Buzz Books 2013: Spring/Summer

Start reading exclusive pre-publication excerpts right now from 28 top spring and summer titles, including many featured at the American Bookseller Association’s Winter Institute. It includes hot debuts, nonfiction from bestselling authors, breakout books from seasoned novelists, and some great young adult literature. Enjoy new work from Michael Pollan, Chip and Dan Heath, Meg Wolitzer, Kate Atkinson, Joe Hill, Sarah Dessen and more.

Excerpts By Category

Fiction
Kate Atkinson, Life After Life (Little, Brown)
Therese Fowler, Z (St. Martin’s)
Joe Hill, NOS4A2 (William Morrow)
Alexander Maksik, A Marker to Measure Drift (Knopf)
Philipp Meyer, The Son (Ecco)
Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being (Viking)
Cathie Pelletier, The One-Way Bridge (Sourcebooks)
Benjamin Percy, Red Moon (Grand Central)
Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings (Riverhead)

Debut Fiction
NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names (Little, Brown)
Anton DiSclafani, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls (Riverhead)
Anthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Hogarth)
Derek Miller, Norwegian By Night (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Laura Lee Smith, Heart of Palm (Grove Press)
Adelle Waldman, Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. (Henry Holt)
Kent Wascom, The Blood of Heaven (Grove Press)
Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni (HarperCollins)
Callie Wright, Love All (Henry Holt)

Nonfiction
Laura Bates, Shakespeare Saved My Life (Sourcebooks)
Rory Freedman, Beg (Running Press)
Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Decisive (Crown Archetype)
Lily Koppel, The Astronaut Wives Club (Grand Central)
Wendy Moore, How to Create the Perfect Wife (Basic Books)
Michael Pollan, Cooked (Penguin)
Daniel Post Senning, Emily Post’s Manners in a Digital Age (Open Road)

Young Adult
Joelle Charbonneau, The Testing (Houghton Mifflin Children’s)
Sarah Dessen, The Moon and More (Viking Juvenile)
Tom McNeal, Far Far Away (Knopf Books for Young Readers)