After Harry Potter captivated the muggle world in 2000, a series of other long international bestsellers (dubbed "bricks" because of their heft and thickness) followed, including mystery thriller The Da Vinci Code in 2004 and the poignant The Kite Runners in 2005.
繼 2000 年迷倒「麻瓜」的《哈利波特》後，2004 年驚悚懸疑的《達文西密碼》、2005 年感動人心的《追風箏的孩子》，都是此波全球長篇小說「磚頭書」浪潮的奠基代表作品。