Character · Thursday Next · 7 books
Thursday Next
Thursday Next is a literary detective in an alternative Britain, brave, resourceful and able to travel into books.
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Character facts
- First appearance
- The Eyre Affair (2001)
- Latest appearance
- The Woman Who Died a Lot (2012)
- Books
- 7 (6 as lead, 1 major)
- Series
- Thursday Next
- Author
- Jasper Fforde
- Circle
- Thursday Next
Where to meet Thursday Next
Thursday Next first appears in The Eyre Affair (2001), as the lead, book 1 of the Thursday Next series.
Every book with Thursday Next
In publication order, with the size of their role in each.
- 2001LThe Eyre Affairlead · Thursday NextBuy
- 2002LLost in a Good Booklead · Thursday NextBuy
- 2003LThe Well of Lost Plotslead · Thursday NextBuy
- 2004LSomething Rottenlead · Thursday NextBuy
- 2007LFirst Among Sequelslead · Thursday NextBuy
- 2011MOne of Our Thursdays Is Missingmajor role · Thursday NextThe written Thursday takes overBuy
- 2012LThe Woman Who Died a Lotlead · Thursday NextBuy
Appears most often with
| Character | Books together |
|---|---|
| Landen Parke-LaineThursday's husband | 7 |
| PickwickThursday's pet dodo | 7 |
| Miss HavishamThursday's mentor inside fiction | 3 |
| Mycroft NextThursday's inventor uncle | 3 |