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Christopher Moore

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in Toledo, Ohio, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Humor

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Christopher Moore is an American writer of absurdist fiction. He grew up in Mansfield, OH, and attended Ohio State University and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA.

Moore's novels typically involve conflicted everyman characters suddenly struggling through supernatural or extraordinary circumstances. Inheriting a humanism from his love of John Steinbeck and a sense of the absurd from Kurt Vonnegut, Moore is a best-selling author with major cult status.

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Average rating: 3.96 · 834,907 ratings · 56,958 reviews · 100 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal 4.23 avg rating — 177,789 ratings — published 2002 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 121,461 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloodsucking Fiends (A Love Story, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 65,798 ratings — published 1995 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fool 3.97 avg rating — 56,533 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Suck (A Love Story, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 50,445 ratings — published 2007 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practical Demonkeeping (Pine Cove, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 46,781 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (Pine Cove, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 46,261 ratings — published 2004 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings 3.76 avg rating — 41,389 ratings — published 2003 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Pine Cove, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 35,576 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacré Bleu 3.79 avg rating — 33,658 ratings — published 2012 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Christopher Moore

Grim Reaper (2 books)
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4.02 avg rating — 141,687 ratings

A Love Story (3 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 145,638 ratings

Pine Cove (3 books)
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3.84 avg rating — 128,616 ratings

Fool (3 books)
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3.95 avg rating — 81,692 ratings

Noir Chronicles (2 books)
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Christopher Moore rated a book it was amazing The Peripheral (Jackpot #1) by William Gibson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“People, generally, suck.”
― Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

tags: humor

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“If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.”
― Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping

tags: humor, insanity, sanity

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“Children see magic because they look for it.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

tags: child, children, imagination, magic, search

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DECEMBER FANTASY: This poll decides which 2 novels will move on to the run-off poll for our December Fantasy Book of the Month!

The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0 by Christopher Moore

12 votes 26.1%

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

11 votes 23.9%

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

10 votes 21.7%

Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin

7 votes 15.2%

The Stolen Child A Novel by Keith Donohue

2 votes 4.3%

Dawnthief by James Barclay

2 votes 4.3%

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

1 vote 2.2%

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

1 vote 2.2%

Devlin's Honor by Patricia Bray

0 votes 0.0%

46 total votes

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