First Among Sequels

First Among Sequels
UK First Edition cover
AuthorJasper Fforde
Cover artistMark Thomas
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThursday Next series
GenreAlternate history, Fantasy novel
PublisherHodder & Stoughton (UK)
Viking Press (US)
Publication date
2007
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages416 (Hardcover)
ISBN978-0-340-83575-3
OCLC85828957
Preceded bySomething Rotten 
Followed byOne of our Thursdays is Missing 

First Among Sequels is an alternate history, comic fantasy novel by the British author Jasper Fforde. It is the fifth Thursday Next novel, first published on 5 July 2007 in the United Kingdom, and on 24 July 2007 in the United States. The novel follows the continuing adventures of Thursday Next in her fictional version of Swindon and in the BookWorld, and is the first of a new four-part Nextian series.[1]

The title was originally announced, at the end of Fforde's novel The Fourth Bear, as The War of the Words.

  1. ^ Special features for First Among Sequels – note that a code word (from the novel) is required to access this page.