Furthermore Books in Order
Part ofTahereh Mafi Books in OrderDiscover the Furthermore series by Tahereh Mafi in reading order, with plot summaries, age guidance, and background on how Furthermore and Whichwood form one connected magical adventure.
Last updated: December 17, 2025
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Publication Order
2 books
Whichwood
by Tahereh Mafi
2017
In the frozen town of Whichwood, thirteen‑year‑old Laylee is the last girl tasked with washing the dead and sending their souls on. Exhausted, half‑silvered, and invisible to her neighbors, she’s startled when Alice and Oliver arrive from Ferenwood determined to help her save herself.
Furthermore
by Tahereh Mafi
2016
Twelve‑year‑old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow lives in Ferenwood, where color is magic and she has none. When her beloved father vanishes, she joins slippery classmate Oliver on a perilous journey into the topsy‑turvy land of Furthermore to find him and discover her own kind of power.
Series background & context
The Furthermore books follow a brighter, younger corner of Tahereh Mafi’s imagination, where color is literal magic and rules are made to be broken. The first novel, Furthermore, introduces Alice Alexis Queensmeadow, a twelve‑year‑old girl born completely colorless in a world that measures worth in vivid shades.
Alice lives in Ferenwood, a sun‑drenched country where children show off their talents during a ceremony called the Surrender and receive magical tasks in return. Her father vanished years ago, leaving behind only a wooden ruler and the ache of not knowing whether he chose to leave or was taken.
When her own Surrender goes badly, Alice reluctantly teams up with Oliver Newbanks, a boy whose magic is rooted in lies and bargains. Together they step into the neighboring realm of Furthermore, a patchwork of bizarre little countries where directions don’t behave, paper animals bite, and breaking the wrong rule can get you eaten.
The journey is strange, funny, and often unsettling. As Alice and Oliver cross deserts made of time and towns powered by nonsense, the story quietly tracks Alice’s grief, her anger at a distant mother, and her fear that she has no magic of her own to offer.
Whichwood, a darker companion novel, moves the focus to Laylee Layla Fenjoon, a thirteen‑year‑old girl in a wintry town where her job is to wash and prepare the dead. Overworked, ignored by the living, and slowly turning silver from magic poisoning, Laylee is on the edge of burning out completely when two visitors arrive from Ferenwood.
Alice and Oliver come to Whichwood on a mission to help, but Laylee doesn’t trust their bright clothes or easy kindness. The book spends time with her exhaustion, resentment, and loneliness while still delivering snow‑made sweets, ghosts, and a thread of hopeful, oddball humor.
Read together, Furthermore and Whichwood offer a duology that balances whimsy with real sadness, making them a good fit for middle‑grade readers who like their magic strange and their adventures rooted in friendship.
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