
Slowly, we learn there is a heartbreaking sadness behind Ove’s rough facade. This action opens the gate for humorous and redeeming human interaction. His neighbors call him the bitter neighbor from hell.īut when a young couple with two outgoing daughters accidentally run over Ove’s mailbox, he is forced to talk to them – and to teach them how to drive properly. Ove is a curmudgeon of a man, with a strict routine and principles. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin HicksĤ2 Best Books About Friendship & Best Friendsīy Tori Curran with additions from Christine People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz The Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner with Davis Fisher Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Text Me When You Get Home by Kayleen Schaefer The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Love and Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez Franklin and Winston: a Portrait of a Friendship by Jon Meacham What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love by Carole Radziwill Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 42 Best Books About Friendship & Best Friends.


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While some of these books about friendship are more somber, others are sure to inspire, lift us up, and make us want to immediately call our best friend.

Others will bring together the unlikeliest of friends during difficult times and transitions, including death, war, health issues, and even politics. Some of these friendship books span across families and communities, demonstrating the importance of connection, relationships, and healthy support systems. If you love books about best friends, human and animal, we have just the reading list for you. Uncover the best books about friendship that are sure to warm your heart and make you smile – fiction and nonfiction.
