Fredrik Backman's Reading List

"I recently reread "Blonde" and "On Boxing," by Joyce Carol Oates, and her writing still knocks me out of my chair every time."

"I recently reread "Blonde" and "On Boxing," by Joyce Carol Oates, and her writing still knocks me out of my chair every time."

""All the King's Men," by Robert Penn Warren, which I read for the first time only very recently and enjoyed very, very much."

"His books are historical fiction and take place in Stockholm in the 1790s and they will just blow you away. I'm incredibly proud of him. He's one of my greatest inspirations."

"Nick Hornby's "Fever Pitch" was a strong influence on me as a teenager"

"I thought the Andre Agassi autobiography "Open" was absolutely fantastic too."

""The Gospel of the Eels," by Patrik Svensson, is about eels, for example, and I really had no idea how strongly I would feel about eels."