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Adventure Books of the 2000s

The 288 most-read adventure books first published between 2000 and 2009, led by The Lightning Thief (2005), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) and The Sea of Monsters (2005).

This list collects 288 books from the 2000s by 215 authors, published between 2000 and 2009. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.

288 books

The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
2005★ 4.3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling
2007★ 4.3
The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
2005★ 4.5
Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
2000★ 3.6
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
2000★ 3.8
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan
2005★ 4.4
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Rick Riordan
2006★ 4.7
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
2007★ 3.9
The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
2009★ 3.6
The Blood of Olympus
Rick Riordan
2001★ 4.5
A Feast for Crows
George R. R. Martin
2005★ 4.1
Eldest
Christopher Paolini
2005★ 4.1
A Dance With Dragons
George R. R. Martin
2008★ 4.3
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
2003★ 4.1
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
J. K. Rowling
2001★ 3.7
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
2001★ 4.1
Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman
2005★ 4.0
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code
Eoin Colfer
2003★ 4.2
Altered Carbon
Richard K. Morgan
2002★ 3.9
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo
2000★ 4.2
Before They Are Hanged
Joe Abercrombie
2007★ 4.2
Knife of Dreams
Robert Jordan
2005★ 4.0
Last Argument of Kings
Joe Abercrombie
2008★ 4.2
El Misterio Del Ojo Esmeralda
Elisabetta Dami
2000★ 4.0
The Terror
Dan Simmons
2007★ 4.3
Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident
Eoin Colfer
2001★ 3.9
Il Codice del Drago
Elisabetta Dami
2005★ 4.3
Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy, Tom Percival
2006★ 4.2
The Opal Deception
Eoin Colfer
2005★ 4.1
La Ciudad De Las Bestias
Isabel Allende
2002★ 3.7
The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro
2001★ 4.1
Beast Quest
Adam Blade
2007★ 5.0
The Lightning Thief
Robert Venditti, Rick Riordan
2005★ 3.9
The Confusion. Volume II of the Baroque Cycle
Neal Stephenson, Simon Prebble
2003★ 4.0
The Icebound Land
John Flanagan
2007★ 4.1
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler
2005★ 3.8
El Zorro
Isabel Allende
2005★ 3.7
Mine Till Midnight (Platinum Romance Series)
Lisa Kleypas
2007★ 3.9
Artemis Fowl. The Lost Colony
Eoin Colfer
2006★ 3.8
Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell
2001★ 4.2
Una granita di mosche per il Conte
Elisabetta Dami
2000★ 4.5
Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
Eoin Colfer
2008★ 3.6
Dark Watch
Clive Cussler, Jack du Brul
2004★ 3.9
Grande Ritorno Nel Regno Della Fantasia
Elisabetta Dami
2007★ 4.9
El galeón de los Gatos Piratas
Elisabetta Dami
2000★ 4.7
Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton, John Bedford Lloyd
2009★ 2.8
Fool's Assassin
Robin Hobb
2001★ 4.0
1602
Neil Gaiman
2003★ 4.0
The name of this book is secret (Secret series #1)
Pseudonymous Bosch
2007★ 4.2
Toll the Hounds
Steven Erikson
2008★ 4.5
Debt of Bones (Sword of Truth Prequel Novel)
Terry Goodkind
2001★ 4.2
The Crippled God
Steven Erikson
2007★ 4.4
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty)
Ken Liu
2001★ 3.2
El reino del dragón de oro
Isabel Allende
2003★ 4.0
Exile's Return
Raymond E. Feist
2004★ 4.2
Revolutionary War on Wednesday
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca
2000★ 4.6
All You Need Is Kill
Hiroshi Sakurazaka
2004★ 3.7
Luces de Septiembre
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2003★ 3.6
Disney's the Little Mermaid
Irene Trimble, RH Disney
2002★ 5.0
Rapunzel's Revenge
Shannon Hale, Nathan Hale
2008★ 4.5
Novels (Angels & Demons / Da Vinci Code)
Dan Brown
2003★ 4.3
Black Water (Pendragon #5)
D. J. MacHale
2003★ 3.4
Drowned Wednesday
Garth Nix
2005★ 4.8
Star Wars - Death Troopers
Joe Schreiber
2009★ 3.8
Dragon's Fire
Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey
2006★ 4.2
Dangerous Tides
Christine Feehan
2006★ 4.9
Corsair
Clive Cussler, Jack du Brul
2009★ 4.2
The Haunted Castle
Elisabetta Dami
2007★ 4.8
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
2006★ 4.1
The Clockwise Man
Justin Richards, J. Richards
2005★ 4.0
La Pell Freda
Albert Sánchez Piñol
2002★ 3.7
How I became a pirate
Melinda Long, Miguel Tristan
2003★ 4.0
The Monstrumologist
Richard Yancey
2009★ 3.5
Dark Day in the Deep Sea
Mary Pope Osborne
2008★ 4.2
Conrad's Fate
Diana Wynne Jones
2005★ 4.0
City of Masks
Mary Hoffman
2002★ 3.6
Space Wolf
William King
2000
The Pirate Next Door
Jennifer Ashley, Jennifer M. Ashley
2003★ 4.0
Map of Bones
James Rollins
2004★ 4.0
El Oro Del Rey
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
2000★ 4.2
Young Samurai
Chris Bradford
2009★ 5.0
Midnight Crossroad
Charlaine Harris
2001★ 3.4
The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon)
D. J. MacHale
2003★ 3.7
The Italian secretary
Caleb Carr
2005
Trixie the Halloween Fairy
Daisy Meadows
2009
Dingoes at Dinnertime
Mary Pope Osborne
2000
The Reality Bug (Pendragon #4)
D. J. MacHale
2003★ 4.1
Across the Nightingale Floor
Lian Hearn, Mercedes Nunez
2002
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy, Peter Telep
2008
Dragon and Thief
Timothy Zahn
2003★ 4.2
Pirates!
Celia Rees
2003★ 4.0
Skybreaker
Kenneth Oppel
2005★ 4.0
Black powder war (Temeraire Book 3)
Naomi Novik
2006
Corsarios de Levante
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
2006
Dune
Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert
2004
Ghost in the Machine
Patrick Carman
2009

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