Most Popular Thriller Books of the 2000s

Discover popular Thriller books from the 2000s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Millennium #1

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Movie · Translation · Thriller

2008

8.8/10 30 ratings

Pendergast #4

Still Life with Crows

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2003

8.4/10 34 ratings

Millennium #2

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Stieg Larsson

Crime Fiction · Nordic Noir · Movie · Translation · Thriller

2009

8.3/10 22 ratings

Pendergast #6

Dance of Death

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2005

8.1/10 23 ratings

Pendergast #7

The Book of the Dead

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2006

8.1/10 22 ratings

Pendergast #3

The Cabinet of Curiosities

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2002

7.9/10 47 ratings

Pendergast #5

Brimstone

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2004

8.0/10 33 ratings

Odd Thomas #1

Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2003

7.7/10 38 ratings

Deep Storm

Lincoln Child

Science Fiction · Thriller

2007

7.4/10 21 ratings

Pendergast #9

Cemetery Dance

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

May 5, 2009

7.8/10 16 ratings

Pendergast #8

The Wheel of Darkness

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2007

7.5/10 21 ratings

The Raw Shark Texts

Steven Hall

Science Fiction · Science Fantasy · Thriller

2007

7.4/10 48 ratings

Robert Langdon #2

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

2003

7.4/10 128 ratings

Velocity

Dean Koontz

Thriller

2005

7.1/10 16 ratings

Harper Connelly #3

An Ice Cold Grave

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2007

7.2/10 33 ratings

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

Horror · Vampires · Historical Fiction · Thriller

2005

7.3/10 87 ratings

The Eight #2

The Fire

Katherine Neville

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

2008

7.1/10 15 ratings

Robert Langdon #1

Angels & Demons

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

2000

7.3/10 107 ratings

The Wall

Jeff Long

Thriller

2006

7.1/10 19 ratings

Utopia

Lincoln Child

Science Fiction · Thriller

2002

6.9/10 16 ratings

Harper Connelly #2

Grave Surprise

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2006

7.0/10 41 ratings

Wyman Ford #2

Blasphemy

Douglas Preston

Science Fiction · Thriller

2008

6.8/10 22 ratings

Odd Thomas #2

Forever Odd

Dean Koontz

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2005

7.2/10 26 ratings

Prey

Michael Crichton

Science Fiction · Thriller

2002

6.9/10 24 ratings

Harper Connelly #1

Grave Sight

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2005

7.0/10 59 ratings

Harper Connelly #4

Grave Secret

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

October 25, 2009

7.0/10 23 ratings

The Blue Ant Trilogy

Pattern Recognition

William Gibson

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Thriller

2003

6.7/10 26 ratings

Deception Point

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Thriller

2001

6.7/10 46 ratings

Robert Langdon #3

The Lost Symbol

Dan Brown

Mainstream · Mystery · Thriller

September 15, 2009

6.4/10 52 ratings

Creature of the Night

Kate Thompson

Fantasy · Young Adult · Thriller

June 2008

6.3/10 37 ratings

The Library of Shadows

Mikkel Birkegaard

Fantasy · Translation · Thriller

June 4, 2009

6.0/10 17 ratings

Regina's Song

David Eddings, Leigh Eddings

Fantasy · Thriller

June 2002

5.8/10 127 ratings

Will Piper #1

Library of the Dead

Glenn Cooper

Fantasy · Thriller

2009

10.0/10 1 ratings

Hap Collins and Leonard Pine #7

Vanilla Ride

Joe R. Lansdale

Thriller

2009

10.0/10 1 ratings

Last Days

Brian Evenson

Horror · Thriller

2009

10.0/10 1 ratings

Murder on the Pier

Jere Myles

Horror · Thriller

2008

10.0/10 1 ratings