Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman
Buy on AmazonInstant #1 New York Times Bestseller A People Book of the Week, Book of the Month Club selection, and Best of Fall in Good Housekeeping, PopSugar, The Washington Post, New York Post, Shondaland, CNN, and more! “[A] quirky, big-hearted novel…Wry, wise, and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure.” —People From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove comes a charming, poignant novel about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.…
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"This is a story “about idiots.” It’s about a failed bank robbery and a highly unusual hostage situation. But what should be a nightmare scenario – a bunch of strangers held at gunpoint at an apartment open house – turns into a surprisingly sweet tale. It’s the perfect balance of heartwarming and heart-wrenching, and Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove, has a way of simply yet elegantly describing relationships. We can all be idiots, but we’re still all human beings worthy of connection and love."
NPR Books We Love — 2020 · apps.npr.org
"Fredrik Backman is one of my new fave authors from A Man Called Ove to Anxious People."
By the Book: Lisa Gardner · nytimes.com
"In all of Backman's stories, there's a compelling sense of humanity and a profound compassion for frail human beings, and aren't we all frail?"
By the Book: William Kent Krueger · nytimes.com