Fredrik Backman's six favorite books

Swedish novelist Fredrik Backman is the author of A Man Called Ove, the international best-seller that inspired an Oscar-nominated film, and the new novel Beartown. One of his six favorite books, as shared at The Week magazine:

Shogun by James Clavell

It's not life-changing; it's not the greatest piece of literature ever written; it's definitely not flawless. But it's good. Fun. Entertaining. An adventure. Sometimes that's quite enough.

Read about the other entries on the list.

Shogun is one of Jamie Lee Curtis's six favorite books.

--Marshal Zeringue