Most Popular Adult Books of the 2000s

The Black Phone and Other Stories

Joe Hill

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Adult

2005

Babes on Brooms #1

Blonde with a Wand

Vicki Lewis Thompson

Fantasy · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Witches · Adult

December 22, 2009

Inspector Lynley #11

A Traitor to Memory

Elizabeth George

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

March 24, 2009

Playing for Pizza

John Grisham

Adult

September 1, 2007

Ford County

John Grisham

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

November 3, 2009

Skipping Christmas

John Grisham

Adult · Christmas Fiction · Historical Fiction

2001

Alvarez & Pescoli #2

Chosen to Die

Lisa Jackson

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Romance · Thriller

January 1, 2009

Amanda Jaffe #4

Fugitive

Phillip Margolin

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

June 2, 2009

Liz Carlyle Novels #5

Present Danger

Stella Rimington

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

October 29, 2009

The Lock Artist

Steve Hamilton

Crime Fiction · Young Adult · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

December 29, 2009

Bury Me Deep

Megan Abbott

Crime Fiction · Adult · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

June 30, 2009

Oak Knoll #1

Deeper Than the Dead

Tami Hoag

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Romance · Thriller

January 29, 2009

Kinsey Millhone #21

U is for Undertow

Sue Grafton

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

December 1, 2009

Sean Dillon #16

A Darker Place

Jack Higgins

Spy Thriller · Adult · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 27, 2009

Sean Dillon #17

The Wolf at the Door

Jack Higgins

Spy Thriller · Adult · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

September 3, 2009

A Lomax and Biggs Mystery #3

Flipping Out

Marshall Karp

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 2009

Kate Burkholder #1

Sworn to Silence

Linda Castillo

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 2009

Admission

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Adult · Romance

January 1, 2009

FBI Trilogy #3

Cutting Edge

Allison Brennan

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Romance

July 28, 2009

FBI Trilogy #2

Fatal Secrets

Allison Brennan

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Romance

May 19, 2009

FBI Trilogy #1

Sudden Death

Allison Brennan

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Romance

March 24, 2009

Tony Hill/Carol Jordan #6

Fever of the Bone

Val McDermid

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 2009

Starvation Lake #1

Starvation Lake

Bryan Gruley

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

July 1, 2009

David Trevellyan Thrillers #1

Even

Andrew Grant

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery

May 12, 2009

Boy Soldier #4

Meltdown

Andy McNab, Robert Rugby

Young Adult · Adult · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

March 8, 2009

Spenser #37

The Professional

Robert B. Parker

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 2009

Johnny Merrimon #1

The Last Child

John Hart

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

May 12, 2009

Trust Me

Jeff Abbott

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery

June 18, 2009

Alvarez & Pescoli #1

Left To Die

Lisa Jackson

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Romance · Thriller

January 1, 2008

The First Patient

Michael Palmer

Adult · Mystery · Thriller

February 19, 2008

Liz Carlyle Novels #4

Dead Line

Stella Rimington

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

October 2, 2008

A Paul Dark Novel #1

Free Agent

Jeremy Duns

Spy Thriller · Adult · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mystery

January 1, 2008

Taylor Jackson #3

Judas Kiss

J.T. Ellison

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Romance · Thriller

December 23, 2008

Taylor Jackson #2

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J.T. Ellison

Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Romance · Thriller

January 1, 2008

Sean Dillon #15

Rough Justice

Jack Higgins

Spy Thriller · Adult · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

August 19, 2008

Darby McCormick #2

The Secret Friend

Chris Mooney

Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Mystery

July 1, 2008