Books by Christopher Moore

Fool

by Christopher Moore

(1,742 review)

A man of infinite jest, Pocket has been Lear's cherished fool for years, from the time the king's grown daughters - selfish, scheming Goneril, sadistic but hot Regan, and sweet, loyal Cordelia - were mere girls. So he can... See More

Persona Studies: An Introduction

by P. David Marshall

(3 reviews)

The definitive and first major text on personas in contemporary culture Modern social media and communication technologies have reshaped our identities and transformed contemporary culture, revealing an expanded and... See More

Island Of The Sequined Love Nun: A Novel

by Christopher Moore

(1,233 review)

Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a tropical paradise - a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Case, a hopeless geek... See More

Music & Camp (Music / Culture)

by Christopher Moore

This collection of essays provides the first in-depth examination of camp as it relates to a wide variety of twentieth and twenty-first century music and musical performances. Located at the convergence of popular and queer... See More

Calling Philosophers Names: On the Origin of a Discipline

by Christopher Moore

(3 reviews)

An original and provocative book that illuminates the origins of philosophy in ancient Greece by revealing the surprising early meanings of the word "philosopher" Calling Philosophers Names provides a groundbreaking account... See More

Worlds Within Worlds (Belfast Writers' Group Anthology Book 3)

by Lynda Collins

(2 reviews)

Belfast Writers' Group is back once again, this time with eleven brand new stories and--for the first time ever--poems, too! Join us as we explore distant galaxies, alternate realities, the edges of our own communities, and... See More

Teaching Science Thinking: Using Scientific Reasoning in the Classroom

by Christopher Moore

(4 reviews)

Teach your students how to think like scientists. This book shows you practical ways to incorporate science thinking in your classroom using simple "Thinking Tasks" that you can insert into any lesson. What is science... See More

Lamb: A Novel

by Christopher Moore

(8,268 reviews)

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years - except Biff... See More

In Amongst The Peacocks

by Christopher Moore

(81 reviews)

I don't have many achievements or accolades to speak of, however, what I do have is a real life, full of all the bits other people might decide to omit from their stories. I am of course referring to the embarrassments, the... See More

Socrates and Self-Knowledge

by Christopher Moore

(4 reviews)

In this book, the first systematic study of Socrates' reflections on self-knowledge, Christopher Moore examines the ancient precept 'Know yourself' and, drawing on Plato, Aristophanes, Xenophon, and others, reconstructs and... See More

A Stroke of Luck: Or a Beginner’s Guide to Being Hospitalised and What You Can Reasonably Expect!

by Christopher Moore

(22 reviews)

The book I present to you has the working title of A Stroke of Luck or a Beginner's Guide to Being Hospitalised as a More-Mature Person and What You Can Reasonably Expect. I believe that it represents a piece of innovative... See More

The Court of Appeal for Ontario: Defining the Right of Appeal in Canada, 1792-2013 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)

by Christopher Moore

(1 review)

In Christopher Moore's lively and engaging history of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, he traces the evolution of one of Canada's most influential courts from its origins as a branch of the lieutenant governor's executive... See More

The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City: The Meeting That Made Canada

by Christopher Moore

(10 reviews)

In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and... See More

Champlain

by Christopher Moore

(3 reviews)

"One July day four hundred years ago, Samuel de Champlain stepped out of a small boat at Quebec and began a great adventure." So begins Christopher Moore's riveting account of the life of the extraordinary, daring "father of... See More

From Then to Now: A Short History of the World (Governor General's Literary Awards Childrens Literature (Tex)

by Christopher Moore

(2 reviews)

Just 50,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors ventured off the African savannah and into the wider world. Now, our technology reaches far out into the cosmos. How did we get to where we are today? With lively text... See More

The Loyalists: Revolution Exile Settlement

by Christopher Moore

(16 reviews)

In 1783 and 1784, some fifty thousand Americans felt that they could not support the revolution against Britain. They were called Loyalists - and there would be no place for them in the new United States. As they streamed... See More

Razzmatazz: A Novel

by Christopher Moore

(1,366 review)

New York Times Bestseller "Smart and funny and all sorts of raunchy in the best way." -- San Francisco Chronicle Repeat New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns to the mean streets of San Francisco in... See More

The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997 (Heritage)

by Christopher Moore

(2 reviews)

At the end of the eighteenth century, when ten lawyers gathered in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake to form the Law Society of Upper Canada, they were creating something new in the world: a professional organization with... See More

1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal

by Christopher Moore

(6 reviews)

"In the 1860s, western alienation began at Yonge Street, and George Brown was the Preston Manning of the day." So begins Christopher Moore's fascinating 1990s look at the messy, dramatic, crisis-ridden process that brought... See More

Shakespeare for Squirrels: A Novel

by Christopher Moore

(2,479 reviews)

New York Times Bestseller! Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore -- an uproarious, hardboiled take on the Bard's most... See More

You Suck

by Christopher Moore

(1,039 review)

Being undead sucks. Literally. Just ask C. Thomas Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he's ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody, is a vampire. And surprise! Now he's one, too. For... See More

Noir: A Novel

by Christopher Moore

(3,188 reviews)

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the... See More

Roger, Sausage and Whippet: A Miscellany of Trench Lingo from the Great War

by Christopher Moore

(25 reviews)

Roger: A code word for a gas cylinder and a nickname for rum. Sausage: An observation balloon. Whippet: A small, light type of tank with a top sped of eight m.p.h. The First World War raged for four years, taking with it... See More

Creating Scientists: Teaching and Assessing Science Practice for the NGSS (Eye on Education)

by Christopher Moore

(2 reviews)

Learn how to shift from teaching science content to teaching a more hands-on, inquiry-based approach, as required by the new Next Generation Science Standards. This practical book provides a clear, research verified... See More

Trench Fever

by Christopher Moore

(5 reviews)

For Chris Moore, the Great War has developed from a childhood fascination to a full-blown obsession, both for the actuality, of the war - its archives and its archaeology - as well as its abiding influence on English... See More

You Suck: A Love Story (Bloodsucking Fiends Book 2)

by Christopher Moore

(1,037 review)

Being undead sucks. Literally. Just ask C. Thomas Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he's ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody, is a vampire. And surprise! Now he's one, too. For... See More

Secondhand Souls: A Novel

by Christopher Moore

(1,402 review)

In San Francisco, the souls of the dead are mysteriously disappearing -- and you know that can't be good -- in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore's delightfully funny sequel to A Dirty Job. Something really... See More

A Dirty Job: A Novel

by Christopher Moore

(4,412 reviews)

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay -- until people... See More

The Serpent of Venice: A Novel

by Christopher Moore

(2,113 reviews)

Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy from the Queen of Britain: the rascal-Fool Pocket. This trio of cunning plotters -- the merchant... See More

Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art

by Christopher Moore

(688 reviews)

"Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word." -- Carl Hiassen A magnificent "Comedy d'Art" from the author of Lamb, Fool, and Bite Me, Moore's Sacré Bleu is part mystery, part history (sort... See More