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Start with The Portable Door and continue through all 7 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Portable Door
Book 1 by Tom Holt • Published 2003
Nervous graduate Paul Carpenter lands a job at mysterious firm J. W. Wells & Co. and quickly realises the company specialises in magic, not accountancy. As he and fellow intern Sophie hunt a missing door that opens an...
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Jw Wells And Co reading order
Ends with Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages
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Book 1:The Portable Door
Tom Holt • 2003
Nervous graduate Paul Carpenter lands a job at mysterious firm J. W. Wells & Co. and quickly realises the company specialises in magic, not accountancy. As he and fellow intern Sophie hunt a missing door that opens an...
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Book 2:In Your Dreams
Tom Holt • 2004
Back at J. W. Wells & Co., Paul finds that the firm’s latest project involves exploiting people’s dreams as a route for the fair folk to infiltrate reality. Keeping his job, his sanity and his relationship with Sophie...
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Book 3:Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
Tom Holt • 2005
Back in the world of J. W. Wells & Co., the elemental departments are misbehaving and reality is starting to leak at the edges. Junior staff must juggle office politics, eldritch hazards and a suspicious amount of cus...
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Book 4:You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps
Tom Holt • 2006
Colin Hollinghead’s father plans to save their failing widget business by signing a very favourable labour deal—with Hell. As demonic fine print threatens to swallow the company, Colin turns to his dubious contacts at...
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Book 5:The Better Mousetrap
Tom Holt • 2008
Frank Carpenter owns a Portable Door and uses it for a neat insurance scam: he travels back in time to stop disasters before they happen. When things go predictably wrong, he and the people around him discover that re...
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Book 6:May Contain Traces of Magic
Tom Holt • 2009
Sales rep Chris Popham chats to the satnav in his company car, only to discover the navigation system contains an imprisoned demon. Once it starts talking back, he’s pulled into a struggle between occult regulations,...
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Book 7:Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages
Tom Holt • 2011
Polly, a real‑estate solicitor, notices her coffee vanishing, her work doing itself and even her dry cleaner’s disappearing. Her brother Don acquires a ring that twists reality, and soon pigs, chickens and parallel wo...
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Jw Wells And Co FAQ
What is the best order to read the Jw Wells And Co series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Portable Door.
How many books are in the Jw Wells And Co series?
There are 7 books currently listed in the Jw Wells And Co series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Jw Wells And Co series?
New readers should start with The Portable Door, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Jw Wells And Co series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2003 to 2011.