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If Anxious People by Fredrik Backman worked for you, these indie books offer a similar reading experience. The comparison comes from AI analysis of each full manuscript (pacing, tone, tropes, and more), not from marketing copy.

Man's Former Best Friend

Christina Thiessen

Ivan has spent years perfecting a device that will finally let him hear what his beloved bulldog Jeeves is really thinking—a breakthrough that could change everything. But when the experiment goes hilariously wrong and his priorities get scrambled between code and companionship, Ivan begins to discover that the deepest truths between humans and their best friends might already be perfectly clear. With a warmhearted blend of humor and quiet revelation, this novel explores what happens when a brilliant inventor learns that some of life's most important answers can't be decoded by machines—only felt by the heart.

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