Most Popular Mainstream Books of the 2020s

Robert Langdon #6

The Secret of Secrets

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

September 9, 2025

Eibonvale Chapbook Line

The January Estate

Charles Wilkinson

Weird Fiction · Mainstream

February 1, 2022

The Last Kingdom #13

War Lord

Bernard Cornwell

Medieval · War & Military · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

October 15, 2020

The MANIAC

Benjamin Labatut

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

October 3, 2023

Act of Oblivion

Robert Harris

Suspense Thriller · War & Military · Adventure · Alternate History · Historical Fiction

2022

Beasts of the Sea

Iida Turpeinen

Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

October 23, 2025

Lord of the Flies

William Golding, Aimée de Jongh

Horror · Graphic Novels · Movie · Mainstream

September 9, 2024

When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamin Labatut

Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

March 9, 2020

Utopia Avenue

David Mitchell

Science Fiction · Mainstream

July 14, 2020

The Dragonscale Trilogy #1

The Orb of Sovereignty

Edward Austin

Fantasy · Mainstream

December 14, 2024

The Cassandra Complex

Holly Smale

Science Fiction · Mainstream

May 11, 2023

Killer Instinct #9

The Spider

Lars Kepler

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller

July 25, 2023

Killer Instinct #8

The Mirror Man

Lars Kepler

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller

January 6, 2022

The Empusium

Olga Tokarczuk

Horror · Demon · Shapeshifters · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

September 24, 2024

The Lamplighters

Emma Stonex

Horror · Mainstream · Mystery

March 2021

Goon Squad #2

The Candy House

Jennifer Egan

Science Fiction · Mainstream

April 5, 2022

Killer Instinct #7

Lazarus

Lars Kepler

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Translation · Mainstream · Thriller

March 19, 2020

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

Science Fiction · Mainstream

November 2, 2023

Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

Margaret Atwood

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

March 7, 2023

Dearly

Margaret Atwood

Poetry · Mainstream

November 10, 2020

Wild Dark Shore

Charlotte McConaghy

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Mainstream

March 4, 2025

Liberation Day

George Saunders

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

October 2022

The Intrigue

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mainstream

July 14, 2026

The Song of Stork and Dromedary

Anjet Daanje

Gothic Horror · Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

August 18, 2026

Culpability

Bruce Holsinger

Mainstream

July 8, 2025

Ixelles

Johannes Anyuru

Magical Realism · Translation · Mainstream

October 8, 2024

Alpha Blood - The Battle for Sanguis #3

Gen A

C.M. James

Horror · Science Fiction · Adventure · Mainstream · Mystery

October 10, 2024

Light of the World #2

Menewood

Nicola Griffith

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

October 3, 2023

The Night Ship

Jess Kidd

Dark Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Mystery

2022

The Last Goddess

Kateřina Tučková

Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

May 1, 2022

Chaos Rises Saga #4

Blossoms of Doom

Kevin Nichols

Fantasy · Adventure · Mainstream

September 15, 2022

Chaos Rises Saga #3

Roots of Chaos

Kevin Nichols

Fantasy · Adventure · Mainstream

August 5, 2022

Chaos Rises Saga #2

Soils of Darkness

Kevin Nichols

Fantasy · Adventure · Mainstream

July 1, 2022

Chaos Rises Saga #1

Seeds of Light

Kevin Nichols

Fantasy · Mainstream

June 1, 2022

The Snow Leopard of Moscow and Other Stories

Matthew G. Rees

Fantasy · Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

March 9, 2022

Cree: The Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology

Elaine Canning

Weird Fiction · Anthology · Mainstream

2022