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Jasper Fforde Books in Order

6 series including Thursday Next, Chronicles Of Kazam and more

★ 3 NYT bestsellers 6 series 19 books Latest: Dark Reading Matter (2025)

Publishing since 2001, Jasper Fforde has 19 books to their name. The work is organised into 6 series; the longest is Thursday Next at 8 books. Dark Reading Matter (2025) is the most recent addition we've catalogued.

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1 Chronicles Of Kazam 2 Nursery Crime 3 Thursday Next 4 Shades Of Grey 5 Jasper Fforde Other Novels 6 Jasper Fforde Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

3 books

Jasper Fforde has placed 3 books on the New York Times bestseller lists.

Cover of The Eyre Affair
The Eyre Affair
Thursday Next Series

1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #15 · debuted Mar 2002

Full chart history →
Cover of One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
Thursday Next Series

1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #15 · debuted Mar 2011

Full chart history →

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Reading Order

6 series · 19 books

Chronicles Of Kazam Series

0 of 4 read
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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Last Dragonslayer 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Song of the Quarkbeast 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Eye of Zoltar 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Great Troll War 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Nursery Crime Series

0 of 2 read
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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Big Over Easy 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Fourth Bear 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Thursday Next Series

0 of 8 read
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1 The Eyre Affair 2001 🏆 ALA Alex Award 2003🏆 IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award 2002Lincoln Award 2006Dilys Award 2003Locus Award 2002Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Lost in a Good Book 2002 🏆 Dilys Award 2004Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Well of Lost Plots 2003 🏆 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2004Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Something Rotten 2004 Dilys Award 2005Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 First Among Sequels 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 One of Our Thursdays Is Missing 2011 Goodreads Choice Award 2011Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Woman Who Died A Lot 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Dark Reading Matter 2025 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Shades Of Grey Series

0 of 2 read
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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Shades of Grey 2009 Locus Award 2011Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Red Side Story 2024 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Jasper Fforde Other Novels

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Early Riser 2018 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Constant Rabbit 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Jasper Fforde Anthologies

0 of 1 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Relics, Wrecks and Ruins 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

English novelist (born 1961)

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