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Dean Koontz Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Dean Koontz in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 165 books / 23 series

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.

Books by Dean Koontz in Publication Order

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
1972 Chase POoSN / 21 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 Christmas Is Good: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Holiday POoTKB / 2 Buy
2005 Forever Odd POoOTB / 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 A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog POoTKB / 4 Buy
2009 Lost Souls POoDKFB / 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 Odd Is on Our Side POoOTGNB / 2 Buy
2010 Darkness Under the Sun POoWtNKB / 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

Complete Dean Koontz Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Trixie Koontz Reading Order 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
Moonlight Bay Reading Order 2 books / 1998-1998
01 Fear Nothing 1998 Buy
02 Seize the Night 1998 Buy
77 Shadow Street Reading Order 2 books / 2011-2011
01 The Moonlit Mind 2011 Buy
02 77 Shadow Street 2011 Buy
01 Ricochet Joe [Kindle in Motion] 2017 Buy
Odd Thomas Reading Order 9 books / 2003-2015
01 Odd Thomas 2003 Buy
02 Forever Odd 2005 Buy
03 Brother Odd 2006 Buy
04 Odd Hours 2008 Buy
05 Odd Interlude 2012 Buy
06 Odd Apocalypse 2012 Buy
07 Deeply Odd 2013 Buy
08 You Are Destined To Be Together Forever 2014 Buy
09 Saint Odd 2015 Buy
The City Reading Order 2 books / 2014-2014
01 The City 2014 Buy
02 The Neighbor 2014 Buy
Santas Twin Reading Order 2 books / 1995-2004
01 Santa's Twin 1995 Buy
02 Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin 2004 Buy
Ashley Bell Reading Order 3 books / 2015-2015
01 Last Light 2015 Buy
02 Final Hour 2015 Buy
03 Ashley Bell 2015 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 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
04 Dark Symphony 1970 Buy
05 Hell's Gate 1970 Buy
06 Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons 1970 Buy
07 Beastchild 1970 Buy
08 Anti-Man 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
12 Warlock 1972 Buy
13 Starblood 1972 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
20 Time Thieves 1972 Buy
21 Chase 1972 Buy
22 Demon Seed 1973 Buy
23 Shattered 1973 Buy
24 A Werewolf Among Us 1973 Buy
25 The Haunted Earth 1973 Buy
26 Hanging on 1973 Buy
27 Strike Deep 1974 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
32 Dragonfly 1976 Buy
33 Night Chills 1976 Buy
34 Prison Of Ice 1976 Buy
35 Icebound 1976 Buy
36 The Vision 1977 Buy
37 The Face of Fear 1977 Buy
38 The Key to Midnight 1979 Buy
39 Whispers 1980 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
45 Phantoms 1983 Buy
46 The Servants of Twilight 1984 Buy
47 Darkfall / Darkness Comes 1984 Buy
48 Twilight Eyes 1984 Buy
49 The Door to December 1985 Buy
50 Strangers 1986 Buy
51 Watchers 1987 Buy
52 Shadowfires(As: Leigh Nichols) 1987 Buy
53 Lightning 1988 Buy
54 Trapped 1989 Buy
55 Midnight 1989 Buy
56 The Bad Place 1990 Buy
57 Cold Fire 1991 Buy
58 Hideaway 1992 Buy
59 Mr. Murder 1993 Buy
60 Dragon Tears 1993 Buy
61 Winter Moon 1993 Buy
62 Dark Rivers of the Heart 1994 Buy
63 Intensity 1995 Buy
64 Tick Tock 1996 Buy
65 Sole Survivor 1997 Buy
66 False Memory 1999 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
71 The Face 2003 Buy
72 The Taking 2004 Buy
73 Life Expectancy 2004 Buy
74 Velocity 2005 Buy
75 The Husband 2006 Buy
76 The Darkest Evening of the Year 2007 Buy
77 The Good Guy 2007 Buy
78 Your Heart Belongs to Me 2008 Buy
79 Relentless 2009 Buy
80 Breathless 2009 Buy
81 Devoted 2020 Buy
82 Elsewhere 2020 Buy
83 The Other Emily 2021 Buy
84 Quicksilver 2022 Buy
85 The Big Dark Sky 2022 Buy
86 The House at the End of the World 2023 Buy
87 After Death 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
Jane Hawk Reading Order 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
Nameless Reading Order 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
04 Red Rain 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
09 Kaleidoscope 2021 Buy
10 Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not 2021 Buy
11 Corkscrew 2021 Buy
12 Zero In 2021 Buy
Innocence Reading Order 2 books / 2013-2013
01 Wilderness 2013 Buy
02 Innocence 2013 Buy
01 Prodigal Son(By: Chuck Dixon) 2011 Buy
02 Storm Surge(By: Chuck Dixon) 2016 Buy
Childrens Reading Order 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
01 Strange Highways and Other Stories 2022 Buy
01 What the Night Knows 2010 Buy
02 Darkness Under the Sun 2010 Buy
01 Prodigal Son(With: Kevin J. Anderson) 2005 Buy
02 City of Night(With: Ed Gorman) 2005 Buy
03 Dead and Alive 2009 Buy
04 Lost Souls 2009 Buy
05 The Dead Town 2011 Buy
Anthologies Reading Order 2 books / 1995-2003
01 Strange Highways 1995 Buy
02 The Book Of Counted Sorrows 2003 Buy
01 The Bone Farm 2018 Buy
Black Bat Mystery Reading Order 3 books / 1973-1975
01 Blood Risk 1973 Buy
02 Surrounded 1974 Buy
03 The Wall of Masks 1975 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 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
04 Ask Anna 2014 Buy
Odd Thomas Graphic Reading Order 3 books / 2008-2012
01 In Odd We Trust 2008 Buy
02 Odd Is on Our Side 2010 Buy
03 House of Odd 2012 Buy
Graphic Reading Order 1 book / 2009
01 Nevermore(With: Keith Champagne) 2009 Buy

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