Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 2000s

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

Rick Riordan

Fantasy · Greek Mythology · Young Adult · Movie · Mythology

2006

Discworld (for young readers) #3

A Hat Full of Sky

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Witches · Young Adult · Locus Award · Mythopoeic Awards

April 2004

Night Watch #3

The Twilight Watch

Sergei Lukyanenko

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Translation

2007

Black Dagger Brotherhood #2

Lover Eternal

J. R. Ward

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Romance

2006

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #4

Outcast

Michelle Paver

Fantasy · Young Adult

2007

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #3

The Sorceress

Michael Scott

Fantasy · Ghosts · Young Adult

May 26, 2009

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #4

Dead to the World

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2004

The Old Kingdom #2

Lirael

Garth Nix

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Mythopoeic Awards

2001

Temeraire #1

Temeraire

Naomi Novik

Fantasy · Dragons · Locus Award · Alternate History

January 2006

Warriors: The New Prophecy #1

Midnight

Erin Hunter

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Young Adult · Cats

2005

The Malazan Book of the Fallen #2

Deadhouse Gates

Steven Erikson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

September 2000

Nation

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Young Adult

September 5, 2008

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

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

Outlander #6

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Diana Gabaldon

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance

2005

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

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

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

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

The Witcher #3

Blood of Elves

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · David Gemmell Award · Translation

October 15, 2008

Inkworld Trilogy #2

Inkspell

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

2005

Lords of the Underworld #1

The Darkest Night

Gena Showalter

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Romance

2008