Most Popular Mainstream Books of the 2000s

The Little Girl and The Cigarette

Benoît Duteurtre

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Social Science Fiction · Translation · Mainstream

March 1, 2007

Generosity

Richard Powers

Science Fiction · Mainstream

September 29, 2009

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories

David Stuart Davies, Wilkie Collins

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

May 8, 2006

How the Dead Live

Will Self

Fantasy · Mainstream

2000

Let's All Kill Constance

Ray Bradbury

Mainstream · Thriller

2003

Christ the Lord #2

The Road to Cana

Anne Rice

Mainstream

March 4, 2008

Christ the Lord #1

Out of Egypt

Anne Rice

Mainstream

2005

Painkillers

Simon Ings

Mainstream

2000

The Elijah Tree

Cynthea Masson

Fantasy · Mainstream

July 2009

The Giant-Slayer

Iain Lawrence

Fantasy · Young Adult · Mainstream

2009

Quest of the Shadow-Forge

Stephen J. Bauer

Science Fiction · Mainstream

2009

The Vintner's Luck #2

The Angel's Cut

Elizabeth Knox

Fantasy · Mainstream

2009

Slewfoot Sally and the Flying Mule: Tall Tales from Cotton County, Texas

Ardath Mayhar

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

2009

How to Paint a Dead Man

Sarah Hall

Fantasy · Mainstream

2009

Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories

Lauren Groff

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

January 2009

Raven #1

Raven: Blood Eye

Giles Kristian

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

February 26, 2009

The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove

Lauren Kate

Young Adult · Mainstream

November 12, 2009

Marius' Mules: The Conquest of Gaul

S. J. A. Turney

Mainstream

April 17, 2009

The Best of Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

April 30, 2009

Falling

Sharon Dogar

Fantasy · Young Adult · Mainstream

March 22, 2009

Vlad: The Last Confession

Chris Humphreys

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2008

The Blue Fox

Sjón

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Translation · Mainstream

March 2008

Spirit Bear #2

Ghost of Spirit Bear

Ben Mikaelsen

Fantasy · Young Adult · Adventure · Mainstream

June 2008

Sovay

Celia Rees

Young Adult · Adventure · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

August 2008

Red Die

Roger Norman

Fantasy · Mainstream

2008

The View from the Seventh Layer

Kevin Brockmeier

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

2008

The Adventures of Stately Homes and Sherman Horn

Arthur Porges

Short Stories · Mainstream

2008

The Monsters of Templeton

Lauren Groff

Horror · Mainstream

2008

Quakeland

Francesca Lia Block

Short Stories · Mainstream

2008

The Sun's Bride

Gillian Bradshaw

Mainstream

2008

Black and White

Lewis Shiner

Mainstream

2008

Desideria

Nicole Kornher-Stace

Fantasy · Mainstream

2008

The King's Man #2

Seer of Egypt

Pauline Gedge

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2008

Crazy Love

Leslie What

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

2008

Prisoner of the Raven

Kirby Crow

Mainstream

2008

Rocamora #1

Rocamora

Donald Michael Platt

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

2008