Penguin Fredrik Backman Beartown Series 3 Books Collection Set

This three-book set combines two novels from Fredrik Backman’s Beartown series with Anxious People, bringing together small-town tension and character-driven storytelling. The Beartown books return to a community where ice hockey shapes everyday life, revisiting rivalries, strained relationships and the lasting effects of decisions made under pressure.

Alongside the Beartown stories, Anxious People centres on a group of strangers brought together in an apartment during a failed bank robbery. As they are forced to spend time in close quarters, conversations begin to reveal unexpected connections and shared anxieties.

Included titles

• Us Against You
• Beartown
• Anxious People

Key details

• Three-book collection set
• Author: Fredrik Backman
• Publisher: Penguin
• Includes two titles from the Beartown series

Synopses

Us Against You

A sequel to Beartown that returns to a town shaped by ice hockey, where tensions between rival teams continue to build. As friendships are tested and secrets emerge, the community must face the consequences of what has happened.

Beartown

In a small town where hockey sits at the centre of everything, the junior team’s run towards the semi-finals increases pressure across the community. Conflicts between players, families and neighbours bring buried secrets and long-held grudges into the open.

Anxious People

A group of strangers become trapped together in an apartment during a failed bank robbery. As they begin to understand one another, they discover unexpected common ground and confront the anxieties they have been carrying.