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Anxious People: A Novel

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, the new novel from the author of A Man Called Ove is a “quirky, big-hearted novel….Wry, wise and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure” (People).

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352 pages

Average rating: 7.68

2,104 RATINGS

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60 REVIEWS

Community Reviews

brittshank91
Mar 25, 2024
10/10 stars
The change of a page would often leave me wondering what new bit of information Backman would bring to the story, and I was always pleasantly caught off guard when it was nothing that I would’ve expected. This is, at its core, a story of people. Real people with real struggles and real lives. It doesn’t sugar coat their stories to make them seem put together; instead, it’s honest and open and real. Simply beautiful.
Can't Drink
Feb 21, 2024
1/10 star
Mindless little book that is far-fetched. 0/10 stars.
Teran
Feb 20, 2024
10/10 stars
This book is so amazing!
Anonymous
Jan 27, 2024
10/10 stars
what a lovely little book. reading this felt kind of like having a conversation with someone on human nature, if that conversation involved them giving you this fantastic everyday situation in which vastly different characters physically trapped together grow to understand each other, and in the process, to not be so harsh on themselves ... really, overall, it just paints a simple yet universal picture of the importance of human connection. i def...read more
LMahoney
Jan 26, 2024
10/10 stars
AMAZING BOOK! I laughed , cried, and gasped out loud. So good. Loved it and the audiobook was superb.

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