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The Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde. They're so bizarre but exceedingly well-planned (for the most part - there are times that it's a little deus ex machina). I would have thought geeks would devour them. They are largely based on a world where literature is cherished - the character is part of an agency that investigates illegal copying and fake manuscripts, etc, and she eventually learns to enter into the fictional text and interact with the characters. So maybe it's just a little too nerdy, because it helps a lot to know the classics of literature.

I hear there's a Fforde Fiesta in Swindon (where the books are set), so it's probably more popular than I think, but I only know one other person that's read the books, and that's my mother.

I haven't read them, but I've heard of them. They actually sound right up my alley! How would you recommend I go about reading them? From the first book on?

Definitely start with the first book, "The Eyre Affair" (love of "Jane Eyre" is helpful but not required). It's not a series that you can do out of order - even though she's a government agent, and you'd expect it to be more 'monster of the week', the world builds on itself with each novel. Her relationships with her family also actually change from book to book, unlike a lot of detective-type novels, so that'd get confusing out of order.

There's also a spinoff series (well, there's only 2 so far) called the Nursery Crimes series. I find them very charming too, and they can be read on their own, but you'll get a lot more of the references/in-jokes if you wait until the point they branch off of the first series.

Hope you like them! :)

Thanks! I'm definitely going to put these on my list :)

I really liked the Thursday Next books! They were very fun, and surprised me with how far they went with some of the ideas.
I still love the "banana as an engineered fruit in its own biodegradable package" idea.

They're really fun books, even though like you say, a little silly at times. Going to the Fforde Fiesta would probably be tons of fun!

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