Friendship Day 2024: Books That Gave Us Major Friends’ Goals With Heart-Touching Stories

Book Recommendations:  Books are a great companion in life. Get into a book and you will also find heart-touching stories of friends, and friendships. Books even make for thoughtful gifts to friends about friends. With its resourcefulness, the dexterity of books is evident. So be it for yourself or a gift, you must give a try to these books on friendships.     

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 

Set in Afghanistan, the story revolves around Amir and Hassan, two childhood friends who are nothing like each other. From economic differences to the distinguished views of the world, the book is about the unconditional love and reverence a friendship is capable of. 

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 

Men’s friendship usually finds mention as a high-intensity relationship thriving on loud laughter, sports banter, and backhanded compliments. Walking away from the clichéd narrative, Yanagihara portrays the slowness of mundane life in each such friendship. The movie’s take on male friendship as an everyday phenomenon is not happening like a club but as lazy as a Sunday. 

The Belated Bachelors Party by Ravinder Singh 

A funny, easy, and go-to read for readers who like it when authors use their first tongue in between their writings. The plot is fresh out of the oven about friends who decide to take their much-awaited ‘Bachelor’s trip’ after years of their marriage. What unfolds is a trippy trip of drunken Punjabis abroad. 

We Need To Hang Out By Billy Baker 

Oftentimes, the tide of growing up and life washes away the ties with friends. The book follows a middle-aged man who suddenly realizes that his buddies have been lost alongside his new bonds like marriage so he embarks on a comic quest for his friends.    

The Bright Side Running Club by Josie Lloyd 

In the face of a chronic disease, all one might see is bleakness. But that is what the chliché would tell. For Keira, her much-despised cancer jogging club turns out to be the sunniest time of her life as she learns to look at the brighter side while making new friends. 

The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club by Faith Hogan 

An encouraging and emotional story of three different women coming from different walks of life aiming to start again their life from where they are. This time to their side is their dedicated friendship.