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The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz is now online!

May 7, 2018

Welcome to the brand new online version of The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz!

What makes this version different than the previous two?

This isn’t just a blog. The blog continues as part of this site, but there is SO MUCH MORE.
This site contains the content of what was going to be in the many-years-late print book from Cemetery Dance Publications. There still may be a book someday, not for now, it’s all available to you, for free, here on this site.

Though today is the official launch date, there’s still a lot of content that’s not on the site yet. As of today, I’ve entered everything from G-Z with some exceptions.

For those of you that like stats, at the time of this post there are 445 guide entries containing 1,044 individual editions and the site as a whole has 1,270 images. By my estimates, only about 50% of the content is in the site right now.

Feel free to comment, submit new content, I just ask that you first read Noah Mitchell’s Foreword, my Introduction, the About the Guide page, and the FAQ, before asking too many questions. There are a lot of answers already on those pages.

In the weeks and months to come I’ll continue to enter more content slowly but surely. Be sure to keep an eye here, or on Facebook or Twitter for continuing news and new content announcements.

What’s New and Updated, December 14, 2025

December 14, 2025

Two older items this week.

Korean ad to Odd Thomas (Film)
Updated Reason cover to Appendix B

Throwback Thursday: Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers, Second Edition

December 11, 2025

What’s New and Updated December 7, 2025

December 7, 2025

One new and two back-fills this week.

After Death Trade Paperback
NOTE Trade Paperback
From the Desk of Dean: A first for this newsletter! And something predictable.

Throwback Thursday: Introduction to Where There’s a Will by Rex Stout

December 4, 2025

What’s New and Updated November 30, 2025

November 30, 2025

A six-day weekend was all I needed to ger re-focused on trying to get one new thing per day posted. Let’s see if I can keep it up.

Stephen King on 60 Minutes to Appendix G(1)
Children’s Literature Association of Utah nomination to The Paper Doorway
From the Desk of Dean: The Friend of the Family, coming this January
Cover of Reason, November 1996
The House at the End of the World LP TPBK
Infinity Five review to “Grayworld”

Throwback Thursday: The Mystery Fancier

November 27, 2025

The Mystery Fancier, July 1977 — July 1977

The Koontzeañera

November 23, 2025

No real update this week but I will leave you with this…

Throwback Thursday: Introduction to Frankenstein – Marquis Trade Paperback Edition

November 20, 2025

What’s New and Updated November 19, 2025

November 16, 2025

Just the one item today. And yes, as you may have noticed, I missed a bunch of the more recent large print editions. I’m working on ordering one per paycheck until I’m caught up.

The Big Dark Sky LP TPBK

Bad Weather Friend ARC needed

November 15, 2025

Yes, I have a photo of one, but I don’t have one in my collection. If you’ve got one for sale, please let me know.

Throwback Thursday: Shattered by K.R. Dwyer UK HC

November 13, 2025

What’s New and Updated November 9, 2025

November 9, 2025

Here it is!

The Friend of the Family ARC

Throwback Thursday: Writer’s Digest

November 6, 2025

Writer's Digest, March 1969 — **March 1969**

What’s New and Updated November 2, 2025

November 2, 2025

A great new item will be arriving soon. Meanwhile…

From the Desk of Dean: Happy Halloween from Koontzland
The Bad Weather Friend Large Print Trade Paperback

Throwback Thursday: Icebound UK ARC

October 30, 2025

https://collectingkoontz.com/guide/icebound — 1995

What’s New and Updated October 26, 2025

October 26, 2025

With the addition of the Large Print TPBK edition of After Death to the collection I realized the related “NOTE” entry way out of date. So here are those updates, along with a new edition of October Dreams II.