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This series is a supernatural horror mystery. The books follow the adventures of Odd, his girlfriend Stormy, and their friend Pete through various mysteries. This post will give you the order in which these stories take place so you can enjoy them all!
#1 Odd Thomas Books in Order of Publication
Here is a list of all Odd Thomas books in order. If you love mystery novels with a supernatural twist, this list will be perfect for your reading needs!
If you are new to this series you should begin in publication order. This is allow you to experience the story as it meant to unfold.
- Odd Thomas (2003)
- Forever Odd (2005)
- Brother Odd (2006)
- Odd Hours (2008)
- In Odd We Trust (2008) (Graphic Novel)
- Odd Is on Our Side (2010) (Graphic Novel)
- House of Odd (2012) (Graphic Novel)
- Odd Apocalypse (2012)
- Odd Interlude (2013) (Novella Collection)
- Deeply Odd (2013)
- You Are Destined To Be Together Forever (2014) (Short Story)
- Saint Odd (2015)
#2 Odd Thomas Books in Chronological Order
Reading the Odd Thomas books in order according to their chronological timeline is only recommended to those readers who are re-reading the series.
If you’re looking for a way to gain more insight into these characters on a second run-through, then this is the reading for you.
There are a few differences between the chronological order of Odd Thomas and its publication order. The first is the placement of the short story You Are Destined To Be Together Forever and the Graphic Novels.
While the short story and graphic novels are prequels to the series, they were written by Koontz near its completion. Therefore, it may contain spoilers for the previously published books.
Secondly, the novella collection, Odd Interlude, was originally published between Odd Apocalypse and Deeply Odd. However, according to the chronological timeline it falls between Odd Hours and Odd Apocalypse.
- You Are Destined To Be Together Forever (2014) (Short Story)
- In Odd We Trust (2008) (Graphic Novel)
- Odd Is on Our Side (2010) (Graphic Novel)
- House of Odd (2012) (Graphic Novel)
- Odd Thomas (2003)
- Forever Odd (2005)
- Brother Odd (2006)
- Odd Hours (2008)
- Odd Interlude (2013) (Novella Collection)
- Odd Apocalypse (2012)
- Deeply Odd (2013)
- Saint Odd (2015)
Is There an Odd Thomas Movie Adaptation?
Odd Thomas, a supernatural thriller movie about American paranormal mysteries and terrors, was released in 2013. It is based on Dean Koontz’s 2003 novel.
Stephen Sommers directed, wrote, and co-produced the film. It stars Anton Yelchin as Odd Thomas. Willem Dafoe as Wyatt Porter, and Addison Timlin as Stormy Llewellyn.
Who is Odd Thomas?
Odd Thomas is the protagonist of Dean Koontz’s most popular series. Koontz has published more than 100 novels during his career with nine detailing the life and adventures of Odd.
Odd Thomas is trying his best to get by as a short-order cook in a small desert town. But there’s just one draw back stopping him from leading a so-called normal life. Odd can communicate with the dead.
They can’t talk to him, but they can make their point known. So Odd does his best to help them as he can, or pass along a message. Things quickly get more complicated for Odd though, as he embarks on a race against time to thwart a gathering evil.
Collectively, Koontz’s books have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide and translated into 38 languages. Koontz has more than a dozen novels that have reached the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.
For more information about Dean Koontz, check out my list of Dean Koontz books in order.
Summary of Odd Thomas Books In Order
If you’re a fan of suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat mystery novels, then the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz is definitely for you. Continue reading for a summary of the Odd Thomas books in order!
1. Odd Thomas
The dead don’t talk. It’s not clear why.
But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it’s different.
A stranger comes to Pico Mundo, accompanied by a horde of hyena-like shades who herald an imminent catastrophe. Aided by his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, Odd will race against time to thwart the gathering evil. His account of these shattering hours, in which past and present, fate and destiny, converge, is a testament by which to live.
2. Forever Odd
Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He’s just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that’s why he’s won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death.
But when a childhood friend disappears, Odd discovers something worse than a dead body and embarks on a heart-stopping battle of will and wits with an enemy of exceptional cunning. In the hours to come there can be no innocent bystanders, and every sacrifice can tip the balance between despair and hope.
3. Brother Odd
St. Bartholomew’s Abbey sits in majestic solitude amid the wild peaks of California’s high Sierra, a haven for children otherwise abandoned, and a sanctuary for those seeking insight. Odd Thomas has come here to learn to live fully again, and among the eccentric monks, their other guests, and the nuns and young students of the attached convent school, he has begun to find his way. The silent spirits of the dead who visited him in his earlier life are mercifully absent, save for the bell-ringing Brother Constantine and Odd’s steady companion, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
But trouble has a way of finding Odd Thomas, and it slinks back onto his path in the form of the sinister bodachs he has met previously, the black shades who herald death and disaster, and who come late one December night to hover above the abbey’s most precious charges. For Odd is about to face an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered, as he embarks on a journey of mystery, wonder, and sheer suspense that surpasses all that has come before.
4. Odd Hours
After grappling with the very essence of reality itself, after finding the veil separating him from his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, tantalizingly thin yet impenetrable, Odd longed only to return to a life of quiet anonymity with his two otherworldly sidekicks: His dog, Boo, and a new companion, one of the few who might rival his old pal Elvis. But a true hero, however humble, must persevere.
Haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide, Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems. Now the forces arrayed against him have both official sanction and an infinitely more sinister authority…and in this dark night of the soul, dawn will come only after the most shattering revelations of all.
5. Odd Interlude
Odd Interlude is a collection of novellas that takes place chronologically between the fourth and the fifth Odd Thomas books.
Nestled on a lonely stretch along the Pacific coast, quaint roadside outpost Harmony Corner offers everything a weary traveler needs – a cozy diner, a handy service station, a cluster of motel room, and the Harmony family homestead presiding over it all.
But when Odd Thomas and company stop to spend the night, they discover that there’s more to this secluded haven than meets the eye – and that between life and death, there is something more frightening than either.
6. Odd Apocalypse
Once presided over by a Roaring ’20s Hollywood mogul, the magnificent West Coast estate known as Roseland now harbors a reclusive billionaire financier and his faithful servants. As well as their guests: Odd Thomas, the young fry cook who sees the dead and tries to help them, and Annamaria, his inscrutably charming traveling companion.
Fresh from a harrowing clash with lethal adversaries, they welcome their host’s hospitality. But Odd’s extraordinary eye for the uncanny detects disturbing secrets that could make Roseland more hell than haven.
Soon enough the house serves up a taste of its terrors, as Odd begins to unravel the darkest mystery of his curious career. What consequences await those who confront evil at its most profound? Odd only knows.
7. Deeply Odd
In a sinister encounter with a rogue truck driver tricked up like a rhinestone cowboy, Odd has a disturbing vision of a shocking multiple homicide that has not yet been committed. Across California, into Nevada, and back again, Odd embarks on a riveting road chase to prevent the tragedy.
Along the way, he meets – and charms – a collection of eccentrics who become his allies in a terrifying battle against a sociopath of singular boldness and cleverness. And a shadowy network of mysterious, like-minded murderers whose chilling resources seem almost supernatural.
8. You Are Destined To Be Together Forever
This exclusive eBook short story looks back – way back – to where it all began for Odd Thomas and Stormy Llewellyn, two souls who are destined to be together forever.
Amid the dizzying rides, tantalizing games of chance, and fanciful attractions of a state fair, two teenage sweethearts on the cusp of life and love’s pleasures find their way to a shadowy carnival tent brimming with curiosities. There, from the bizarre and enthralling Gypsy Mummy, a mechanized merchant of dreams and prognosticator of tomorrows, the young couple learns what fate promises for them. But fate, for Odd Thomas and Stormy Llewellyn, is something altogether different: Full of dark corners, sharp edges, and things no seer or soothsayer could ever anticipate.
And for Odd Thomas, a gallant fry cook from a sleepy California desert town, the future beckons – to listen to unquiet spirits, pursue unsettling mysteries, and learn shocking truths…for a purpose far greater than himself.
9. Saint Odd
The future is haunting Odd Thomas.
The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.
But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more. History seems to be repeating itself as Odd grapples with a satanic cult intent on bringing destruction to his town. An unseasonal storm is brewing, and as the sky darkens and the sun turns blood-red, it seems that all of nature is complicit in their plans.
Meanwhile Odd is having dreams of a drowned Pico Mundo, where the submerged streetlamps eerily light the streets. But there’s no way Pico Mundo could wind up underwater…could it?
Conclusion
Odd Thomas is entertaining and humorous for readers of all ages, but it’s also suspenseful enough to keep even the most seasoned thriller reader turning pages until they finish. So if you’re looking for a light-hearted book that will captivate your attention from beginning to end, then pick up one of Dean Koontz’s best novels today!
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