Just finished reading this book, and it was very moving. I’ve read one other book by Frederick Backman (And every day the way home gets longer), and loved it as well. Please suggest some books in the same style of these books (a bit more feel good like Ove would be great, but fine either way)
Literally everything by Backman is worth your time. I started with My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry.
But I think his best work, which also feels like a bit of a departure for him, is the Beartown trilogy.
Came here to say this!
There is a trilogy about hockey (forget the name) that’s at the top of my list. My wife and I have read everything he’s written and I think we love them all.
Yeah there is something in his writing that often overwhelms me. I found his books by accident, and now I’m thinking I should change my reading habits towards his kind of books (I’m usually a Stephen King kind of person)
Backman is not my wheelhouse. Ludlum, or MacLean, or Weber are. We had a friend from Sweden visit us and he left us “Grandmother.” I of course told him “thank you” and never expected to read it.
And then I did. And then I introduced it to my wife. And since then we’ve read it all.
I can honestly say more tears have been shed, and more feelings felt over Backman than any other writer. He has extraordinary insight into humans and how complicated we, and the relationships we form are.