Odd Apocalypse vs Odd Hours: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Odd Apocalypse Odd Apocalypse Dean Koontz · 2012 ★★★★☆ 4.4 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Moderate

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—and their guests: Odd Thomas, the young…

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Cover of Odd Hours Odd Hours Dean Koontz · 2008 ★★★★☆ 3.7 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Moderate

A mystery in Magic Beach, California, has lured Odd to the small town by the ocean -- but is it the call of the deep or the cry of the desperate? Odd is having dreams of a red tide, vague but worrisome.

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Odd ApocalypseOdd Hours
Goodreads — 3.3 (836)
Hardcover 3.7 (65) 3.8 (109)
Google Books 3.0 (60) 4.5 (12)
Apple Books 4.5 (1060) 4.5 (359)

Reception

Odd ApocalypseOdd Hours
Ratings 1060 836
Editions 11 24
Film adaptations 1 1
Wikipedia attention 244 356
Pages 400 352

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