On Sale Now. 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.. order now

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.. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move …

The Swedish film adaptation of A Man Called Ove has come to the US and is getting rave reviews!: Variety • The Hollywood Reporter Listen to the coverage on NPR: “A Swedish Curmudgeon Wins Hearts on the Page and Now on Screen” . The Women’s National Book Association has named Britt-Marie Was Here as a 2016 Great Group Reads Selection!Read …

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and “writer of astonishing depth” (The Washington Times) comes a poignant comedy about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined. Viewing an apartment normally …

Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother’s stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas where everybody is different and nobody …

A heart-wrenching story of how loyalty, friendship, and love carry a town through its darkest days. After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded.

Christmas has a new classic. In this insightful and poignant holiday novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown, a man who sacrificed his family in the pursuit of success encounters a courageous little girl with an uncertain future—and finds he has been given the unexpected opportunity to make his life mean something.

“Like Friday Night Lights, this is about more than youth sports; it's part coming-of-age novel, part study of moral failure, and finally a chronicle of groupthink in which an unlikely hero steps forward to save more than one person from self-destruction.A thoroughly empathetic examination of the fragile human spirit, Backman's latest will resonate a long time.”

An irresistible and moving collection of heartfelt, humorous essays about fatherhood, providing Backman’s newborn son with the perspective and tools he’ll need to make his way in the world.

“Wise and heartbreaking, Backman’s slim novella celebrates the joy of connecting even in the midst of letting go.” —People “Beautiful, dreamlike, heartbreaking, and heartwarming.