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My Friends by Fredrik Backman
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WINNER 167,509 votes
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Swedish author Fredrik Backman celebrates the redemptive power of art with this story of a remarkable painting and the eternal ache of adolescence. This is the first GCA win for Backman. Speaking of the redemptive power of art, Backman’s 2020 novel, Anxious People, placed second in this category…by five votes, the narrowest margin in a GCA contest ever.

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