Reading order · 3 books · 2009 to 2020 · Set in Shakespearean Britain
Pocket the Fool Books in Order
The Pocket the Fool books follow Pocket, a small, foul-mouthed court jester, through comic retellings of Shakespeare.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2009 to 2020
- First book
- Fool
- Latest
- Shakespeare for Squirrels (2020)
- Setting
- Set in Shakespearean Britain
The reading order
Every Pocket the Fool book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in Shakespearean Britain
- 1Fool2009With PocketKing Lear retold from the point of view of Pocket, the king’s small, foul-mouthed fool, who sees the trouble coming when the old king divides his kingdom.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Serpent of Venice2014With PocketPocket the fool arrives in Venice and becomes entangled in a mix of Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado.Buy on Amazon
- 3Shakespeare for Squirrels2020With PocketPocket the fool is shipwrecked near Athens and finds himself in the woods of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, where a murder needs solving.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Fool first, then The Serpent of Venice and Shakespeare for Squirrels.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Drool | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Fool | LLead | MMajor |
| 2 The Serpent of Venice | LLead | MMajor |
| 3 Shakespeare for Squirrels | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Pocket the Fool books
2 characters from Christopher Moore’s chart, with the number of Pocket the Fool books each appears in.