Reading order · 5 books · 1995 to 2015 · Set in San Francisco
San Francisco Books in Order
The San Francisco books follow vampires, Death Merchants and the misfits of the city, starting with a young woman who is turned into a vampire in Bloodsucking Fiends.
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Series facts
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 1995 to 2015
- First book
- Bloodsucking Fiends
- Latest
- Secondhand Souls (2015)
- Setting
- Set in San Francisco
The reading order
Every San Francisco book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
5 books · Set in San Francisco
- 1Bloodsucking Fiends1995With Jody and Tommy FloodJody, a young woman in San Francisco, wakes up under a dumpster, a vampire.Buy on Amazon
- 2A Dirty Job2006With Charlie AsherCharlie Asher, a shy shop owner in San Francisco, is visited by Death at his daughter’s birth and learns that he has become a Death Merchant, responsible for collecting the souls of the dying.Buy on Amazon
- 3You Suck2007With Jody and Tommy FloodTommy wakes up to find that Jody has turned him into a vampire, and the couple must cope with being undead in San Francisco.Buy on Amazon
- 4Bite Me2010With Abby NormalThe final book of the San Francisco vampire trilogy, told partly by the goth teenager Abby Normal, as a plague of vampire cats spreads through the city.Buy on Amazon
- 5Secondhand Souls2015In San Francisco, the souls of the dead are vanishing before they can be collected, and Charlie Asher and an odd band of allies try to find out why.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck and Bite Me in order for the vampire trilogy. A Dirty Job and Secondhand Souls form a pair, and characters move between them.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Jody | Tommy Flood | Abby Normal | Charlie Asher | The Emperor of San Francisco | Minty Fresh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bloodsucking Fiends | LLead | LLead | ·Minor | |||
| 2 A Dirty Job | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor | |||
| 3 You Suck | LLead | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ||
| 4 Bite Me | MMajor | MMajor | LLead | ·Minor | ||
| 5 Secondhand Souls | ·Minor | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
Characters in the San Francisco books
6 characters from Christopher Moore’s chart, with the number of San Francisco books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| JodyWoman turned into a vampire | 3 | Bloodsucking Fiends 1995 |
| Tommy FloodWriter and Jody's boyfriend | 3 | Bloodsucking Fiends 1995 |
| Abby NormalGoth teenager and vampire fan | 3 | You Suck 2007 |
| Charlie AsherBeta-male shop owner who becomes a Death Merchant | 2 | A Dirty Job 2006 |
| The Emperor of San FranciscoKindly homeless man with two dogs | 5 | Bloodsucking Fiends 1995 |
| Minty FreshFellow Death Merchant | 2 | A Dirty Job 2006 |