Dean Koontz's five favorite books

Dean Koontz's new novel is The City.

One of his five favorite books, as shared at The Week magazine:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Both cities in this classic are portrayed with Dickens's talent for detail. His Paris in revolution is chilling. Madame Defarge is one of the great monsters of literature. The last scene and final sentence are deeply moving, as is the author's insistence