Genres: Literary Fiction

  • Anxious People – Fredrik Backman

    Anxious People – Fredrik Backman

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    While this is the second time I’ve read Anxious People, it’s the first time I realized that this is the same author from A Man Called Ove, which is also an excellent read. Anxious People follows a bank robber, turned hostage taker and the people in the apartment they take hostage by accident. These people…

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  • The Librarianist

    The Librarianist

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    This excellent book by Patrick deWitt investigates the life of a solitary librarian. We meet our character at the end of his life as he befriends a number of people in an old age home. There is a major twist that caught me off-guard but I continue to think about the tragedy of the story.…

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  • A Man Called Ove

    A Man Called Ove

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    I very much enjoyed this grumpy old man coming to terms with people that actually want to talk to him and befriend him despite how grumpy he is. The ending is sweet and made me cry. There is a trigger warning regarding talk of suicide. Purchase on A Man Called Ove on Amazon

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