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Author record · 2015 to 2025

Fredrik Backman: Awards and Best-of Lists

Fredrik Backman has won 1 award, the Goodreads Choice Awards (2025) for My Friends, with 1 shortlist or finalist place, 9 longlist or nominee places, and 8 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025My FriendsGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2025My FriendsGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Audiobook
2025My FriendsNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We LoveNeil Smith
2025My FriendsBarnes & Noble Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025My FriendsBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025My FriendsThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2022The WinnersGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Fiction
2021Anxious PeopleCWA Daggers source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Crime Fiction in Translation DaggerNeil Smith
2020Anxious PeopleGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Fiction
2020Anxious People: A NovelNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We LoveNiel Smith
2019Beartown (The Scandal)Dublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · FictionNeil Smith
2018Britt-Marie Was HereDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · FictionHenning Koch
2018Us Against YouGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Fiction
2017My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and ApologisesDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · FictionHenning Koch
2017BeartownGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Fiction
2017Beartown: A NovelChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2017BeartownAmazon Editors' Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 10
2015My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's SorryGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Fiction
2015A Man Called OveThe Irish Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books of the Year

Books

  1. My Friends5 sources · 2025
  2. Beartown (The Scandal)4 sources · 2017 to 2019
  3. Anxious People3 sources · 2020 to 2021
  4. A Man Called Ove1 source · 2015
  5. Britt-Marie Was Here1 source · 2018
  6. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry1 source · 2015
  7. My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises1 source · 2017
  8. The Winners1 source · 2022
  9. Us Against You1 source · 2018