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by sloroller on February 13th, 2007

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Has anyone read any Dean Koontz novels?

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  • by jtolb65 on February 17th, 2007

    jtolb65

    I've got probably a dozen or so of his novels. He seems to be pretty hit-or-miss to me. Some are great, some don't really work for me. But he wrote one of my favorite all-time novels, Strangers.

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  • by bagless77 on February 17th, 2007

    bagless77

    His was the first real novel that I read. I feel in love and then had to start alternating between him and King as they both tend to tell the same story over and over. Peter Straub is another great writer in that genre. If interested in Koontz, however, may I recommend "The Face". It is an intriguing tale and very well written, much better than anything else of his I have ever read.

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  • by justme32 loves the weekends on February 13th, 2007

    justme32 loves the weekends

    Ive read every Dean Koontz novel at my local library...about 7.

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  • by Floater on August 25th, 2008

    Floater

    Yes- Many of them. Like his style very much.

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  • by gamergirl on April 17th, 2007

    gamergirl

    I love Dean Koontz...i own almost everyone of his books and my favorite has to be either "Whispers" or "Lightning" He has some of the most intriguing ideals...hes just an amazing author. I cant wait for a new book...

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  • by Thundercleese on February 25th, 2007

    Thundercleese

    I've read a bunch.

    None recently though.

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  • by Brickson on February 23rd, 2007

    Brickson

    I've read 7 or 8, pretty bizarre, but interesting enough to keep me reading. One of my sister's really liked him and gave me one, after that I bought the rest.

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  • by cmb71129 on February 20th, 2007

    cmb71129

    Ive only read demon seed and icebound so far.

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  • by unknown on February 17th, 2007

    unknown

    Yes, several of his novels, in fact. However, after a while they all kind of started to meld into one long, continuing story. That's why I stoped reading them.

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  • by Jenniferocious on February 13th, 2007

    Jenniferocious

    I read a few. My mom used to love his books, so after she was done she'd pass them on to me. I can't recall any off the top of my head though.

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  • by Anonymous on February 13th, 2007

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    I read Watchers several years ago and I thought it was okay. Afterwards, I read Falling (I think that's the name) and thought it was slow and boring, so I stopped reading Koontz.

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  • by Merfish on August 25th, 2008

    Merfish

    I have read:
    One Door Away from Heaven
    Odd Thomas
    Darkfall
    Dragon Tears

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  • by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on August 25th, 2008

    killdrphil - reasonable for a madman

    These are all his books and other writings. I've read about 1/3 so far. My favorite book of his is The Bad Place.

    * 1970 - Hung (as Leonard Chris)
    * 1970 - Hell's Gate
    * 1970 - Dark Symphony
    * 1970 - Dark of the Woods
    * 1970 - Beastchild
    * 1970 - Anti-Man
    * 1970 - The Underground Lifestyles Handbook (with Gerda Koontz), nonfiction
    * 1970 - The Pig Society (with Gerda Koontz), nonfiction
    * 1970 - Soft Come the Dragons, short story collection
    * 1970 - "Unseen Warriors", short fiction
    * 1970 - "Shambolain", short fiction
    * 1970 - "The Crimson Witch", short fiction
    * 1970 - "Beastchild", short fiction
    * 1970 - "Emanations", short fiction
    * 1970 - "The Mystery of His Flesh", short fiction
    * 1970 - "The Good Ship Lookoutworld", short fiction
    * 1970 - "Nightmare Gang", short fiction
    * 1970 - "A Third Hand", short fiction
    * 1971 - Legacy of Terror (as Deanna Dwyer)
    * 1971 - The Crimson Witch
    * 1971 - "Bruno", short fiction
    * 1972 - Warlock!
    * 1972 - Time Thieves
    * 1972 - Starblood
    * 1972 - Demon Child (as Deanna Dwyer)
    * 1972 - A Darkness in My Soul
    * 1972 - The Dark of Summer (as Deanna Dwyer)
    * 1972 - Children of the Storm (as Deanna Dwyer)
    * 1972 - The Flesh in the Furnace
    * 1972 - Chase (as K. R. Dwyer)
    * 1972 - Writing Popular Fiction, nonfiction
    * 1972 - "A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village", short fiction
    * 1972 - "Ollie's Hands", short fiction
    * 1972 - "Altarboy", short fiction
    * 1972 - "Cosmic Sin", short fiction
    * 1972 - "The Terrible Weapon"
    * 1973 - Shattered (as K. R. Dwyer)
    * 1973 - Demon Seed
    * 1973 - A Werewolf Among Us
    * 1973 - The Haunted Earth
    * 1973 - Hanging On
    * 1973 - Dance with the Devil (as Deanna Dwyer)
    * 1973 - Blood Risk (as Brian Coffey)
    * 1973 - "The Undercity", short fiction
    * 1973 - "Terra Phobia", short fiction
    * 1973 - "Wake Up To Thunder", short fiction
    * 1973 - "The Sinless Child", short fiction
    * 1973 - "Grayworld", short fiction
    * 1974 - Surrounded (as Brian Coffey)
    * 1974 - After the Last Race
    * 1974 - "Night of the Storm", short fiction
    * 1974 - "We Three", short fiction
    * 1975 - Wall of Masks (as Brian Coffey)
    * 1975 - Nightmare Journey
    * 1975 - The Long Sleep (as John Hill)
    * 1975 - Dragonfly (as K. R. Dwyer)
    * 1975 - Invasion (as Aaron Wolfe), reissued as Winter Moon in 1994
    * 1976 - Prison of Ice (as David Axton), reissued as Icebound in 1995
    * 1976 - Night Chills
    * 1977 - The Vision
    * 1977 - The Face of Fear (as Brian Coffey)
    * 1979 - The Key to Midnight (as Leigh Nichols)
    * 1979 - CHiPs episode 306: Counterfeit (as Brian Coffey), screenplay
    * 1980 - Whispers
    * 1980 - The Voice of the Night (as Brian Coffey)
    * 1980 - The Funhouse (as Owen West)
    * 1981 - The Mask (as Owen West)
    * 1981 - The Eyes of Darkness (as Leigh Nichols)
    * 1981 - How To Write Best-Selling Fiction, nonfiction
    * 1982 - The House of Thunder (as Leigh Nichols)
    * 1983 - Phantoms
    * 1984 - Darkfall
    * 1985 - Twilight Eyes, reissued with extension in 1987
    * 1985 - The Door to December (as Richard Paige)
    * 1986 - Strangers
    * 1986 - "The Black Pumpkin", short fiction
    * 1986 - "The Monitors of Providence", short fiction
    * 1986 - "Snatcher", short fiction
    * 1986 - "Weird World", short fiction
    * 1986 - "Down in the Darkness", short fiction
    * 1987 - Watchers
    * 1987 - Shadow Fires (as Leigh Nichols)
    * 1987 - "Graveyard Highway", short fiction
    * 1987 - "Twilight of the Dawn", short fiction
    * 1987 - "Miss Atilla the Hun", short fiction
    * 1987 - "Hardshell", short fiction
    * 1987 - "The Interrogation", short fiction
    * 1988 - The Servants of Twilight (as Leigh Nichols)
    * 1988 - Lightning
    * 1988 - Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages, a children's book
    * 1989 - Midnight
    * 1989 - "Trapped", short fiction
    * 1990 - The Bad Place
    * 1991 - Cold Fire
    * 1992 - Hideaway
    * 1993 - Mr. Murder
    * 1993 - Dragon Tears
    * 1994 - Winter Moon
    * 1994 - Dark Rivers of the Heart
    * 1994 - Strange Highways, short story collection
    * 1995 - Icebound
    * 1995 - Strange Highways
    * 1996 - Intensity
    * 1996 - Ticktock
    * 1996 - Santa's Twin, a children's book
    * 1997 - Demon Seed (revised)
    * 1997 - Sole Survivor
    * 1998 - Fear Nothing
    * 1998 - Seize the Night
    * 1998 - Phantoms, screenplay
    * 1998 - "Pinkie", short fiction
    * 1999 - False Memory
    * 1999 - "Black River", short fiction
    * 2000 - From the Corner of His Eye
    * 2001 - One Door Away from Heaven
    * 2001 - The Paper Doorway : Funny Verse and Nothing Worse, a children's book
    * 2001 - "Qual Con", short fiction
    * 2002 - By the Light of the Moon
    * 2003 - The Face
    * 2003 - Odd Thomas
    * 2003 - Every Day's a Holiday : Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times, a children's book
    * 2003 - The Book Of Counted Sorrows, poetry collection
    * 2004 - The Taking
    * 2004 - Life Expectancy
    * 2004 - Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin, a children's book
    * 2004 - Life is Good! Lessons in Joyful Living (with Trixie Koontz), nonfiction
    * 2005 - Prodigal Son (with Kevin J. Anderson), Book One in the Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series
    * 2005 - Velocity
    * 2005 - City of Night (with Ed Gorman), Book Two in the Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series
    * 2005 - Forever Odd
    * 2005 - Christmas Is Good!: Trixie Treats And Holiday Wisdom (with Trixie Koontz), nonfiction
    * 2005 - Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, screenplay
    * 2006 - The Husband
    * 2006 - Brother Odd
    * 2007 - The Good Guy
    * 2007 - The Darkest Evening of the Year
    * 2008 - Odd Hours
    * 2008 - In Odd We Trust

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  • by mtsagris on August 25th, 2008

    mtsagris

    I 've been reading his novels since highschool (for about 10 years).

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  • by Yeahwell... on August 18th, 2007

    Yeahwell...

    I've read almost all of them. Some are better than others, but I love his writing style.

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  • by ChelseaMark on July 7th, 2007

    ChelseaMark

    Read about 21 . Really like him . Makes you think about all the snidey things happening in this World you never hear about.

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  • by Amphetamine is alone again on July 7th, 2007

    Amphetamine is alone again

    Have I!!!!
    I love his books.
    I am finding though, that they are changing. The older ones (Lightning, Watchers, Strangers, The Bad Place) were kind of mystery books. Some more recent ones (From the corner of his eye, One door away from heaven)were more spiritual. The most recent, however, have left me cold.
    Is it possible he's lost it???

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  • by bookdoc on July 2nd, 2007

    bookdoc

    I've said it twice on this list. So, the third time's the charm. . .

    It is so hard for me to choose a single novel as my favorite from this man who I believe to be the greatest living author. His prose is infused with poetry and his novels ask the difficult questions, while underscoring the power of the human spirit. I just purchased his most recent (The Good Guy) and am relishing the thought of opening it tonight!

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