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Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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Also by Fredrik Backman:

My Friends, May 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Winners, September 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
A Man Called Ove, December 2022
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Winners, October 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
Anxious People, July 2021
Trade Size / e-Book
Anxious People, September 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
Us Against You, March 2019
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
And Every Morning the way home gets longer and longer, November 2016
Hardcover
Britt-Marie Was Here, May 2016
Hardcover / e-Book

A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman

Washington Square Press
December 2022
On Sale: November 22, 2022
368 pages
ISBN: 166801081X
EAN: 9781668010815
Kindle: B00GEEB730
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Contemporary | Literature and Fiction Literary

Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?

Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents’ association to their very foundations.

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