Anxious People

The funny, touching and unpredictable No. 1 New York Times bestseller, now a major Netflix TV series

From the author of MY FRIENDS, the Sunday Times Bestseller and Goodreads Choice Awards Fiction 2025 winner!

A brilliant and comforting readMATT HAIG
Funny, compassionate and wise. An absolute joyA.J. PEARCE
A surefooted insight into the absurdity, beauty and ache of lifeGUARDIAN
I laughed, I sobbed, I recommended it to literally everyone I knowBUZZFEED
Captures the messy essence of being humanWASHINGTON POST

From the 18 million copy internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove
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Its New Years Eve and House Tricks estate agents are hosting an open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage.

For Anna-Lena and Roger, busy buying-up apartments to fill the hole in their marriage, its something else to talk about.

For Julia and Ro, panicky parents-to-be, its yet another worry.

Lonely bank manager Zara only came here for the view.

While 87-year-old grandmother Estelle seems rather pleased by the company . . .

As the police gather outside, the anxious strangers huddled within try to make the best of a very sticky situation - but could it be that they have a whole lot more in common than meets the eye?
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This novel is about humanity at its most raw and at its most wonderful and I LOVED it! 5***** READER REVIEW