The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 18 books · 1992 to 2023 · Often set in San Francisco

Christopher Moore

FantasyUrban fantasyHistorical and mythic fantasyComic fantasy

Christopher Moore's comic fantasies keep coming back to the same people: the Pine Cove locals, San Francisco's vampires and Death Merchants, and Pocket, Shakespeare's foul-mouthed fool.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip.

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Christopher Moore books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Pine Cove

3 books · Set in the fictional Pine Cove, CaliforniaComic fantasy
  1. 1Practical Demonkeeping1992With Travis O'HearnBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove1999With Theophilus CroweBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Stupidest Angel2004Buy on Amazon

San Francisco

5 books · Set in San FranciscoComic fantasyUrban fantasy
  1. 1Bloodsucking Fiends1995With Jody and Tommy FloodBuy on Amazon
  2. 2A Dirty Job2006With Charlie AsherBuy on Amazon
  3. 3You Suck2007With Jody and Tommy FloodBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Bite Me2010With Abby NormalBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Secondhand Souls2015Buy on Amazon

Pocket the Fool

3 books · Set in Shakespearean BritainComic fantasyHistorical and mythic fantasy
  1. 1Fool2009With PocketBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Serpent of Venice2014With PocketBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Shakespeare for Squirrels2020With PocketBuy on Amazon

Other novels

7 booksComic fantasy
  1. 1Coyote Blue1994Set in Santa BarbaraBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Island of the Sequined Love Nun1997Set in MicronesiaBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Lamb2002With Biff · Set in GalileeBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Fluke2003Set in MauiBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Sacré Bleu2012Set in ParisBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Noir2018With Sammy Tiffin · Set in San FranciscoBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Razzmatazz2023With Sammy Tiffin · Set in San FranciscoBuy on Amazon

Characters

15 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Pine Cove

San Francisco

Pocket

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