Reading order · 2 books · 2013 to 2014 · Set in Sweden
Britt-Marie Books in Order
Britt-Marie first appears as Elsa’s difficult neighbour in My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, then takes the lead in her own book.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2013 to 2014
- Latest
- Britt-Marie Was Here (2014)
- Setting
- Set in Sweden
The reading order
Every Britt-Marie book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in Sweden
- 1My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry2013With ElsaSeven-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.Buy on Amazon
- 2Britt-Marie Was Here2014With Britt-MarieBritt-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.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, then Britt-Marie Was Here.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Britt-Marie | Elsa |
|---|---|---|
| 1 My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry | MMajor | LLead |
| 2 Britt-Marie Was Here | LLead |
Characters in the Britt-Marie books
2 characters from Fredrik Backman’s chart, with the number of Britt-Marie books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Britt-MarieFussy, lonely neighbour | 2 | My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry 2013 |
| ElsaPrecocious seven-year-old | 1 | My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry 2013 |