Reading order · 3 books · 1992 to 2004 · Set in the fictional Pine Cove, California
Pine Cove Books in Order
The Pine Cove books are set in a sleepy town on the central California coast, full of eccentric locals, and visited in turn by a demon, a sea monster and an angel at Christmas.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 1992 to 2004
- First book
- Practical Demonkeeping
- Latest
- The Stupidest Angel (2004)
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Pine Cove, California
The reading order
Every Pine Cove book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in the fictional Pine Cove, California
- 1Practical Demonkeeping1992With Travis O'HearnTravis O’Hearn, who has not aged in decades, arrives in Pine Cove with Catch, a demon who eats people, and the town’s oddballs are drawn into his search for a way to get rid of it.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove1999With Theophilus CroweIn Pine Cove, the town’s psychiatrist has taken everyone off their antidepressants, just as a lonely sea monster, attracted by a leak at the power plant, comes ashore.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Stupidest Angel2004At Christmas in Pine Cove, a not very bright angel arrives to grant a child’s wish, and the result is a town full of the dead.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Each book stands alone, though the town and some characters carry on. Publication order works well.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Theophilus Crowe | Travis O'Hearn | Molly Michon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Practical Demonkeeping | ·Minor | LLead | |
| 2 The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove | LLead | MMajor | |
| 3 The Stupidest Angel | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Pine Cove books
5 characters from Christopher Moore’s chart, with the number of Pine Cove books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Theophilus CrowePine Cove's stoner constable | 3 | Practical Demonkeeping 1992 |
| Travis O'HearnNinety-year-old man bound to a demon | 1 | Practical Demonkeeping 1992 |
| Molly MichonFormer B-movie actress | 2 | The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove 1999 |
| CatchMan-eating demon | 1 | Practical Demonkeeping 1992 |
| RobertoFruit bat in sunglasses | 1 | The Stupidest Angel 2004 |