I loved Eleanor Oliphant, but struggle to get into fiction. Any similar fiction suggestions?
I loved Eleanor Oliphant, but normally struggle to get into fiction. Any similar fiction
suggestions?
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A Man Called Ove
Yes yes yes…. If you like Eleanor you will enjoy Ove I think…. LOVED the book….
Yes. This was my thought, as well.
Agree, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.
“Three Things About Elsie” by Joanna Cannon,
“The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper” by Phaedra Patrick,
“This is Your Life, Harriet Chance” by Jonathan Evison,
“A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman,
“The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” by Rachel Joyce,
“The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window, and Disappeared” by Jonas Jonasson.
The Rosie Project!
Second this one as well. Rosie – Eleanor and Ove, I think if you love one you love the other
Was going to suggest the same!
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
I heard a movie by that name!!
Or Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
What a wonderful book, one of my faves!!
Where’d you go Bernadette
Yes! Was going to add that too.
Was totally going to recommend The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper!
Close Enough To Touch by Colleen Oakley
Britt Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
This is what I was going to suggest! Loved it.
Thank you so much!
News of the World is a sweet read…
Good to know-on my TBR
A Man Called Ove or Brit-Marie Was Here.
Ella Minnow Pea, by Mark Dunn
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise, by Julia Stewart
Am reading Britt Marie was here. Ha, makes me miss Eleanor!
A Man Called Ove by Fredric Bachman and A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
I loved her too?
Picked up Ove and Rosie Project…others were all checked out of my library. Thanks again for the suggestions.
Just a suggestion, but you might want to read Backman’s books in order. Maybe read My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry before you read Britt-Marie. Not necessary, but Britt-Marie is introduced in “My Grandmother”
Agreed. I was surprised to see so many people suggesting Britt Marie Was Here because I personally thought My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She Was Sorry was better.
@Rhonda Thx. Just downloaded Britt/Marie so will get My Grandmother first. Is it good?
@Beth I absolutley loved My Grandmother, although she is nothing like my grandmother, the book did take me back to so many fond memories growing up and being raised by my grandmother . I just adore all of Backman’s characters
Flowers for Mrs. Harris (Paul Gallico, 1958 titled ‘Mrs. ‘Arris goes to Paris’ in the US. First of a 4- book series and a total precedent to Ove, Britt-Marie and others). Lovely read.
The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Nightime.
The Heart’s Invisible Furies