About
Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author whose works span multiple genres, including horror, suspense, thrillers, and science fiction. Born in Everett, Pennsylvania, Koontz began writing in the early 1960s while serving in the Army. He published his first novel, "Star Quest," in 1968 and has since written over 100 books. Notable works include "Watchers" (1987), "Lightning" (1988), "Intensity" (1995), and the Odd Thomas series. His books have sold over 450 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 38 languages. Koontz has received numerous awards, including the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (2007), the Thriller Master Award (2012), and the International Horror Guild Award for Lifetime Achievement (2018). Koontz's works are known for their thrilling plots, imaginative settings, and psychological depth. He has been praised for his ability to create suspenseful and thought-provoking stories that explore the darker aspects of human nature.
Book Series by Dean Koontz
Odd Thomas Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Odd Thomas | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Forever Odd | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brother Odd | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Odd Hours | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Odd Interlude | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Odd Apocalypse | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Deeply Odd | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| You Are Destined To Be Together Forever (Short Story) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Saint Odd | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
Odd Thomas Graphic Novels Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| In Odd We Trust | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Odd Is on Our Side | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| House of Odd | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Jane Hawk Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Silent Corner | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Whispering Room | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Crooked Staircase | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Forbidden Door | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Night Window | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Jane Hawk Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Bone Farm | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
Black Bat Mystery Series as Brian Coffey
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Risk | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Surrounded | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Wall of Masks | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
Moonlight Bay Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Fear Nothing | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seize the Night | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
Santas Twin Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Santa's Twin | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
Nameless Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| In the Heart of the Fire (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Photographing the Dead (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Praying Mantis Bride (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Red Rain (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mercy of Snakes (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Memories of Tomorrow (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lost Soul of the City | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gentle Is the Angel of Death | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kaleidoscope | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Corkscrew | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zero In | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
What the Night Knows Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| What the Night Knows | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Darkness Under the Sun (Short Story) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
Innocence Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Wilderness (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Innocence | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
Ashley Bell Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Last Light (Short Story) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Final Hour (Short Story) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ashley Bell | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
The City Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The City | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Neighbor (Short Story) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Trixie Koontz Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Life Is Good: Lessons in Joyful Living | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Christmas Is Good: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Holiday | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| I, Trixie, Who is Dog | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trixie and Jinx | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
77 Shadow Street Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Moonlit Mind (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| 77 Shadow Street | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Prodigal Son ( With: Kevin J. Anderson) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| City of Night ( With: Ed Gorman) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dead and Alive | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lost Souls | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dead Town | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Graphic Novels with Chuck Dixon
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Prodigal Son ( By: Chuck Dixon) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Storm Surge ( By: Chuck Dixon) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fall of the Dream Machine / The Star Ventures | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fear That Man / Toyman | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dark Symphony | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hell's Gate | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beastchild | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Anti-Man | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Crimson Witch | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Demon Child (As: Deanna Dwyer) | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Legacy of Terror (As: Deanna Dwyer) | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Warlock | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Starblood | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Flesh in the Furnace | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Children of the Storm (As: Deanna Dwyer) | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dance with the Devil (As: Deanna Dwyer) | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dark of Summer (As: Deanna Dwyer) | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Darker Heritage | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Darkness in My Soul | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Time Thieves | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chase | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Demon Seed | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shattered | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Werewolf Among Us | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Haunted Earth | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hanging on | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Strike Deep | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| After the Last Race | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nightmare Journey | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Sleep | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| Invasion (As: Aaron Wolfe) | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dragonfly | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night Chills | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prison Of Ice | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Icebound | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Vision | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Face of Fear | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Key to Midnight | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| Whispers | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Voice of the Night | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Funhouse (As: Owen West) | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Eyes of Darkness (As: Leigh Nichols) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mask (As: Owen West) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| The House of Thunder | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| Phantoms | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Servants of Twilight | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Darkfall / Darkness Comes | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Twilight Eyes | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Door to December | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Strangers | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| Watchers | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shadowfires (As: Leigh Nichols) | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lightning | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trapped | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Midnight | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bad Place | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cold Fire | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hideaway | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mr. Murder | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dragon Tears | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Winter Moon | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dark Rivers of the Heart | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Intensity | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tick Tock | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sole Survivor | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| False Memory | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| From the Corner of His Eye | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| One Door Away from Heaven | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Watchers & Mr Murder | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| By the Light of the Moon | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Face | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Taking | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Life Expectancy | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Velocity | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Husband | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Darkest Evening of the Year | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Good Guy | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Your Heart Belongs to Me | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Relentless | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Breathless | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Devoted | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Elsewhere | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Other Emily | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Quicksilver | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Big Dark Sky | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The House at the End of the World | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| After Death | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bad Weather Friend | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Forest of Lost Souls | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| Going Home in the Dark | 2025 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Strange Highways | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Book Of Counted Sorrows | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Writing Popular Fiction | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| How to Write Best Selling Fiction | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beautiful Death: The Art of the Cemetery | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ask Anna (Short Story) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz Childrens Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Ricochet Joe [Kindle in Motion] (Short Story) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Strange Highways and Other Stories | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz Graphic Novels with Keith Champagne
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Nevermore ( With: Keith Champagne) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Dean Koontz Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Infinity Five | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wondermakers 2 | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Continuum 1 | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bone Yard | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Horror Factor 7 | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night Visions 4 | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Under the Gun | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night Fears | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Architecture of Fear | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Ultimate Witch | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| October Dreams | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Suspense Magazine January 2010 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Detours | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Exit Wounds | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
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