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Fredrik Backman reading flowchart
Every Fredrik Backman book in reading order by series, with the characters in each book, first appearances and crossovers.
READING FLOWCHART
Fredrik Backman
Read down each column. Every card lists the characters in that book, marks first appearances and crossovers, and says where it is set.
Titles and names link to their pages on the site.
BRITT-MARIE
2 books
BEARTOWN
3 books
STANDALONE
3 books
My Grandmother Asked Me t…
'13
L
Elsa
NEW
M
Britt-Marie
NEW
WHERE
Sweden
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry (2013): Seven-year-old Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves her a series of letters to deliver to people in their apartment building, each one an apology.
Britt-Marie Was Here
'14
L
Britt-Marie
WHERE
Sweden
CHARACTERS
1 (1 main)
Britt-Marie Was Here (2014): Britt-Marie, a fussy woman who has left her husband, takes a job in a run-down town where she ends up coaching a children’s football team.
Beartown
'16
L
Maya Andersson
NEW
M
Peter Andersson
NEW
M
Benji Ovich
NEW
M
Amat
NEW
WHERE
Beartown (fictional),…
CHARACTERS
4 (4 main)
Beartown (2016): The town of Beartown pins its hopes on its junior hockey team, until an act of violence after a big win divides the community.
Us Against You
'17
L
Maya Andersson
M
Peter Andersson
M
Benji Ovich
M
Amat
WHERE
Beartown (fictional),…
CHARACTERS
4 (4 main)
Us Against You (2017): Beartown’s hockey club is about to be shut down, and as a rival town takes its players, the community tries to hold together.
The Winners
'21
L
Maya Andersson
M
Peter Andersson
M
Benji Ovich
M
Amat
WHERE
Beartown (fictional),…
CHARACTERS
4 (4 main)
The Winners (2021): Two years after the events of Beartown, a storm and old grudges bring the town and its rival to the brink.
A Man Called Ove
'12
L
Ove
NEW
WHERE
Sweden
CHARACTERS
1 (1 main)
A Man Called Ove (2012): Ove, a grumpy, rule-following widower, has his life turned upside down when a lively young family moves in next door.
Anxious People
'19
M
Jim
NEW
WHERE
Sweden
CHARACTERS
1 (1 main)
Anxious People (2019): A failed bank robber takes a group of strangers hostage at an apartment viewing, and the police try to make sense of what happened.
My Friends
'25
L
Louisa
NEW
WHERE
Sweden
CHARACTERS
1 (1 main)
My Friends (2025): Louisa, a teenage street artist, sets out to find out about the painter of a famous picture of a pier, and the friends he painted in it.
L
Lead
M
Major
·
Minor or cameo
NEW
First appearance
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