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Books Like A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman · about this book

Loved A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman? If its contemporary fiction, emotional and male lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Remarkably Bright Creatures and All the Lonely People. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Man Called Ove: Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Male Lead · Heartwarming · Widowed Protagonist

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   The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

   Gabrielle Zevin

   Widowed Protagonist · Second Chances · Heartwarming · Death of a Spouse · Grief Over a Spouse

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   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   Shelby Van Pelt

   Widowed Protagonist · Elderly Protagonist · Second Chances · Heartwarming · Contemporary Fiction

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   All the Lonely People

   Mike Gayle

   Neighbors · Elderly Protagonist · Grief Over a Spouse · Heartwarming · Tearjerker

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   The Reading List

   Sara Nisha Adams

   Widowed Protagonist · Elderly Protagonist · Heartwarming · Death of a Spouse · Uplifting

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   How to Read a Book

   Monica Wood

   Widowed Protagonist · Grief Over a Spouse · Death of a Spouse · Second Chances · Elderly Protagonist

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   Becoming Ted

   Matt Cain

   Second Chances · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Contemporary Fiction · Finding Purpose

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   The Wedding People

   Alison Espach

   Suicidal Ideation · Second Chances · Contemporary Fiction · Finding Purpose · Character-Driven

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   The Midnight Library

   Matt Haig

   Suicidal Ideation · Finding Purpose · Second Chances · Hopeful · Uplifting

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   The Last Devil to Die

   Richard Osman

   Elderly Protagonist · Grief Over a Spouse · Death of a Spouse · Dry Humor · Bittersweet

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    Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

    Jesse Q. Sutanto

    Widowed Protagonist · Elderly Protagonist · Heartwarming · Contemporary Fiction · Grief Over a Spouse

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    The House in the Cerulean Sea

    Tj Klune

    Heartwarming · Finding Purpose · Hopeful · Uplifting · Character-Driven

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    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    Heartwarming · Hopeful · Character-Driven · Dry Humor · Found Family

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    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Finding Purpose · Contemporary Fiction · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Male Lead

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    The Life List

    Lori Nelson Spielman

    Finding Purpose · Heartwarming · Uplifting · Contemporary Fiction · Hopeful

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    Other Birds

    Sarah Addison Allen

    Neighbors · Contemporary Fiction · Heartwarming · Found Family · Character-Driven

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    I See You've Called in Dead

    John Kenney

    Second Chances · Contemporary Fiction · Dry Humor · Male Lead · Character-Driven

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    Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

    Brandon Sanderson

    Finding Purpose · Heartwarming · Dry Humor · Hopeful · Bittersweet

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    The Time Traveler's Wife

    Audrey Niffenegger

    Death of a Spouse · Grief Over a Spouse · Tearjerker · Emotional · Bittersweet

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    They Both Die at the End

    Adam Silvera

    Tearjerker · Finding Purpose · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven

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    When He Was Wicked

    Julia Quinn

    Widowed Protagonist · Grief Over a Spouse · Death of a Spouse · Bittersweet · Emotional

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