Christopher Moore Books in Order

An early, compact Christopher Moore story that began as an experiment in the erotic-fable form. Written before his comic-fiction career took shape, it blends fantastical, darkly humorous material with the deliberately odd sensibility of his later work.

An early, brief comic-fantasy story inspired by a dream of soldiers firing on a peasant village, only for their bullets to stop in midair. Christopher Moore uses that surreal image as the starting point for an intentionally silly tale.

Travis has spent decades trying to ditch Catch, a demon who eats people. When they arrive in the coastal town of Pine Cove, their baggage triggers a supernatural chaotic chain reaction involving a djinn and the locals.

Sam Hunter is a successful insurance salesman trying to hide his past, but the ancient trickster god Coyote has other plans. Chaos ensues as Coyote forces Sam to confront his heritage and a very bad day in Montana.

Jody wakes up under a dumpster as a vampire and needs a helper for her daylight errands. Enter C. Thomas Flood, an aspiring writer who thinks he is just taking the night shift, not signing up for the undead.

Disgraced pilot Tucker Case takes a shady job flying a medical missionary's jet to a remote island. He finds a cargo cult, a talking fruit bat, and a high priestess in this wild tropical adventure.

The town psychiatrist switches the residents of Pine Cove from antidepressants to placebos just as a prehistoric sea beast rises from the deep. The result is a town full of unhinged locals and a lizard with strange appetites.

Levi bar Alphaeus—better known as Biff—recounts the lost years of his childhood best friend, Joshua (Jesus). Together they journey across the ancient world seeking kung fu masters and wise men in this hilarious and heartfelt gospel.

Marine biologist Nate Quinn spots a humpback whale with "Bite Me" spelled out on its tail. His quest for answers leads him into a bizarre conspiracy involving researchers, data, and the true nature of the ocean's giants.

Christmas in Pine Cove goes wrong when a dim-witted angel grants a child's wish to save Santa, accidentally raising the dead. The locals must band together to survive a holiday zombie apocalypse.

Charlie Asher is a normal guy until he starts seeing people glow before they die. He discovers he has been recruited as a Death Merchant and must manage the business of soul collection while raising his baby.

Jody and Tommy are trying to make their vampire relationship work while trapped in San Francisco. Between a minions diary, a blue-shaved cat, and vampire hunters, staying undead has never been this complicated.

Pocket, the royal jester, navigates the treacherous and bloody politics of King Lear's court. Armed with sarcasm and a puppet, he tries to save the princess and keep his head in this bawdy Shakespearean retelling.

San Francisco faces a new vampire threat as an ancient cat leads an army of homeless, blood-drinking minions. It is up to the old crew to stop the chaos before the city is overrun.

In this graphic novel, an alien invasion brings creatures that look like mythological griffins to Earth. A motley crew of survivors in Florida must team up to fight back against the hungry invaders.

Lucien Lessard and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec investigate the mysterious death of Vincent van Gogh. Their search for the truth uncovers a magical secret involving the color blue and a sinister figure haunting the art world.

Edited by Phil Jourdan and the mysterious Mourning Goat, this collection gathers expanded interviews first published on the Mourning Goats website. It explores fiction, writing, and literary life through conversations with novelists including Christopher Moore and Nick Hornby.

Pocket the Fool returns, this time caught in a mashup of *Othello* and *The Merchant of Venice*. He must use his wits to survive murder plots, a vengeful sea monster, and the canals of Italy.

The souls of San Francisco are missing, and Charlie Asher's friends are trying to fix the mess. This sequel to *A Dirty Job* brings the gang back together to save the city from a new supernatural threat.

In 1947 San Francisco, bartender Sammy Tiffin and his girl, the Cheese, get mixed up in a plot involving aliens and the Air Force. It is a hardboiled comedy full of dames, snakes, and government secrets.

Pocket finds himself in the magical forest of *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, where he must solve a murder. With Puck as a reluctant ally, he navigates fairies, goblins, and a play that has gone off the rails.

Sammy Tiffin and the Cheese return to solve a new mystery in post-war San Francisco. This time, they are dealing with drag king murders, a missing dragon statue, and the seedy underbelly of the city.

In 1911 Vienna, painter Gustav Klimt rescues a drowned woman who suddenly coughs back to life. With help from Freud and Jung, they try to uncover her identity in this blend of history and fantasy.