All This Could Be Different vs Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Lesbians, Friendship, Fiction
All This Could Be Different
2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES' TOP 5 FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF TIME AND SLATE'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, Vogue, Vulture, BuzzFeed,…
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a now-classic novel about two women: Evelyn, who’s in the sad slump of middle age, and gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode, who’s…
The verdict
- Readers rate Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe highest: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.3 · All This Could Be Different 3.9.
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe has the widest readership — 334113 ratings behind its score.
- All This Could Be Different runs the darker storyline; Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| All This Could Be Different | Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (334113) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (43) | 4.1 (229) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (60) | 4.5 (479) |
Reception
| All This Could Be Different | Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 60 | 334113 |
| Editions | 6 | 27 |
| Citations | — | 62 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 209117 |
| Pages | 320 | 403 |