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Mystery · 2002 · PG

Lost in a Good Book

by Jasper Fforde

Thursday Next can jump into books — and now someone is using that against her.

For10+GenreMysteryLength399 pagesRead time~10 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

Barely any

Some thriller-adjacent action; comic rather than intense

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Light themes of corporate conspiracy and the power of stories

What this book is about

Literary detective Thursday Next must navigate a conspiracy involving her husband's erasure from history, a corporation bent on apocalypse, and the Cheshire Cat — all while being pulled into classic novels. Fforde's second Thursday Next novel is wildly inventive, funny, and packed with literary references.

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