Christopher Moore Books in Order
Christopher Moore has written 22 books, published between 1987 and 2025. The first book is Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings (Short Story) (1987) and the newest is Anima Rising (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1987–2025
- Confirmed
- 20 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,567 in 16 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 93–139 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,567 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Comic fantasy is Christopher Moore's register, vampires in San Francisco, demons in a small California town, humour throughout. The catalogue holds 22 books published between 1987 and 2025, grouped into Pine Cove, Bloodsucking Fiends, Fool and Grim Reaper, with standalone novels between them. Anima Rising is the newest catalogued title.
The Bloodsucking Fiends series follows Jody, who becomes a vampire, and Tommy, a night-shift grocery clerk, as they navigate her transformation together.
How many Christopher Moore books are there?
Christopher Moore has 22 books, released between 1987 and 2025. They include 6 separate series.
Christopher Moore Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Christopher Moore books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings (Short Story)Christopher Moore Short Stories/Novellas #11987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 21987–1/4
- 319922563/4
- 419943043/4
- 519953043/4
- 6Island of the Sequined Love NunChristopher Moore Standalone Novels #21997 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/419973363/4
- 719993043/4
- 820024443/4
- 920033213/4
- 102004–3/4
- 1120074163/4
- 1220073524/4
- 1320093523/4
- 1420103524/4
- 152011–3/4
- 1620124033/4
- 1720143523/4
- 1820153353/4
- 1920173523/4
- 2020203843/4
- 212022–3/4
- 222025–3/4
Christopher Moore books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Christopher Moore Standalone Novels
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Pine Cove in order
3 booksBloodsucking Fiends/Love Story in order
3 booksFool in order
3 booksChristopher Moore Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Grim Reaper in order
2 booksSammy and the Cheese in order
2 books- 1. Noir
- 2. Razzmatazz
Christopher Moore Graphic Novels in order
1 book- 1. The Griff
Christopher Moore Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Christopher Moore books run from Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings (Short Story) (1987) to Anima Rising (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Christopher Moore in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Christopher Moore books in order?
You only need to read Christopher Moore books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Christopher Moore
Start with Our Lady of the Fishnet Stockings (Short Story) (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Christopher Moore book?
Anima Rising (2025) is the newest Christopher Moore book released so far.
Is there a new Christopher Moore book coming?
No next Christopher Moore book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Christopher Moore
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Christopher Moore. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel2005Shortlistedfor Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Christopher Moore at a glance
- Still publishing
- Christopher Moore published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Christopher Moore books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,567 pages across the 16 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Christopher Moore books, 6 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 2 of the 22 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 20 in at least three.
What the Christopher Moore books are about
17 of the 22 Christopher Moore books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 13 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 13 of 17 books
- San Francisco (Calif.) 6 of 17 books
- Fantasy 5 of 17 books
- Vampires 3 of 17 books
- Fantasy, historical 2 of 17 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 17 books
- Romance, fantasy 2 of 17 books
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