Dean Ray Koontz writes novels that take us into worlds filled with adventure and suspense, dealing with extraordinary topics such as technology, time travel, serial killers, and much more. He does this with believable characters that the reader can believe in and become attached to. His stories often contain issues that are very real to us, the readers, and bring insight as well as entertainment. The suspense level remains high, creating a strong desire to reach the end page and on to the next one. At least seven of Koontz's novels have risen to number one on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list (Lightning, Midnight, Cold Fire, Hideaway, Dragon Tears, Intensity, and Sole Survivor), making him one of only ten writers ever to have achieved that milestone. Eleven of his books have risen to the number one position in paperback. His books have also been major bestsellers in countries as diverse as Japan and Sweden. His books are published in 38 languages; worldwide sales are nearly 200 million copies, and that figure currently increases more than 17 million copies per year. The New York Times has called his writing "psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying." The New Orleans Times-Picayune said Koontz is, "at times lyrical without ever being naive or romantic. [He creates] a grotesque world, much like that of Flannery O'Conner or Walker Percy ... scary, worthwhile reading." Of Cold Fire, a worldwide #1 bestseller, the United Press International said, "An extraordinary piece of fiction. It will be a classic."
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Here is a list of some of Deans work
The Darkest Evening of the Year
The Good Guy
**Brother Odd
The Husband
**Forever Odd
**Frankenstein Book One: Prodigal Son
**Frankenstein Book Two: City of Night
Velocity
Christmas Is Good (with Trixie Koontz)
Life Expectancy
Robot Santa
The Taking
Life Is Good (with Trixie Koontz)
Every Day's a Holiday
**Odd Thomas (Read my review on this book)
The Face
**By the Light of the Moon
One Door Away From Heaven
The Paper Doorway
From the Corner of His Eye
False Memory
**Seize the Night
**Fear Nothing
Sole Survivor
Demon Seed (revised version)
Ticktock
Santa's Twin
Intensity
The Key to Midnight (revised version)
**Strange Highways
Chase (revised version)
**ICEBOUND (revised version of PRISON OF ICE)
Dark Rivers of the Heart
Winter Moon (inspired by Invasion 1975)
Mr. Murder
Dragon Tears
Hideaway
Cold Fire
The Servants of Twilight (prev: Twilight)
**Shadowfires
The Bad Place
Midnight
Lightning
Oddkins
Watchers
Twilight Eyes (expanded version)
**Strangers
Twilight Eyes (original version)
The Door to December
Darkfall
Twilight (later: The Servants of Twilight)
Phantoms
The House of Thunder
The Eyes of Darkness
The Mask
**Whispers
The Funhouse
The Voice of the Night
The Key to Midnight
The Vision
FACE OF FEAR
**Night Chills
Invasion (inspiration for Winter Moon 1994)
Dragonfly
The Long Sleep
Nightmare Journey
The Wall of Masks
After the Last Race
Strike Deep
Surrounded
Hanging On
Shattered
A Werewolf Among Us
Blood Risk
Demon Seed (original version)
The Haunted Earth
Chase (original version)
The Dark of Summer
Dance with the Devil
Children of the Storm
A Darkness in My Soul
The Flesh in the Furnace
Starblood
Time Thieves
Warlock
Legacy of Terror
The Crimson Witch
Demon Child
Anti-Man
Beastchild
Dark of the Woods
Soft Come the Dragons
Hell's Gate
The Dark Symphony
The Fall of the Dream Machine
Fear that Man
Star Quest
**=My personal recommendation
Please keep in mind I have not yet read all the books! But soon hope too!
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"Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled."
Dean Koontz
"Ever since I was a kid , I've loved humour of the absurd. Ernie Kovacs, Stan Freberg, Jack Douglas, Ed Bluestone, early Steve Martin, recently Steven Wright - all of those guys with the really strange extra edge can make me laugh until I'm too limp to stand up. Then I have to be taken to a dry cleaner to be steamed, starched and pressed, but thereafter I'm as good as new."
Dean Koontz
