Feel-good novels that manage to be both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving
 |  | | Hallå, there! Swedish author Fredrik Backman is one of our favorite writers, and we’re not alone in loving his work. His books have been translated into 40 languages and sold more than 7 million copies around the globe. A Man Called Otto, a new movie adaptation of A Man Called Ove starring Tom Hanks, is in US theaters now. What better time to get to know Backman and his novels? |  | The Best of Fredrick Backman |
|  | Fredrik Backman’s charming, feel-good novels manage to be both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving, sometimes on the same page. He writes about quirky, memorable characters who are often afraid to reveal just how much they need other people in their lives. Not sure where to start? Likewise user Maria West says A Man Called Ove is “uproariously funny, peppered with unexpected but romantic prose, and capable of bringing tears of both joy and sadness.”
Dive into Backman’s books: |  | | A Man Called Ove | | A curmudgeon with nothing left to live for plans to end his life, but a charming and boisterous cast of characters keeps disrupting his plans. | | |
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|  | | Beartown | | When the star player on a small-town hockey team is accused of a terrible crime, the town must grapple with the potential cost of the team’s success. | | |
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|  | | The Winners | | In the final book in the Beartown trilogy, the hockey-obsessed town begins to turn a corner, but a rivalry with the nearby town of Hed and the grief and anger of a teenage boy threaten to derail the tentative peace. | | |
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|  | | Anxious People | | After a bank robbery gone awry, eight very different strangers find themselves held hostage by the inept and sympathetic would-be robber. | | |
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|  | | Britt-Marie Was Here | | A 63-year-old woman leaves her husband and starts over with a job running the crumbling community center in a tiny town, where she ends up coaching a ragtag soccer team. | | |
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|  | | My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry | | Almost-eight-year-old Elsa’s grandmother dies, leaving behind a stack of apology letters for Elsa to deliver in a quest that begins to help Elsa heal from the immeasurable loss of her best friend. | | |
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|  | | A Man Called Otto | | Two-time Oscar nominee David Magee adapted Backman’s beloved novel for American audiences. The movie, starring and produced by Tom Hanks, is in theaters now! | | View Trailer |
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