Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz

This is a complete list of Dean Koontz books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series or category. Dean Koontz also writes as: Leigh Nichols, David Axton, Brian Coffey, Deanna Dwyer and Owen West.

Also writes as: Leigh Nichols, David Axton, Brian Coffey, Deanna Dwyer and Owen West.

Recent/Upcoming Dean Koontz Books

January 23rd, 2024: The Bad Weather Friend

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List of Odd Thomas Books in Publication Order

List of Odd Thomas Graphic Novels in Publication Order

List of Jane Hawk Books in Publication Order

List of Jane Hawk Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

List of Black Bat Mystery Books in Publication Order (as Brian Coffey)

List of Moonlight Bay Books in Publication Order

List of Santas Twin Books in Publication Order

List of Nameless Books in Publication Order

#Title Avg. Year Book Link
18.8
In the Heart of the Fire
2019
28.1
Photographing the Dead
2019
37.6
The Praying Mantis Bride
2019
47.2
Red Rain
2019
57.6
The Mercy of Snakes
2019
67.9
Memories of Tomorrow
2019
78
The Lost Soul of the City
2021
87
Gentle Is the Angel of Death
2021
96.5
Kaleidoscope
2021
106
Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not
2021
116.5
Corkscrew
2021
128
Zero In
2021

List of What the Night Knows Books in Publication Order

List of Innocence Books in Publication Order

List of Ashley Bell Books in Publication Order

List of The City Books in Publication Order

List of Trixie Koontz Books in Publication Order

List of 77 Shadow Street Books in Publication Order

List of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Books in Publication Order

List of 's Frankenstein Graphic Novels in Publication Order (with Chuck Dixon)

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

#Title Avg. Year Book Link
1
Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet
1968
2
The Fall of the Dream Machine / The Star Ventures
1969
3
Fear That Man / Toyman
1969
4
Dark Symphony
1970
5
Hell's Gate
1970
6
Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons
1970
7
Beastchild
1970
8
Anti-Man
1970
9
The Crimson Witch
1971
106
Demon Child ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1971
11
Legacy of Terror ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1971
12
Warlock
1972
13
Starblood
1972
14
The Flesh in the Furnace
1972
15
Children of the Storm ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1972
16
Dance with the Devil ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1972
17
The Dark of Summer ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1972
18
A Darker Heritage
1972
19
Darkness in My Soul
1972
20
Time Thieves
1972
2110
Chase
1972
228.3
Demon Seed
1973
238
Shattered
1973
24
A Werewolf Among Us
1973
25
The Haunted Earth
1973
26
Hanging on
1973
27
Strike Deep
1974
28
After the Last Race
1974
29
Nightmare Journey
1975
30
The Long Sleep
1975
31
Invasion
1975
32
Dragonfly
1976
338.7
Night Chills
1976
34
Prison Of Ice
1976
358
Icebound
1976
368
The Vision
1977
378
The Face of Fear
1977
388.7
The Key to Midnight
1979
399
Whispers
1980
4010
The Voice of the Night
1980
418
The Funhouse (As: Owen West)
The Funhouse (As: Owen West)
1980
4210
The Eyes of Darkness ( As: Leigh Nichols)
1981
4310
The Mask (As: Owen West)
The Mask (As: Owen West)
1981
446
The House of Thunder
1982
457.5
Phantoms
1983
46
The Servants of Twilight
1984
47
Darkfall / Darkness Comes
1984
488
Twilight Eyes
1984
498
The Door to December
1985
5010
Strangers
1986
517.4
Watchers
1987
526
Shadowfires ( As: Leigh Nichols)
1987
538.8
Lightning
1988
54
Trapped
1989
558
Midnight
1989
567.3
The Bad Place
1990
577.7
Cold Fire
1991
587
Hideaway
1992
598
Mr. Murder
1993
606
Dragon Tears
1993
617.3
Winter Moon
1993
628.3
Dark Rivers of the Heart
1994
637.5
Intensity
1995
649.3
Tick Tock
1996
657.7
Sole Survivor
1997
667
False Memory
1999
678.3
From the Corner of His Eye
2000
689
One Door Away from Heaven
2001
69
Watchers & Mr Murder
2001
709.3
By the Light of the Moon
2002
7110
The Face
2003
728.5
The Taking
2004
739
Life Expectancy
2004
746.5
Velocity
2005
756
The Husband
2006
767.5
The Darkest Evening of the Year
2007
7710
The Good Guy
2007
788
Your Heart Belongs to Me
2008
79
Relentless
2009
807.3
Breathless
2009
819.4
Devoted
2020
828
Elsewhere
2020
837
The Other Emily
2021
845.8
Quicksilver
2022
857
The Big Dark Sky
2022
868
The House at the End of the World
2023
87
After Death
2023
88
The Bad Weather Friend
2024

List of Anthologies in Publication Order

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

List of Childrens Books in Publication Order

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

List of Graphic Novels in Publication Order (with Keith Champagne)

#Title Avg. Year Book Link
110
Nevermore (With: Keith Champagne)
Nevermore (With: Keith Champagne)
2009

List of The Foxfire Books in Publication Order (with Susan Walker, with Eliot Wigginton, with Foxfire Students, with Margie Bennett, with Kaye Carver Collins, with Angie Cheek, with George P. Reynolds, with Lacy Hunter Nix, with Linda Garland Page, with Inc. Foxfire Fund, with Lacy Hunter, with Paul F. Gillespie, with Foxfire Fund Inc)

#Title Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Foxfire Book (By: Eliot Wigginton)
1972
21973
3
Foxfire 3 (By: Eliot Wigginton)
1975
4
Foxfire 4 (By: Eliot Wigginton)
1977
5
Foxfire 5 (By: Eliot Wigginton)
1979
6
Foxfire 6 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Inc. Foxfire Fund)
Foxfire 6 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Inc. Foxfire Fund)
1980
7
Foxfire 7 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Paul F. Gillespie)
Foxfire 7 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Paul F. Gillespie)
1982
8
Foxfire 8 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Margie Bennett)
Foxfire 8 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Margie Bennett)
1984
9
The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery (By: Eliot Wigginton, Linda Garland Page)
1984
10
Foxfire 9 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Margie Bennett)
Foxfire 9 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Margie Bennett)
1985
11
Foxfire 10 (By: Susan Walker, Eliot Wigginton, Foxfire Students, George P. Reynolds)
Foxfire 10 (By: Susan Walker, Eliot Wigginton, Foxfire Students, George P. Reynolds)
1988
12
A Foxfire Christmas (By: Eliot Wigginton)
1990
13
Foxfire: 25 Years (By: Eliot Wigginton)
1991
14
Foxfire 11 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Foxfire Students, Kaye Carver Collins, Lacy Hunter)
Foxfire 11 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Foxfire Students, Kaye Carver Collins, Lacy Hunter)
1999
15
Foxfire 12 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Kaye Carver Collins, Angie Cheek)
Foxfire 12 (By: Eliot Wigginton, Kaye Carver Collins, Angie Cheek)
2004
16
The Foxfire 40th Anniversary Book (By: Eliot Wigginton, Foxfire Students, Angie Cheek, Lacy Hunter Nix)
2006
17
The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book (By: Eliot Wigginton)
2011
18
Travels with Foxfire (By: Foxfire Fund Inc)
Travels with Foxfire (By: Foxfire Fund Inc)
2018
19
Foxfire Story (By: Foxfire Fund Inc)
Foxfire Story (By: Foxfire Fund Inc)
2020
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List of Dean Koontz Anthologies in Publication Order

#Title Avg. Year Book Link
1
Infinity Five
1973
2
Wondermakers 2
1974
3
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology
1974
4
Continuum 1
1974
5
The Bone Yard
1988
6
Horror Factor 7
1988
7
Night Visions 4
1988
8
Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold
1988
9
Under the Gun
1990
10
Night Fears
1990
11
Obsessions
1991
12
The Architecture of Fear
1991
13
The Ultimate Witch
1993
14
October Dreams
2000
15
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
2009
16
Suspense Magazine January 2010
2010
1710
Detours
2016
18
Exit Wounds
2019
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Dean Koontz Biography

Dean Koontz (Dean Ray Koontz) was born on July 9th, 1945 and is currently 78 years old. Dean Koontz was born in Everett, Pennsylvania, USA. Koontz attended Shippensburg State College where he received a B.A. English.

Dean Koontz (Dean Ray Koontz) is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 88 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1968 with the novel Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet. The most recently released novel was After Death which was released in 2023. There is an upcoming standalone novel entitled The Bad Weather Friend which is being released on January 23rd, 2024.

Dean Koontz has also written the Nameless series which has 12 books including In the Heart of the Fire and Photographing the Dead.

In 1988, Dean R. Koontz was nominated for the "Professional" award, a World Fantasy Special Award for his service to the field. In 1989 he was nominated again this time for his writing.

Dean Koontz has made one appearance on Japan's prestigious Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! list. In 1994, his novel Watchers was ranked #4 on the international list.

Dean Koontz Awards & Accolades

Koontz's books have won multiple awards, The Architecture of Fear won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1988. Saint Odd won the Goodreads Awards, Best Horror, in 2015. Watchers won the Audie Award, Best Male Narrator, in 2019.

The following novels by Dean Koontz were also nominated for these awards:

  • Strangers: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1987). World Fantasy Award, Novel (1987).
  • Night Visions 4: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1988).
  • Midnight: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel (1989).
  • Hideaway: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel (1992).
  • Fear Nothing: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel (1998).
  • Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in Work for Young Readers (2004).
  • Velocity: International Thriller Writers Award, Best Novel (2006).
  • Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2010). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2010).
  • What the Night Knows: Goodreads Awards, Best Horror (2011).
  • Odd Apocalypse: Goodreads Awards, Best Horror (2012).
  • Deeply Odd: Goodreads Awards, Best Horror (2013).
  • The City: Goodreads Awards, Best Horror (2014).

Dean Koontz Lists & Other Mentions

  • Cold Fire was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1991.
  • Hideaway was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1992.
  • Dragon Tears was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1993.
  • Sole Survivor was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1997.
  • From the Corner of His Eye was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2001.
  • One Door Away from Heaven was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2002.
  • The Husband was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2006.
  • Odd Hours was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2008.
  • Relentless was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2009.
  • What the Night Knows was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2011.
  • 77 Shadow Street was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2012.

Dean Koontz F.A.Q

When was Dean Koontz Born? How old is Dean Koontz?

Dean Koontz was born on July 9th, 1945. Dean Koontz is currently 78 years old.

Where was Dean Koontz Born?

Dean Koontz was born in Everett, Pennsylvania, USA and is American.

What book awards has Dean Koontz won?

The Architecture of Fear: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1988).
Saint Odd: Goodreads Awards Best Horror (2015).
Watchers: Audie Award Best Male Narrator (2019).

What was the first book Dean Koontz wrote?

The first novel written by Dean Koontz was Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet, published in 1968.

What was the most recent book Dean Koontz wrote?

His most recently released work was After Death on July 18th, 2023.

Will there be any more books by Dean Koontz?

Dean Koontz has a new book coming out on January 23rd, 2024 called The Bad Weather Friend.

How many books has Dean Koontz written?

Dean Koontz has written 161 books across 28 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 9 books in the Odd Thomas Series
  • 3 books in the Odd Thomas Graphic Novels Series
  • 5 books in the Jane Hawk Series
  • 1 Jane Hawk Short Stories/Novellas
  • 3 books in the Black Bat Mystery Series
  • 2 books in the Moonlight Bay Series
  • 2 books in the Santas Twin Series
  • 12 books in the Nameless Series
  • 2 books in the What the Night Knows Series
  • 2 books in the Innocence Series
  • 3 books in the Ashley Bell Series
  • 2 books in the The City Series
  • 6 books in the Trixie Koontz Series
  • 2 books in the 77 Shadow Street Series
  • 5 books in the Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Series
  • 2 's Frankenstein Graphic Novels
  • 88 Standalone Novels
  • 2 Anthologies
  • 4 Non-Fiction Books
  • 3 Childrens Books
  • 5 Deanna Dwyer Standalone Novels
  • 1 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 2 Leigh Nichols Standalone Novels
  • 2 Owen West Standalone Novels
  • 1 Short Story Collections
  • 1 Graphic Novels

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    Austin D.
    Austin D.
    2 years ago

    It’s hard to be a horror fan and not know the name Dean Koontz. His books are well paced, entertaining, and engaging.

    His imagination is rather unique and his ability to tell a story is very enjoyable, skillfully mixing in humor into his books to nice effect.

    Koontz also does an incredible job of illustrating the many ways that dogs are beloved creatures and should be treated as such.

    Midnight and Watchers are probably his best books, with Intensity being a pretty captivating read as well. They are books I still go back to some decades after they were released, and have read many times.

    Edgar A.
    Edgar A.
    2 years ago

    Thank you for this book list of one of my favorite authors of all time. I have been following Dean Koontz for several years and have read practically everything he had ever written.

    I find Koontz to be an incredible writer that can paint brilliant pictures with words and evoke deep emotions every time he puts pen to paper.

    Gentle is the Angel of Death has for a long time been my favorite Koontz work. It harks back to the topic of the angel of death that has always elicited controversy, shock and attention. Right from the time I started reading of some angel of mercy that was offing ugly people, I knew I had hit a rich vein of what would become my favorite Koontz series.

    My second favorite novel in the series is probably Zero in. I have to admit that I cried tears of triumph and sadness reading it and learning that it was the last in the series.

    Andrew M.
    Andrew M.
    2 years ago

    Dean Koontz is a famous and one of my favorite suspense authors up to date.
    He is known worldwide because of his tales, characters, and adventures that cut through to the center of what it means to be human.
    In Odd Thomas, Koontz crafts a likable and interesting character in Odd.
    Odd has what he calls psychic magnetism that gives him a fun perspective on the supernatural shenanigans happening.
    The debut is a well-organized and charismatic read for everyone.
    Jane Hawk Series is also a thrilling story full of twists and suspense to keep you hooked to the end.
    It’s no surprise that most of Dean Koontz’s books have been adapted into movies. I loved Black River film based on the novella and Odd Thomas based on the novel.

    Teddy B.
    Teddy B.
    1 year ago

    One of the most successful and celebrated authors of mystery, thriller, and science fiction stories, Dean Koontz’s work has served as an inspiration over the years.

    I admire him a lot for achieving worldwide fame and popularity.

    The Jane Hawk series penned by him is quite remarkable. It features a dashing new heroine in the form of an FBI agent named Jane Hawk.

    Dean Koontz’s other novel series like Moonlight Bay, Odd Thomas, Nameless: Season One, etc., are also quite popular.

    The long list of books of this author includes more than 105 novels, numerous short stories, as well as novellas. His success and popularity can be measured by the fact that more than 450 million printed copies of his books have been sold worldwide.

    I have been blessed to have come across this wonderful author and hope to read many more exciting books of his in the years to come.

    Michael K.
    Michael K.
    1 year ago

    Dean Koontz writes horror. That is probably the most surprising discovery of my year so far. Why have I always associated him with romance? I don’t get it. If I hear the name ‘Dean Koontz,’ my brain immediately jumps to romance. I can’t figure out what happened in my childhood to create that connection.

    Fortunately, I now know better. Interestingly enough, I am a massive Stephen King fan, and now that I know of Koontz’s horror roots, I have suddenly noticed the thousands of threads on the internet comparing Koontz and King.

    I won’t add my voice to that argument because I’m only two books into Koontz’s bibliography. I need to read at least a dozen of his novels to determine how he compares to Stephen King. But for the moment, I love the intensity Koontz injects into his stories.

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