Eleanor Oliphant sta benissimo

Eleanor Oliphant, thirty, works in the finance department of a Glasgow graphic-design firm, eats the same meal deal every day, speaks formally, and spends weekends alone with vodka. She says she is completely fine. Her routine changes when she develops a crush on a singer she has never met, and when she and Raymond, a clumsy IT colleague, help an elderly man who has collapsed on the street. As friendship grows, the book reveals what happened in her childhood and why she keeps people away.

It's good for readers who like funny, offbeat narrators and slow reveals. It treats loneliness and trauma with warmth and dry humor, and its ending is quietly hopeful.

Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.

Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?