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An instant #1New York Timesbestseller, the new novel from the author ofA Man Called Oveis a “quirky, big-heartednovel….Wry, wise, and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure” (People).Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can’t fix their own marriage. There’s a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can’t seem to agree on anything. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment’s only ba

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKSThe million-copy bestselling phenomenon: a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step.''Warm, funny, and almost unbearably moving'' Daily Mail''Delightful . . . the perfect holiday read'' Evening StandardOve is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - joggers, neighbours who can''t reverse a trailer properly and shop assistants who talk in code.But isn''t it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a lifelong dedication to making it just so? In the end, you will see, there is something about Ove that is quite irresistible . . . ''Hilarious and heart-breaking'' Stylist''Rescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to it'' Spectator Books of the Year

【那些被世界遺忘的孩子，在彼此身上找到了明天。】★ 2025 年 Goodreads 讀者票選年度冠軍小說 ★《紐約時報》排行榜 No.1，全球數百萬讀者為之動容 ★《明天別再來敲門》作者菲特烈．貝克曼 寫給友誼最深情的情書 「明天。」這是他們每天分開前的約定。因為對這些少年來說，「明天」是一個承諾，是支撐他們熬過黑暗家庭生活、再次相聚的力量。一幅神祕的畫作，勾勒出四個在廢棄碼頭共享秘密的青少年；二十五年後，這幅畫落入孤苦少女路易莎的手中，開啟了一場跨越時空的療癒之旅。貝克曼再次展現了文字的重量，他告訴我們：藝術有時不是為了成名，而是為了愛；而真正的友誼，是即便世界將你遺忘，仍有人願意在碼頭的盡頭等你。‘A stunning, sweeping, extraordinary story of connection, love, and the unbreakable bonds that guide and shape us. Full of humour and heart, My Friends is simply wonderful’ Chris WhitakerThe beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later...* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** ONE OF GOODREADS READERS' MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2025 ** A BARNES AND NOBLE NATIONAL BOOK CLUB PICK *You have to take life for

#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, who “captures the messy essence of being human” (The Washington Post), returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger’s life twenty-five years later.Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an artist herself, knows otherwise and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures.Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their difficult home lives by spending their days laughing and telling stories out on a pier. There’s Joar, who never backs down from a fight; quiet and bookish Ted who is mourning his father; Ali, the daughter of a man who never stays in one place for long; and finally, there’s the art

The long-awaited conclusion to the beloved New York Times bestselling and “engrossing” (People) Beartown series―which inspired an HBO series of the same name―follows the small hockey town’s residents as they grapple with change, pain, hope, and redemption.It starts with a storm, a death, and two funerals on the same day.One person’s life is being celebrated by all of Beartown.One person’s life is being forgotten.Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. They can see how much Beartown has changed. There is a sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake.Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there’s something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old r

ANXIOUS PEOPLE is an unreasonably riotous comedy about a failed robbery attempt that leads to a group of people being held captive during an open house.A failed bank robber locks themselves in with an

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove shares an irresistible and moving collection of heartfelt, humorous essays about fatherhood, providing his newborn son with the perspective

The captivating and moving follow-up to the international bestseller Beartown.'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' Jojo Moyes on BeartownC

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown returns with an unforgettable novel “about people—about strength and tribal loyalty and what we unwittingly do when trying to

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beartown and A Man Called Ove, hailed as “a writer of astonishing depth [with] the remarkable ability to make you understand the feelings of each

In a forgotten town fractured by scandal, an amateur hockey team might just be able to change everything. By the New York Times best-selling author of A Man Called Ove. (general fiction).

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fract

The New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry “returns with this heartwarming story about a woman rediscovering herself after a personal

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s strug

For as long as anyone can remember, Britt-Marie has been an acquired taste. It's not that she's judgemental, or fussy, or difficult - she just expects things to be done in a certain way. A cutlery dra

The #1 internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove is “firmly in league with Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman” (Kirkus Reviews) in this “whimsical” (Publishers Weekly) novel about a young girl wh

A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendshi

From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a jou

From beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, a beautiful boxed set collection of his first three charming, matchless novels that have taken the world by storm: A Man Called Ove,

From the bestselling author of the “charming debut” (People) A Man Called Oveand My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, a heartwarming and hilarious story of a reluctant outsider who transfo