Best Selling Fiction 2000 - 2009

Below is a list of fiction that topped the best seller lists and/or impressed literary critics for the first 10 years of the 21st Century. It provides a window into what intrigued us and gives us a barometer of our literary, pop culture, and leisure reading tastes.

This is the fiction that rocked the decade!

2000 – The Brethren – John Grisham

2000 – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon

2000 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling

2000 – The Mark – Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

2000 – Journey – Danielle Steel

2000 – The Bear and the Dragon – Tom Clancy

2000 – The Wedding – Danielle Steel

2000 – Angels and Demons – Dan Brown

2001 – The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen

2001 – Atonement – Ian McEwan

2001 – Desecration – Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

2001 – Skipping Christmas – John Grisham

2001 – Austerlitz – W.G. Sebald

2001 – Dreamcatcher – Stephen King

2001 – Choke – Chuck Palahniuk

2001 – Empire Falls – Richard Russo

2002 – The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

2002 – The Summons – John Grisham

2002 – Red Rabbit – Tom Clancy

2002 – Prey – Michael Crichton

2002 – The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd

2002 – Snow – Orhan Pamuk

2003 – The DaVinci Code – Dan Brown

2003 – The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

2003 – The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

2003 – The King of Torts – John Grisham

2003 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling

2003 – The Bleachers – John Grisham

2003 – Any Human Heart – William Boyd

2003 – The Known World – Edward P. Jones

2004 – The Last Juror – John Grisham

2004 – The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom

2004 – Glorious Appearing – Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

2004 – Trace – Patricia Cornwell

2004 – Gilead – Marilynne Robinson

2004 – Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – Susanna Clarke

2005 – Twilight – Stephenie Meyer

2005 – On Beauty – Zadie Smith

2005 – The Broker – John Grisham

2005 – Mary, Mary – James Patterson

2005 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling

2005 – At First Sight – Nicholas Sparks

2005 – Predator – Patricia Cornwell

2005 – Haunted – Chuck Palahniuk

2006 – The Road – Cormac McCarthy

2006 – Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen

2006 – New Moon – Stephenie Meyer

2006 – Cross – James Patterson

2006 – Dear John – Nicholas Sparks

2006 – For One More Day – Mitch Albom

2006 – Hannibal Rising – Thomas Harris

2007 – A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini

2007 – The Shack – William P. Young

2007 – Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer

2007 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling

2007 – Double Cross – James Patterson

2007 – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz

2007 – The Choice – Nicholas Sparks

2007 – Playing for Pizza – John Grisham

2008 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer

2008 – Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer

2008 – Cross Country – James Patterson

2008 – Fearless Fourteen – Janet Evanovich

2008 – The Host – Stephenie Meyer

2008 – The Appeal – John Grisham

2008 – Brisingr – Christopher Paolini

2008 – The Lucky One – Nicholas Sparks

2008 – Say You’re One of Them – Uwem Akpan

2008 – The Story of Edgar Sawtelle – David Wroblewski

2009 – The Help – Kathryn Stockett

2009 – The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown

2009 – I, Alex Cross – James Patterson

2009 – The Associate – John Grisham

2009 – Witch & Wizard – James Patterson

2009 – 2666 – Roberto Bolano

2009 – Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel

2009 – Under the Dome – Stephen King

2009 – The Last Song – Nicholas Sparks

2009 – Pursuit of Honor – Vince Flynn