6 must-read literary fiction books like Summary - A Man Named Ove: Book By Fredrik Backman by The Summary Guy

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Summary - A Man Named Ove: Book By Fredrik Backman

By: The Summary Guy

4.31

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

A Man Called Ove: A Complete Summary A Man Called Ove is a biographical novel written by Fredrik Ba…

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1. Britt-Marie Was Here

By: Fredrik Backman , Henning Koch

4.09

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Britt-Marie can’t stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable … read more

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"If you can be heard then you exist."

-Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

"They forgot what made them successful."

-Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

"It takes years to know a human being. An entire lifetime. It's what makes a home a home."

-Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

"A few years turned into more years, and more years turned into all years. Years have a habit of behaving like that."

-Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

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2. A Man Called Ove

By: Fredrik Backman , Henning Koch

4.38

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young famil… read more

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"Han var en man av svart och vitt. Och hon var färg. All hans färg"

-Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

"I just wanted to know what it felt like to be someone you look at."

-Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

"You're the funniest thing she knows. That's why she always draws you in color."

-Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

"He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced."

-Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

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3. I Too Had a Love Story

By: Ravinder Singh

2.55

Format: 48 pages,

Do love stories ever die? Can modern day gadgets like mobile phones and the 'http://www' era intern… read more

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4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

By: Fredrik Backman , Henning Koch

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a novel about a young girl who… read more

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5. A Time to Love and a Time to Die

By: Erich Maria Remarque , Denver Lindley

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since … read more

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6. The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

By: Nina Riggs

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An exquisite memoir about how to live--and love--every day with "death in the room," from poet Nina… read more

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7. One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1)

By: Jim Fergus

3.88

Format: None pages,

One Thousand White Womenis the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, unde… read more

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8. The Danish Girl

By: David Ebershoff

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne and directed by Tom Hooper, THE DANISH GIRL is a… read more

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9. Midwives

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.25

Format: None pages,

The time is 1981, and Sibyl Danforth has been a dedicated midwife in the rural community of Redding… read more

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10. The Family Lawyer

By: James Patterson , Christopher Charles , Robert Rotstein , None

4.37

Format: 383 pages,

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11. Beartown

By: Fredrik Backman , Neil Smith

3.74

Format: 70 pages,

The #1 New York Timesbestselling author of A Man Called Overeturns with a dazzling, profound novel … read more

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12. The Vengeance of Mothers (One Thousand White Women #2)

By: Jim Fergus

0.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The stunning sequel to the awarding winning novel One Thousand White Women 9 March 1876 My name is … read more

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13. The Good Daughter

By: Karin Slaughter

3.98

Format: None pages, ebook

Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind... Twent… read more

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14. Under My Skin

By: Lisa Unger

3.62

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the nightmares are actually memories? It's been a year since Poppy's husband, Jack, was … read more

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"Is there anyone dearer than the children of people you love, especially when you don’t have your own?"

-Lisa Unger, Under My Skin

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15. The Cutting Place (Maeve Kerrigan, #9)

By: Jane Casey

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

You've got to be in the club to know the truth.Everyone's heard the rumours about elite gentlemen's… read more

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16. The Girls with No Names

By: Serena Burdick

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Girls with No Names pulls readers into the gilded age of New York City in the 1910s, when suffr… read more

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"Pakanka ir trupučio vilties, kad ji mus apakintų."

-Serena Burdick, The Girls with No Names

"We're all hurt and broken ... You're no different. You walk around with that sorry face, as if you're the only one's seen hardship. Have you tried looking at anyone else's face? Everyone in here's be…"

-Serena Burdick, The Girls with No Names

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17. Madame Pylinska et le secret de Chopin

By: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

4.16

Format: 89 pages, Kindle Edition

« - Madame Pylinska, quel est le secret de Chopin ? - Il y a des secrets qu'il ne faut pas percer m… read more

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"— Êtes-vous polythéiste, monsieur ? — Pardon ? — Moi je suis monothéiste. Je n’aime qu’un compositeur : Chopin. Je possède la conviction de n’avoir été envoyée sur terre que pour jouer et écouter Cho…"

-Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Madame Pylinska et le secret de Chopin

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18. A Mother Would Know

By: Amber Garza

3.57

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

“Do we ever really know our children? Amber Garza invites readers to untangle the web of a family j… read more

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19. The Vacation House

By: Jane Shemilt

3.73

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Two women. Two secrets. One terrible night. PAXOS, GREECE The vacation house is a luxurious ge… read more

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20. The Nanny's Secret

By: Kiersten Modglin

4.13

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Olivia Mendes has a secret. With her new position as a nanny for the prestigious Locke family, sh… read more

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21. The Last Supper on the Moon: Nasa's 1969 Lunar Voyage, Jesus Christ's Bloody Death, and the Fantastic Quest to Conquer Inner Space

By: Levi Lusko

4.48

Format: 480 pages, ebook

If there are places in your heart and corners of your mind that feel just as deep and dark and inac… read more

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22. Hideaway

By: Nora Roberts

4.07

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts’… read more

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23. Can't We Be Friends

By: Denny S. Bryce

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a … read more

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24. Us Against You (Beartown, #2)

By: Fredrik Backman

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow … read more

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"Men du är VÅR bögjävel"

-Fredrik Backman, Us Against You (Beartown, #2)

"Mom. You taught me that I don't have to have dreams. I can have goals."

-Fredrik Backman, Us Against You (Beartown, #2)

"You can’t cultivate that sort of friendship, it only grows in the wild."

-Fredrik Backman, Us Against You (Beartown, #2)

"I don't want you to take me places, I want you to back me up so I can get there myself!"

-Fredrik Backman, Us Against You (Beartown, #2)

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25. Cul-de-sac

By: Joy Fielding

3.93

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

A shooting lays bare the secrets harbored by five families in a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac in this … read more

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26. The Liar's Wife

By: Kiersten Modglin

3.95

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Palmer Lewis married a liar. But just how deadly are his lies? Shortly after marrying her sou… read more

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27. The Winners (Beartown, #3)

By: Fredrik Backman

4.45

Format: 671 pages, Kindle Edition

Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move… read more

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"Beneath them, Sune asks him to carve the only message he can bring himself to say: You run on ahead."

-Fredrik Backman, The Winners (Beartown, #3)

"Years ago, her mom used to say that you should never trust anyone who doesn't have something in their life that they love beyond measure."

-Fredrik Backman, The Winners (Beartown, #3)

"What is life, other than moments? What is laughter, other than a small victory over sorrow? A single moment, just one, when everything inside us isn't broken."

-Fredrik Backman, The Winners (Beartown, #3)

"You never get the same kind of friends again like you have when you're a teenager. Not even if you keep them your whole life. it will never be the same as it was then."

-Fredrik Backman, The Winners (Beartown, #3)

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28. Anxious People

By: Fredrik Backman

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, charming novel about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappea… read more

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"Love is wanting you to exist."

-Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

"Parents are defined by their mistakes."

-Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

"My mom always says I should never apologize for myself. Never say sorry for being good at something."

-Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

"You can't live long with the ones who are only beautiful, Jules. But the funny ones, oh, they last a lifetime."

-Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

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29. The Silent Patient: The First Three Chapters

By: Alex Michaelides

4.24

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a three-chapter sampler.Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter marri… read more

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30. Summary - A Man Named Ove: Book By Fredrik Backman

By: The Summary Guy

4.31

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

A Man Called Ove: A Complete Summary A Man Called Ove is a biographical novel written by Fredrik Ba… read more

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31. Black Seagull - Contemporary Family Drama

By: Rinat Klein

3.69

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Enter the intriguing world of "Black Seagull," where Tamara Atias, a single mother and esteemed for… read more

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Britt-Marie Was Here

Fredrik Backman , Henning Koch

4.09

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A Man Called Ove

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4.38

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I Too Had a Love Story

Ravinder Singh

2.55

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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

Fredrik Backman , Henning Koch

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She's Not Sorry

Mary Kubica

3.81

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Alice Feeney

3.66

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Everyone Is Watching

Heather Gudenkauf

3.65

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