List of years in literature
21st century
21st century
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### 2000s

* **[2000 in literature](/wiki/2000_in_literature "2000 in literature")** – Zadie Smith's *[White Teeth](/wiki/White_Teeth "White Teeth")*; Michael Chabon's *[The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \& Clay](/wiki/The_Amazing_Adventures_of_Kavalier_%26_Clay "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay")*; Naomi Klein's *[No Logo](/wiki/No_Logo "No Logo")*; Mario Vargas Llosa's *[The Feast of the Goat](/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Goat "The Feast of the Goat")*; Dan Brown's *[Angels \& Demons](/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons "Angels & Demons")*; Maeve Binchy's *[Scarlet Feather](/wiki/Scarlet_Feather "Scarlet Feather")*; Ken Follett's *[Code to Zero](/wiki/Code_to_Zero "Code to Zero")*; Mark K. Danielewski's *[House of Leaves](/wiki/House_of_Leaves "House of Leaves")*. Death of [Sally Amis](/wiki/Sally_Amis "Sally Amis") (daughter of [Sir Kingsley](/wiki/Kingsley_Amis "Kingsley Amis") and sister of [Martin](/wiki/Martin_Amis "Martin Amis")), [Gwendolyn Brooks](/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks "Gwendolyn Brooks"), [Penelope Fitzgerald](/wiki/Penelope_Fitzgerald "Penelope Fitzgerald"), [Charles M. Schulz](/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz "Charles M. Schulz")
* **[2001 in literature](/wiki/2001_in_literature "2001 in literature")** – Tahar Ben Jelloun's *Cette aveuglante absence de lumière* (*[This Blinding Absence of Light](/wiki/This_Blinding_Absence_of_Light "This Blinding Absence of Light")*); Neil Gaiman's *[American Gods](/wiki/American_Gods "American Gods")*; Yann Martel's *[Life of Pi](/wiki/Life_of_Pi "Life of Pi")*; Jonathan Franzen's *[The Corrections](/wiki/The_Corrections "The Corrections")*; W. G. Sebald's *[Austerlitz](/wiki/Austerlitz_%28novel%29 "Austerlitz (novel)")*; Ian McEwan's *[Atonement](/wiki/Atonement_%28novel%29 "Atonement (novel)")*; Ann Brashare's *[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants](/wiki/The_Sisterhood_of_the_Traveling_Pants "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants")*; Brian Jacques' *[Castaways of the Flying Dutchman](/wiki/Castaways_of_the_Flying_Dutchman "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman")*; Ken Follett's *[Jackdaws](/wiki/Jackdaws "Jackdaws")*; Stephen Hawking's *[The Universe in a Nutshell](/wiki/The_Universe_in_a_Nutshell "The Universe in a Nutshell")*. Death of [Douglas Adams](/wiki/Douglas_Adams "Douglas Adams"), [Ken Kesey](/wiki/Ken_Kesey "Ken Kesey"), [Robert Ludlum](/wiki/Robert_Ludlum "Robert Ludlum"), [R. K. Narayan](/wiki/R._K._Narayan "R. K. Narayan"), [W. G. Sebald](/wiki/W._G._Sebald "W. G. Sebald"), [Auberon Waugh](/wiki/Auberon_Waugh "Auberon Waugh") (son of [Evelyn Waugh](/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh "Evelyn Waugh"))
* **[2002 in literature](/wiki/2002_in_literature "2002 in literature")** – Orhan Pamuk's *Kar* (*[Snow](/wiki/Snow_%28Pamuk_novel%29 "Snow (Pamuk novel)")*); Julia Glass' *[Three Junes](/wiki/Three_Junes "Three Junes")*; Haruki Murakami's *Umibe no Kafuka* (*[Kafka on the Shore](/wiki/Kafka_on_the_Shore "Kafka on the Shore")*); Jonathan Safran Foer's *[Everything Is Illuminated](/wiki/Everything_Is_Illuminated "Everything Is Illuminated")*; Jeffrey Eugenides's *[Middlesex](/wiki/Middlesex_%28novel%29 "Middlesex (novel)")*; Neil Gaiman's *[Coraline](/wiki/Coraline "Coraline")*; Ken Follett's *[Hornet Flight](/wiki/Hornet_Flight "Hornet Flight")*. Death of [Camilo José Cela](/wiki/Camilo_Jos%C3%A9_Cela "Camilo José Cela"), [John B. Keane](/wiki/John_B._Keane "John B. Keane"), [Spike Milligan](/wiki/Spike_Milligan "Spike Milligan"), [Chaim Potok](/wiki/Chaim_Potok "Chaim Potok")
* **[2003 in literature](/wiki/2003_in_literature "2003 in literature")** – Dan Brown's *[The Da Vinci Code](/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code "The Da Vinci Code")*; Shirley Hazzard's *[The Great Fire](/wiki/The_Great_Fire_%28Hazzard_novel%29 "The Great Fire (Hazzard novel)")*; Per Petterson's *Ut og stjæle hester* (*[Out Stealing Horses](/wiki/Out_Stealing_Horses "Out Stealing Horses")*); Khaled Hosseini's *[The Kite Runner](/wiki/The_Kite_Runner "The Kite Runner")*; Dean Koontz's *[Odd Thomas](/wiki/Odd_Thomas_%28novel%29 "Odd Thomas (novel)")*; Christopher Paolini's *[Eragon](/wiki/Eragon "Eragon")*; Kate DiCamillo's *[The Tale of Despereaux](/wiki/The_Tale_of_Despereaux "The Tale of Despereaux")*; Jonathan Stroud's *[The Amulet of Samarkand](/wiki/The_Amulet_of_Samarkand "The Amulet of Samarkand")*. Death of [Roberto Bolaño](/wiki/Roberto_Bola%C3%B1o "Roberto Bolaño"), [Howard Fast](/wiki/Howard_Fast "Howard Fast"), [Edward Said](/wiki/Edward_Said "Edward Said")
* **[2004 in literature](/wiki/2004_in_literature "2004 in literature")** – Philip Roth's *[The Plot Against America](/wiki/The_Plot_Against_America "The Plot Against America")*; Lily Tuck's *[The News from Paraguay](/wiki/The_News_from_Paraguay "The News from Paraguay")*; José Saramago's *Ensaio sobre a Lucidez* (*[Seeing](/wiki/Seeing_%28novel%29 "Seeing (novel)")*); Colm Tóibín's *[The Master](/wiki/The_Master_%28novel%29 "The Master (novel)")*; Alan Hollinghurst's *[The Line of Beauty](/wiki/The_Line_of_Beauty "The Line of Beauty")*; Lawrence Lessig's *[Free Culture](/wiki/Free_Culture_%28book%29 "Free Culture (book)")*; Roberto Bolaño's *[2666](/wiki/2666 "2666")*; David Mitchell's *[Cloud Atlas](/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_%28novel%29 "Cloud Atlas (novel)")*; Alan Bennett's play *[The History Boys](/wiki/The_History_Boys "The History Boys")* first performed; Susanna Clarke's *[Jonathan Strange \& Mr Norrell](/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell")*; Ken Follett's *[Whiteout](/wiki/Whiteout_%28Follett_novel%29 "Whiteout (Follett novel)")*. Death of [Janet Frame](/wiki/Janet_Frame "Janet Frame"), [Stieg Larsson](/wiki/Stieg_Larsson "Stieg Larsson"), [Czeslaw Milosz](/wiki/Czeslaw_Milosz "Czeslaw Milosz"), [Jeff Nuttall](/wiki/Jeff_Nuttall "Jeff Nuttall"), [Bernice Rubens](/wiki/Bernice_Rubens "Bernice Rubens"), [Françoise Sagan](/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Sagan "Françoise Sagan"), [Hubert Selby Jr.](/wiki/Hubert_Selby_Jr. "Hubert Selby Jr."), [Susan Sontag](/wiki/Susan_Sontag "Susan Sontag")
* **[2005 in literature](/wiki/2005_in_literature "2005 in literature")** – Kazuo Ishiguro's *[Never Let Me Go](/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Go_%28novel%29 "Never Let Me Go (novel)")*; John Banville's *[The Sea](/wiki/The_Sea_%28novel%29 "The Sea (novel)")*; Rick Riordan's *[The Lightning Thief](/wiki/The_Lightning_Thief "The Lightning Thief")*; Chuck Palahniuk's *[Haunted](/wiki/Haunted_%28Palahniuk_novel%29 "Haunted (Palahniuk novel)")*; Carol Aebersold and Chanda Bell's *[The Elf on the Shelf](/wiki/The_Elf_on_the_Shelf "The Elf on the Shelf")*; Stieg Larsson's *[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo](/wiki/The_Girl_With_the_Dragon_Tattoo "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo")*; Stephenie Meyer's *[Twilight](/wiki/Twilight_%28Meyer_novel%29 "Twilight (Meyer novel)")*; Carrie Vaughn's *[Kitty and the Midnight Hour](/wiki/Kitty_and_the_Midnight_Hour "Kitty and the Midnight Hour")*. Death of [Saul Bellow](/wiki/Saul_Bellow "Saul Bellow"), [John Fowles](/wiki/John_Fowles "John Fowles"), [Elizabeth Janeway](/wiki/Elizabeth_Janeway "Elizabeth Janeway"), [Arthur Miller](/wiki/Arthur_Miller "Arthur Miller"), [Claude Simon](/wiki/Claude_Simon "Claude Simon"), [Hunter S. Thompson](/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson "Hunter S. Thompson"), [Yvonne Vera](/wiki/Yvonne_Vera "Yvonne Vera"), [August Wilson](/wiki/August_Wilson "August Wilson")
* **[2006 in literature](/wiki/2006_in_literature "2006 in literature")** – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's *[Half of a Yellow Sun](/wiki/Half_of_a_Yellow_Sun "Half of a Yellow Sun")*; Richard Dawkins's *[The God Delusion](/wiki/The_God_Delusion "The God Delusion")*; Kiran Desai's *[The Inheritance of Loss](/wiki/The_Inheritance_of_Loss "The Inheritance of Loss")*; Roberto Saviano's *Gormorra* (*[Gomorrah](/wiki/Gomorrah_%28book%29 "Gomorrah (book)")*); Gerbrand Bakker's *Boven is het stil* (*[The Twin](/wiki/The_Twin_%28novel%29 "The Twin (novel)")*); Cormac McCarthy's *[The Road](/wiki/The_Road "The Road")*; Stieg Larsson's *[The Girl Who Played With Fire](/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Played_With_Fire "The Girl Who Played With Fire")*; John Boyne's *[The Boy in the Striped Pajamas](/wiki/The_Boy_in_the_Striped_Pajamas "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas")*; Joe Abercrombie's *[The Blade Itself](/wiki/The_Blade_Itself "The Blade Itself")*; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's *[Wizard of the Crow](/wiki/Wizard_of_the_Crow "Wizard of the Crow")*. Death of [Peter Benchley](/wiki/Peter_Benchley "Peter Benchley"), [Octavia E. Butler](/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler "Octavia E. Butler"), [Betty Friedan](/wiki/Betty_Friedan "Betty Friedan"), [Naguib Mahfouz](/wiki/Naguib_Mahfouz "Naguib Mahfouz"), [John McGahern](/wiki/John_McGahern "John McGahern"), [Muriel Spark](/wiki/Muriel_Spark "Muriel Spark"), [Mickey Spillane](/wiki/Mickey_Spillane "Mickey Spillane"), [Wendy Wasserstein](/wiki/Wendy_Wasserstein "Wendy Wasserstein")
* **[2007 in literature](/wiki/2007_in_literature "2007 in literature")** – Nick Stafford's play version of Michael Morpurgo's novel *[War Horse](/wiki/War_Horse_%28play%29 "War Horse (play)")* first performed; Dennis Johnson's *[Tree of Smoke](/wiki/Tree_of_Smoke "Tree of Smoke")*; Naomi Klein's *[The Shock Doctrine](/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine "The Shock Doctrine")*; Junot Díaz's *[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao](/wiki/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao")*; Stieg Larsson's *[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest](/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Kicked_the_Hornets%27_Nest "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest")*; Jeff Kinney's *[Diary of a Wimpy Kid](/wiki/Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid "Diary of a Wimpy Kid")*; [Patrick Rothfuss](/wiki/Patrick_Rothfuss "Patrick Rothfuss")' *[The Name of the Wind](/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Wind "The Name of the Wind")*; Christopher Hitchens' *[God Is Not Great](/wiki/God_Is_Not_Great "God Is Not Great")*; Ken Follett's *[World Without End](/wiki/World_Without_End_%28Follett_novel%29 "World Without End (Follett novel)")*; Dr Tapan's [*Kalahandi*](/wiki/Kalahandi_%28poem%29 "Kalahandi (poem)"). Death of [Norman Mailer](/wiki/Norman_Mailer "Norman Mailer"), [Kurt Vonnegut](/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut "Kurt Vonnegut")
* **[2008 in literature](/wiki/2008_in_literature "2008 in literature")** – Aravind Adiga's *[The White Tiger](/wiki/The_White_Tiger_%28Adiga_novel%29 "The White Tiger (Adiga novel)")*; Suzanne Collins' *[The Hunger Games](/wiki/The_Hunger_Games_%28novel%29 "The Hunger Games (novel)")*; Neil Gaiman's *[The Graveyard Book](/wiki/The_Graveyard_Book "The Graveyard Book")*. Death of [Aimé Césaire](/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_C%C3%A9saire "Aimé Césaire"), [Michael Crichton](/wiki/Michael_Crichton "Michael Crichton"), [Arthur C. Clarke](/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke "Arthur C. Clarke"), [David Foster Wallace](/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace "David Foster Wallace"), [Robert Giroux](/wiki/Robert_Giroux "Robert Giroux"), [Roy Heath](/wiki/Roy_Heath "Roy Heath"), [Harold Pinter](/wiki/Harold_Pinter "Harold Pinter"), [Alain Robbe\-Grillet](/wiki/Alain_Robbe-Grillet "Alain Robbe-Grillet"), [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn"), [Studs Terkel](/wiki/Studs_Terkel "Studs Terkel"), [Margaret Truman](/wiki/Margaret_Truman "Margaret Truman")
* **[2009 in literature](/wiki/2009_in_literature "2009 in literature")** – Haruki Murakami's *Ichi\-kyu\-hachi\-yon* (*[1Q84](/wiki/1Q84 "1Q84")*); Colm Tóibín's *[Brooklyn](/wiki/Brooklyn_%28novel%29 "Brooklyn (novel)")*; Reki Kawahara's *[Sword Art Online](/wiki/Sword_Art_Online "Sword Art Online")*; James Dashner's *[The Maze Runner](/wiki/The_Maze_Runner "The Maze Runner")*; Lev Grossman's *[The Magicians](/wiki/The_Magicians_%28Grossman_novel%29 "The Magicians (Grossman novel)")*. Death of [J. G. Ballard](/wiki/J._G._Ballard "J. G. Ballard"), [Philip José Farmer](/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer "Philip José Farmer"), [Frank McCourt](/wiki/Frank_McCourt "Frank McCourt"), [Tayeb Salih](/wiki/Tayeb_Salih "Tayeb Salih"), [Budd Schulberg](/wiki/Budd_Schulberg "Budd Schulberg"), [John Updike](/wiki/John_Updike "John Updike")

### 2010s

* **[2010 in literature](/wiki/2010_in_literature "2010 in literature")** – Edmund de Waal's *[The Hare with Amber Eyes](/wiki/The_Hare_with_Amber_Eyes "The Hare with Amber Eyes")*; Emma Donoghue's *[Room](/wiki/Room_%28novel%29 "Room (novel)")*; Brandon Sanderson's *[The Way of Kings](/wiki/The_Way_of_Kings "The Way of Kings")*; Ken Follett's *[Fall of Giants](/wiki/Fall_of_Giants "Fall of Giants")*; 1970 [Lost Man Booker Prize](/wiki/Lost_Man_Booker_Prize "Lost Man Booker Prize") awarded. Death of [Louis Auchincloss](/wiki/Louis_Auchincloss "Louis Auchincloss"), [Beryl Bainbridge](/wiki/Beryl_Bainbridge "Beryl Bainbridge"), [Ruth Cohn](/wiki/Ruth_Cohn "Ruth Cohn"), [Miguel Delibes](/wiki/Miguel_Delibes "Miguel Delibes"), [Philippa Foot](/wiki/Philippa_Foot "Philippa Foot"), [Martin Gardner](/wiki/Martin_Gardner "Martin Gardner"), [Tony Judt](/wiki/Tony_Judt "Tony Judt"), [Frank Kermode](/wiki/Frank_Kermode "Frank Kermode"), [David Markson](/wiki/David_Markson "David Markson"), [Tomás Eloy Martínez](/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Eloy_Mart%C3%ADnez "Tomás Eloy Martínez"), [Harry Mulisch](/wiki/Harry_Mulisch "Harry Mulisch"), [J. D. Salinger](/wiki/J._D._Salinger "J. D. Salinger"), [José Saramago](/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago "José Saramago"), [Erich Segal](/wiki/Erich_Segal "Erich Segal"), [Alan Sillitoe](/wiki/Alan_Sillitoe "Alan Sillitoe"), [Howard Zinn](/wiki/Howard_Zinn "Howard Zinn")
* **[2011 in literature](/wiki/2011_in_literature "2011 in literature")** – E. L. James' *[Fifty Shades of Grey](/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey "Fifty Shades of Grey")*; Alexis Jenni's *[L'Art français de la guerre](/wiki/L%27Art_fran%C3%A7ais_de_la_guerre "L'Art français de la guerre")*; Alan Hollinghurst's *[The Stranger's Child](/wiki/The_Stranger%27s_Child "The Stranger's Child")*; Hisham Matar's *[Anatomy of a Disappearance](/wiki/Anatomy_of_a_Disappearance "Anatomy of a Disappearance")*; Téa Obreht's *[The Tiger's Wife](/wiki/The_Tiger%27s_Wife "The Tiger's Wife")*. Death of [Patrick Leigh Fermor](/wiki/Patrick_Leigh_Fermor "Patrick Leigh Fermor"), [Édouard Glissant](/wiki/%C3%89douard_Glissant "Édouard Glissant"), [Josephine Hart](/wiki/Josephine_Hart "Josephine Hart"), [Václav Havel](/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel "Václav Havel"), [Christopher Hitchens](/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens "Christopher Hitchens"), [Russell Hoban](/wiki/Russell_Hoban "Russell Hoban"), [Brian Jacques](/wiki/Brian_Jacques "Brian Jacques"), [Diana Wynne Jones](/wiki/Diana_Wynne_Jones "Diana Wynne Jones"), [Dick King\-Smith](/wiki/Dick_King-Smith "Dick King-Smith"), [Agota Kristof](/wiki/Agota_Kristof "Agota Kristof"), [Arnošt Lustig](/wiki/Arno%C5%A1t_Lustig "Arnošt Lustig"), [Anne McCaffrey](/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey "Anne McCaffrey"), [Gonzalo Rojas](/wiki/Gonzalo_Rojas "Gonzalo Rojas"), [Joanna Russ](/wiki/Joanna_Russ "Joanna Russ"), [Ernesto Sabato](/wiki/Ernesto_Sabato "Ernesto Sabato"), [Moacyr Scliar](/wiki/Moacyr_Scliar "Moacyr Scliar"), [Tomás Segovia](/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Segovia_%28poet%29 "Tomás Segovia (poet)"), [Jorge Semprún](/wiki/Jorge_Sempr%C3%BAn "Jorge Semprún"), [Christa Wolf](/wiki/Christa_Wolf "Christa Wolf")
* **[2012 in literature](/wiki/2012_in_literature "2012 in literature")** – John Grisham's *[The Racketeer](/wiki/The_Racketeer_%28novel%29 "The Racketeer (novel)")*; Gillian Flynn's *[Gone Girl](/wiki/Gone_Girl_%28novel%29 "Gone Girl (novel)")*; [Henry Lewis](/wiki/Henry_Lewis_%28Mischief_Theater%29 "Henry Lewis (Mischief Theater)"), [Jonathan Sayer](/wiki/Jonathan_Sayer "Jonathan Sayer"), and [Henry Shields](/wiki/Henry_Shields "Henry Shields")' *[The Play That Goes Wrong](/wiki/The_Play_That_Goes_Wrong "The Play That Goes Wrong")*; Zadie Smith's *[NW](/wiki/NW_%28novel%29 "NW (novel)")*; R. J. Palacio's *[Wonder](/wiki/Wonder_%28Palacio_novel%29 "Wonder (Palacio novel)")*; Ken Follett's *[Winter of the World](/wiki/Winter_of_the_World "Winter of the World")*. Death of [Maeve Binchy](/wiki/Maeve_Binchy "Maeve Binchy"), [Carlos Fuentes](/wiki/Carlos_Fuentes "Carlos Fuentes"), [Adrienne Rich](/wiki/Adrienne_Rich "Adrienne Rich"), [Gore Vidal](/wiki/Gore_Vidal "Gore Vidal")
* **[2013 in literature](/wiki/2013_in_literature "2013 in literature")** – Dan Brown's *[Inferno](/wiki/Inferno_%28Brown_novel%29 "Inferno (Brown novel)")*; Kevin Kwan's *[Crazy Rich Asians](/wiki/Crazy_Rich_Asians "Crazy Rich Asians")*; Donna Tartt's *[The Goldfinch](/wiki/The_Goldfinch_%28novel%29 "The Goldfinch (novel)")*. Death of [Seamus Heaney](/wiki/Seamus_Heaney "Seamus Heaney"), [Chinua Achebe](/wiki/Chinua_Achebe "Chinua Achebe"), [Iain Banks](/wiki/Iain_Banks "Iain Banks"), [Tom Clancy](/wiki/Tom_Clancy "Tom Clancy"), [Bryan Forbes](/wiki/Bryan_Forbes "Bryan Forbes"), [Oscar Hijuelos](/wiki/Oscar_Hijuelos "Oscar Hijuelos"), [Elmore Leonard](/wiki/Elmore_Leonard "Elmore Leonard"), [Doris Lessing](/wiki/Doris_Lessing "Doris Lessing"), [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala "Ruth Prawer Jhabvala"), [Colin Wilson](/wiki/Colin_Wilson "Colin Wilson")
* **[2014 in literature](/wiki/2014_in_literature "2014 in literature")** – Stephen King's *[Mr. Mercedes](/wiki/Mr._Mercedes "Mr. Mercedes")*; Ken Follett's *[Edge of Eternity](/wiki/Edge_of_Eternity_%28novel%29 "Edge of Eternity (novel)")*; Marlon James' *[A Brief History of Seven Killings](/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Seven_Killings "A Brief History of Seven Killings")*. Death of [Nadine Gordimer](/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer "Nadine Gordimer"), [Sam Greenlee](/wiki/Sam_Greenlee "Sam Greenlee"), [P. D. James](/wiki/P._D._James "P. D. James"), [Gabriel García Márquez](/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez "Gabriel García Márquez")
* **[2015 in literature](/wiki/2015_in_literature "2015 in literature")** – Paul Beatty's *[The Sellout](/wiki/The_Sellout_%28novel%29 "The Sellout (novel)")*; Paula Hawkins's *[The Girl on the Train](/wiki/The_Girl_on_the_Train_%28novel%29 "The Girl on the Train (novel)")*; Hanya Yanagihara's *[A Little Life](/wiki/A_Little_Life "A Little Life")*. Death of [André Brink](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Brink "André Brink"), [Assia Djebar](/wiki/Assia_Djebar "Assia Djebar"), [Günter Grass](/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass "Günter Grass"), [Terry Pratchett](/wiki/Terry_Pratchett "Terry Pratchett")
* **[2016 in literature](/wiki/2016_in_literature "2016 in literature")** – Colson Whitehead's *[The Underground Railroad](/wiki/The_Underground_Railroad_%28novel%29 "The Underground Railroad (novel)")*; John Preston's *[A Very English Scandal](/wiki/A_Very_English_Scandal "A Very English Scandal")*. Death of [Yves Bonnefoy](/wiki/Yves_Bonnefoy "Yves Bonnefoy"), [E. R. Braithwaite](/wiki/E._R._Braithwaite "E. R. Braithwaite"), [Anita Brookner](/wiki/Anita_Brookner "Anita Brookner"), [Leonard Cohen](/wiki/Leonard_Cohen "Leonard Cohen"), [Umberto Eco](/wiki/Umberto_Eco "Umberto Eco"), [Harper Lee](/wiki/Harper_Lee "Harper Lee"), [William Trevor](/wiki/William_Trevor "William Trevor")
* **[2017 in literature](/wiki/2017_in_literature "2017 in literature")** – George Saunders' *[Lincoln in the Bardo](/wiki/Lincoln_in_the_Bardo "Lincoln in the Bardo")*; Jesmyn Ward's *[Sing, Unburied, Sing](/wiki/Sing%2C_Unburied%2C_Sing "Sing, Unburied, Sing")*; Jez Butterworth's *[The Ferryman](/wiki/The_Ferryman_%28play%29 "The Ferryman (play)")*; Ken Follett's *[A Column of Fire](/wiki/A_Column_of_Fire "A Column of Fire")*. Death of [Peter Abrahams](/wiki/Peter_Abrahams "Peter Abrahams"), [Brian Aldiss](/wiki/Brian_Aldiss "Brian Aldiss"), [John Berger](/wiki/John_Berger "John Berger"), [Kate Millett](/wiki/Kate_Millett "Kate Millett")
* **[2018 in literature](/wiki/2018_in_literature "2018 in literature")** – Anna Burns' *[Milkman](/wiki/Milkman_%28novel%29 "Milkman (novel)")*; Sigrid Nunez's *[The Friend](/wiki/The_Friend_%28novel%29 "The Friend (novel)")*; Paula Hawkins' *[Into the Water](/wiki/Into_the_Water "Into the Water")*. Death of [Stephen Hawking](/wiki/Stephen_Hawking "Stephen Hawking"), [V. S. Naipaul](/wiki/V._S._Naipaul "V. S. Naipaul"), [Philip Roth](/wiki/Philip_Roth "Philip Roth"), [Claribel Alegría](/wiki/Claribel_Alegr%C3%ADa "Claribel Alegría"), [Harlan Ellison](/wiki/Harlan_Ellison "Harlan Ellison"), [William Goldman](/wiki/William_Goldman "William Goldman")
* **[2019 in literature](/wiki/2019_in_literature "2019 in literature")** – Charlie Mackesy's *[The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse](/wiki/The_Boy%2C_the_Mole%2C_the_Fox_and_the_Horse "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse")*; Michel Houellebecq's *[Serotonin](/wiki/Serotonin_%28novel%29 "Serotonin (novel)")*; Bernardine Evaristo's *[Girl, Woman, Other](/wiki/Girl%2C_Woman%2C_Other "Girl, Woman, Other")*. Death of [John Burningham](/wiki/John_Burningham "John Burningham"), [Judith Kerr](/wiki/Judith_Kerr "Judith Kerr"), [Toni Morrison](/wiki/Toni_Morrison "Toni Morrison"), [Andrea Levy](/wiki/Andrea_Levy "Andrea Levy"), [Bernard Dadié](/wiki/Bernard_Dadi%C3%A9 "Bernard Dadié")

### 2020s

* **[2020 in literature](/wiki/2020_in_literature "2020 in literature")** – Hilary Mantel's *[The Mirror and the Light](/wiki/The_Mirror_and_the_Light "The Mirror and the Light")*; Jenny Offill's *[Weather](/wiki/Weather_%28novel%29 "Weather (novel)")*, Maggie O'Farrell's *[Hamnet](/wiki/Hamnet_%28novel%29 "Hamnet (novel)")*; Douglas Stuart's *[Shuggie Bain](/wiki/Shuggie_Bain "Shuggie Bain")*. Death of [Kamau Brathwaite](/wiki/Kamau_Brathwaite "Kamau Brathwaite"), [Stanley Crouch](/wiki/Stanley_Crouch "Stanley Crouch"), [Harold Evans](/wiki/Harold_Evans "Harold Evans"), [Naomi Long Madgett](/wiki/Naomi_Long_Madgett "Naomi Long Madgett"), [John le Carré](/wiki/John_le_Carr%C3%A9 "John le Carré"), [Alison Lurie](/wiki/Alison_Lurie "Alison Lurie")
* **[2021 in literature](/wiki/2021_in_literature "2021 in literature")** – Stephen King's *[Billy Summers](/wiki/Billy_Summers "Billy Summers")*; Damon Galgut's *[The Promise](/wiki/The_Promise_%28Galgut_novel%29 "The Promise (Galgut novel)")*; Wole Soyinka's *[Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth](/wiki/Chronicles_from_the_Land_of_the_Happiest_People_on_Earth "Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth")*. Death of [Nawal El Saadawi](/wiki/Nawal_El_Saadawi "Nawal El Saadawi"), [Joan Didion](/wiki/Joan_Didion "Joan Didion"), [Lawrence Ferlinghetti](/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti "Lawrence Ferlinghetti"), [Keri Hulme](/wiki/Keri_Hulme "Keri Hulme"), [Jill Murphy](/wiki/Jill_Murphy "Jill Murphy"), [Anthony Thwaite](/wiki/Anthony_Thwaite "Anthony Thwaite")
* **[2022 in literature](/wiki/2022_in_literature "2022 in literature")** – Isabel Allende's *[Violeta](/wiki/Violeta_%28novel%29 "Violeta (novel)")*; Shehan Karunatilaka's *[The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida](/wiki/The_Seven_Moons_of_Maali_Almeida "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida")*. Death of [Raymond Briggs](/wiki/Raymond_Briggs "Raymond Briggs"), [George Lamming](/wiki/George_Lamming "George Lamming"), [Hilary Mantel](/wiki/Hilary_Mantel "Hilary Mantel")
* **[2023 in literature](/wiki/2023_in_literature "2023 in literature")** – Bret Easton Ellis's *[The Shards](/wiki/The_Shards "The Shards")*. Death of [Fay Weldon](/wiki/Fay_Weldon "Fay Weldon"), [Ama Ata Aidoo](/wiki/Ama_Ata_Aidoo "Ama Ata Aidoo"), [Martin Amis](/wiki/Martin_Amis "Martin Amis"), [Edward Baugh](/wiki/Edward_Baugh "Edward Baugh"), [Pete Brown](/wiki/Pete_Brown "Pete Brown"), [A. S. Byatt](/wiki/A._S._Byatt "A. S. Byatt"), [Robert Gottlieb](/wiki/Robert_Gottlieb "Robert Gottlieb"), [Milan Kundera](/wiki/Milan_Kundera "Milan Kundera"), [Louise Meriwether](/wiki/Louise_Meriwether "Louise Meriwether"), [Micere Githae Mugo](/wiki/Micere_Githae_Mugo "Micere Githae Mugo"), [Benjamin Zephaniah](/wiki/Benjamin_Zephaniah "Benjamin Zephaniah")
* **[2024 in literature](/wiki/2024_in_literature "2024 in literature")** \- Stephen King's *[You Like It Darker](/wiki/You_Like_It_Darker "You Like It Darker")*

Are there any common themes among the deceased authors?