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Home / Authors / Dean Koontz Dean Koontz American author best known for the Odd Thomas series and the Frankenstein series. His books have sold over 500 million copies worldwide. This page lists Dean Koontz books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1968 Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1969 The Fall of the Dream Machine / The Star Ventures POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1969 Fear That Man / Toyman POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1970 Dark Symphony POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1970 Hell's Gate POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1970 Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1970 Beastchild POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1970 Anti-Man POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1971 The Crimson Witch POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1971 Demon Child(As: Deanna Dwyer) POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1971 Legacy of Terror(As: Deanna Dwyer) POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1972 Writing Popular Fiction POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1972 Warlock POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1972 Starblood POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1972 The Flesh in the Furnace POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1972 Children of the Storm(As: Deanna Dwyer) POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 1972 Dance with the Devil(As: Deanna Dwyer) POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1972 The Dark of Summer(As: Deanna Dwyer) POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 1972 A Darker Heritage POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 1972 Darkness in My Soul POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 1972 Time Thieves POoSN · 20 Buy ↗ 1973 Blood Risk POoBBMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1973 Demon Seed POoSN · 22 Buy ↗ 1973 Shattered POoSN · 23 Buy ↗ 1973 A Werewolf Among Us POoSN · 24 Buy ↗ 1973 The Haunted Earth POoSN · 25 Buy ↗ 1973 Hanging on POoSN · 26 Buy ↗ 1974 Surrounded POoBBMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1974 Strike Deep POoSN · 27 Buy ↗ 1974 After the Last Race POoSN · 28 Buy ↗ 1975 The Wall of Masks POoBBMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1975 Nightmare Journey POoSN · 29 Buy ↗ 1975 The Long Sleep(As: John Hill) POoSN · 30 Buy ↗ 1975 Invasion(As: Aaron Wolfe) POoSN · 31 Buy ↗ 1976 Dragonfly POoSN · 32 Buy ↗ 1976 Night Chills POoSN · 33 Buy ↗ 1976 Prison Of Ice POoSN · 34 Buy ↗ 1976 Icebound POoSN · 35 Buy ↗ 1977 The Vision POoSN · 36 Buy ↗ 1977 The Face of Fear POoSN · 37 Buy ↗ 1979 The Key to Midnight POoSN · 38 Buy ↗ 1980 Whispers POoSN · 39 Buy ↗ 1980 The Voice of the Night POoSN · 40 Buy ↗ 1980 The Funhouse(As: Owen West) POoSN · 41 Buy ↗ 1981 How to Write Best Selling Fiction POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1981 The Eyes of Darkness(As: Leigh Nichols) POoSN · 42 Buy ↗ 1981 The Mask(As: Owen West) POoSN · 43 Buy ↗ 1982 The House of Thunder POoSN · 44 Buy ↗ 1983 Phantoms POoSN · 45 Buy ↗ 1984 The Servants of Twilight POoSN · 46 Buy ↗ 1984 Darkfall / Darkness Comes POoSN · 47 Buy ↗ 1984 Twilight Eyes POoSN · 48 Buy ↗ 1985 The Door to December POoSN · 49 Buy ↗ 1986 Strangers POoSN · 50 Buy ↗ 1987 Watchers POoSN · 51 Buy ↗ 1987 Shadowfires(As: Leigh Nichols) POoSN · 52 Buy ↗ 1988 Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages POoCB · 1 Buy ↗ 1988 Lightning POoSN · 53 Buy ↗ 1989 Trapped POoSN · 54 Buy ↗ 1989 Midnight POoSN · 55 Buy ↗ 1990 The Bad Place POoSN · 56 Buy ↗ 1991 Cold Fire POoSN · 57 Buy ↗ 1992 Hideaway POoSN · 58 Buy ↗ 1993 Mr. Murder POoSN · 59 Buy ↗ 1993 Dragon Tears POoSN · 60 Buy ↗ 1993 Winter Moon POoSN · 61 Buy ↗ 1994 Dark Rivers of the Heart POoSN · 62 Buy ↗ 1995 Santa's Twin POoSTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1995 Strange Highways POoA · 1 Buy ↗ 1995 Intensity POoSN · 63 Buy ↗ 1996 Beautiful Death: The Art of the Cemetery POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1996 Tick Tock POoSN · 64 Buy ↗ 1997 Sole Survivor POoSN · 65 Buy ↗ 1998 Fear Nothing POoMBB · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 Seize the Night POoMBB · 2 Buy ↗ 1999 False Memory POoSN · 66 Buy ↗ 2000 From the Corner of His Eye POoSN · 67 Buy ↗ 2001 The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse POoCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2001 One Door Away from Heaven POoSN · 68 Buy ↗ 2001 Watchers & Mr Murder POoSN · 69 Buy ↗ 2002 By the Light of the Moon POoSN · 70 Buy ↗ 2003 Odd Thomas POoOTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 The Book Of Counted Sorrows POoA · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times POoCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2003 The Face POoSN · 71 Buy ↗ 2004 Life Is Good: Lessons in Joyful Living POoTKB · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin POoSTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2004 The Taking POoSN · 72 Buy ↗ 2004 Life Expectancy POoSN · 73 Buy ↗ 2005 Prodigal Son(With: Kevin J. Anderson) POoDKFB · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Forever Odd POoOTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 Christmas Is Good: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Holiday POoTKB · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 City of Night(With: Ed Gorman) POoDKFB · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 Velocity POoSN · 74 Buy ↗ 2006 Brother Odd POoOTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2006 The Husband POoSN · 75 Buy ↗ 2007 The Darkest Evening of the Year POoSN · 76 Buy ↗ 2007 The Good Guy POoSN · 77 Buy ↗ 2008 In Odd We Trust POoOTGNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2008 Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life POoTKB · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 Odd Hours POoOTB · 4 Buy ↗ 2008 Your Heart Belongs to Me POoSN · 78 Buy ↗ 2009 Nevermore(With: Keith Champagne) POoGN · 1 Buy ↗ 2009 Dead and Alive POoDKFB · 3 Buy ↗ 2009 Lost Souls POoDKFB · 4 Buy ↗ 2009 A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog POoTKB · 4 Buy ↗ 2009 I, Trixie, Who is Dog POoTKB · 5 Buy ↗ 2009 Relentless POoSN · 79 Buy ↗ 2009 Breathless POoSN · 80 Buy ↗ 2010 What the Night Knows POoWtNKB · 1 Buy ↗ 2010 Darkness Under the Sun POoWtNKB · 2 Buy ↗ 2010 Odd Is on Our Side POoOTGNB · 2 Buy ↗ 2010 Trixie and Jinx POoTKB · 6 Buy ↗ 2011 The Moonlit Mind POo7SSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Prodigal Son(By: Chuck Dixon) POoFGN · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 77 Shadow Street POo7SSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 The Dead Town POoDKFB · 5 Buy ↗ 2012 House of Odd POoOTGNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2012 Odd Interlude POoOTB · 5 Buy ↗ 2012 Odd Apocalypse POoOTB · 6 Buy ↗ 2013 Wilderness POoIB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Innocence POoIB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 Deeply Odd POoOTB · 7 Buy ↗ 2014 The City POoTCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 The Neighbor POoTCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2014 Ask Anna POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 2014 You Are Destined To Be Together Forever POoOTB · 8 Buy ↗ 2015 Last Light POoABB · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 Final Hour POoABB · 2 Buy ↗ 2015 Ashley Bell POoABB · 3 Buy ↗ 2015 Saint Odd POoOTB · 9 Buy ↗ 2016 Storm Surge(By: Chuck Dixon) POoFGN · 2 Buy ↗ 2017 The Silent Corner POoJHB · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 Ricochet Joe [Kindle in Motion] POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 The Whispering Room POoJHB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 The Bone Farm POoJHSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2018 The Crooked Staircase POoJHB · 3 Buy ↗ 2018 The Forbidden Door POoJHB · 4 Buy ↗ 2019 In the Heart of the Fire POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2019 Photographing the Dead POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 2019 The Praying Mantis Bride POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2019 Red Rain POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 2019 The Night Window POoJHB · 5 Buy ↗ 2019 The Mercy of Snakes POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 2019 Memories of Tomorrow POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 2020 Devoted POoSN · 81 Buy ↗ 2020 Elsewhere POoSN · 82 Buy ↗ 2021 The Lost Soul of the City POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 2021 Gentle Is the Angel of Death POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 2021 Kaleidoscope POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 2021 Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 2021 Corkscrew POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 2021 Zero In POoNB · 12 Buy ↗ 2021 The Other Emily POoSN · 83 Buy ↗ 2022 Strange Highways and Other Stories POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2022 Quicksilver POoSN · 84 Buy ↗ 2022 The Big Dark Sky POoSN · 85 Buy ↗ 2023 The House at the End of the World POoSN · 86 Buy ↗ 2023 After Death POoSN · 87 Buy ↗ 2024 The Bad Weather Friend POoSN · 88 Buy ↗ 2024 The Forest of Lost Souls POoSN · 89 Buy ↗ 2025 Going Home in the Dark POoSN · 90 Buy ↗ 2026 The Friend of the Family POoSN · 91 Buy ↗ 2027 A Storm So Bright and Beautiful POoSN · 92 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Trixie Koontz Books 6 books · 2004–2010
01 Life Is Good: Lessons in Joyful Living 2004 Buy ↗ 02 Christmas Is Good: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Holiday 2005 Buy ↗ 03 Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life 2008 Buy ↗ 04 A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog 2009 Buy ↗ 05 I, Trixie, Who is Dog 2009 Buy ↗ 06 Trixie and Jinx 2010 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Moonlight Bay Books 2 books · 1998–1998
02 Seize the Night 1998 Buy ↗ Publication Order of 77 Shadow Street Books 2 books · 2011–2011
01 The Moonlit Mind 2011 Buy ↗ 02 77 Shadow Street 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 2017
01 Ricochet Joe [Kindle in Motion] 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Odd Thomas Books 9 books · 2003–2015
06 Odd Apocalypse 2012 Buy ↗ 08 You Are Destined To Be Together Forever 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The City Books 2 books · 2014–2014
Publication Order of Santas Twin Books 2 books · 1995–2004
02 Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin 2004 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Ashley Bell Books 3 books · 2015–2015
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 92 books · 1968–2027
01 Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet 1968 Buy ↗ 02 The Fall of the Dream Machine / The Star Ventures 1969 Buy ↗ 03 Fear That Man / Toyman 1969 Buy ↗ 06 Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons 1970 Buy ↗ 09 The Crimson Witch 1971 Buy ↗ 10 Demon Child(As: Deanna Dwyer) 1971 Buy ↗ 11 Legacy of Terror(As: Deanna Dwyer) 1971 Buy ↗ 14 The Flesh in the Furnace 1972 Buy ↗ 15 Children of the Storm(As: Deanna Dwyer) 1972 Buy ↗ 16 Dance with the Devil(As: Deanna Dwyer) 1972 Buy ↗ 17 The Dark of Summer(As: Deanna Dwyer) 1972 Buy ↗ 18 A Darker Heritage 1972 Buy ↗ 19 Darkness in My Soul 1972 Buy ↗ 24 A Werewolf Among Us 1973 Buy ↗ 25 The Haunted Earth 1973 Buy ↗ 28 After the Last Race 1974 Buy ↗ 29 Nightmare Journey 1975 Buy ↗ 30 The Long Sleep(As: John Hill) 1975 Buy ↗ 31 Invasion(As: Aaron Wolfe) 1975 Buy ↗ 37 The Face of Fear 1977 Buy ↗ 38 The Key to Midnight 1979 Buy ↗ 40 The Voice of the Night 1980 Buy ↗ 41 The Funhouse(As: Owen West) 1980 Buy ↗ 42 The Eyes of Darkness(As: Leigh Nichols) 1981 Buy ↗ 43 The Mask(As: Owen West) 1981 Buy ↗ 44 The House of Thunder 1982 Buy ↗ 46 The Servants of Twilight 1984 Buy ↗ 47 Darkfall / Darkness Comes 1984 Buy ↗ 49 The Door to December 1985 Buy ↗ 52 Shadowfires(As: Leigh Nichols) 1987 Buy ↗ 62 Dark Rivers of the Heart 1994 Buy ↗ 67 From the Corner of His Eye 2000 Buy ↗ 68 One Door Away from Heaven 2001 Buy ↗ 69 Watchers & Mr Murder 2001 Buy ↗ 70 By the Light of the Moon 2002 Buy ↗ 73 Life Expectancy 2004 Buy ↗ 76 The Darkest Evening of the Year 2007 Buy ↗ 78 Your Heart Belongs to Me 2008 Buy ↗ 83 The Other Emily 2021 Buy ↗ 85 The Big Dark Sky 2022 Buy ↗ 86 The House at the End of the World 2023 Buy ↗ 88 The Bad Weather Friend 2024 Buy ↗ 89 The Forest of Lost Souls 2024 Buy ↗ 90 Going Home in the Dark 2025 Buy ↗ 91 The Friend of the Family 2026 Buy ↗ 92 A Storm So Bright and Beautiful 2027 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Jane Hawk Books 5 books · 2017–2019
01 The Silent Corner 2017 Buy ↗ 02 The Whispering Room 2017 Buy ↗ 03 The Crooked Staircase 2018 Buy ↗ 04 The Forbidden Door 2018 Buy ↗ 05 The Night Window 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Nameless Books 12 books · 2019–2021
01 In the Heart of the Fire 2019 Buy ↗ 02 Photographing the Dead 2019 Buy ↗ 03 The Praying Mantis Bride 2019 Buy ↗ 05 The Mercy of Snakes 2019 Buy ↗ 06 Memories of Tomorrow 2019 Buy ↗ 07 The Lost Soul of the City 2021 Buy ↗ 08 Gentle Is the Angel of Death 2021 Buy ↗ 10 Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Innocence Books 2 books · 2013–2013
Publication Order of's Frankenstein Graphic Novels 2 books · 2011–2016
01 Prodigal Son(By: Chuck Dixon) 2011 Buy ↗ 02 Storm Surge(By: Chuck Dixon) 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Childrens Books 3 books · 1988–2003
01 Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages 1988 Buy ↗ 02 The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse 2001 Buy ↗ 03 Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Story Collections 1 book · 2022
01 Strange Highways and Other Stories 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of What the Night Knows Books 2 books · 2010–2010
01 What the Night Knows 2010 Buy ↗ 02 Darkness Under the Sun 2010 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Books 5 books · 2005–2011
01 Prodigal Son(With: Kevin J. Anderson) 2005 Buy ↗ 02 City of Night(With: Ed Gorman) 2005 Buy ↗ 03 Dead and Alive 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Anthologies 2 books · 1995–2003
01 Strange Highways 1995 Buy ↗ 02 The Book Of Counted Sorrows 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Jane Hawk Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 2018
Publication Order of Black Bat Mystery Books 3 books · 1973–1975
03 The Wall of Masks 1975 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 4 books · 1972–2014
01 Writing Popular Fiction 1972 Buy ↗ 02 How to Write Best Selling Fiction 1981 Buy ↗ 03 Beautiful Death: The Art of the Cemetery 1996 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Odd Thomas Graphic Novels Books 3 books · 2008–2012
01 In Odd We Trust 2008 Buy ↗ 02 Odd Is on Our Side 2010 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Graphic Novels 1 book · 2009
01 Nevermore(With: Keith Champagne) 2009 Buy ↗