (Ava Calhoun), The Paris Express (Emma Donoghue), The Ghostwriter (Julie Clark), Happy Land (Dolan Perkins-Valdez), the debut All the Other Mothers Hate Me (Sarah Harlan), and One Good Thing (Georgia Hunter). 2025 looks to be a great year for books!

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So many good books coming out this coming season! I love being able to get this and flip through it, not only to get a sneak peek of books I’m excited for, but to be introduced to new authors or receive notice of old favorites and their new work I may not have known was coming out. I love the variety of the books selected - there is something for everyone. It’s also the perfect way to try out a new genre or style before committing to the entire work.

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Very much enjoyed this detailed look into upcoming books! I liked a lot of what I read and the fact that there were so many samples was nice.

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I loved and hated Buzz Books 2025 for all the extra books that are now added to my TBR. There are lots of great debut novels coming out.

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This is an excellent opportunity for reading a synopsis of upcoming books for potential reading both professionally and personally. The podcast I work with is always looking for new and upcoming books that reflect health conditions in a realistic way.

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This was a bigger selection of books than I anticipated which is awesome! I'm even more excited about some books I was on the fence about. Thank you for this list!

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I look forward to new Buzz Books every year and this was another great selection of excerpts! I've found quite a few upcoming books I wasn't previously aware of to add to my TBR.

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I’m always a fan of free samples. I eagerly await for it to drop every year. Although I wish there were more YA titles I am appreciative to find new titles I hadn’t come across yet. Thanks NetGalley and publishers.

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I recently came across this brochure featuring the first chapters of upcoming book releases, and it has been a delightful discovery.

What I find most handy is the convenience of sampling multiple books in one place, making it easier to decide which ones to look forward to. It’s like a literary appetizer that whets the appetite for more.

Overall, this brochure is a fantastic resource for avid readers eager to stay ahead of the literary curve.

I can’t wait to get my hands on the full versions of several books featured here!

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I so look forward to these with each season/half year. This one does not disappoint. Thank you for providing this!

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A great opportunity to preview anticipated releases and add even more novels to your TBR list!

Thank you to Buzz Books and NetGalley for chance to read the excerpts.

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This was quite an impressive collection. Got me more excited about some books I'd already secured ARCs for and got me interested in a few new books.

Thanks.

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This is a fine and fairly broadranging addition to the Buzz Books shelf. It felt like a deeper dive than usual into the works of less well known authors, but there's nothing wrong with that, and you get a greater opportunity to find something you might otherwise miss.

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There's a great selection of excerpts as well as lists of book titles that are coming out.
So the ones I am really intrerested in are,
Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, I read one of her other books called Take My Hand and thought it was both an amazing & thought provoking read.

One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter, I'm super lucky to already have an e-arc of this one which I'm eager to read especially after learning that We Were The Lucky Ones was also written by this author, though I have to admit I didn't read that book, I actually watched the Tv Mini series!

Ties That Bind Us by Nicole Knight would be a totally new author to me, I don't read a lot of this type of genre but felt really pulled in by the excerpt and I really liked the main character.

The Names by Florence Knapp, is another "new to me" author and I am intrigued by the concept of one book telling three different versions of the characters life all dependant on one choice they make. After reading the excerpt I discovered that the book deals with the subject of domestic violence which and how the main character could deal with it in 3 different ways. I'd love to read this one and I'd hope the main characters makes a happy life with herself and her children whether she chooses to stay with her violent, aggressive partner or not.

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater, I read and adored her previous teen/YA aimed books Shiver and after reading the blurb and then the excerpt I am interested to learn how the Hotel will survive being taken over and how the straight talking, no nonsense main character will deal with the intrusion of these unwelcome guests.

The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai, I adore speculative fiction and I really loved the blurb, concept and excerpt of this one!

There was a non fiction title that had covered the subject of the scout movement, Sex, Death, And Secret Societies Inside The Boy Scouts Of America Scout Camp by James Renner, I had recently watched a documentary series on this subject so it certainly piqued my interest but as it releases in February I wasn't sure if I'd manage to squeeze in reading by then so I didn't request that one.

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I always look forward to the BuzzBooks latest download. There are so many books I've been anticipating, and ones I haven't heard of, but have since read the synopses of and realized I need to read more ASAP. So it is good to show me other authors/books, but also bad because my TBR is long enough as it is.

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This free resource is one that every book lover needs and will enjoy. It lists forthcoming titles in just about every category imaginable. There are also excerpts from forthcoming books. At over 700 pages, there is so much to explore.

I don’t think that there is a better way to populate a reading list. I recommend this title most highly.

Many thanks to Publishers Lunch-Buzz Books and NetGalley for this title. All opinions are my own.

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This is a resource I look forward to each time NetGalley posts it because it gives me great insight into what books are coming out soon along with excerpts to help build my anticipation. I appreciate the numerous books listed, the organization by genres, the highlight of debut novels, and overall the many details provided for each book.

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Thank you to #NetGalley for Buzz Books 2025 Spring/Summer 2025. I always look forward to these and always find books to put on my to read list.

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