Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2000s

: "For other uses of the term, please see the disambiguation page at Best sellers".This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2000s, as determined by Publishers Weekly. The list features the most popular novels of each year from 2000 through 2007.

According to "Publishers Weekly", all the calculations are based on shipped-and-billed figures supplied by publishers for new books issued in 2006 and 2007 and reflect only 2007 domestic trade sales. [ [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6543964.html "They're Back -- Again and Again"] by Daisy Maryles, "Publishers Weekly", March 24, 2008.] The books in the Harry Potter series are excluded "because of the way AAP [Assoc of American Publishers] measures industry sales. The organization takes actual sales from 81 reporting companies (including Potter publisher Scholastic) and then uses Census Bureau data to extrapolate sales for the entire industry. In the past, the inclusion of Potter has distorted growth (and, in non-Potter years, the decline) of the children's category." [ [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6548127.html "Industry Sales Post Modest '07 Gains"] , "Publishers Weekly", April 7, 2008.]

2000

# "The Brethren" by John Grisham
# "The Mark: The Beast Rules the World" by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
# "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski
# "The Bear and the Dragon" by Tom Clancy
# "The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession" by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
# "The Last Precinct (novel)" by Patricia Cornwell
# "Journey" by Danielle Steel
# "The Rescue" by Nicholas Sparks
# "Roses Are Red" by James Patterson
# "Cradle and All" by James Patterson
# "The House on Hope Street" by Danielle Steel

2001

# "Desecration" by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
# "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham
# "A Painted House" by John Grisham
# "Dreamcatcher" by Stephen King
# "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen
# "Black House" by Stephen King and Peter Straub
# "The Kiss" by Danielle Steel
# "Valhalla Rising" by Clive Cussler
# "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" by Terry McMillan
# "Violets Are Blue" by James Patterson
# "Blindsighted" by Karin Slaughter

2002

# "The Summons" by John Grisham
# "Red Rabbit" by Tom Clancy
# "The Remnant" by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
# "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
# "Prey" by Michael Crichton
# "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham
# "The Shelters of Stone" by Jean M. Auel
# "Four Blind Mice" by James Patterson
# "" by Stephen King
# "The Nanny Diaries" by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

2003

# "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown
# "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom
# "The King of Torts" by John Grisham
# "Bleachers" by John Grisham
# "Armageddon" by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
# "The Teeth of the Tiger" by Tom Clancy
# "The Big Bad Wolf" by James Patterson
# "Blow Fly" by Patricia Cornwell
# "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
# "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks

2004

# "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown
# "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom
# "The Last Juror" by John Grisham
# "Glorious Appearing" by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
# "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown
# "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton
# "London Bridges" by James Patterson
# "Trace" by Patricia Cornwell
# "The Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
# "The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition" by Dan Brown

2005

# "The Broker by John Grisham
# "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown
# "Mary, Mary" by James Patterson
# "At First Sight" by Nicholas Sparks
# "Predator" by Patricia Cornwell
# "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks
# "Light from Heaven" by Jan Karon
# "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova
# "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd
# "Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich

2006

# "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom
# "Cross" by James Patterson
# "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks
# "Next" by Michael Crichton
# "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris
# "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King
# "Twelve Sharp" by Janet Evanovich
# "Cell" by Stephen King
# "Beach Road" by James Patterson and Peter De Jonge
# "The 5th Horseman" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

2007 [ [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6543964.html "They're Back -- Again and Again"] by Daisy Maryles, "Publishers Weekly", March 24, 2008.]

# "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
# "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham
# "Double Cross" by James Patterson
# "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks
# "Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich
# "Plum Lovin'" by Janet Evanovich
# "Book of the Dead" by Patricia Cornwell
# "The Quickie" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
# "The 6th Target" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
# "The Darkest Evening of the Year" by Dean Koontz

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