Top Ten Dean Koontz Books!

[@GizzMo12]

Oh n I was wondering if u could help me find a book...I actually heard it on audiobooks. N of course I can't remember wth it's called. It was a book about to hit men ordered to find n capture a man n bring him to their boss. But what they didn't know was that this man was actually a werewolf. It's also one of my faves n I can't find it anywhere 😭😭😭PLEASE WON'T ANYBODY HELP ME🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤓🤓

[@EdwardLorn]

I'm sorry, I don't know, but I'll pin your comment so people will see it.

[@GizzMo12]

@@EdwardLorn no worries luv... Thanks tho.....

[@GizzMo12]

Hey jus wanna let u know I found the book n it turns out it's a series!...sorry geek out for a minute 🤓lol It's called Wolf Hunt by Jeff Strand...n I've started Dragon Tears....🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓😉😉

[@EdwardLorn]

I hope you like it! Glad you finally found the book!

[@jessicalarsen4546]

Love Koontz's books. My absolute favorite is Watchers. And I like that there usually is a dog in his books, and that said dog doesn't tend to be killed as they usually do in horror.

[@MegBatsBujos]

The Bad Place - one of my all time favourites, love this book so much! I'm so glad I came across this video, I did want recs for actually good Koontz novels, as I haven't read a lot of his recent stuff, but I also have gaps in the early works, so thank you for this!

[@andrewmacgibbon4246]

I loved reading intensity

[@arkasrkfan007]

My personal favourite Dean Koontz novel is Whispers. Have you read it? If yes, then what you reckon? Would you recommend it to someone or not?

[@djhedgepath7967]

Lightning is my favorite. Love that book.

[@alancarnell2747]

It was my first and also #1 of his which says a lot.

[@kylegriffin5552]

The Bad Place gave me nightmares! Brilliant book.

[@keithl1189]

Just opened it back up today

[@marlene56423]

I used to love reading horror fiction...now I follow politics instead...definitely scarier

[@mikearmstrong1045]

and equally full of crap

[@EdwardLorn]

There is far more bad horror out there than good. That's a fact. Dig around the Amazon freebies and you'll come away agreeing with Mike. Unless you don't mind reading someone's unedited rough drafts, then you do you.

[@jdmartincreative]

@@EdwardLorn Sorry about that! I read it as if he was generalizing the genre, but I'm reading it how he intended now. Anyway, keep up the great videos!

[@EdwardLorn]

Cool, and thanks!

[@max.aura10k]

😂

[@coreyledin-bristol7068]

Midnight is my fav of his. Was the first one I read in 10th grade and it scared the shit outta me

[@floogelhornzzz4770]

The only Dean Koontz I've ever read was a slim paperback he wrote under the name Brian Coffey called The Voice of the Night, which Edward Lorn held up in this video. I also remember reading in a book he wrote, I think, teaching about writing that he said his first book was Ariel. It seemed interesting but in all these decades, I have never come across it. Has anyone here read it? Edward?

[@codywilliams3976]

Koontz's stuff from the mid-80s to the mid-90s are almost always great. I enjoyed LIFE EXPECTANCY quite a bit and INNOCENCE was good, in my opinion. I didn't care at all for THE CITY and I have yet to read ASHLEY BELL. I read THE SILENT CORNER and it was different for Koontz. It was kind of like Koontz trying to do THE X-FILES government conspiracy and I actually look forward to the second book. For me, Koontz is hit or miss. Sometimes he's great and sometimes he's awful.

[@EdwardLorn]

See, that X-files bit you mentioned, Koontz has been doing that his entire career. Over half of his books have some kind of government coverup/conspiracy. Off the top of my head, I can only count five books that don't have the government-coverup plot. Especially those books in the 80s and 90s. All of them have some kind of conspiracy story in them.

[@ShawnSaunders-vg3ms]

Have you not read from the corner of my eye it's great my favorite

[@CB-xr1eg]

You should read all of the Jane Hawk series. I found them to be very good. She's almost like a female Jason Bourne or James Bond. Jane Bond or jane Bourne...?

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@ShawnSaunders-vg3ms From The Corner Of *His* Eye.

[@gyptess4794]

Graduated from Mechanicsburg High School in... well, a long long time ago. My Senior High School English teacher for almost 2 years? Dean R. Koontz.

[@EdwardLorn]

Ha! Same dude?

[@gyptess4794]

Oh yes!! He was the best English teacher, the one everyone wanted, funny and entertaining . Being funny, to a teenager, is of course more important than learning anything. One of his books, written under a name that I can’t remember, took place at the racetrack back in Grantville. He left part way though my 11th grade (I had had him all of 10th grade) to take up writing full time. Seems to have worked out financially better than being a teacher in Pennsylvania till retirement!!

[@rolandofgilead43]

well if you look his 70's shit up which i have a feeling that's when you graduated his first book came out in (1968) i think? or (1969) and he was putting a lot of books out a lot back than i've never read any of them but they are long forgotten because they are all out of print. well except for maybe a few of them he did in mid to late 70's.

[@marianapgar4409]

What fun!

[@mickmick8506]

Which Demon Seed is better? The original or the rewritten.

[@catchifyoucan232]

I REALLY liked Twilight Eyes. Probably my #2 favorite of Dean Koontz. My favorite is Life Expectancy.

[@ianwilson6652]

The order changes all the time, but... 1-2: Moonlight Bay books 3- Odd Apocalypse 4- Velocity 5- Night Chills (this one sticks with you) 6- from the corner of his eye 7- dark rivers of the heart 8- strangers 9- tick tock 10- the taking

[@Shilohpreston]

My Top 10 of Dean Koont's 1.Seize The Night 2.Intensity 3.Phantoms 4.The Twhighlight Eyes 5.Strangers 6.The Watchers 7.Lightning 8.Fear Nothing 9.Midnight 10.Whispers Waiting for "Riding The Storm" (final book of Christopher Snow Trilogy)

[@EdwardLorn]

I've been waiting for that final Snow book since the end of the second book. I feel like a George RR Martin fan.

[@Shilohpreston]

One more thing. In my country (Poland) some of Koont'z books titles are stragely translated. f.ex. Seize The Night is "Korzystaj z nocy" ("Use The Night"), "Phantoms" are "Odwieczny wróg" - Ancient Enemy - the writing on the wall in one of buildings in the book, "The Twighlight Eyes: is "Inwazja" ("Invasion"), "The Watchers" are "Opiekunowie" ("The Caretakers") "Lightning" is "Grom" (Bolt) or "Anioł stróż" ("Guardian Angel"). "Fear Nothing" has the titles: Więzień ciemności (Prisoner of the Darkness), Zabójca strachu ("Fear's Killer") and Oszukać strach (Mislead The Fear).

[@EdwardLorn]

That's interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@EdwardLorn]

Thanks for 15,000 views!

[@chrisw6164]

Koontz is great, but the “samey” aspect of his writing can get tedious. In recent decades, he’s tried to start series fiction and I haven’t liked any of it. Some of my favorites (in no order) are Phantoms, False Memory, Shattered, The Voice of the Night, Sole Survivor, Watchers, and Lightning. I haven’t read Koontz in at least 20 years, but he is an exceptionally skilled suspense writer and you always know what you’re going to get.

[@patcoston]

I wanna try my first Koontz book so I'm watching vids like this one to get some ideas. I checked the Wikipedia descriptions of all the books you showed but none interested me. I'll keep searching.

[@ernestschultz5065]

Twilight eyes I definitely my favorite Koontz. I read about 50 of his books and stopped for the very same reason you did. I came across your video because I was looking for an older Koontz audio book to listen to. Loved Darkfall too.

[@EdwardLorn]

Cool. Thanks for watching.

[@jakegolovin2795]

My old man loved Dean Koontz. I'm yet to indulge in his books for myself. Will be taking your list with me to the store 🙂

[@EdwardLorn]

Cool. Enjoy!

[@edbredin6406]

Thanks for your review on Koontz books. Ur top 5 I've only read one The Bad Place. Great book 📖. I've read a lot of Koontz and King. But years ago I read 5 Richard Layman books and I'm going to start them again. I've ordered 2 from the local library. A lot of his books are out of print.

[@TheAlleycat77]

Really great list. I would also add Intensity, Dark Rivers of the Heart, False Memory, The Husband, and The Taking (just because it was so freaking weird ha ha).

[@edwardbaumbarger4496]

I'm a huge fan of Dean Koontz...I even have an autographed photo of him. My favorites are The Odd Thomas series, Frankenstein series, The Funhouse, Demon Seed, Tick Tock, Winter Moon, Your Heart Belongs to Me. Definitely check them out if you haven't.

[@revaazul3541]

Just came across your channel. I'm subscribing. I'm reading my first Dean Koontz book right now. The Darkest Evening of The Year. I also picked up Whispers. I'll check out your recommendation. Thanks

[@brl412pug4]

I haven't read a lot of Dean Koontz's books, but one I really enjoyed (my favorite) is By the light of the moon.

[@suecollins3246]

One of my three favourites! Strangers and Lightning are the other two.

[@katatonickiwi8310]

Wow. You got 4 out of 5 of my faves :D My 5th would have been either Midnight or The Taking. I'll have to read "The Voice of the Night", missed that one during my Koontz stage.

[@robertspencer5219]

Edward, really enjoying your channel. The recent Dean Koontz interest brought me here originally but I've decided I really like his work so up popped this video and I subscribed since you reviewed lots of other stories I would like to read eventually. Thanks!

[@Zoltarman]

Why is it that the majority of the Koontz books are in the pocketbook format?

[@drew.reviews]

I'm with you on Darkfall. I love that book. The chase scene in the snow is an awesome scene. A great little story. I have Twilight Eyes on hold at my library just based on your recommendation. Cheers.

[@Jennyonfire]

Have you read Robert McCammon? Everyone raves about Swan Song, which is great. But The Border, which is a newer one (aliens) is awesome. I never could get into Koontz. I find it the same formula and so predictable.

[@EdwardLorn]

+Jen Bernardini Dean Koontz is mostly garbage unless you grew up with him. I enjoy McCammon but his first two novels almost scared me off. I loved BOY'S LIFE and GONE SOUTH though. Haven't read anything of his after he came back from his ten-year hiatus.

[@Jennyonfire]

Edward Lorn Boys Life is awesome. Give The Border a try. It’s so good. I didn’t care for Sings The Nightbird. But I loved Swan Song and I travel by Night. I’m pretty sure he’s coming out with something new soon.

[@EdwardLorn]

+Jen Bernardini I'll try THE BORDER eventually. I'm doing a chronological read through of his books slowly but surely. Next up is THEY THIRST. I too didn't care for NIGHTBIRD.

[@Jennyonfire]

The Ghastly Grimoire I haven’t read Stinger yet. It’s on my Amazon wish list !

[@CanisYJ]

Jen Bernardini have you read Boys Life? B T DUB : Swan Swan did kick ass though right? Lol

[@aallerton]

I read lots of Koontz books in my early teens, then in Polish because I didn't know English yet (I was lucky to find tons of good, scarry stuff in my tiny local library in the little town where I'm from, that was how I also got to know King, Barker, Rice etc.) I most fondly remember "The Bad Place" and "Phantoms" and reread them later in English, having lots of fun. (Yeah, that bad guy had four of something but no something else hahahaha, love early Koontz for those wild ideas.) There are quite a few of his books that I remember enjoying a lot as a kid, but I don't know their titles. I didn't even know the original titles back then so that makes it harder to remember. There are 3 books in particular that I would like to find again but I only remember certain themes. If somebody could help me with the titles I will be very grateful. 1. A woman with traumatic past has (partial?) amnesia. Has visions of something shiny moving in the darkness. Then the vision gets clearer and it turns out to be light reflected from an axe waving like a pendulum. 2. The main bad guy is actually two guys - twins, who were raised up in a way that they though they were one person. (When they had sex with each other they treated it as an act of masturbation 😁😁) 3. The bad guy in this Koontz novel is able to stop the time so that everything comes to a halt and stays still but he is able to move and, for example, kill people while they are frozen between one moment and the next. He can also do stuff with the force of his mind, is super strong, ejaculates while inflicting violence etc. etc. 🙂 Anybody can help?

[@fiffihoneyblossom5891]

77 Shadow Street is unusual for Koontz, just read it recently and it felt nothing like him. Very interesting, very good

[@EdwardLorn]

It's also pretty long too, right? His longer books are usually his personal projects while the shorter ones are just thrown together so he has something to publish for the year.

[@fiffihoneyblossom5891]

@@EdwardLorn such a breath of fresh air after a long list of watered down works. I do like your lists and observations, glad I found your channel. I rarely get time to read since I had kids so it's nice to get a solid review, giving me an idea of what to tackle when I finally do have the opportunity without wasting my time. Thanks for the good work!

[@floogelhornzzz4770]

@@EdwardLorn: Why on earth would he need to publish for the year? He's been around forever. He has a million books. And he's bloody rich! He can relax and do nothing for the rest of his life. Or he can leisurely write a book that he likes, not just pump out product like on an assembly line.

[@johnacord6224]

I stopped reading his work for about 10 years, now I've started again, and I'm glad I did. I like both the old and the new. Seems like every book has a golden retriever and has the word twilight mentioned at least once. It's almost a game I play to see the themes and certain words that are in all his books. He's still one of my favorite authors.

[@EdwardLorn]

Here's the check list I use. Have fun! 1. Blond lead/love interest 2. Dog(s) 3. Government conspiracy 4. Aliens 5. Serial Killer 6. Bougainvillea plant 7. Sodium-vapor streetlight 8. Precocious child 9. Town gone crazy 10. Psychic(s)

[@myheadiscear]

Lightning is my all-time favorite Koontz book! From The Corner of His Eye was also one of my favorites, but the first novel I read from Koontz was Shattered and that's what got me started. Nice to see a shoutout to Laymon too! Probably one of the best horror writers who ever lived. RIP! Incidentally, have you heard of Simon Clark? He's up there as one of the great horror novelists!

[@suecollins3246]

Lightning is one of my favourites. Also 'Strangers' and 'By The Light Of The Moon'. Why did he become a Catholic?

[@garyschwenk9654]

Phantoms scared the hell out of me when I first read it years ago

[@Despina838]

I've read 66 Koontz books so far and Twilight Eyes is also my number 1, excellent choice! My other favs would be Intensity, Whispers, Cold Fire, Hideaway, The Funhouse, Strangers, Velocity, Dark Rivers of the Heart, and Lightning. So many good ones. Winter Moon I actually never finished, I was bored by it. I know a lot of people loved it, though. I did finish Invasion, the one he wrote under a pseudonym that WM was based off of.

[@EdwardLorn]

Everything you listed was a lot of fun.

[@jordanzlotolow8254]

Velocity

[@jordanzlotolow8254]

rivers

[@bertsbooks2505]

There's a copy of Demon Seed kicking around here somewhere, ages since I've visited him!

[@PaulMazzoni]

Heck yeah! Darkfall and Dragon Tears are both wild rides and underrated gems. Twilight Eyes I wasn’t a fan of, but I still need to read the other two so I’ll move them up the list. I recall Life Expectancy being a lot of fun as well.

[@PaulMazzoni]

And I know people love Watchers, but I’ve avoided it because my wife said it was hokey. 😂

[@tontonetlesenfants9440]

What do you think about "whispers" and "intensity" please?

[@medusaaurora7135]

The watchers is my personal favorite

[@knittnpretty]

I am reading it again!!

[@medusaaurora7135]

@@knittnpretty say travis hello from me;)

[@rolandofgilead43]

have you read any of his 70's stuff that is out of print like The Chase for example? i think that's the title? i have a bunch of his books as well man but i've only read a couple of them to be honest, well the ones i have read and finished are and in no order is The House of thunder i was given that in my teens i think and i read it when i was in my 30's first the 1st time and i liked it up until the ending which i think ruined the book for me, Strangers is my favorite of his so much so that i lent it to a friend at work about a year or so ago. i was in high school when i read that, i was friends with a girl who was a huge fan of his work i dunno if she still is but this was (1996) Independence Day came out that summer and that fall in school she would not tell me the plot only as she felt it would ruin the story and honestly i would have read it anyways, but she said you know independence day i said yeah i went and saw it and i had in fact. it's a bit like that a little bit is how she described it to me, well for those who haven't read it no it's not just like that film but it does have a surprise ending. Soul Survivor i fucking loved man i read that when it first came out and i than gave it to my mom to read who never reads him and she loved it too i even loved the tv movie as well. i think those are the ones i've read i need to look his books up to make sure.

[@codytidwell5086]

I’ve been excited for this video! Great job.

[@codytidwell5086]

Also, I’ve never read Dragon Tears or Twilight Eyes. Should get on that ASAP. My top 5 would look like this: 5. The Bad Place 4. The City 3. Lightning 2. The Taking 1. Hideaway

[@EdwardLorn]

I hated THE CITY, but everything else you listed is great.

[@OldSchoolPrepper]

Thanks Edward, really enjoying your channel. i know this would add work, but if you could do a high level book synopsys that would be very cool. otherwise I have to keep pausing your video and looking up the books to see plot and then returning to your video. of course I can do the work too...but if it's not too much work for you to do a quick read of the dust jacket (or back) that would be awesome sauce!

[@holybatgamer5492]

Yes! Please do a Richard Laymon top 10

[@EdwardLorn]

+HolyBatGamer definitely one coming in the next few weeks 😉

[@derrickmartinez958]

Richard LAymon kicks ass!!!

[@ravenhill_of_yore_1968]

have an original hardback copy of the bad place 1990, just reading it now.

[@MattGleason1]

Koontz always follows this formula for me Great Start + Intriguing Middle = Crap Ending. I gave up after 2000.

[@heavymeddle28]

I read a lot of Koontz in the 90s but there's only one that I remember being good. INTENSITY. The others I can't remember more than that I found them... Difficult. Bugs made out from diamonds or something... Corny monsters and just too much

[@badencurns2719]

I liked Velocity a lot. Was believable.

[@poetjenoetje]

Intensity is my favourite too.

[@heavymeddle28]

@@poetjenoetje yea... I'd go so far and say it was great

[@Catlover1999-t5v]

Loved this video! I’m just now getting into this author and I really appreciate how you conducted the review! I loved how you did your top five books and then the most popular novels! Very good video! New subscriber here!!

[@EdwardLorn]

Thanks, Sammi.

[@JaykAnderson]

What about. From the corner of his eye?

[@carolineschultz8217]

What the dk book that legion was based on

[@rodneyadderton1077]

I read Twilight Eyes twice. The first time I read it was euphoric. So I reread it months later felt the buzz just as intense as the first time even though I knew what was going to happen. Something about that book. I agree with you on Koontz. I feel his writing started to repeat itself about the same time he took the R. out of his name. Although I enjoyed The Taking despite the ending. I guess it was timing with what was going on in my life etc. Not with religion but well its not important. Great videos I enjoy your lists. Thanks.

[@EdwardLorn]

+Oscar Dean thanks, Oscar. I agree with you. It does seem like he went downhill after dropping the R. From his name. Weird.

[@prodigyfilms8170]

The Bad Place is my second favorite Dean Koonts book. Phantoms is my favorite and my first. I was so mind blown by it that it automatically became my favorite. But the Bad Place influenced my version Of Father Time in my Universe. Like heavily. The way that Father Time uses his powers is similar to how Dean Koonts used Teleportation. In fact its cuz of The Bad Place that I decided to give Father time Teleportation

[@GizzMo12]

Omfg👏👏👏👏👏thank u, thank u, thank u.....absolutely freakin awesome book....I wish he had a follow up book...so since we have similar taste what book can u recommend next?

[@maggiedeleon6678]

I’m loving this top ten videos, so many books!! My wallet is screaming xD

[@EdwardLorn]

I can be a bad influence 😃😃😃

[@glenkrisch4844]

I had to look at his bio to see which novel of his I last read. Turns out it was The Good Guy. I also read The Husband. No other titles since the 1990's. My favorite is Lightning, but I'm afraid to return to it in case it doesn't hold up. I read that one in about 1990. Really liking the videos, E!

[@EdwardLorn]

+Glen Krisch I reread LIGHTNING about three years ago and it was okay. It hasn't stood the test of time tho. Some real cringey stuff in that book.

[@glenkrisch4844]

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. I'll stick with my happy memories.

[@EdwardLorn]

+Glen Krisch I would.

[@KevinsKontentKorner]

Love the Bad Place. My all-time favorite Koontz, followed closely by Strangers and Watchers.

[@EdwardLorn]

Damn good books, all of them. 😁

[@queenmab1999]

Oooo found this video trying to find out what book to get next. I dont read well so I get audiobooks, My favorite book of ALL books not just koontz is The Bad Place. Im looking for another book to read that is kinda like this one book. I can only do about one or 2 audio books a month, what would you suggest?

[@EdwardLorn]

+Lynn definitely COLD FIRE or TICK TOCK. They are very close to the same kind of books.

[@queenmab1999]

Oh why thankyou sir!! I been browsing audible trying to find another story like it :) Love alien stuff and mutant monsters too kinda stuff :) Thankyou ill check them out :)

[@EdwardLorn]

+Lynn hey, drop COLD FIRE and pick up WINTER MOON instead. So WINTER MOON and TICK TOCK. you should have a lot of fun with those.

[@queenmab1999]

I love Stephen king too read the book thinner before watching the movie, the book was by far better then the movie :) I have a hard time reading most of his book they are sooo big. Took me like a year to read tommykknockers. When I was young I started to read a book that was fascinating, but never got to finish it, cant remember the name of it. something about 2 boys prolly age 12 or so, one stepped in some weird fungus or puffball, and like next day or something he was sick then started turning into something weird..for the life of me i cant figure out what book that was from...someday ill find it :)

[@EdwardLorn]

+Lynn I've never read that one. THE TOMMYKNOCKERS is one of his worst books. Maybe give 'SALEM'S LOT or PET SEMATARY a try?

[@derekavery-patz4010]

I have read "Mr. Murder, Relentless, and Intensity. All the plots are very similar but told different ways

[@EdwardLorn]

+Derek Avery-Patz yikes, RELENTLESS was terrible!

[@derekavery-patz4010]

It was ok but something that i probally will forget i read if the title wasnt so easy to remember

[@EdwardLorn]

+Derek Avery-Patz yeah, completely unremarkable

[@codyw1]

Dug Phantoms, Lightning and Servants of Twilight back in the day. Went off him at some point, he got rather samey and you could often see his own grumpiness at the world being mouthed by his characters lol

[@jamiepaolinetti5087]

Thanks for the video. Some great insight and some of his books back in the early 90's were really fun as far as NYT best seller pop culture reading goes. I loved all the books in your top 5 and I'm a big ODD fan. Here's a math test in word problem form for everyone who reads these NYTBS writers and wonders why they start to get repetitive... Start after a writer's first 4-5 hits... then make a list of all the books that come out, add up all the pages, divide by the total number of days, (hours if you really want a laugh) and then try to figure out how many pages every - single - day that writer would have to put out to have x number of books published in y amount of time over say a 20 year period. Now, what's the catch? If you're not a professional writer yourself, ask someone who is to explain the numbers and you will have your answer as to why the books get repetitive.

[@mrbgb6946]

great list... thank you..... I'd be interested in your views of Robert McCammons books and also Ray Garton's!

[@floogelhornzzz4770]

Who the Sam Hill is Ray Gartons?

[@julesflack]

I'm just getting into Laymon, so would love to see a top 10 of his works! I recently finished Resurrection Dreams and loved the hell out of it!

[@EdwardLorn]

+Julian Flack thanks, Julian. I'll work on that!

[@julesflack]

Edward Lorn Look forward to it! :-)

[@jessicapsychologicalthrill1018]

Where the link to your books

[@EdwardLorn]

I no longer publish under this name, sorry. This video is old.

[@jessicapsychologicalthrill1018]

Ok

[@tamic4555]

My first Dean Koontz book was Intensity and I couldn't put it down. I loved it so much. I also loved Watchers and Corner of His Eye.

[@daturatheband]

Hey, I have a question... where do you find books for 25 cents?

[@EdwardLorn]

Libraries and charity shops/thrift stores.

[@daturatheband]

Thanks, but one more question: how exactly do you buy them from libraries?

[@EdwardLorn]

They have sales where they sell discarded and donated books

[@FirstNameLastName-kt3zn]

Great list! I love Twilight Eyes.

[@pippavanel4170]

I'd really love a top 10 of your own books.. but would that be too peculiar for you to do? I mean I paint, and if I had to rank my paintings I'd feel disloyal to those I leave out and kinda up myself for those I include so if that's the same for writing please ignore my silly request and hope it doesn't annoy you. Thanks for this fab video, I've a few to check out, I read/listen to Koontz when I want a kind of safe for work horror? That's not quite right, like a wholesome one or one you might get from your gran or a polite person who knows you like horror. I never find his books scary and more cutesy but still fun and want to find out what happens

[@timberkrev7978]

Thanks for your comments man! I am right with you on losing interest in what Dean Koontz has written over the last twenty years or so. I have put him in the "light reading" category of my reading list. I can finish his books in a day, enjoy them for what they are, and move on without any serious thought. Mr. Koontz wasn't always like that though, as you have noted. My number one favorite by far is INTENSITY! The tension from page one just increases until you don't know whether to keep reading or give up. Right on the edge of repetitive Koontz and great ideas Koontz are two books I will reread forever. Siege The Night and Fear Nothing have a lot of the elements of INTENSITY with the heart that will become such a part of his future novels and a part of why I don't buy his books anymore. Strangers! I love this book! Dean Koontz is a great writer. I love huge stories with many characters. He nailed it! OK, that is just four. I will split it in half and say I like the early novels better than the latter.

[@dominicwyartt3598]

Hey E love your channel. Can I just ask what annoyed you about Dean Koontz to make you stop reading him. I’m new to constant reading and I just wanted to get a bit more info about what you think his main weaknesses are

[@EdwardLorn]

Repetition, redundancy, quantity over quality.

[@lloydkerns1273]

You should read the Afterward in Lightning. It is only my second Koontz read because the first Phantoms let me down. However, Lightning was great and he talks about (a possible) reason why he wrote the same book over and over: his publishers.

[@EdwardLorn]

I've read that. It's never of the reasons I realized he was doing it. That afterword kinda ruined his books for me because now I can't enjoy him anymore. Also, he's still doing it.

[@GabrielC1903]

Great video man!

[@EdwardLorn]

Thank you!

[@jessicapsychologicalthrill1018]

What’s the scariest book you every read. And what’s a good pysco thriller book

[@EdwardLorn]

Scariest is a hard one to pin down. Probably...THE GRIP OF IT, by Jac Jemc. I was unsettled throughout. A good psycho thriller is YOU, by Caroline Kepnes, or #FASHIONVICTIM, by Amina Akhtar.

[@jessicapsychologicalthrill1018]

@@EdwardLorn ok thanks

[@dominicwyartt3598]

Edward Lorn hi Ed, you are the only Book tuber on you tube who covers real horror. For me the grip of it was not for me I’m afraid but I’d love hear your opinion on this particular novel. Secondly I am novice horror writer and there is an idea which I am working on id love to tap into your expertise

[@vickysbooknook]

I’m a new subscriber and have been binging your videos lol. This is a great list! I loved Dragon Tears and The Voice of the Night. Two of my other favs are House of Thunder and Intensity :)

[@EdwardLorn]

HOUSE OF THUNDER was another good one! Thanks for watching 😊

[@JoanieMaeZie]

I’ve read maybe seven Dean Koontz books, but the Voice of the Night is my favorite. It’s awesome.

[@EdwardLorn]

+JoanieMaeZie that's a damn good money 😁

[@katkal3]

it's a popper !

[@madelineelliott5002]

Love Moonlight Bay books (Fear Nothing and Seize the Night) - wish he’d get the third book finished. But thanks for giving me some to put on the reading list in the meantime!

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

I think I have read 14 Koontz books. My top 3 would be Watchers, Dark rivers of the heart, Wispers. But honestly I don't remember mutch of them any more. its 20 years ago a read them

[@mf12060825]

I love your reviews, you do an amazing job!

[@EdwardLorn]

Thank you!

[@mothershelper1981]

I agree, most of his books have a dog in them and I enjoy that. But I just finished Lightning and there was no dog in that one. I'm surprised you didn't mention Lightning. I loved it. I also just reread Watchers. I didn't like it that much the first time but enjoyed it more the second time. I was glad you mentioned Winter Moon. I just started it.

[@EdwardLorn]

LIGHTNING is good but I prefer these more. WINTER MOON is a lot of fun 😁

[@cest_what]

I really enjoyed Lightning as well!

[@TheHoodmailbox]

Twilight Eyes was amazing!

[@jrtill5585]

Cool to see a fellow Alabamian. Would love to connect and shoot some ideas back and forth. Do you have some contact info? If I overlooked it, my apologies. Best

[@bobvanbeek101]

from the corner of his eye is fantastic, have you read it?

[@EdwardLorn]

Unfortunately, yes, yes I have lol

[@leighgarrett285]

My first Dean Koontz's book was "Sole Survivor", I enjoyed it very much...also later on read "Odd Thomas" in two days.

[@nunyabidness4220]

I used to like Koontz a lot, but somehow developed an aversion to him. The man's a bit insane, which can be a good thing, but in his case it works against him. He obsessively writes the same stuff over and over. Fully agree about Voice of the Night, though -- that was one of my favorite books as a kid. I haven't re-read it in years, but I probably should. I still remember a lot of stuff from that book, very fondly.

[@bubby2325]

I concur. Don't like Koontz's efforts for the past 10 years or more. "Twilight Eyes" is my ultimate Koontz. Appreciate your efforts... Thanks!

[@nayr7085]

Thanks this was really helpful !!!

[@XxStonedKillerxX]

I've read Midnight, From the Corner of His Eye and Twilight Eyes. I do agree with the repetition of writing though, Midnight and Twilight Eyes are similar.

[@EdwardLorn]

+XxStonedKillerxX refresh my memory. MODNIGHT is about the town taken over by a computer, right? I don't remember much about that one, but I also don't recall him ever writing another book like TWILIGHT EYES.

[@XxStonedKillerxX]

Well in Midnight there are characters (and a dog) trapped in a town overrun by computer chip implanted individuals capable of turning into beasts that kill indiscriminately. In Twilight Eyes, there are characters (and a dog) who travel to a town overrun by Goblins. Its a bit of a stretch, but it just mildly annoys me.

[@EdwardLorn]

+XxStonedKillerxX there's a dog in TWILIGHT EYES? I really need to reread that because I don't recall a dog in that one. I also don't remember them going to a town. I remember the narrator and his girl hunting down the goblin headquarters, but the entire front half of the book is in the carnival, right?

[@EdwardLorn]

+XxStonedKillerxX yeah, Wikipedia doesn't mention a dog, but you're right about the small town. It's a small mining town in PA. You sure you're not thinking about one of the Christopher Snow books? Like SEIQZE THE NIGHT or FEAR NOTHING? Because those have a dog and towns overrun by baddies.

[@XxStonedKillerxX]

Yea the dogs name is Growler, he belongs to the old man they meet in Yondtstown (I think thats how its spelled) the guy who can smell the Goblins. But yes, most of the book is with the Carnival.

[@barssaglam4892]

Strangers,Intensity,The Mask,House of Thunder, are amazing also

[@RSun75]

I liked Relentless by Dean Koontz but it did get a bit ridiculous with the Sheerman Wax thing.

[@EdwardLorn]

Is that the one about the Hitman and the white creatures in the forest?

[@tricaurelie]

Watchers, Whispers, The Vision and Twilight are my faves by far...

[@BETTERNOTGOLIVEBOY]

Dragon Tears is what introduced me to koontz. I'm reading velocity currently.

[@whatever4566]

I have only read two Dean Koontz novels so far, which is Watchers and Lightning and I already thought they were very similar, though I enjoyed them anyways, I liked more Watchers than Lightning. I felt like in Lightning there were too many pages going on just describing the weapons and food for some reason. Also every character is rich and perfect....

[@alexo82191]

Love horror books. As always nice review. Keep up that great attitude

[@marinaschnierer4560]

The Voice of the Night is one of my favourite books. I haven't read the others but I do plan to read Twilight Eyes and Watchers sometime soon.

[@sarahfrost1201]

I've read Relentless (pre-GR, 4 stars, don't remember a thing about it), Velocity (pre-GR, 3 stars, even after reading my single paragraph review don't remember a thing about it), and Intensity (pre-GR, 4 stars, remember this one the best, especially the part where I didn't find it scary despite it featuring a serial killer stalking the MC).

[@EdwardLorn]

+Sarah Frost I hated every one of those books. In fact, if I did a top ten worst Koontz books those would be on it.

[@sarahfrost1201]

They're all on my 'reread to review' list because two of them are missing reviews and the one that does have one doesn't have a halfway decent one. Get your 'I told you so' button ready.

[@EdwardLorn]

+Sarah Frost oh boy. Good luck. You're gonna need it.

[@sarahfrost1201]

LOL Oh dear!

[@angusorvid8840]

I've been a huge Koontz fans since reading Phantoms in 1983. I agree with your assessment of his work. I liked Odd Thomas. Watchers had way too much romance, the religious angle of Phantoms was unnecessary, and Cold Fire served as a blueprint for a long run of Koontz works. I enjoyed The Voice of the Night. Good book. I loved The Bad Place, but the reveal about the villain was extremely bizarre. Dragon Tears is awesome, with one of the best Koontz villains ever. What a ride. Twilight Eyes is a great one. I loved the atmosphere and pacing. Fun book.

[@pearcegreatesteverleftback03]

Yes I watched this video of yours again Trash coz I’ve recently read his six books penned by Leigh Nichols. I enjoyed them all but it was very much like reading one huge novel as they all had such similar storylines!! 😷😎👍🏻

[@rodneyadderton1077]

I agree with Jen Bernardini on McCammon. He rocks

[@rianniefaneambid4459]

From the Corner of His Eye is my favorite.

[@ruarilyons7973]

Where's sieze the night mate?