My Friends

By Fredrik Backman

#1 New York Times bestselling author 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.

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Published May 6, 2025

448 pages

Average rating: 8.1

3,508 RATINGS

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Books on Tap

Book discussion group sponsored by the Scarborough Public Library that used to meet at O'Reilly's Cure in Scarborough, Maine, but has now moved to the Seadog Brewing in Scarborough, near Cabella's.

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Kirkland Women's Book Club

The Kirkland Women’s Book Club is an informal social book club looking for avid readers interested in a fun book group! We meet on the last Wednesday of the month in the Kirkland/Bellevue area beginning at 7:00 PM. We have been meeting since 2008. We welcome adult women of all ages. Meetings begin with a 30 minute social time. Our book discussion starts at 7:30 and is facilitated by one of our members with the discussion questions emailed to members prior to the meeting. Reading selections are made by members and rotated throughout the year so everyone who wants to suggest a book has an opportunity. Mostly we read contemporary fiction with the occasional foray into classic literature and current non-fiction. Here are some of the recent titles we are reading this year: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult, The Mountains Sign by Nguyen Phan Que Mai.

Community Reviews

Mellific
Mellific
6/10 stars
This is the first Fredrik Backman book I've listened to that didn't hit for me. Parts of the book were beautiful, but it is a very long story. Many themes are repeated over and over again. I didn't think it needed to be a 13 hour audiobook. The narrator did an amazing job. This story felt much more stream of consciousness than other books I've read by him, which I tend to not enjoy. Frienship is important, and so is art, but I must be the worst kind of person (an adult) because I just wasn't feeling it.
rccohill
rccohill
10/10 stars
What an amazing book on friendship, coming of age, love, and lost!
Dmar Smyth
Dmar Smyth
7/10 stars
I enjoyed the story telling in the book and all the characters. It’s complicated to write in present and past tense so consistently. Backman is very talented.
Gabriela-in-Amherst
Gabriela-in-Amherst
10/10 stars
I can honestly say that my soul felt renewed after reading this book. I was moved to tears by the connections that were made by art across very different lives, and by Backman's exploration of the ways that friends can remain deeply within us - whether they are near us or not.
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P Mancuso
7/10 stars
Beautiful story. Extremely well written and so, so very human.

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