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My Friends

by Fredrik Backman

Goodreads Choice · 2025 · Winner
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Atria BooksLiterary FictionISBN 9781982112820

Award History

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Goodreads Choice Awards – FictionFiction2025Winner

About This Book

An eighteenth-century painting hides three tiny figures—teenagers who spent one pivotal summer on an abandoned pier. Decades later, a young woman named Louisa embarks on a journey to find their story. Fredrik Backman's Goodreads Choice Award-winning novel is a luminous meditation on friendship, art, and the transforming power of love.

About the Author

Fredrik BackmanSE

Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author and blogger best known for A Man Called Ove, which was adapted into multiple films. His novel My Friends (2025) won the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction. His work is celebrated for its warm, humane portrayals of community and loss.

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