Title: Buzz Books 2025 Spring/Summer
Author: Publishers Lunch
Publisher: Publishers Lunch Buzz Books
Genre: General Fiction, Non Fiction, Teens & YA
Release Date: 14th January 2025
BLURB
Readers will discover new works from beloved bestselling authors including Emma Donoghue, Georgia Hunter, Louis Sachar, V. E. Schwab, Mia Sosa, and Maggie Stiefvater. The collection also features compelling releases from acclaimed literary voices Ron Currie, Stuart Nadler, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Ivy Pochoda, Jessica Stanley, and others who continue to push boundaries in contemporary fiction.
Continuing our tradition of spotlighting the most promising new voices in literature, this edition introduces several remarkable debuts. Salvadorean-American author Darrow Farr’s The Bombshell draws partial inspiration from Patty Hearst’s kidnapping and radicalization to create a thought-provoking narrative. Other exciting debut authors include Katie Yee, Fred Lunzer, India Hayford, Nanda Reddy, and Josh Duboff, each bringing fresh perspectives to contemporary storytelling.
In nonfiction, powerful new releases explore the depths of human experience. Sophie Elmhirst’s A Marriage at Sea leads this collection with its gripping account of a couple’s Pacific Ocean survival after a whale destroys their boat. The other works delve into the complexities of communication, corporate culture, institutional power, and family dynamics.
The young adult section showcases Graci Kim’s Dreamslinger, a fantasy adventure set in Seoul where dreams materialize and dragons take flight. Other standout YA titles include Shampoo Unicorn, a heartfelt story connecting rural queer teens through podcasting, and Kaya Morgan’s Crowning Achievement, which weaves themes of grief and identity into a Renaissance Faire setting.
REVIEW
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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