The Well of Lost Plots is a must-read for book lovers who enjoy a genre-bending mystery, with a thrilling plot and humorous touches. Jasper Fforde creates a delightful world of book-reality, where characters from old manuscripts fight existential crises and where the protagonist, Thursday Next, jumps into books to solve crimes. The reader is kept guessing until the end, while enjoying the wit and inventiveness of Fforde's creation.

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Protecting the world's greatest literature — not to mention keeping up with Miss Havisham — is tiring work for an expectant mother. And Thursday can definitely use a respite. So what better hideaway than inside the unread and unreadable "Caversham Heights", a cliche-ridden pulp mystery in the hidden depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside? But peace and quiet remain elusive for Thursday, who soon discovers that the Well itself is a veritable linguistic free-for-all, where grammasites run rampant, plot devices are hawked on the black market, and lousy books — like "Caversham Heights"— are scrapped for salvage. To top it off, a murderer is stalking Jurisfiction personnel and nobody is safe — least of all Thursday.

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