This is an extremely useful list. I'm not usually a reader of non-fiction because I never know what to read but the extensive list of non-fiction titles on this list looks really interesting. I can't wait to get reading!

Buzz Books are perfect for sampling a chapter or two from a variety of authors' books so you can decide whether to earmark them for future reading. My literary picks:

Fiction: The Marsh King's Daughter (a true crime vibe), Soleri (fantasy), The Women in the Castle (WWII), Ten Dead Comedians (Agatha Christie remake; this was promising, with some hilarious lines)

Debut Fiction: The Half-Drowned King (Norse fantasy); Final Girls (crime fiction); If the Creek Don't Rise (Appalachian life). I almost didn't include the last because it was so depressing, but it was really powerful and I can't stop thinking about it.

Nonfiction: In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire (self-explanatory); Radium Girls (WWI factory expose)

Blurbs can make a book sound great - or not to your taste at all. It's the first chapters that give you a true sense of whether you're going to love a book. Which is the beauty of Buzz Books. Nora Roberts not your style (mine either)? Skip her and move on to the next author. Quite a few offerings in this edition weren't to my taste, but I still found plenty, some completely unexpected, and it didn't cost me a penny. Can't complain about that.

I'm new to these but i must say I've come across some titles i never would have chosen before!

I cherish the Buzz Books, whether by season, and now monthly! They always provide an enormous amount of information about upcoming books, including authors we know and love, plus fabulous debut authors to discover. The excerpts provided are a perfect appetizer to whet our palates for the upcoming feast. Makes my mouth water just thinking about all that's on the menu!

I had never heard of or had read any of the Buzz Books before but was intrigued by the link on the main page of NetGalley and so took a look. I read the young adult one and proceeded to get this one too. I continued to enjoy the formatting and the books on display. One of the best things about being a blogger and a reader are all of the recommendations I receive from sources like NetGalley and Buzz Books. I loved that this installment has offerings of established authors, debut authors, and non-fiction writers. Will continue to read Buzz Books titles in the future.

Great book, can't wait to read some of these books!

An amazing collections that gives summaries and excerpts about each book! Definitely going to be pre-ordering a bunch of these.

This is perfect for the reader who has more on their to be read pile than they should. Just enough to give you a taste of the book which you can then ask for more or let it go to another reader. The only problem is that you will want them all.

Look forwards to reading and review a couple of these books very soon

I really like these books that let you know what is coming out within the next 3-6 months or so. I do admit that I haven't read every single selection in its entirety. I do like that they also give a short summary of the book before the excerpt. So you can decide if you might be interested. I tried to read at least part of the excerpt, although there were a few I totally skipped due to the summary. I have added several books to my books that I want to look into reading when they come out. A couple I already requested on NetGalley, but know I may not get approved for. The one I most wanted The Marsh King's Daughter, I was already turned down for, but when it comes out in July or August, I'll start checking the local library and Overdrive. Even if you don't request ARCs through NetGalley or similar services, Edelweiss maybe, it is great to know what is coming and what they are thinking might be the next big, popular reads.

This is the first Buzz book I've read. It's made me more excited about some books I'd already heard about and wanted to read and opened my eyes to a few more that would never have been on my radar.

A great way of finding exciting new titles! Unfortunately there is distribution license restriction on most of the books and not accessible to reviewers outside of the peripheries. The fortunate masses have nothing to worry about, it is available for review on Netgalley to residence of the USA and Britain.

But thanks anyway for this glimpse into an exciting reading year!

A great selection of books to look forward to.

Always excited to read these excerpts! I've found some really good books and hope to find more !

A great selection of book samples that's left me eager to reader quite a few books. A fabulous way to see what's up-and-coming!

A lot of good samples from upcoming novels that make one curious. Or sort out what you don't like from the beginning :-)

I really enjoyed and look forward to:
Soleri by Michael Johnston
Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente
Finals Girls by Riley Sager

What a great way to peek into a great variety of upcoming releases. I so appreciate the Summary, Excerpt, and About the Author notes. Also am finding it easier to read in the e-kindle version than in the bulky, dictionary weight paperback edition.

There are some hidden gems here. I have already downloaded a few.

I have been reading the Buzz Book collection for several years and encourage any readers new to Net Galley to look at them since they provide a very helpful overview of upcoming new books. In addition to lengthy lists of authors and titles organized by publisher at the beginning, this collection features 40 excerpts arranged by genre: fiction (Anthony Horowitz, Nora Roberts, Graeme Simsion and many more on my to-read list); debut fiction (can't wait to meet some soon-to-be favorite authors!) and Nonfiction (including Roxane Gay, Richard Ford, Kate Moore and others).

Buzz Books 2017: Spring/Summer: Exclusive Excerpts from 40 Top New Titles, By Publishers Lunch

Buzz Books 2017 is an amazing menu of the new books that will be released this spring and summer. Take a look yourself: Publishers Lunch has made this gorgeous list available for free at any major ebookstore or at buzz.publishersmarketplace.com.

It would take weeks for me to synopsize the hundreds of great books listed and excerpted in this Buzz Books for Spring/Summer, so I will focus on a few of the forthcoming books that I am anxious to read and review.

The Marsh King’s Daughter, by Karen Dionne (G.P. Putnam’s Sons). The protagonist, Helena Pelletier, has a great family and a successful business, but all of that is at risk when she learns that her father has escaped from prison. This father abducted and raped her mother when she was a teenager, then kept both mother and child prisoner for many years. With echoes of the Jaycee Dugan story, this novel appears to have much to say.

Soleri, by Michael Johnston (Tor). Michael Johnston promises an elaborate, vast story that is based both on ancient Egyptian history and King Lear, and that involves "a world of ancient and elaborate rites, of unseen power and kingdoms ravaged by war, where victory comes with a price, and every truth conceals a deeper secret."

The Mystery Knight: A Graphic Novel,
by Ben Avery (Adapter), George R. R. Martin (Author), (Bantam). Billed as prequel to The Game of Thrones, this book is sure to be a bestseller.

Come Sundown, by Nora Roberts( St. Martin’s Press). Nora Roberts has written another blockbuster of a stand alone novel. An aunt, long considered dead, suddenly appears at her family's ranch in Montana. Her appearance resurrects old mysteries, and her dark past seems to be the reason murders are being committed.

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, by Jeff Guinn, (Simon & Schuster). The same author who wrote about Charles Manson now takes on Jim Jones, the man responsible for the Jonestown Massacre, which is still considered the largest murder-suicide in American history. I think this is a book that will challenge what we know about Jim Jones and cults in general.

The Velveteen Daughter: A Novel
by Laurel Davis Huber (She Writes Press). This novel is about Margery Williams Bianco, the author of The Velveteen Rabbit, and her daughter Pamela. Although fictionalized, it is based on a true story.

The Radium Girls: They paid with their lives. Their final fight was for justice, by Kate Moore (Sourcebooks). Although they were assured that radium was safe, many women who thought they were helping America in the WWI effort, lost their health and their lives. This is a story that is long overdue.

I'd Die For You: And Other Lost Stories
by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author), Anne Margaret Daniel (Editor) (Scribner). Apparently, F. Scott Fitzgerald was not finished with society, and these new stories echoing his take on his wife and the social mores of the 1920s and 1930s, just might have a greater impact today than if they were published 80 years ago.

Dragon Teeth: A Novel , by Michael Crichton (Harper). Yes, you read that correctly. A new Michael Crichton novel has been recently discovered and it is being published posthumously. And it is about the Old West in 1876, and "two monomaniacal paleontologists [who] pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars." This novel is sure to spark the interest of the millions of viewers who loved HBO's remake of Crichton's "Westworld."

Fallout: A V.I. Warshawski Novel (V.I. Warshawski Novels), by Sara Paretsky (William Morrow). V.I. Warshawski is back with a new case that will lead her and her dog "from her native Chicago... and into Kansas, on the trail of a vanished film student and a faded Hollywood star."

The Painted Queen: A Novel,
by Elizabeth Peters (Author), Joan Hess (Author) (William Morrow)
This is the final book in the wonderful mystery series involving Amelia Peabody and her archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson. In this installment, we travel back to Egypt in 1912, to search for a stolen bust of Queen Nefertiti.