Jasper Fforde

Quotes

• “It was a coincidence.” / “I don’t believe in coincidences.” / “Neither do I. That’s a coincidence, isn’t it?”

• “The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.”

• “You’ve got a face longer than a Dickens novel.”

• “Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corruption and error hardwired at inception.”

• “I’d come to realize over the years that anything created by mankind had error, mischief and bureaucratic officialdom hardwired at inception, and the fictional world was no different.”

Books by Jasper Fforde in order

Books by Jasper Fforde in the order they were published, from Eyre Affair (2001) to Dark Reading Matter (2025).

1. 1Eyre AffairEyre Affair2001
2. 2Thursday Next in Lost in a Good BookThursday Next in Lost in a Good Book2002
3. 3The Well of Lost PlotsThe Well of Lost Plots2003
4. 4Something RottenSomething Rotten2004
5. 5Big Over EasyBig Over Easy2005
6. 6Délivrez-moi !Délivrez-moi !2006
7. 7Fourth BearFourth Bear2006
8. 8Thursday NextThursday Next2007
9. 9Es Ist Was FaulEs Ist Was Faul2008
10. 10Shades of GreyShades of Grey2009
11. 11Last DragonslayerLast Dragonslayer2010
12. 12Song of the QuarkbeastSong of the Quarkbeast2011
13. 13One of Our Thursdays Is MissingOne of Our Thursdays Is Missing2012
14. 14Woman Who Died a LotWoman Who Died a Lot2012
15. 15Eye of ZoltarEye of Zoltar2014
16. 16Chronicles of Kazam CollectionChronicles of Kazam Collection2018
17. 17Early RiserEarly Riser2018
18. 18The Constant RabbitThe Constant Rabbit2020
19. 19Dragonslayer 4Dragonslayer 42021
20. 20Shades of Grey 2Shades of Grey 22022
21. 21Dark Reading MatterDark Reading Matter2025

Series by Jasper Fforde

• Thursday Next