Lovable Curmudgeons to Warm Your Heart This Valentine’s

This is, unsurprisingly, the story of a small-town curmudgeon named Ove. He is a man of staunch principles, strict routines, and terrible anger. But, of course, beneath Ove’s rough and unfriendly exterior lies a story of true sorrow and loss. More than following one man’s obsession with being the worst, the book explores the comical and heartwarming relationship between Ove and his ill-fated new neighbors.

A. J. Fikry may be a noodge, but he’s a literary one. He laments the death of his wife, the declining sales in his independent bookstore, and the peppiness of a new sales rep. For every book lover out there (which is clearly you, grouchy “Valentine’s Day is a waste of time” reader).