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Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore

A night-shift clerk meets a mysterious redhead and tumbles into a San Francisco underworld of eccentric immortals, odd jobs, and romance that refuses to play by mortal rules. Sharply comedic and surprisingly sweet, Bloodsucking Fiends is a love story with fangs, caffeine, and a lot of after-dark attitude.

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... a hidden, witty underworld beneath a modern city—like Jody and Tommy’s San Francisco nights?

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

If you loved how Bloodsucking Fiends slips from fluorescent Safeway aisles into a secret, dangerous after-hours world—complete with the Emperor of San Francisco popping up at odd moments—then Neverwhere’s London Below will hit the same sweet spot. You’ll follow Richard Mayhew as he stumbles into a city under the city, meeting knife-wielding bodyguards, angelic bureaucrats, and markets held in the Tube—capturing that same mix of wonder, menace, and dry, sideways humor you enjoyed when Jody starts testing her new vampiric limits and Tommy learns the weird rules of the nocturnal crowd.

... the gleefully morbid jokes about vampirism and bodies turning up thanks to Jody’s mysterious sire?

The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman

Moore’s book leans into the grim-funny—corpses, blood, and a centuries-old puppet master leaving a trail of victims—without losing its grin. The Lesser Dead does the same, following Joey Peacock, a snarky 1970s NYC vampire whose narration is as cutting as Jody’s first nights figuring out how to feed and hide the evidence. It’s dark, razor-witty, and full of predatory politics in the shadows—perfect if you chuckled even as things got grisly around Jody and Tommy.

... the messy, sexy, banter-filled romance between freshly-turned Jody and night-stocker-poet Tommy?

Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper

If the offbeat romance at the heart of Bloodsucking Fiends—Jody navigating her brand-new fangs while Tommy tries to keep a relationship together between stocking shifts and sunrise—won you over, you’ll have a blast with Jane Jameson’s post-bite love life. Fired, accidentally turned, and fumbling through undead dating, Jane delivers the same quippy chemistry and screwball complications you enjoyed when Jody and Tommy tried to balance blood, bills, and desire.

... vampire-trope sendups—the Emperor of San Francisco, incompetent hunters, and workplace shenanigans with the Animals?

The Radleys by Matt Haig

Like the way Bloodsucking Fiends needles vampire clichés—whether it’s the Emperor’s deadpan wisdom or Tommy’s hapless pals ‘the Animals’ blundering into undead business—The Radleys skewers suburban life via a vampire family trying to pass as normal. When an ‘oops’ blood incident explodes their cover, the satire sharpens, poking at abstinence, denial, and family secrets with the same sly wink Moore uses when ordinary routines collide with fangs and daylight avoidance.

... a motley crew who’ve got your back—like Tommy’s Safeway night-shift 'Animals' and the Emperor’s streetwise help?

The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty

If you smiled at how Tommy’s ‘Animals’ rally around chaos—and how the Emperor quietly watches over the night—this one’s for you. Zoe takes a job writing a travel guide for monsters and ends up with a quirky office family of vampires, zombies, and other denizens who bicker, rescue each other, and make the city’s weirdness feel like home. It channels the same camaraderie and comic teamwork that helped Jody and Tommy muddle through their bite-sized crises.

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