Dean Koontz bibliography

This is a list of every work (novels, short stories, etc.) by American novelist Dean Koontz.

Series

Black Cat Mysteries / Mike Tucker Series

TitleYearTypePagesNotes
Blood Risk1973novel160As Brian Coffey
Surrounded1974novel220
The Wall of Masks1975novel167

Moonlight Bay Series

TitleYearTypePagesNotes
Fear Nothing1998novel400
Seize the Night1999novel416
Ride the StormN/Anovel(not published yet)

Odd Thomas Series

#TitleYearTypePagesNotes
1Odd Thomas2003novel400
2Forever Odd2005novel400
3Brother Odd2006novel464
4Odd Hours2008novel432
4.1Odd Interlude (novella)2012novella253A three-part ebook. Published as a paperback in 2013.
5Odd Apocalypse2012novel368
6Deeply Odd2013novel335
6.1Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever2014novella38Ebook
7Saint Odd2015novel352

Odd Thomas Graphic Novel Prequels

#TitleYearTypePagesNotes
1In Odd We Trust2008graphic novel204with Queenie Chan
2Odd Is On Our Side2010graphic novel186with Queenie Chan
3House of Odd2012graphic novel216with Queenie Chan

Frankenstein Series

TitleYearTypePagesNotes
Prodigal Son2005novel512
City of Night2005novel496
Dead and Alive2009novel352
Lost Souls2010novel350
The Dead Town2011novel423

Makani Trilogy

TitleYearTypePagesNotes
Last Light2015novella84Ebook.
Final Hour2015novella82Ebook.
Troubled Times2018novellaN/AAudio only, found in Darkest Desires
Darkest Desires: The Makani Trilogy2018omnibusN/AAudio only.

Jane Hawk Series

TitleYearTypePagesNotes
1The Silent Corner2017novel464
2The Whispering Room2017novel528
0.5The Bone Farm2018novellaN/AAudio only
3The Crooked Staircase2018novel512
4The Forbidden Door2018novel464
5The Night Window2019novel448

Season One

TitleYearTypePagesNotes
1In the Heart of the Fire2019novella62Ebook.
2Photographing the Dead2019novella58Ebook.
3The Praying Mantis Bride2019novella61Ebook.
4Red Rain2019novella50Ebook.
5The Mercy of Snakes2019novella61Ebook.
6Memories of Tomorrow2019novella55Ebook

Season Two

TitleYearTypePagesNotes
1The Lost Soul of the City2021novellaEbook.
2Gentle Is the Angel of Death2021novellaEbook.
3Kaleidoscope2021novellaEbook.
4Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not2021novellaEbook.
5Corkscrew2021novellaEbook.
6Zero In2021novellaEbook

Standalone novels

TitleYearTypePagesNotes
Star Quest1968novel127An Ace Double, H-70, b/w Emil Petaja, "Doom of the Green Planet"
Fear That Man1969novel129from 'In the Shield' (1969) and 'Where the Beast Runs' (1969)
The Fall of the Dream Machine1969novel131
The Dark Symphony1969novel205
Hell's Gate1970novel190
Soft Come the Dragons1970collection143
Dark of the Woods1970novel108
Beastchild1970novel189expanded from short story (1970)
Anti-Man1970novel142expanded from 'The Mystery of His Flesh' (1970)
Demon Child1971novel224as "Deanna Dwyer"
The Crimson Witch1971novelexpanded from short story (1970)
Legacy of Terror1971novelas "Deanna Dwyer"[1]
Warlock1972novel
Time Thieves1972novel109
Starblood1972novelexpanded from 'A Third Hand' (1970)
The Flesh in the Furnace1972novel
A Darkness in My Soul1972novelexpanded from 1968 short story
Chase1972novel212as "K. R. Dwyer"[2] "extensively revised" into Strange Highways"[2]
Children of the Storm1972novelas "Deanna Dwyer"[1]
Dance with the Devil1972novelas "Deanna Dwyer"[1]
The Dark of Summer1972novelas "Deanna Dwyer"[1]
The Haunted Earth1973novel
Demon Seed1973novel320rewritten 1997
A Werewolf Among Us1973novelas "Leigh Nichols"
Shattered1973novel304as "K. R. Dwyer"[2]
Hanging On1973novel
Strike Deep1974novelas "Anthony North"[1]
After The Last Race1974novel
Nightmare Journey1975novel
The Long Sleep1975novelas "John Hill"[2]
Dragonfly1975novel244as "K. R. Dwyer"[1]
Invasion1975novel190as "Aaron Wolfe",[1] revised and rereleased as Winter Moon in 1994
Prison of Ice1976novel408as "David Axton"[2]
Night Chills1976novel384
The Face of Fear1977novel320as "Brian Coffey"[2] and as "K. R. Dwyer"[1]
The Vision1977novel368
The Key to Midnight1979novel419as "Leigh Nichols",[2] revised and rereleased in 1995
The Funhouse1980novel336as "Owen West",[2] novelization based on a screenplay by Larry Block
Whispers1980novel502
The Voice of the Night1980novel352as "Brian Coffey"[2]
The Eyes of Darkness1981novel352as "Leigh Nichols"[1]
The Mask1981novel336as "Owen West"[1]
The House of Thunder1982novel432as "Leigh Nichols"[1]
Phantoms1983novel448
Darkfall1984novel384originally as Darkness Comes
Twilight1984novel592as "Leigh Nichols"[1] also as The Servants of Twilight
Twilight Eyes1985novel416much expanded 1987 as Twilight Eyes, this first version becomes the first half of the 1987 revision
The Door to December1985novel416as "Richard Paige"[2] also as by "Leigh Nichols"[2]
Strangers1986novel526
Watchers1987novel406
Shadow Fires1987novel528as "Leigh Nichols"[1]
Lightning1988novel351reprinted in 2003 with an author's afterword
Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages1988novel180
Midnight1989novel480
The Bad Place1991novel417
Cold Fire1992novel448
Hideaway1992novel416
Dragon Tears1993novel432
Mr. Murder1993novel496
Winter Moon1994novel480rewritten from Invasion
Dark Rivers of the Heart1994novel487
Icebound1995novel408revised from Prison of Ice.
Strange Highways1995short stories576revised 1995; includes "extensively revised" version of Chase"[2]
Intensity1995novel448
Ticktock1996novel335
Sole Survivor1997novel436
False Memory1999novel784
From the Corner of His Eye2000novel768
One Door Away from Heaven2001novel720
By the Light of the Moon2002novel496
The Face2003novel608
The Taking2004novel448
Life Expectancy2004novel496
Velocity2005novel496
The Husband2006novel416
The Good Guy2007novel400
The Darkest Evening of the Year2007novel368
Your Heart Belongs to Me2008novel352
Relentless2009novel368
Breathless2009novel352
Darkness Under the Sun2010novella60
What the Night Knows2010novel464
The Moonlit Mind2011novella102
77 Shadow Street2011novel451
Wilderness2013novella30
Innocence2013novel352
The Neighbor2014novella32
The City2014novel416
Ashley Bell2015novel560
Ricochet Joe2018novella95a Kindle motion book which contains moving pictures and interactive parts
Devoted2020novel369
Elsewhere2020novel364
The Other Emily2021novel362
Quicksilver2022novel366
The Big Dark Sky2022novel390
The House at the End of the World2023novel416
After DeathJuly 18, 2023novel382
The Bad Weather FriendJanuary 23, 2024novel

Essays and introductions

  1. "Of Childhood" (Reflector, 1966)
  2. "Ibsen's Dream" (Reflector, 1966)
  3. Introduction to Great Escapes: New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis (October 15, 2003). ISBN 9607037456.
  4. Foreword to Love Heels: Tales from Canine Companions for Independence (October 1, 2003)
  5. Foreword to A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement by Wesley J. Smith (April, 2009)
  6. Foreword to The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything by John D. MacDonald (2014, Trade Paperback Edition)

Short fiction

(The stories up to "Where No One Fell" first appeared in "The Reflector", a magazine issued by Shippensburg University, Pa., when Koontz was a student)

  1. "This Fence" (1965)
  2. "The Kittens" (1965) (later revised [1966] as "Kittens") in Strange Highways
  3. "Of Childhood" (1965)
  4. "A Miracle is Anything" (1966)
  5. "Cloistered Walls" (1966)
  6. "Flesh" (1966)
  7. "For a Breath I Tarry" (1966)
  8. "Hey, Good Christian" (1966)
  9. "Holes" (1966)
  10. "It" (1966)
  11. "I've Met One" (1966)
  12. "Mold in the Jungle" (1966)
  13. "Sam: the Adventurous Exciting Well-traveled Man" (1966)
  14. "Some Disputed Barricade" (1966)
  15. "Something About This City" (1966)
  16. "The Rats Run" (1966)
  17. "The Standard Unusual" (1966)
  18. "Where No One Fell" (1967)
  19. "Soft Come the Dragons" (1967) rp in Soft Come the Dragons
  20. "To Behold the Sun" (1967) rp in Soft Come the Dragons
  21. "Little Goody Two-Shoes Chapter One" (1967; in "SF Opinion #4" (Dean Koontz fanzine))
  22. "Little Goody Two-Shoes Chapter Two" (1967; in "SF Opinion #5" (Dean Koontz fanzine))
  23. "Love 2005" (1968)
  24. "A Darkness in My Soul" (1968) rp in Soft Come the Dragons. Expanded into A Darkness in My Soul
  25. "The Psychedelic Children" (1968) rp in Soft Come the Dragons
  26. "The Twelfth Bed" (1968) rp in Soft Come the Dragons
  27. "Dreambird" (1968)
  28. "Glunk" (1969; in "SF Opinion #7" (Dean Koontz fanzine, special Vaughn Bode issue)); based on Bode's comic strip "Junkwaffel"
  29. "Little Goody Two-Shoes Chapter Three" (1969; in "SF Opinion #7" (Dean Koontz fanzine))
  30. "Whoop, the Dead Gerkle" (1969; in "SF Opinion #7" (Dean Koontz fanzine)
  31. "In the Shield" (1969) combined with "Where the Beast Runs" as Fear That Man
  32. "Temple of Sorrow" (1969)
  33. "Killerbot!" (1969)[3] rp in Soft Come the Dragons as "A Season for Freedom". Revised and re-issued in 1977.
  34. "The Face in His Belly" Part One (1969)
  35. "Where the Beast Runs" (1969) combined with "In the Shield" as Fear That Man
  36. "Dragon In the Land" (1969) in Soft Come the Dragons
  37. "The Face in His Belly" Part Two (1969)
  38. "Muse" (1969) [a "Leonard Chris" story]
  39. "A Third Hand" (1970) rp in Soft Come the Dragons. Expanded as Starblood.
  40. "The Good Ship Lookoutworld" (1970)
  41. "Unseen Warriors" (1970)
  42. "The Mystery of His Flesh" (1970) expanded as Anti-Man
  43. "Beastchild" (1970) expanded as Beastchild
  44. "The Crimson Witch" (1970) slightly expanded as The Crimson Witch
  45. "Shambolain" (1970)
  46. "Nightmare Gang" (1970)
  47. "Emanations" (1970)
  48. "Bruno" (1971) [a Jake Ash story] revised rp in Strange Highways
  49. "The Terrible Weapon" (1972)
  50. "Cosmic Sin" (1972) [a Jake Ash story]
  51. "Altarboy" (1972)
  52. "Ollie's Hands" (1972) {revised and re-issued in 1987} rp in Strange Highways
  53. "A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village" (1972; in Again, Dangerous Visions; in the original Afterword, Koontz mentions having written Hung,"set in the hippie subculture of a small university",[4] which tried to show that Marshall McLuhan's concept of the global village was "on the right track" and that "our world was already being compressed"; his novel, The Fall of the Dream Machine, and stories, 'A Dragon in the Land', and 'A Mouse..' were extrapolations of the concept.
  54. "Grayworld" (1973) expanded as The Long Sleep as by John Hill
  55. "The Sinless Child" (1973)
  56. "Wake Up To Thunder" (1973)
  57. "Terra Phobia" (1973)
  58. "The Undercity" (1973)
  59. "We Three" (1974) revised rp in Strange Highways
  60. "The Night of the Storm" (1974) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1976} revised in Strange Highways
  61. "Down in the Darkness" (1986) rp in Strange Highways
  62. "Weird World" (1986)
  63. "Snatcher" (1986) rp in Strange Highways
  64. "The Monitors of Providence {collaboration}" (1986)
  65. "The Black Pumpkin" (1986) rp in Strange Highways
  66. "The Interrogation" (1987)
  67. "Hardshell" (1987) revised rp in Strange Highways
  68. "Miss Attila the Hun" (1987) rp in Strange Highways
  69. "Twilight of the Dawn" (1987) rp in Strange Highways
  70. "Graveyard Highway" (1987)
  71. "Trapped" (1989) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1992} rp in Strange Highways
  72. "Strange Highways" (1995) short story that appears in the collection Strange Highways
  73. "Santa's Twin" (1996)
  74. "Pinkie" (1998)
  75. "Black River" (2000)
  76. "Darkness Under the Sun" (2010)
  77. "The Moonlit Mind" (2011)[5]
  78. "Odd Interlude" (2012)
  79. "Wilderness" (2013)
  80. "The Neighbor" (2014)
  81. "Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever" (2014)
  82. "Last Light" (2015)
  83. "Final Hour" (2015)
  84. "Ricochet Joe" (2017)
  85. "The Bone Farm" (2018)
  86. "Troubled Times" (2018)
  87. "In the Heart of the Fire" (2019)
  88. "Photographing the Dead" (2019)
  89. "The Praying Mantis Bride" (2019)
  90. "Red Rain" (2019)
  91. "The Mercy of Snakes" (2019)
  92. "Memories of Tomorrow" (2019)
  93. "The Lost Soul of the City" (2021)
  94. "Gentle Is the Angel of Death" (2021)
  95. "Kaleidoscope" (2021)
  96. "Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not" (2021)
  97. "Corkscrew" (2021)
  98. "Zero In" (2021)

Non-fiction

  1. "How to Write Best Selling Fiction" (1981)
  2. "Writing Popular Fiction" (1972)
  3. "A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Named Trixie" (2009)

References

  1. "All Books". deankoontz.com. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  2. "Facts for Collectors". deankoontz.com. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  3. Killerbot! title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  4. "Contents Lists". Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  5. The Moonlit Mind title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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