My Friends
Swedish novelist, born 1981.
My Friends is a 2025 novel by Fredrik Backman, translated from Swedish. It was shortlisted for the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year in 2026.
On 2 of the 8 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Fredrik Backman
- First published
- 2025
- Length
- 448 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Swedish
- Awards
- British Book Awards Fiction shortlist, 2026
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Coming of age, Psychological
Is My Friends worth reading?
2 of the 8 best-of lists it could have made include it: the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year and Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (The Bookseller, 2026) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Goodreads Choice Awards: Fiction and Historical Fiction winners (Goodreads, 2009-) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of My Friends
The edition we link to is the Simon & Schuster UK paperback (2026), 448 pages.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK (paperback, 2026)
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 9781398516434
How critics, prizes and readers rate My Friends
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 20% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work