#164 in Science fiction
Lost in a Good Book
- 399
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- Dilys Award
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Our view
“Lost in a Good Book” takes Thursday Next deeper into her world of living literature, as inventive and funny as the first volume. Wordplay, time-travel jokes and nods to the classics come thick and fast, and the wildest inventions obey a careful logic. Some readers feel that a few threads are left open at the end. It is escapism for people who love books about books.
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About the book
Lost in a Good Book is an alternate history fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde. It won the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association 2004 Dilys Award. It is the second in the Thursday Next series.
Reading order · Thursday Next
Full order & progress →- The Eyre AffairStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - Lost in a Good BookThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - The Well of Lost Plots
8.08.0 / 10 - Something Rotten
8.18.1 / 10 - First Among Sequels
8.08.0 / 10 - One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
8.08.0 / 10 - The Woman Who Died a Lot
8.18.1 / 10 - Dark Reading MatterDark Reading Matter–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 211 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 9 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 202 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is Lost in a Good Book?
It has 399 pages — shorter than 78% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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