Most Popular Fiction Books of the 2000s

The Malazan Book of the Fallen #2

Deadhouse Gates

Steven Erikson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

September 2000

Millennium #2

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Stieg Larsson

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Movie · Translation · Thriller

2009

Nation

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Young Adult

September 5, 2008

Azincourt

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2008

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Magical Realism · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2005

Ambergris Cycle #1

City of Saints and Madmen

Jeff VanderMeer

Fantasy · New Weird · Short Stories

2001

Chrestomanci #6

Conrad's Fate

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult

2005

Warriors #2

Fire and Ice

Erin Hunter

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Young Adult · Cats

2003

Discworld #25

The Truth

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy

November 2000

Discworld #32

Unseen Academicals

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy

September 26, 2009

The Ravenscliff Series #1

Sorcerers of the Nightwing

Geoffrey Huntington

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

2002

Let the Right One In

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Horror · Vampires · Translation

2007

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Movie

2006

The Black Phone and Other Stories

Joe Hill

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Adult

2005

Artemis Fowl #5

The Lost Colony

Eoin Colfer

Fantasy · Young Adult

2006

Black Dagger Brotherhood #5

Lover Unbound

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Romance

2007

Fablehaven #1

Fablehaven

Brandon Mull

Fantasy · Fairies · Young Adult · Movie

2006

The Hungry City Chronicles #2

Predator's Gold

Philip Reeve

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Young Adult

2003

Outlander #6

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

2005

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #2

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II

Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

Science Fiction · Comics

2003

MaddAddam

The Year of the Flood

Margaret Atwood

Science Fiction · Dystopia

September 2009

The Saga of Darren Shan #12

Sons of Destiny

Darren Shan

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2004

Elantris #1

Elantris

Brandon Sanderson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

May 2005

His Dark Materials #3

The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman

Fantasy · Young Adult

2000

Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #1

The Prefect

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 2007

Magic in Manhattan #3

Spells and Sleeping Bags

Sarah Mlynowski

Fantasy · Young Adult

2007

Tales of Middle-Earth

The Children of Húrin

J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth

April 2007

The Shamer Chronicles #4

The Shamer's War

Lene Kaaberbøl

Fantasy · Young Adult

2005

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

Science Fiction · Movie · Romance

2004

Artemis Fowl #1

Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

Fantasy · Young Adult

2001

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

Fantasy · 19th century · Fairies · Historical Fantasy · Hugo Award

2004

The First Law Trilogy #1

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

May 2006

Shifters #1

Stray

Rachel Vincent

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

2007

The Culture #6

Look to Windward

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

2000

Warriors #1

Into the Wild

Erin Hunter

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Young Adult · Cats

2003

American Gods

American Gods

Neil Gaiman

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Bram Stoker Award · Hugo Award · Locus Award

2001