Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz also writes as: Leigh Nichols, David Axton, Brian Coffey, Deanna Dwyer, Owen West and Aaron Wolfe.

Upcoming Dean Koontz Books

May 20th, 2025: Going Home in the Dark (Standalone)

The Forest of Lost Souls (Standalone) was the most recently released book by Dean Koontz, on September 24th, 2024.

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Dean Koontz Stats: The highest rated book by Dean Koontz on Book Notification is A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog, the 4th novel in the Trixie Koontz series. The second-highest rated book is Final Hour (Ashley Bell #2).

The most read book by Dean Koontz on Book Notification is Odd Thomas, the first novel in the Odd Thomas series. The second most read book is Brother Odd (Odd Thomas #3).

Below is a complete list of Dean Koontz books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Odd Thomas Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.9
Odd Thomas
2003
Go
2
8.7
Forever Odd
2005
Go
3
8.4
Brother Odd
2006
Go
4
8.5
Odd Hours
2008
Go
5
8.6
Odd Interlude
2012
Go
6
8.8
Odd Apocalypse
2012
Go
7
9.3
Deeply Odd
2013
Go
8
8.8
You Are Destined To Be Together Forever
2014
Go
9
8.1
Saint Odd
2015
Go

List of Odd Thomas Graphic Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.7
In Odd We Trust
2008
Go
2
8
Odd Is on Our Side
2010
Go
3
8
House of Odd
2012
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List of Jane Hawk Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.9
The Silent Corner
2017
Go
2
8.6
The Whispering Room
2017
Go
3
8.9
The Crooked Staircase
2018
Go
4
8.8
The Forbidden Door
2018
Go
5
9.3
The Night Window
2019
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List of Jane Hawk Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.5
The Bone Farm
2018
Go

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

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Blood Risk
1973
Go
2
8
Surrounded
1974
Go
3
The Wall of Masks
1975
Go

List of Moonlight Bay Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.6
Fear Nothing
1998
Go
2
9
Seize the Night
1998
Go

List of Santas Twin Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Santa's Twin
1995
Go
2
Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin
2004
Go

List of Nameless Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.5
In the Heart of the Fire
2019
Go
2
8.1
Photographing the Dead
2019
Go
3
8.1
The Praying Mantis Bride
2019
Go
4
7.7
Red Rain
2019
Go
5
8.1
The Mercy of Snakes
2019
Go
6
8.2
Memories of Tomorrow
2019
Go
7
8.3
The Lost Soul of the City
2021
Go
8
7.3
Gentle Is the Angel of Death
2021
Go
9
6.7
Kaleidoscope
2021
Go
10
6.4
Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not
2021
Go
11
7
Corkscrew
2021
Go
12
8.3
Zero In
2021
Go

List of What the Night Knows Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.7
What the Night Knows
2010
Go
2
9.3
Darkness Under the Sun
2010
Go

List of Innocence Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.2
Wilderness
2013
Go
2
7.3
Innocence
2013
Go

List of Ashley Bell Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.8
Last Light
2015
Go
2
9.5
Final Hour
2015
Go
3
7.8
Ashley Bell
2015
Go

List of The City Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.1
The City
2014
Go
2
8.9
The Neighbor
2014
Go

List of Trixie Koontz Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
Life Is Good: Lessons in Joyful Living
2004
Go
2
8.7
Christmas Is Good: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Holiday
2005
Go
3
6
Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life
2008
Go
4
9.5
A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
2009
Go
5
I, Trixie, Who is Dog
2009
Go
6
Trixie and Jinx
2010
Go

List of 77 Shadow Street Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
The Moonlit Mind
2011
Go
2
7.5
77 Shadow Street
2011
Go

List of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.7
Prodigal Son (With: Kevin J. Anderson)
2005
Go
2
8.6
City of Night (With: Ed Gorman)
2005
Go
3
8.8
Dead and Alive
2009
Go
4
8.4
Lost Souls
2009
Go
5
8.5
The Dead Town
2011
Go

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

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.3
Prodigal Son (With: Chuck Dixon)
2011
Go
2
Storm Surge (With: Chuck Dixon)
2016
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.5
Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet
1968
Go
2
6
The Fall of the Dream Machine / The Star Ventures
1969
Go
3
6.5
Fear That Man / Toyman
1969
Go
4
Dark Symphony
1970
Go
5
Hell's Gate
1970
Go
6
8
Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons
1970
Go
7
Beastchild
1970
Go
8
8
Anti-Man
1970
Go
9
The Crimson Witch
1971
Go
10
6
Demon Child ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1971
Go
11
Legacy of Terror ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1971
Go
12
Warlock
1972
Go
13
Starblood
1972
Go
14
The Flesh in the Furnace
1972
Go
15
Children of the Storm ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1972
Go
16
Dance with the Devil ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1972
Go
17
The Dark of Summer ( As: Deanna Dwyer)
1972
Go
18
A Darker Heritage
1972
Go
19
10
Darkness in My Soul
1972
Go
20
Time Thieves
1972
Go
21
9
Chase
1972
Go
22
8.3
Demon Seed
1973
Go
23
7.3
Shattered
1973
Go
24
6
A Werewolf Among Us
1973
Go
25
The Haunted Earth
1973
Go
26
6
Hanging on
1973
Go
27
Strike Deep
1974
Go
28
After the Last Race
1974
Go
29
6
Nightmare Journey
1975
Go
30
The Long Sleep
1975
Go
31
8
Invasion ( As: Aaron Wolfe)
1975
Go
32
Dragonfly
1976
Go
33
8.3
Night Chills
1976
Go
34
Prison Of Ice
1976
Go
35
8.7
Icebound
1976
Go
36
7.8
The Vision
1977
Go
37
7.3
The Face of Fear
1977
Go
38
8.3
The Key to Midnight
1979
Go
39
8.7
Whispers
1980
Go
40
8
The Voice of the Night
1980
Go
41
7
The Funhouse (As: Owen West)
1980
Go
42
8
The Eyes of Darkness ( As: Leigh Nichols)
1981
Go
43
6.8
The Mask (As: Owen West)
1981
Go
44
5.3
The House of Thunder
1982
Go
45
8
Phantoms
1983
Go
46
9
The Servants of Twilight
1984
Go
47
8
Darkfall / Darkness Comes
1984
Go
48
7.8
Twilight Eyes
1984
Go
49
8.7
The Door to December
1985
Go
50
9
Strangers
1986
Go
51
8.5
Watchers
1987
Go
52
7.3
Shadowfires ( As: Leigh Nichols)
1987
Go
53
8.5
Lightning
1988
Go
54
Trapped
1989
Go
55
7.6
Midnight
1989
Go
56
7.6
The Bad Place
1990
Go
57
8.4
Cold Fire
1991
Go
58
7.6
Hideaway
1992
Go
59
8.1
Mr. Murder
1993
Go
60
7.2
Dragon Tears
1993
Go
61
7.6
Winter Moon
1993
Go
62
8.3
Dark Rivers of the Heart
1994
Go
63
6.7
Intensity
1995
Go
64
8.6
Tick Tock
1996
Go
65
7.1
Sole Survivor
1997
Go
66
7.4
False Memory
1999
Go
67
8.3
From the Corner of His Eye
2000
Go
68
8.6
One Door Away from Heaven
2001
Go
69
Watchers & Mr Murder
2001
Go
70
8.1
By the Light of the Moon
2002
Go
71
8.2
The Face
2003
Go
72
8.3
The Taking
2004
Go
73
8.4
Life Expectancy
2004
Go
74
7.5
Velocity
2005
Go
75
7.1
The Husband
2006
Go
76
8
The Darkest Evening of the Year
2007
Go
77
8.5
The Good Guy
2007
Go
78
7
Your Heart Belongs to Me
2008
Go
79
5.3
Relentless
2009
Go
80
7.2
Breathless
2009
Go
81
9.2
Devoted
2020
Go
82
6.4
Elsewhere
2020
Go
83
7.5
The Other Emily
2021
Go
84
6.8
Quicksilver
2022
Go
85
7.3
The Big Dark Sky
2022
Go
86
8.1
The House at the End of the World
2023
Go
87
7
After Death
2023
Go
88
8.2
The Bad Weather Friend
2024
Go
89
8
The Forest of Lost Souls
2024
Go
90
Going Home in the Dark
2025
Go

List of Anthologies in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.3
Strange Highways
1995
Go
2
The Book Of Counted Sorrows
2003
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Writing Popular Fiction
1972
Go
2
How to Write Best Selling Fiction
1981
Go
3
Beautiful Death: The Art of the Cemetery
1996
Go
4
10
Ask Anna
2014
Go

List of Childrens Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages
1988
Go
2
The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse
2001
Go
3
Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times
2003
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.8
Ricochet Joe [Kindle in Motion]
2017
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Strange Highways and Other Stories
2022
Go

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

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
Nevermore (With: Keith Champagne)
2009
Go

List of Dean Koontz Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Infinity Five
1973
Go
2
Wondermakers 2
1974
Go
3
Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology
1974
Go
4
Continuum 1
1974
Go
5
The Bone Yard
1988
Go
6
Horror Factor 7
1988
Go
7
Night Visions 4
1988
Go
8
Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold
1988
Go
9
Under the Gun
1990
Go
10
Night Fears
1990
Go
11
The Architecture of Fear
1991
Go
12
The Ultimate Witch
1993
Go
13
October Dreams
2000
Go
14
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
2009
Go
15
Suspense Magazine January 2010
2010
Go
16
10
Detours
2016
Go
17
8
Exit Wounds
2019
Go
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Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz (Dean Ray Koontz) was born on July 9th, 1945 and is currently 79 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 90 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 The Forest of Lost Souls which was released in 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 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).
  • Life Expectancy: Gumshoe Award, Best Thriller Novel (2005).
  • 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).
  • Elsewhere: Suspense Magazine Awards, Best Horror (2020).

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.
  • The Darkest Evening of the Year was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 2007.
  • Your Heart Belongs to Me was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 2008.

Related Authors

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  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross Series.
  3. David Baldacci, author of the Amos Decker Series.
  4. John Grisham, author of the Jake Brigance Series.
  5. Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher Series.

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 79 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 book 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 The Forest of Lost Souls on September 24th, 2024.

Will there be any more books by Dean Koontz?

Dean Koontz has a new book coming out on May 20th, 2025 called Going Home in the Dark.

How many books has Dean Koontz written?

Dean Koontz has written 163 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 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
  • 90 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 Aaron Wolfe Standalone Novels
  • 1 Short Story Collections
  • 1 Graphic Novels

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