The Jennifer Weiner books in order include two Cannie Shapiro novels and a prequel short story, the Cape Cod trilogy, the Littlest Bigfoot middle grade series, standalone novels, short fiction, and a memoir in essays. Weiner writes contemporary fiction about women whose relationships, families, ambitions, bodies, and expectations rarely fit into simple boxes.
Most of her adult novels can be read independently, but a few connections are worth knowing before you begin. I recommend following the order listed for the Cannie Shapiro books and the Cape Cod trilogy, while the standalone novels can be read in any order.
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- Jennifer Weiner Books by Series
- Jennifer Weiner Standalone Books
- Jennifer Weiner Short Stories and Collections
- Jennifer Weiner Nonfiction and Other Works
- Jennifer Weiner Book-to-Screen Adaptations
- About Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner Books by Series
Cannie Shapiro Books
Cannie Shapiro is the heroine of Good in Bed and returns years later in Certain Girls. “Good Men” is a short prequel told from Bruce Guberman’s perspective. It was first published in the anthology Girls’ Night In before receiving a standalone digital release.
- Good in Bed (2001)
- Good Men (2004) (Short Story) (found in Girls’ Night In)
- Certain Girls (2008)
I recommend reading the series in the order above. “Good Men” takes place before Good in Bed, but it works best after you already know Cannie and Bruce.
The Littlest Bigfoot Books
The Littlest Bigfoot trilogy is Weiner’s middle grade series. It follows Alice Mayfair, a lonely twelve-year-old who finds an unexpected friend in Millie Maximus, a young Bigfoot. Their friendship puts both girls in danger as Bigfoot hunters close in and Millie’s community struggles to trust the human world.
- The Littlest Bigfoot (2016)
- Little Bigfoot, Big City (2017)
- The Bigfoot Queen (2023)
Cape Cod Trilogy
Jennifer Weiner refers to Big Summer, That Summer, and The Summer Place as her Cape Cod trilogy. Each novel tells its own story, but I’d read them in publication order to follow the trilogy in the order Weiner published it.
- Big Summer (2020)
- That Summer (2021)
- The Summer Place (2022)
Jennifer Weiner Standalone Books
These adult novels are standalones, so you can read them in any order. I prefer publication order because it lets you see how Weiner’s subjects and style developed, but there are no continuing plots that require it.
- In Her Shoes (2002)
- Little Earthquakes (2004)
- Goodnight Nobody (2005)
- Best Friends Forever (2009)
- Fly Away Home (2010)
- Then Came You (2011)
- The Next Best Thing (2012)
- All Fall Down (2014)
- Who Do You Love (2015)
- Mrs. Everything (2019)
- The Breakaway (2023)
- The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits (2025)
Jennifer Weiner Short Stories and Collections
Short-Story Collection
- The Guy Not Taken (2006)
The Guy Not Taken collects eleven stories, including “Swim.” The Cannie Shapiro prequel “Good Men” is listed with that series above.
Short Stories
- Swim (2006) (Short Story) (found in The Guy Not Taken)
- The Half Life (2010) (Short Story)
- Recalculating (2011) (Short Story)
- A Memoir of Grief (Continued) (2012) (Short Story)
- Disconnected (2013) (Short Story)
- Everyone’s A Critic (2019) (Short Story)
- Dog People (2020) (Short Story)
- Off Season (2021) (Short Story)
- Golden Hills (2023) (Short Story)
“Swim” introduces Ruth Saunders before she becomes the protagonist of The Next Best Thing, so I recommend reading the story first. The Half Life and Swim is a later combined ebook containing those two previously published stories, not an additional work.
Jennifer Weiner Nonfiction and Other Works
Memoir and Essays
Weiner’s nonfiction book is a memoir told through personal essays about family, writing, body image, love, loss, and ambition.
Selected Anthology Contributions
Weiner has also contributed stories and essays to multi-author collections. These are anthology appearances rather than books she wrote or edited in full.
- American Girls About Town (2004)
- Girls’ Night In (2004)
- Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading (2009)
- Cosmo’s Sexiest Stories Ever: Three Naughty Tales (2011)
- Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex (2011)
- How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation (2018)
- Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women (2020)
Edited Works
The Twisted Women’s Book Club is a connected-story anthology by multiple thriller writers. It first appeared as an Audible Original on April 10, 2025, with an introduction by Weiner. The 2027 print edition credits Weiner as editor and introducer.
Jennifer Weiner Book-to-Screen Adaptations
The only completed screen adaptation of a Jennifer Weiner novel is In Her Shoes, the 2005 film starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, and Shirley MacLaine. It follows the same central relationship between very different sisters, although the movie streamlines parts of the novel, so I’d read the book first if you want the fuller family story.
Several other Jennifer Weiner books have been optioned or announced for adaptation, but those announcements haven’t produced another released movie or series. In February 2026, Universal announced a feature adaptation of The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits, with Amy Sherman-Palladino attached to write and direct; no cast or release date was announced.
About Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner is an American novelist, essayist, and former newspaper journalist. She was born in Louisiana, raised in Connecticut, graduated from Princeton University, and worked for newspapers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky before becoming a bestselling author.
Weiner’s fiction often centers on complicated women, families, friendships, body image, motherhood, ambition, and the pressure women face from the culture around them. Her books mix humor with serious subjects, which is one reason they work equally well as absorbing reads and book-club choices.
She lives in Philadelphia and has also written essays and opinion pieces for national publications. In my view, her strongest contribution goes beyond any single label such as “chick lit.” She has spent decades arguing that popular fiction about women’s lives deserves to be reviewed and discussed as seriously as fiction about men’s lives.
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