Author guide
Fannie Flagg Books in Order
Fannie Flagg is an American novelist, screenwriter, actress, and humorist. Her fiction is known for Southern settings, intergenerational communities, eccentric characters, warmth, and comic observation. She also wrote Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook and the short-story collection Something to Look Forward To. Flagg co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Fried Green Tomatoes, which earned an Academy Award nomination.
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Fannie Flagg's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
The best-known and most representative entry point to Flagg's fiction, and the first Whistle Stop Cafe novel.
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
The first novel in the Elmwood Springs sequence.
Something to Look Forward To
A standalone collection of short stories for readers who prefer shorter, loosely connected narratives.
Read in order
Books by series
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Elmwood Springs
A linked sequence of novels centered on the fictional Missouri town of Elmwood Springs and its residents across generations.
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Whistle Stop Cafe
Linked novels set in and around the Alabama community of Whistle Stop and its enduring characters.
Outside the series
