Thursday Next novels

Author:
Fforde, Jasper
 
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Book cover for "The Eyre affair".
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Series Volume:
1.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
In a world where one can literally get lost in literature, Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection, tries to stop the world's Third Most Wanted criminal from kidnapping characters, including Jane Eyre, from works of literature.
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Series Volume:
2.
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In order to rescue the love of her life from the corrupt multinational Goliath, Thursday seeks out a believed-vanquished enemy from the pages of "The Raven" and finds unexpected assistance from Miss Havisham of "Great Expectations."
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Series Volume:
3.
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Exhausted by her stint as Miss Havisham's apprentice at Jurisfiction, Thursday Next is delighted by a respite in the Character Exchange Program in the Well of Lost Plots, a place filled with linguistic chaos, lousy books, and a murderer.
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Series Volume:
4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Detective Thursday Next has had her fill of her responsibilities as the Bellman in Jurisfiction. Packing up her son, Friday, Thursday returns to Swindon accompanied by none other than the dithering Danish prince Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snap--as outlaw fictioneer Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindon's patron saint foretells doom, and if that isn't bad enough, back in the Book World The Merry Wives of Windsor...
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Series Volume:
5.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Fourteen years after the 1988 SuperHoop, Thursday finds herself entangled in cases involving the murders of Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple before receiving a death threat of her own.
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Series Volume:
6.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Dazzlingly funny and imaginative, Jasper Fforde's books have won him the affection of readers, reviewers, and-dare we say it-booksellers alike. Fans can breathe a sigh of relief because Thursday Next - or at least one of her - is back. At a time of great unrest in the BookWorld, only the ace literary detective can avert a devastating Genre War - thing is, Thursday has vanished. Now the written Thursday must answer the call, save the Bookworld, evade...
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Series Volume:
7.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Forced into semi-retirement after an assassination attempt, Thursday Next finds her recuperation challenged by the personal and professional struggles of her children and Goliath's constant attempts to replace her with synthetic duplicates.