Dean Koontz

[CassieXO]

So I haven't read any of his work, but I am thinking of buying one of his books for my mom for her birthday, any recomendations?

[saracen77]

I enjoyed Whispers, that one had quite a twist plot to it.

House of Thunder is full of surprises.

And Watchers was good, had the cute and romance factor as well as the scary!

[CDA]

His earlier stuff is better, I'd say. Night Chills was a good one, I seem to recall.

Clicky

[Mr. Pessimistic]

His earlier stuff is better, I'd say. Night Chills was a good one, I seem to recall.

Clicky

I loved Night Chills. I wrote a song after reading that book (I was 18 at the time, so forgive the crudeness):


Fear for the Masses

V1
Enervation of conscience
Vacancy of Perception
Usurper control, not a trace of conception

V2
Awe from the offer
Discountenance denied
No time inside, for the tears they cry

Pre-C
Passive control
Cripple
I'm in your soul

C
Fear for the mind
Collapsing the kind
Rapture the mind
Fear for the masses!

V3
Domination complete
Obsolete conflagration
Lock to a key, fascination for me

V4
I'm yours and your mind
Overwhelmed from the bind
A telephone rings, the former order of things

Endtro
I am the lord, you are the slave
To serve me everyway

To follow my words, and be what I say
Is the debt to be paid

Abandon your womb, to follow me now
I can show you the way

Attaching the cords, the final phase
of the game that I play


Mr. P.

[roddglenn]

I've been a fan of Koontz since his early days before dropping the 'R'. One of my all time favourites is Phantoms. It was made into a film with Ben Afleck, Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan and Liev Schreiber but it was no where near as good as the book.

[baconpatroller]

So I haven't read any of his work, but I am thinking of buying one of his books for my mom for her birthday, any recomendations?

definitely Twilight Eyes.

[LawnTamer]

What genre does your mom like? Whispers may be a good book, but it is about deranged serial rapists and murderers, and it is quite explicit, incest galore. If your mom's favorite books are the Little House on the Prairie series, she isn't likely to enjoy it.

I thought ColdFire was OK, as was Door to December and Husband.

You may want to start her on the Odd Thomas series. They are fairly clean, and Odd is one of my favorite characters. In fact, generally Koontz doesn't write series, he once said that with Odd, he couldn't resist, he just likes the guy so much that he had to keep writing about him. It has some good plot twists, and if she enjoys it, there are 5 books in the series.

[ekobor]

My favourite, that was the second of his that I read (the first that I knowingly read by him, the first one I didn't know he wrote until after reading this one) and have read many times since is False Memory.

I've also enjoyed:
The Taking
Watchers
From the Corner of His Eye
The Vision
Husband

Why are you thinking of Koontz for her? Is she a Stephen King fan, horror/thriller/mystery fan, John Grisham person? Perhaps you are just trying to get her into a new type of novel? Are you switching her from murder-mysteries to a more fantastical theme?
Or is she already a Koontz fan, and you want to buy her one she hasn't read yet?

A bit more information and we could all be more helpfull, if you'd like. We might be able to offer books from Koontz or other authors that come closer to what you want.

Good luck.

[marceline]

So I haven't read any of his work, but I am thinking of buying one of his books for my mom for her birthday, any recomendations?

Phantoms, in my opinion, was the scariest book I ever read. Mr Koontz does fantabulous writing here!!!

[Original Cyn]

INTENSITY is what got me started in writing...its a rollercoaster ride!

[Sheila]

I really enjoyed Shattered

[Limotek]

'From the corner of his Eye' is a great book although quite disturbing.

[TanyaG84]

The only Dean Koontz I have read is False Memory. It was pretty good. I'm not huge on thrillers though.

[freckles]

Odd Thomas is in the top of my list of favourite books.
I also liked:
From the Corner of His Eye,
Fear Nothing and Seize the Night,
Life Expetency,
and lots of others.

[riceball05]

I really liked "Intensity" and "The Mask" I think those are the only two books I've read by him though so I can't really compare them to his other work. Both would definitely top my list of favorites if I would ever make a list.