Lost in a Good Book

A Thursday Next Novel

By: Jasper Fforde

Narrated by: Emily Gray

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Constant Rabbit comes “Harry Potter just for adults . . . [an] immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience” (The New York Times Book Review)—the second novel in the renowned Thursday Next series.

“[Lost in a Good Book] is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank, and tilt-a-whirl.”—The Washington Post

If resourceful, fearless literary detective Thursday Next thought she could avoid the spotlight after her heroic escapades in the pages of Jane Eyre, she was sorely mistaken.

Her adventures as a renowned Special Operative in literary detection have left Thursday Next yearning for a rest. But when the love of her life is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must bite the bullet and moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative in the secret world of Jurisfiction, the police force inside the books. There she is apprenticed to Miss Havisham, the famous man-hater from Dickens’s Great Expectations, who teaches her to book-jump like a pro.

If Thursday retrieves a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of Poe’s “The Raven,” she thinks Goliath might return her lost love, Landen. But her latest mission is endlessly complicated. Not only are there side trips into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Flopsy Bunnies, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth.

Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels:
THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT

Great book!!

Such a fun book! I love this series. My only complaint is that the narrator made Landon sound bored or completely daft. Otherwise, completely enjoyed it!

Too unusual!

Any additional comments?

I had heard many good things about Jasper Fforde's writing and his Thursday Next series. I suppose the book is good but it just too unusual for me. I couldn't get into it or much understand the reasons for the things that happened. And oh, the things that happened. I think that I might label it science fiction or futuristic when I had thought it would be more literary.

Awesome narrator and excellent book

Loved everything! Going to read his other books and if she’s narrating, even better! Fantastic!

Bring back the Sastre version!!!

Please bring back the narration by Elizabeth Sastre!
Her Thursday is how I imagine her voice! More importantly, she bring the side character (ESPECIALLY Miss Havisham) to life!!! Bring her audio back!

Absolutely lovely

I heart the Jasper Ffordeverse--it's engaging, full of TERRIBLE jokes, suspenseful, creative. And Emily Gray is Thursday.

Great Alternate Literaverse

What a fun book to listen to. Sometimes fantastical, often thought-provoking and always entertaining. I forgot about my long commute. Ready to read #3 in the series.

Love the idea, first was great!

I really like the premise! I easily can get " lost in a book" For some reason now and then I literally got lost in here as I read and then reread. Much of it I truly enjoyed. Not giving up...on to the next! It sounds Great, and funny, and...

interesting Idea for a plot

This book starts with a unique concept - the ability to travel into printed material like novels and user manuals. It is very well written and fun to read.

The Change in Narrator is A Poor Idea

The voice of Emily Gray does not suit the tone established in The Eyre Affair. I had hoped to acclimate myself, but her delete is uneven in tone and volume, producing frequently jarring / startling phrases throughout. The story itself is my favorite as a standalone novel, but the Thursday Next books are so tightly knit and interwoven (including the two Nursery Crime “asides”) that it’s easy to envision all the books as one long novel, with characters and references flowing perfectly among them all, often as humorous and/or darkly satirical aspects throughout.

Fun Story, Inconsistent Narator

The Narrator does a good job on women, but makes all men sound like Eeyore.