New York Times Bestsellers
Jasper Fforde has placed 3 books on the New York Times bestseller lists.
The Eyre Affair
Thursday Next Series
1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #15 · debuted Mar 2002
Full chart history →
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
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Dragonslayer | 2010 | 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Song of the Quarkbeast | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Eye of Zoltar | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Great Troll War | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Big Over Easy | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Fourth Bear | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Lost in a Good Book | 2002 | 🏆 Dilys Award 2004Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | The Well of Lost Plots | 2003 | 🏆 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2004Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Something Rotten | 2004 | Dilys Award 2005Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | First Among Sequels | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | One of Our Thursdays Is Missing | 2011 | Goodreads Choice Award 2011Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 7 | The Woman Who Died A Lot | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Dark Reading Matter | 2025 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shades of Grey | 2009 | Locus Award 2011Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Red Side Story | 2024 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Jasper Fforde Other Novels
0 of 2 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early Riser | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Constant Rabbit | 2020 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Jasper Fforde Anthologies
0 of 1 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relics, Wrecks and Ruins | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
About the Author
Jasper Fforde (born 11 January 1961) is an English novelist whose first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. He is known mainly for his Thursday Next novels, but has also published two books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series, two in the Shades of Grey series and four in The Last Dragonslayer series.