Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Winners

Across Sweden, Disaster, Black Humor, and Small Town & Rural — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Winners by Fredrik Backman.

Sweden Disaster Black Humor Small Town & Rural Sports World Literature Siblings Coming of Age Humorous Literary Criticism Family Life Friendship Mystery & Detective Thrillers Literary Action & Adventure Fiction

Top related books to The Winners

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Winners.

Dearly Departed

Elinor Lipman

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • Sports

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry By the Sunday Times Bestselling Author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 4/11/23

Gabrielle Zevin

Themes: Disaster • Black Humor • Small Town & Rural

Snowflake A Novel

Louise Nealon

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • World Literature

Savannah Breeze

Mary Kay Andrews

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • Coming of Age

You Love Me

Caroline Kepnes

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • World Literature

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth

Matson Taylor

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • Coming of Age

The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • Humorous

Really Good, Actually A Novel

Monica Heisey

Themes: Black Humor • World Literature • Coming of Age

Forever Home

Graham Norton

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • Coming of Age

#10

Just Last Night A Novel

Mhairi McFarlane

Themes: Black Humor • Sports • Siblings

#11

Snowflake

Louise Nealon

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • World Literature

#12

The Guests

Agnes Ravatn

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • World Literature

#13

When the Cranes Fly South

Lisa Ridzén

Themes: Sweden • Black Humor • World Literature

#14

Big in Sweden A Novel

Sally Franson

Themes: Sweden • World Literature • Coming of Age

#15

The Motion of the Body Through Space A Novel

Lionel Shriver

Themes: Black Humor • Sports • Siblings

#16

My Magnolia Summer A Novel

Victoria Benton Frank

Themes: Disaster • Small Town & Rural • Siblings

#17

The Vampire of Venice Beach A Novel

Jennifer Colt

Themes: Black Humor • Sports • Siblings

#18

Lapham Rising A Novel

Roger Rosenblatt

Themes: Black Humor • Small Town & Rural • World Literature

#19

Boy Swallows Universe A Novel

Trent Dalton

Themes: World Literature • Siblings • Coming of Age

#20

The Only Suspect A ‘twisting, Seductive, Ingenious’ Thriller from the Bestselling Author of the Other Passenger

Louise Candlish

Themes: Small Town & Rural • World Literature • Literary Criticism

#21

All the Colours of the Dark

Chris Whitaker

Themes: Small Town & Rural • World Literature • Coming of Age

#22

The Boy and the Dog

Seishu Hase

Themes: Small Town & Rural • World Literature • Coming of Age

#23

The Survivors

Alex Schulman

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Siblings • Coming of Age

#24

Prisoner’s Dilemma

Richard Powers

Themes: Black Humor • World Literature • Siblings

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for The Winners by Fredrik Backman — spanning Sweden, Disaster, Black Humor and featuring authors such as Elinor Lipman, Gabrielle Zevin, Louise Nealon, Mary Kay Andrews, and others.