List of years in literature
20th century
20th century
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### 1900s

* **[1901 in literature](/wiki/1901_in_literature "1901 in literature")** – Thomas Mann's *[Buddenbrooks](/wiki/Buddenbrooks "Buddenbrooks")*; M. P. Shiel's *[The Purple Cloud](/wiki/The_Purple_Cloud "The Purple Cloud")*; Anton Chekhov's *[Three Sisters](/wiki/Three_Sisters_%28play%29 "Three Sisters (play)")*; Rudyard Kipling's *[Kim](/wiki/Kim_%28novel%29 "Kim (novel)")*; August Strindberg's *[A Dream Play](/wiki/A_Dream_Play "A Dream Play")*; Stanislaw Wyspianski's *[The Wedding](/wiki/The_Wedding_%281901_play%29 "The Wedding (1901 play)")*. Death of [Kate Greenaway](/wiki/Kate_Greenaway "Kate Greenaway"), [Charlotte Mary Yonge](/wiki/Charlotte_Mary_Yonge "Charlotte Mary Yonge")
* **[1902 in literature](/wiki/1902_in_literature "1902 in literature")** – André Gide's *[The Immoralist](/wiki/The_Immoralist "The Immoralist")*; Maxim Gorky's *[The Lower Depths](/wiki/The_Lower_Depths "The Lower Depths")*; Henry James's *[The Wings of the Dove](/wiki/The_Wings_of_the_Dove "The Wings of the Dove")*; Arthur Conan Doyle's *[The Hound of the Baskervilles](/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles "The Hound of the Baskervilles")*; Beatrix Potter's *[The Tale of Peter Rabbit](/wiki/The_Tale_of_Peter_Rabbit "The Tale of Peter Rabbit")*; J. M. Barrie's *[The Little White Bird](/wiki/The_Little_White_Bird "The Little White Bird")*; Leo Tolstoy's *[The Power of Darkness](/wiki/The_Power_of_Darkness "The Power of Darkness")*. Death of [Émile Zola](/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola "Émile Zola"), [Bret Harte](/wiki/Bret_Harte "Bret Harte")
* **[1903 in literature](/wiki/1903_in_literature "1903 in literature")** – Henry James's *[The Ambassadors](/wiki/The_Ambassadors "The Ambassadors")*; Jack London's *[The Call of the Wild](/wiki/The_Call_of_the_Wild "The Call of the Wild")*; W. E. B. Du Bois's *[The Souls of Black Folk](/wiki/The_Souls_of_Black_Folk "The Souls of Black Folk")*; Bram Stoker's *[The Jewel of Seven Stars](/wiki/The_Jewel_of_Seven_Stars "The Jewel of Seven Stars")*. Death of [George Gissing](/wiki/George_Gissing "George Gissing"), [W. E. Henley](/wiki/W._E._Henley "W. E. Henley")
* **[1904 in literature](/wiki/1904_in_literature "1904 in literature")** – Joseph Conrad's *[Nostromo](/wiki/Nostromo "Nostromo")*; E. M. Forster's *[Where Angels Fear to Tread](/wiki/Where_Angels_Fear_to_Tread "Where Angels Fear to Tread")*; Henry James's *[The Golden Bowl](/wiki/The_Golden_Bowl "The Golden Bowl")*; M. R. James's *[Ghost Stories of an Antiquary](/wiki/Ghost_Stories_of_an_Antiquary "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary")*; Jack London's *[The Sea\-Wolf](/wiki/The_Sea-Wolf "The Sea-Wolf")*; William Henry Hudson's *[Green Mansions](/wiki/Green_Mansions "Green Mansions")*; Wyladyslaw Reymont's *[The Peasants](/wiki/The_Peasants "The Peasants")*; Anton Chekhov's play *[The Cherry Orchard](/wiki/The_Cherry_Orchard "The Cherry Orchard")* first performed. Death of [Anton Chekhov](/wiki/Anton_Chekhov "Anton Chekhov")
* **[1905 in literature](/wiki/1905_in_literature "1905 in literature")** – Jack London's *[White Fang](/wiki/White_Fang "White Fang")*; Arthur Conan Doyle's *[The Return of Sherlock Holmes](/wiki/The_Return_of_Sherlock_Holmes "The Return of Sherlock Holmes")*; Edith Nesbit's *[The Railway Children](/wiki/The_Railway_Children "The Railway Children")*, Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain's *[Sultana's Dream](/wiki/Sultana%27s_Dream "Sultana's Dream")*; Baroness Orczy's *[The Scarlet Pimpernel](/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel "The Scarlet Pimpernel")*. Death of [Jules Verne](/wiki/Jules_Verne "Jules Verne")
* **[1906 in literature](/wiki/1906_in_literature "1906 in literature")** – Alfred Noyes' *[The Highwayman](/wiki/The_Highwayman_%28poem%29 "The Highwayman (poem)")*; Maxim Gorky's *[The Mother](/wiki/The_Mother_%28Gorky_novel%29 "The Mother (Gorky novel)")*; Upton Sinclair's *[The Jungle](/wiki/The_Jungle "The Jungle")*; Lope K. Santos' *[Banaag at Sikat](/wiki/Banaag_at_Sikat "Banaag at Sikat")*. Death of [Paul Laurence Dunbar](/wiki/Paul_Laurence_Dunbar "Paul Laurence Dunbar"), [Henrik Ibsen](/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen "Henrik Ibsen")
* **[1907 in literature](/wiki/1907_in_literature "1907 in literature")** – Arnold Bennett's *[The City of Pleasure](/wiki/The_City_of_Pleasure_%28Bennett_novel%29 "The City of Pleasure (Bennett novel)")*; Selma Lagerlöf's *[The Wonderful Adventures of Nils](/wiki/The_Wonderful_Adventures_of_Nils "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils")*; Robert Hugh Benson's *[Lord of the World](/wiki/Lord_of_the_World "Lord of the World")*; August Strindberg's *[The Ghost Sonata](/wiki/The_Ghost_Sonata "The Ghost Sonata")*; Pedro Alcantara Monteclaro's *[Maragtas](/wiki/Maragtas "Maragtas")*. Death of [Alfred Jarry](/wiki/Alfred_Jarry "Alfred Jarry"), [Sully Prudhomme](/wiki/Sully_Prudhomme "Sully Prudhomme")
* **[1908 in literature](/wiki/1908_in_literature "1908 in literature")** – Leonid Andreyev's *[The Seven Who Were Hanged](/wiki/The_Seven_Who_Were_Hanged "The Seven Who Were Hanged")*; E. M. Forster's *[A Room with a View](/wiki/A_Room_with_a_View "A Room with a View")*; Lucy Maud Montgomery's *[Anne of Green Gables](/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables "Anne of Green Gables")*; Anatole France's *L'île des Pingouins* *([Penguin Island](/wiki/Penguin_Island_%28novel%29 "Penguin Island (novel)"))*; Kenneth Grahame's *[The Wind in the Willows](/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows "The Wind in the Willows")*; Baroness Orczy's  *[The Elusive Pimpernel](/wiki/The_Elusive_Pimpernel_%28novel%29 "The Elusive Pimpernel (novel)")*; Colette's  *[The Tendrils of the Vine](/wiki/The_Tendrils_of_the_Vine "The Tendrils of the Vine")*. Death of [Joel Chandler Harris](/wiki/Joel_Chandler_Harris "Joel Chandler Harris"), [Machado de Assis](/wiki/Machado_de_Assis "Machado de Assis")
* **[1909 in literature](/wiki/1909_in_literature "1909 in literature")** – Hermann Sudermann's  *[The Song of Songs](/wiki/The_Song_of_Songs_%28novel%29 "The Song of Songs (novel)")*; H. G. Wells' *[Tono\-Bungay](/wiki/Tono-Bungay "Tono-Bungay")*. Death of [John Millington Synge](/wiki/John_Millington_Synge "John Millington Synge"), [Algernon Charles Swinburne](/wiki/Algernon_Charles_Swinburne "Algernon Charles Swinburne")

### 1910s

* **[1910 in literature](/wiki/1910_in_literature "1910 in literature")** – E. M. Forster's *[Howards End](/wiki/Howards_End "Howards End")*; Hanns Heinz Ewers's *[The Sorcerer's Apprentice](/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice_%28Ewers_novel%29 "The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Ewers novel)")*; Rabindranath Tagore's *[Raja](/wiki/Raja_%28play%29 "Raja (play)")*. Death of [Leo Tolstoy](/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy "Leo Tolstoy"), [Mark Twain](/wiki/Mark_Twain "Mark Twain")
* **[1911 in literature](/wiki/1911_in_literature "1911 in literature")** – Joseph Conrad's *[Under Western Eyes](/wiki/Under_Western_Eyes_%28novel%29 "Under Western Eyes (novel)")*; Gaston Leroux's *[The Phantom of the Opera](/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_%28novel%29 "The Phantom of the Opera (novel)")*; Frances Hodgson Burnett's *[The Secret Garden](/wiki/The_Secret_Garden "The Secret Garden")*; Ambrose Bierce's *[The Devil's Dictionary](/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Dictionary "The Devil's Dictionary")*; Edith Wharton's *[Ethan Frome](/wiki/Ethan_Frome "Ethan Frome")*; Hugo Gernsback's *[Ralph 124C 41\+](/wiki/Ralph_124C_41%2B "Ralph 124C 41+")*; *[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition](/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition "Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition")* published. Death of [Joseph Pulitzer](/wiki/Joseph_Pulitzer "Joseph Pulitzer")
* **[1912 in literature](/wiki/1912_in_literature "1912 in literature")** – Thomas Mann's *[Death in Venice](/wiki/Death_in_Venice "Death in Venice")*; Edgar Rice Burroughs's *[Tarzan of the Apes](/wiki/Tarzan_of_the_Apes "Tarzan of the Apes")*; Arthur Conan Doyle's *[The Lost World](/wiki/The_Lost_World_%28Conan_Doyle_novel%29 "The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel)")*. Death of [Bram Stoker](/wiki/Bram_Stoker "Bram Stoker")
* **[1913 in literature](/wiki/1913_in_literature "1913 in literature")** – Andrei Bely's *[Petersburg](/wiki/Petersburg_%28novel%29 "Petersburg (novel)")*; Alain\-Fournier's *[Le Grand Meaulnes](/wiki/Le_Grand_Meaulnes "Le Grand Meaulnes")*; D. H. Lawrence's *[Sons and Lovers](/wiki/Sons_and_Lovers "Sons and Lovers")*; George Bernard Shaw's *[Pygmalion](/wiki/Pygmalion_%28play%29 "Pygmalion (play)")*; Edgar Rice Burroughs's *[The Return of Tarzan](/wiki/The_Return_of_Tarzan "The Return of Tarzan")*; Guillaume Apollinaire's *[Alcools](/wiki/Alcools "Alcools")*
* **[1914 in literature](/wiki/1914_in_literature "1914 in literature")** – [Heinrich Mann](/wiki/Heinrich_Mann "Heinrich Mann")'s *[The Loyal Subject](/wiki/Der_Untertan "Der Untertan")*; Stephen Leacock's *[Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich](/wiki/Arcadian_Adventures_with_the_Idle_Rich "Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich")*; James Joyce's *[Dubliners](/wiki/Dubliners "Dubliners")*. Disappearance of [Ambrose Bierce](/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce "Ambrose Bierce") in Mexico
* **[1915 in literature](/wiki/1915_in_literature "1915 in literature")** – Franz Kafka's *[The Metamorphosis](/wiki/The_Metamorphosis "The Metamorphosis")*; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's *[Herland](/wiki/Herland_%28novel%29 "Herland (novel)")*; Russell Thorndike's *[Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh](/wiki/Doctor_Syn:A_Tale_of_the_Romney_Marsh "A Tale of the Romney Marsh")*. Death of [Rupert Brooke](/wiki/Rupert_Brooke "Rupert Brooke")
* **[1916 in literature](/wiki/1916_in_literature "1916 in literature")** – Albert Einstein's *[Relativity](/wiki/General_relativity "General relativity")*; W. H. Davies' *[Leisure](/wiki/Leisure_%28poem%29 "Leisure (poem)")*; James Joyce's *[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man](/wiki/A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man")*. Death of [Henry James](/wiki/Henry_James "Henry James"), [Jack London](/wiki/Jack_London "Jack London")
* **[1917 in literature](/wiki/1917_in_literature "1917 in literature")** – T. S. Eliot's *[The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock](/wiki/The_Love_Song_of_J._Alfred_Prufrock "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock")*; Aleister Crowley's *[Moonchild](/wiki/Moonchild_%28novel%29 "Moonchild (novel)")*; Edgar Rice Burroughs's *[A Princess of Mars](/wiki/A_Princess_of_Mars "A Princess of Mars")*
* **[1918 in literature](/wiki/1918_in_literature "1918 in literature")** – Booth Tarkington's *[The Magnificent Ambersons](/wiki/The_Magnificent_Ambersons "The Magnificent Ambersons")*; Thomas Mann's *[Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man](/wiki/Reflections_of_a_Nonpolitical_Man "Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man")*; Alexander Blok's *[The Twelve](/wiki/The_Twelve_%28poem%29 "The Twelve (poem)")*; Lytton Strachey's *[Eminent Victorians](/wiki/Eminent_Victorians "Eminent Victorians")*; Norman Lindsay's *[The Magic Pudding](/wiki/The_Magic_Pudding "The Magic Pudding")*; Jack London's *[The Red One](/wiki/The_Red_One "The Red One")*. Death of [Wilfred Owen](/wiki/Wilfred_Owen "Wilfred Owen")
* **[1919 in literature](/wiki/1919_in_literature "1919 in literature")** – W. Somerset Maugham's *[The Moon and Sixpence](/wiki/The_Moon_and_Sixpence "The Moon and Sixpence")*; [Johnston McCulley](/wiki/Johnston_McCulley "Johnston McCulley")'s *[The Curse of Capistrano](/wiki/The_Curse_of_Capistrano "The Curse of Capistrano")*; H. P. Lovecraft's *[Dagon](/wiki/Dagon_%28short_story%29 "Dagon (short story)")*; [Daisy Ashford](/wiki/Daisy_Ashford "Daisy Ashford")'s *[The Young Visiters](/wiki/The_Young_Visiters "The Young Visiters")*. Death of [Rosa Luxemburg](/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg "Rosa Luxemburg"), [L. Frank Baum](/wiki/L._Frank_Baum "L. Frank Baum"), [Andrew Carnegie](/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie "Andrew Carnegie").

### 1920s

* **[1920 in literature](/wiki/1920_in_literature "1920 in literature")** – F. Scott Fitzgerald's *[This Side of Paradise](/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise "This Side of Paradise")*; D. H. Lawrence's *[Women in Love](/wiki/Women_in_Love "Women in Love")*; Sinclair Lewis's *[Main Street](/wiki/Main_Street_%28novel%29 "Main Street (novel)")*; Edith Wharton's *[The Age of Innocence](/wiki/The_Age_of_Innocence "The Age of Innocence")*; [Hugh Lofting](/wiki/Hugh_Lofting "Hugh Lofting")'s *[The Story of Doctor Dolittle](/wiki/The_Story_of_Doctor_Dolittle "The Story of Doctor Dolittle")*; Yevgeny Zamyatin's *[We](/wiki/We_%28novel%29 "We (novel)")*; Sigmund Freud's *[Beyond the Pleasure Principle](/wiki/Beyond_the_Pleasure_Principle "Beyond the Pleasure Principle")*; Karel Capek's *[R.U.R.](/wiki/R.U.R. "R.U.R.")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Mysterious Affair at Styles](/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles "The Mysterious Affair at Styles")*; H. P. Lovecraft's *[The Cats of Ulthar](/wiki/The_Cats_of_Ulthar "The Cats of Ulthar")*. Death of [William Heinemann](/wiki/William_Heinemann "William Heinemann"), [Olive Schreiner](/wiki/Olive_Schreiner "Olive Schreiner")
* **[1921 in literature](/wiki/1921_in_literature "1921 in literature")** – Luigi Pirandello's play, *[Six Characters in Search of an Author](/wiki/Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author "Six Characters in Search of an Author")*; Langston Hughes's poem "[The Negro Speaks of Rivers](/wiki/The_Negro_Speaks_of_Rivers "The Negro Speaks of Rivers")" in *[The Crisis](/wiki/The_Crisis "The Crisis")*. Death of [Alexander Blok](/wiki/Alexander_Blok "Alexander Blok")
* **[1922 in literature](/wiki/1922_in_literature "1922 in literature")** – James Joyce's *[Ulysses](/wiki/Ulysses_%28novel%29 "Ulysses (novel)")*; T. S. Eliot's *[The Waste Land](/wiki/The_Waste_Land "The Waste Land")*; Hermann Hesse's *[Siddhartha](/wiki/Siddhartha_%28novel%29 "Siddhartha (novel)")*; E. R. Eddison's *[The Worm Ouroboros](/wiki/The_Worm_Ouroboros "The Worm Ouroboros")*; Rainer Maria Rilke's *[Duino Elegies](/wiki/Duino_Elegies "Duino Elegies")* and *[Sonnets to Orpheus](/wiki/Sonnets_to_Orpheus "Sonnets to Orpheus")*; Karel Capek's *[The Makropulos Affair](/wiki/The_Makropulos_Affair "The Makropulos Affair")*; John Galsworthy begins writing *[The Forsyte Saga](/wiki/The_Forsyte_Saga "The Forsyte Saga")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Secret Adversary](/wiki/The_Secret_Adversary "The Secret Adversary")*. Death of [Marcel Proust](/wiki/Marcel_Proust "Marcel Proust") (*[In Search of Lost Time](/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time "In Search of Lost Time")* completed)
* **[1923 in literature](/wiki/1923_in_literature "1923 in literature")** – Kahlil Gibran's *[The Prophet](/wiki/The_Prophet_%28book%29 "The Prophet (book)")*; Dorothy L. Sayers' *[Whose Body?](/wiki/Whose_Body%3F "Whose Body?")* ([Lord Peter Wimsey](/wiki/Lord_Peter_Wimsey "Lord Peter Wimsey") makes his first appearance in print); Jaroslav Hašek's *[The Good Soldier Švejk](/wiki/The_Good_Soldier_%C5%A0vejk "The Good Soldier Švejk")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Murder on the Links](/wiki/The_Murder_on_the_Links "The Murder on the Links")*. Death of [Katherine Mansfield](/wiki/Katherine_Mansfield "Katherine Mansfield")
* **[1924 in literature](/wiki/1924_in_literature "1924 in literature")** – Yevgeny Zamyatin's *[We](/wiki/We_%28novel%29 "We (novel)")*; Thomas Mann's *Der Zauberberg* (*[The Magic Mountain](/wiki/The_Magic_Mountain "The Magic Mountain")*); E. M. Forster's *[A Passage to India](/wiki/A_Passage_to_India "A Passage to India")*; Herman Melville's *[Billy Budd, Foretopman](/wiki/Billy_Budd "Billy Budd")*; Lord Dunsany's *[The King of Elfland's Daughter](/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daughter "The King of Elfland's Daughter")*; José Eustasio Rivera's *[The Vortex](/wiki/The_Vortex_%28novel%29 "The Vortex (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Man in the Brown Suit](/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Brown_Suit "The Man in the Brown Suit")* and *[Poirot Investigates](/wiki/Poirot_Investigates "Poirot Investigates")*. Death of [Franz Kafka](/wiki/Franz_Kafka "Franz Kafka"), [Joseph Conrad](/wiki/Joseph_Conrad "Joseph Conrad"), [Marie Corelli](/wiki/Marie_Corelli "Marie Corelli"), [Anatole France](/wiki/Anatole_France "Anatole France"), [Frances Hodgson Burnett](/wiki/Frances_Hodgson_Burnett "Frances Hodgson Burnett")
* **[1925 in literature](/wiki/1925_in_literature "1925 in literature")** – F. Scott Fitzgerald's *[The Great Gatsby](/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby "The Great Gatsby")*; W. Somerset Maugham's *[The Painted Veil](/wiki/The_Painted_Veil_%28novel%29 "The Painted Veil (novel)")*; Virginia Woolf's *[Mrs. Dalloway](/wiki/Mrs._Dalloway "Mrs. Dalloway")*; Franz Kafka's *Der Prozeß* (*[The Trial](/wiki/The_Trial "The Trial")*); Adolf Hitler's *[Mein Kampf](/wiki/Mein_Kampf "Mein Kampf")*; Mikhail Bulgakov's *[Heart of a Dog](/wiki/Heart_of_a_Dog "Heart of a Dog")*; André Gide's *[The Counterfeiters](/wiki/The_Counterfeiters_%28novel%29 "The Counterfeiters (novel)")*; John Dos Passos's *[Manhattan Transfer](/wiki/Manhattan_Transfer_%28novel%29 "Manhattan Transfer (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Secret of Chimneys](/wiki/The_Secret_of_Chimneys "The Secret of Chimneys")*. Death of [Sergey Esenin](/wiki/Sergey_Esenin "Sergey Esenin"), [Amy Lowell](/wiki/Amy_Lowell "Amy Lowell")
* **[1926 in literature](/wiki/1926_in_literature "1926 in literature")** – A. A. Milne's *[Winnie\-the\-Pooh](/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh_%28book%29 "Winnie-the-Pooh (book)")*; Ernest Hemingway's *[The Sun Also Rises](/wiki/The_Sun_Also_Rises "The Sun Also Rises")*; Sean O'Casey's play *[The Plough and the Stars](/wiki/The_Plough_and_the_Stars "The Plough and the Stars")*; Franz Kafka's *Das Schloß* *[(The Castle)](/wiki/The_Castle_%28novel%29 "The Castle (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd](/wiki/The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd")*; [Ricardo Güiraldes](/wiki/Ricardo_G%C3%BCiraldes "Ricardo Güiraldes")' *[Don Segundo Sombra](/wiki/Don_Segundo_Sombra "Don Segundo Sombra")*. Death of [J. M. Dent](/wiki/J._M._Dent "J. M. Dent"), [Rudolf Christoph Eucken](/wiki/Rudolf_Christoph_Eucken "Rudolf Christoph Eucken"), [Rainer Maria Rilke](/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke "Rainer Maria Rilke")
* **[1927 in literature](/wiki/1927_in_literature "1927 in literature")** – Final instalment of Marcel Proust's *[In Search of Lost Time](/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time "In Search of Lost Time")*; Hermann Hesse's *[Steppenwolf](/wiki/Steppenwolf_%28novel%29 "Steppenwolf (novel)")*; Virginia Woolf's *[To the Lighthouse](/wiki/To_the_Lighthouse "To the Lighthouse")*; Arthur Conan Doyle's *[The Case\-Book of Sherlock Holmes](/wiki/The_Case-Book_of_Sherlock_Holmes "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes")*; Sinclair Lewis's *[Elmer Gantry](/wiki/Elmer_Gantry "Elmer Gantry")*; Yuri Olesha's *[Envy](/wiki/Envy_%28novel%29 "Envy (novel)")*; Sigrid Undset's *[The Snake Pit](/wiki/The_Master_of_Hestviken "The Master of Hestviken")*; Martin Heidegger's *[Being and Time](/wiki/Being_and_Time "Being and Time")*; Thornton Wilder's *[The Bridge of San Luis Rey](/wiki/The_Bridge_of_San_Luis_Rey_%28novel%29 "The Bridge of San Luis Rey (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Big Four](/wiki/The_Big_Four_%28novel%29 "The Big Four (novel)")*; François Mauriac's *[Thérèse Desqueyroux](/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Desqueyroux_%28novel%29 "Thérèse Desqueyroux (novel)")*; H. P. Lovecraft's *[The Colour Out of Space](/wiki/The_Colour_Out_of_Space "The Colour Out of Space")*. Death of [Jerome K. Jerome](/wiki/Jerome_K._Jerome "Jerome K. Jerome")
* **[1928 in literature](/wiki/1928_in_literature "1928 in literature")** – D. H. Lawrence's *[Lady Chatterley's Lover](/wiki/Lady_Chatterley%27s_Lover "Lady Chatterley's Lover")*; Siegfried Sassoon's *[Memoirs of a Fox\-Hunting Man](/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_Fox-Hunting_Man "Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man")*; Bertholt Brecht's *[The Threepenny Opera](/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera "The Threepenny Opera")*; Ilf and Petrov's *[The Twelve Chairs](/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs "The Twelve Chairs")*; Federico Garcia Lorca's *[Gypsy Ballads](/wiki/Gypsy_Ballads "Gypsy Ballads")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Mystery of the Blue Train](/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Blue_Train "The Mystery of the Blue Train")*; Andrei Platonov's *[Chevengur](/wiki/Chevengur "Chevengur")*; Valerian Pidmohylny's *[The City](/wiki/The_City_%28Pidmohylny_novel%29 "The City (Pidmohylny novel)")*. Death of [Thomas Hardy](/wiki/Thomas_Hardy "Thomas Hardy")
* **[1929 in literature](/wiki/1929_in_literature "1929 in literature")** – William Faulkner's *[The Sound and the Fury](/wiki/The_Sound_and_the_Fury "The Sound and the Fury")*; Ernest Hemingway's *[A Farewell to Arms](/wiki/A_Farewell_to_Arms "A Farewell to Arms")*; Alfred Döblin's *[Berlin Alexanderplatz](/wiki/Berlin_Alexanderplatz "Berlin Alexanderplatz")*; Erich Maria Remarque's *[All Quiet on the Western Front](/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front "All Quiet on the Western Front")*; Robert Graves's *[Goodbye to All That](/wiki/Goodbye_to_All_That "Goodbye to All That")*; John Cowper Powys's *[Wolf Solent](/wiki/Wolf_Solent "Wolf Solent")*; Rómulo Gallegos' *[Doña Bárbara](/wiki/Do%C3%B1a_B%C3%A1rbara "Doña Bárbara")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Seven Dials Mystery](/wiki/The_Seven_Dials_Mystery "The Seven Dials Mystery")* and *[Partners in Crime](/wiki/Partners_in_Crime_%28short_story_collection%29 "Partners in Crime (short story collection)")*; Virginia Woolf's *[A Room of One's Own](/wiki/A_Room_of_One%27s_Own "A Room of One's Own")*. Death of [Mary MacLane](/wiki/Mary_MacLane "Mary MacLane"). Establishment of [Faber and Faber](/wiki/Faber_and_Faber "Faber and Faber")

### 1930s

* **[1930 in literature](/wiki/1930_in_literature "1930 in literature")** – William Faulkner's *[As I Lay Dying](/wiki/As_I_Lay_Dying_%28novel%29 "As I Lay Dying (novel)")*; Dashiell Hammett's *[The Maltese Falcon](/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_%28novel%29 "The Maltese Falcon (novel)")*; Andrei Platonov's *[The Foundation Pit](/wiki/The_Foundation_Pit "The Foundation Pit")*; Carolyn Keene's *[The Secret of the Old Clock](/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Old_Clock "The Secret of the Old Clock")* (first in the [Nancy Drew](/wiki/Nancy_Drew_Mystery_Stories "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories") stories); Vladimir Nabokov's *[The Defence](/wiki/The_Defence "The Defence")*; Olaf Stapledon's *[Last and First Men](/wiki/Last_and_First_Men "Last and First Men")*; Luigi Pirandello's *[The Man With the Flower in His Mouth](/wiki/The_Man_With_the_Flower_in_His_Mouth "The Man With the Flower in His Mouth")* becomes the first broadcast television drama; Sigmund Freud's *[Civilization and Its Discontents](/wiki/Civilization_and_Its_Discontents "Civilization and Its Discontents")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Murder at the Vicarage](/wiki/The_Murder_at_the_Vicarage "The Murder at the Vicarage")*, *[Giant's Bread](/wiki/Giant%27s_Bread "Giant's Bread")*, and *[The Mysterious Mr Quin](/wiki/The_Mysterious_Mr_Quin "The Mysterious Mr Quin")*. Death of [D. H. Lawrence](/wiki/D._H._Lawrence "D. H. Lawrence"), [Robert Bridges](/wiki/Robert_Bridges "Robert Bridges")
* **[1931 in literature](/wiki/1931_in_literature "1931 in literature")** – Ilf and Petrov's *[The Little Golden Calf](/wiki/The_Little_Golden_Calf "The Little Golden Calf")*; Pearl S. Buck's *[The Good Earth](/wiki/The_Good_Earth "The Good Earth")*; Georges Simenon's *[The Strange Case of Peter the Lett](/wiki/The_Strange_Case_of_Peter_the_Lett "The Strange Case of Peter the Lett")* (first [Jules Maigret](/wiki/Jules_Maigret "Jules Maigret") novel); Agatha Christie's *[The Sittaford Mystery](/wiki/The_Sittaford_Mystery "The Sittaford Mystery")*; *[The Floating Admiral](/wiki/The_Floating_Admiral "The Floating Admiral")* (collaborative novel by 13 writers of the [Detection Club](/wiki/Detection_Club "Detection Club"): [Victor Whitechurch](/wiki/Victor_Whitechurch "Victor Whitechurch"), [G. D. H. Cole](/wiki/G._D._H._Cole "G. D. H. Cole") and [Margaret Cole](/wiki/Margaret_Cole "Margaret Cole"), [Henry Wade](/wiki/Sir_Henry_Aubrey-Fletcher%2C_6th_Baronet "Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet"), [Agatha Christie](/wiki/Agatha_Christie "Agatha Christie"), [John Rhode](/wiki/John_Rhode "John Rhode"), [Milward Kennedy](/wiki/Milward_Kennedy "Milward Kennedy"), [Dorothy L. Sayers](/wiki/Dorothy_L._Sayers "Dorothy L. Sayers"), [Ronald Knox](/wiki/Ronald_Knox "Ronald Knox"), [Freeman Wills Crofts](/wiki/Freeman_Wills_Crofts "Freeman Wills Crofts"), [Edgar Jepson](/wiki/Edgar_Jepson "Edgar Jepson"), [Clemence Dane](/wiki/Clemence_Dane "Clemence Dane") and [Anthony Berkeley](/wiki/Anthony_Berkeley "Anthony Berkeley"). Prologue written by [G. K. Chesterton](/wiki/G._K._Chesterton "G. K. Chesterton").);Charles Osborne, *The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie*, London, 1982\. H. P. Lovecraft's *[The Whisperer in Darkness](/wiki/The_Whisperer_in_Darkness "The Whisperer in Darkness")*. Death of [Arnold Bennett](/wiki/Arnold_Bennett "Arnold Bennett"), [Erik Axel Karlfeldt](/wiki/Erik_Axel_Karlfeldt "Erik Axel Karlfeldt"), [Khalil Gibran](/wiki/Khalil_Gibran "Khalil Gibran")
* **[1932 in literature](/wiki/1932_in_literature "1932 in literature")** – Aldous Huxley's *[Brave New World](/wiki/Brave_New_World "Brave New World")*; Louis\-Ferdinand Céline's *Voyage au Bout de la Nuit* (*[Journey to the End of the Night](/wiki/Journey_to_the_End_of_the_Night "Journey to the End of the Night")*); Hermann Hesse's *[Journey to the East](/wiki/Journey_to_the_East "Journey to the East")*; William Faulkner's *[Light in August](/wiki/Light_in_August "Light in August")*; Lewis Grassic Gibbon's *[Sunset Song](/wiki/Sunset_Song "Sunset Song")*; Agatha Christie's *[Peril at End House](/wiki/Peril_at_End_House "Peril at End House")* and *[The Thirteen Problems](/wiki/The_Thirteen_Problems "The Thirteen Problems")*. Death of [Lytton Strachey](/wiki/Lytton_Strachey "Lytton Strachey"), [Hart Crane](/wiki/Hart_Crane "Hart Crane"), [Sol Plaatje](/wiki/Sol_Plaatje "Sol Plaatje")
* **[1933 in literature](/wiki/1933_in_literature "1933 in literature")** – André Malraux's *La Condition Humaine* *([Man's Fate](/wiki/Man%27s_Fate "Man's Fate")*); Gertrude Stein's *[The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas](/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Alice_B._Toklas "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas")*; James Hilton's *[Lost Horizon](/wiki/Lost_Horizon_%28novel%29 "Lost Horizon (novel)")*; Vera Brittain's *[Testament of Youth](/wiki/Testament_of_Youth "Testament of Youth")*; John Cowper Powys *[A Glastonbury Romance](/wiki/A_Glastonbury_Romance "A Glastonbury Romance")*; Eugene O'Neill's *[Ah, Wilderness!](/wiki/Ah%2C_Wilderness%21 "Ah, Wilderness!")*; Agatha Christie's *[Lord Edgware Dies](/wiki/Lord_Edgware_Dies "Lord Edgware Dies")* and *[The Hound of Death](/wiki/The_Hound_of_Death "The Hound of Death")*; Lao She's *[Cat Country](/wiki/Cat_Country "Cat Country")*; Lion Feuchtwanger's *[The Oppermanns](/wiki/The_Oppermanns "The Oppermanns")*. Death of [John Galsworthy](/wiki/John_Galsworthy "John Galsworthy"), [Ring Lardner](/wiki/Ring_Lardner "Ring Lardner"), [George Moore](/wiki/George_Moore_%28novelist%29 "George Moore (novelist)")
* **[1934 in literature](/wiki/1934_in_literature "1934 in literature")** – F. Scott Fitzgerald's *[Tender Is the Night](/wiki/Tender_Is_the_Night "Tender Is the Night")*; Robert Graves's *[I, Claudius](/wiki/I%2C_Claudius "I, Claudius")*; Henry Miller's *[Tropic of Cancer](/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer_%28novel%29 "Tropic of Cancer (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Murder on the Orient Express](/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express "Murder on the Orient Express")*, *[Unfinished Portrait](/wiki/Unfinished_Portrait_%28novel%29 "Unfinished Portrait (novel)")*, *[Why Didn't They Ask Evans?](/wiki/Why_Didn%27t_They_Ask_Evans%3F "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?")*, *[Three Act Tragedy](/wiki/Three_Act_Tragedy "Three Act Tragedy")*, *[The Listerdale Mystery](/wiki/The_Listerdale_Mystery "The Listerdale Mystery")*, and *[Parker Pyne Investigates](/wiki/Parker_Pyne_Investigates "Parker Pyne Investigates")*; Irving Stone's *[Lust for Life](/wiki/Lust_for_Life_%28novel%29 "Lust for Life (novel)")*; P.L. Travers' *[Mary Poppins](/wiki/Mary_Poppins_%28book_series%29 "Mary Poppins (book series)")*; Dashiell Hammett's *[The Thin Man](/wiki/The_Thin_Man "The Thin Man")*; James Hilton's *[Goodbye, Mr. Chips](/wiki/Goodbye%2C_Mr._Chips "Goodbye, Mr. Chips")*; Nikolai Ostrovsky's *[How the Steel Was Tempered](/wiki/How_the_Steel_Was_Tempered "How the Steel Was Tempered")*; James M. Cain's *[The Postman Always Rings Twice](/wiki/The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice_%28novel%29 "The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel)")*; H. P. Lovecraft completes *[Supernatural Horror in Literature](/wiki/Supernatural_Horror_in_Literature "Supernatural Horror in Literature")* (1925–34\); E. E. Smith's *[Triplanetary](/wiki/Triplanetary_%28novel%29 "Triplanetary (novel)")*. Death of [Andrei Bely](/wiki/Andrei_Bely "Andrei Bely"), [Wallace Thurman](/wiki/Wallace_Thurman "Wallace Thurman")
* **[1935 in literature](/wiki/1935_in_literature "1935 in literature")** – Laura Ingalls Wilder's *[Little House on the Prairie](/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_%28novel%29 "Little House on the Prairie (novel)")*; Russell Thorndike's *[Doctor Syn Returns](/wiki/Doctor_Syn_Returns "Doctor Syn Returns")*; Agatha Christie's *[Death in the Clouds](/wiki/Death_in_the_Clouds "Death in the Clouds")*. First paperback published by [Penguin Books](/wiki/Penguin_Books "Penguin Books"). Death of [Charlotte Perkins Gilman](/wiki/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman "Charlotte Perkins Gilman"), [T. E. Lawrence](/wiki/T._E._Lawrence "T. E. Lawrence"), [Fernando Pessoa](/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa "Fernando Pessoa")
* **[1936 in literature](/wiki/1936_in_literature "1936 in literature")** – William Faulkner's *[Absalom, Absalom!](/wiki/Absalom%2C_Absalom%21 "Absalom, Absalom!")*; Margaret Mitchell's *[Gone with the Wind](/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_%28novel%29 "Gone with the Wind (novel)")*; Daphne du Maurier's *[Jamaica Inn](/wiki/Jamaica_Inn_%28novel%29 "Jamaica Inn (novel)")*; First issue of *[Life magazine](/wiki/Life_magazine "Life magazine")*; John Dos Passos's *[U.S.A. trilogy](/wiki/U.S.A._trilogy "U.S.A. trilogy")*; Karel Capek's *[War with the Newts](/wiki/War_with_the_Newts "War with the Newts")*; Munro Leaf's *[The Story of Ferdinand](/wiki/The_Story_of_Ferdinand "The Story of Ferdinand")*; Russell Thorndike's *[Doctor Syn on the High Seas](/wiki/Doctor_Syn_on_the_High_Seas "Doctor Syn on the High Seas")* and *[Further Adventures of Doctor Syn](/wiki/Further_Adventures_of_Doctor_Syn "Further Adventures of Doctor Syn")*; Agatha Christie's *[The A.B.C. Murders](/wiki/The_A.B.C._Murders "The A.B.C. Murders")*, *[Murder in Mesopotamia](/wiki/Murder_in_Mesopotamia "Murder in Mesopotamia")*, and *[Cards on the Table](/wiki/Cards_on_the_Table "Cards on the Table")*; Maxim Gorky's *[The Life of Klim Samgin](/wiki/The_Life_of_Klim_Samgin "The Life of Klim Samgin")*; H. P. Lovecraft's *[At the Mountains of Madness](/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness "At the Mountains of Madness")*, *[The Shadow Over Innsmouth](/wiki/The_Shadow_Over_Innsmouth "The Shadow Over Innsmouth")* and *[The Shadow Out of Time](/wiki/The_Shadow_Out_of_Time "The Shadow Out of Time")*. Killing of [Federico García Lorca](/wiki/Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca "Federico García Lorca"), death of [Maxim Gorky](/wiki/Maxim_Gorky "Maxim Gorky")
* **[1937 in literature](/wiki/1937_in_literature "1937 in literature")** – John Steinbeck's *[Of Mice and Men](/wiki/Of_Mice_and_Men "Of Mice and Men")*; J. R. R. Tolkien's *[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again](/wiki/The_Hobbit "The Hobbit")*; Georges Bernanos's *Journal d'un Curé de Campagne* (*[The Diary of a Country Priest](/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Country_Priest "The Diary of a Country Priest")*); Olaf Stapledon's *[Star Maker](/wiki/Star_Maker "Star Maker")*; Lao She's *[Rickshaw Boy](/wiki/Rickshaw_Boy "Rickshaw Boy")*; Agatha Christie's *[Dumb Witness](/wiki/Dumb_Witness "Dumb Witness")*, *[Death on the Nile](/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile "Death on the Nile")*, and *[Murder in the Mews](/wiki/Murder_in_the_Mews "Murder in the Mews")*. Death of [H. P. Lovecraft](/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft "H. P. Lovecraft"), [John Drinkwater](/wiki/John_Drinkwater_%28playwright%29 "John Drinkwater (playwright)"), [Antonio Gramsci](/wiki/Antonio_Gramsci "Antonio Gramsci"), [J. M. Barrie](/wiki/J._M._Barrie "J. M. Barrie"), [Edith Wharton](/wiki/Edith_Wharton "Edith Wharton")
* **[1938 in literature](/wiki/1938_in_literature "1938 in literature")** – Jean\-Paul Sartre's *[La Nausée](/wiki/Nausea_%28novel%29 "Nausea (novel)")*; Graham Greene's *[Brighton Rock](/wiki/Brighton_Rock_%28novel%29 "Brighton Rock (novel)")*; Evelyn Waugh's *[Scoop](/wiki/Scoop_%28novel%29 "Scoop (novel)")*; Henry Miller's *[Tropic of Capricorn](/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn_%28novel%29 "Tropic of Capricorn (novel)")*; T. H. White's *[The Sword in the Stone](/wiki/The_Sword_in_the_Stone_%28novel%29 "The Sword in the Stone (novel)")*; Vladimir Bartol's *[Alamut](/wiki/Alamut_%281938_novel%29 "Alamut (1938 novel)")*; C. L. R. James's *[The Black Jacobins](/wiki/The_Black_Jacobins "The Black Jacobins")*, Agatha Christie's *[Appointment with Death](/wiki/Appointment_with_Death "Appointment with Death")* and *[Hercule Poirot's Christmas](/wiki/Hercule_Poirot%27s_Christmas "Hercule Poirot's Christmas")*. Death of [Karel Čapek](/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek "Karel Čapek"), [James Weldon Johnson](/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson "James Weldon Johnson"), [Osip Mandelstam](/wiki/Osip_Mandelstam "Osip Mandelstam"), [Thomas Wolfe](/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe "Thomas Wolfe")
* **[1939 in literature](/wiki/1939_in_literature "1939 in literature")** – James Joyce's *[Finnegans Wake](/wiki/Finnegans_Wake "Finnegans Wake")*; Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's *[The Right Hand of the Grand Master](/wiki/The_Right_Hand_of_the_Grand_Master "The Right Hand of the Grand Master")*; John Steinbeck's *[The Grapes of Wrath](/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath "The Grapes of Wrath")*; Robert L. May's *[Rudolph the Red\-Nosed Reindeer](/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer")*; Raymond Chandler's *[The Big Sleep](/wiki/The_Big_Sleep "The Big Sleep")*; Flora Thompson's *[Lark Rise](/wiki/Lark_Rise "Lark Rise")*; T. S. Eliot's *[Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats](/wiki/Old_Possum%27s_Book_of_Practical_Cats "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats")*; Ludwig Bemelmans's *[Madeline](/wiki/Madeline_%28book%29 "Madeline (book)")*; Nathanael West's *[The Day of the Locust](/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Locust "The Day of the Locust")*; Richard Llewellyn's *[How Green Was My Valley](/wiki/How_Green_Was_My_Valley "How Green Was My Valley")*; Russell Thorndike's *[Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn](/wiki/Courageous_Exploits_of_Doctor_Syn "Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn")*; Agatha Christie's *[Murder Is Easy](/wiki/Murder_Is_Easy "Murder Is Easy")*, *[And Then There Were None](/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None "And Then There Were None")*, and *[The Regatta Mystery](/wiki/The_Regatta_Mystery "The Regatta Mystery")*; Nathalie Sarraute's *[Tropisms](/wiki/Tropisms "Tropisms")*; Stefan Zweig's *[Beware of Pity](/wiki/Beware_of_Pity_%28novel%29 "Beware of Pity (novel)")*. Death of [Sigmund Freud](/wiki/Sigmund_Freud "Sigmund Freud"), [W. B. Yeats](/wiki/W._B._Yeats "W. B. Yeats")

### 1940s

* **[1940 in literature](/wiki/1940_in_literature "1940 in literature")** – Anna Akhmatova's *[Requiem](/wiki/Requiem_%28Anna_Akhmatova%29 "Requiem (Anna Akhmatova)")*; Arthur Koestler's *[Darkness at Noon](/wiki/Darkness_at_Noon "Darkness at Noon")*; Graham Greene's *[The Power and the Glory](/wiki/The_Power_and_the_Glory "The Power and the Glory")*; Ernest Hemingway's *[For Whom the Bell Tolls](/wiki/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls "For Whom the Bell Tolls")*; Eric Knight's *[Lassie Come\-Home](/wiki/Lassie_Come-Home "Lassie Come-Home")*; Carson McCullers's *[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter](/wiki/The_Heart_Is_a_Lonely_Hunter "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter")*; Richard Wright's *[Native Son](/wiki/Native_Son "Native Son")*; Olaf Stapledon's *[Sirius](/wiki/Sirius "Sirius")*; John Cowper Powys's *[Owen Glendower](/wiki/Owen_Glendower_%28novel%29 "Owen Glendower (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Sad Cypress](/wiki/Sad_Cypress "Sad Cypress")* and *[One, Two, Buckle My Shoe](/wiki/One%2C_Two%2C_Buckle_My_Shoe_%28novel%29 "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (novel)")*; Adolfo Bioy Casares's *[The Invention of Morel](/wiki/The_Invention_of_Morel "The Invention of Morel")*; Mikhail Sholokhov's *[And Quiet Flows the Don](/wiki/And_Quiet_Flows_the_Don "And Quiet Flows the Don")*. Death of [F. Scott Fitzgerald](/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald "F. Scott Fitzgerald")
* **[1941 in literature](/wiki/1941_in_literature "1941 in literature")** – Virginia Woolf's *[Between the Acts](/wiki/Between_the_Acts "Between the Acts")*; Margret and H.A. Rey's *[Curious George](/wiki/Curious_George_%28book%29 "Curious George (book)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Evil Under the Sun](/wiki/Evil_Under_the_Sun "Evil Under the Sun")* and *[N or M?](/wiki/N_or_M%3F "N or M?")*; H. P. Lovecraft's *[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward](/wiki/The_Case_of_Charles_Dexter_Ward "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward")*. Death of [James Joyce](/wiki/James_Joyce "James Joyce"), [Virginia Woolf](/wiki/Virginia_Woolf "Virginia Woolf")
* **[1942 in literature](/wiki/1942_in_literature "1942 in literature")** – Albert Camus's *Le Mythe de Sisyphe* (*[The Myth of Sisyphus](/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus "The Myth of Sisyphus")*) and *L'Étranger* (*[The Stranger](/wiki/The_Stranger_%28Camus_novel%29 "The Stranger (Camus novel)")*); Edith Hamilton's *[Mythology](/wiki/Mythology_%28book%29 "Mythology (book)")*; Enid Blyton's *[The Famous Five](/wiki/The_Famous_Five_%28novel_series%29 "The Famous Five (novel series)")*; Robert Musil's *[The Man Without Qualities](/wiki/The_Man_Without_Qualities "The Man Without Qualities")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Body in the Library](/wiki/The_Body_in_the_Library "The Body in the Library")*, *[Five Little Pigs](/wiki/Five_Little_Pigs "Five Little Pigs")*. and *[The Moving Finger](/wiki/The_Moving_Finger "The Moving Finger")*. Death of [Stefan Zweig](/wiki/Stefan_Zweig "Stefan Zweig")
* **[1943 in literature](/wiki/1943_in_literature "1943 in literature")** – Jean\-Paul Sartre's *[Anti\-Semite and Jew](/wiki/Anti-Semite_and_Jew "Anti-Semite and Jew")* and *[Being and Nothingness](/wiki/Being_and_Nothingness "Being and Nothingness")*; Ayn Rand's *[The Fountainhead](/wiki/The_Fountainhead "The Fountainhead")*; T. S. Eliot's *[Four Quartets](/wiki/Four_Quartets "Four Quartets")* published together for the first time; Hermann Hesse's *Das Glasperlenspiel* (*[The Glass Bead Game](/wiki/The_Glass_Bead_Game "The Glass Bead Game"))*; Antoine de Saint\-Exupéry's *[The Little Prince](/wiki/The_Little_Prince "The Little Prince")*; Jean Genet's *[Our Lady of the Flowers](/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Flowers "Our Lady of the Flowers")*; Colette's *[Gigi](/wiki/Gigi_%28novella%29 "Gigi (novella)")*; H. P. Lovecraft's *[The Dream\-Quest of Unknown Kadath](/wiki/The_Dream-Quest_of_Unknown_Kadath "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath")*. Death of [Beatrix Potter](/wiki/Beatrix_Potter "Beatrix Potter")
* **[1944 in literature](/wiki/1944_in_literature "1944 in literature")** – Jean\-Paul Sartre's *[No Exit](/wiki/No_Exit "No Exit")*; Ivan Bunin's *[Dark Avenues](/wiki/Dark_Avenues "Dark Avenues")*; Jean Genet's *[Our Lady of the Flowers](/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Flowers "Our Lady of the Flowers")*; John Hersey's *[A Bell for Adano](/wiki/A_Bell_for_Adano_%28novel%29 "A Bell for Adano (novel)")*; Tennessee Williams's *[The Glass Menagerie](/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie "The Glass Menagerie")*; Russell Thorndike's *[The Shadow of Doctor Syn](/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Doctor_Syn "The Shadow of Doctor Syn")*; Agatha Christie's *[Towards Zero](/wiki/Towards_Zero "Towards Zero")*, *[Absent in the Spring](/wiki/Absent_in_the_Spring "Absent in the Spring")*, and *[Death Comes as the End](/wiki/Death_Comes_as_the_End "Death Comes as the End")*. Death of [Jean Giraudoux](/wiki/Jean_Giraudoux "Jean Giraudoux"), [Arthur Quiller\-Couch](/wiki/Arthur_Quiller-Couch "Arthur Quiller-Couch"), [Antoine de Saint\-Exupéry](/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry")
* **[1945 in literature](/wiki/1945_in_literature "1945 in literature")** – George Orwell's *[Animal Farm](/wiki/Animal_Farm "Animal Farm")*; Bertrand Russell's *[A History of Western Philosophy And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](/wiki/A_History_of_Western_Philosophy "A History of Western Philosophy")*; Astrid Lindgren's *[Pippi Longstocking](/wiki/Pippi_Longstocking_%28novel%29 "Pippi Longstocking (novel)")*; The Rev W. Awdry's *[The Railway Series](/wiki/List_of_Railway_Series_books%23The_Rev_W._Tawdry_era_%281945-1972%29 "List of Railway Series books#The Rev W. Tawdry era (1945-1972)")*, Evelyn Waugh's *[Brideshead Revisited](/wiki/Brideshead_Revisited "Brideshead Revisited")*; Flora Thompson's *[Lark Rise to Candleford](/wiki/Lark_Rise_to_Candleford "Lark Rise to Candleford")*; John Steinbeck's *[Cannery Row](/wiki/Cannery_Row_%28novel%29 "Cannery Row (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Sparkling Cyanide](/wiki/Sparkling_Cyanide "Sparkling Cyanide")*; [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn") sentenced to eight years in a labour camp for criticism of [Joseph Stalin](/wiki/Joseph_Stalin "Joseph Stalin"). Death of [Paul Valéry](/wiki/Paul_Val%C3%A9ry "Paul Valéry"), [Theodore Dreiser](/wiki/Theodore_Dreiser "Theodore Dreiser")
* **[1946 in literature](/wiki/1946_in_literature "1946 in literature")** – Eugene O'Neill's *[The Iceman Cometh](/wiki/The_Iceman_Cometh "The Iceman Cometh")*; Nikos Kazantzakis's *[Zorba the Greek](/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_%28novel%29 "Zorba the Greek (novel)")*; George Orwell's *[Critical Essays](/wiki/Critical_Essays_%28Orwell%29 "Critical Essays (Orwell)")*; E. E. Smith's *[The Skylark of Space](/wiki/The_Skylark_of_Space "The Skylark of Space")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Hollow](/wiki/The_Hollow "The Hollow")*; Mervyn Peake's *[Titus Groan](/wiki/Titus_Groan "Titus Groan")*. Death of [Countee Cullen](/wiki/Countee_Cullen "Countee Cullen"), [H. G. Wells](/wiki/H._G._Wells "H. G. Wells")
* **[1947 in literature](/wiki/1947_in_literature "1947 in literature")** – Anne Frank's *[The Diary of a Young Girl](/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl "The Diary of a Young Girl")*; Thomas Mann's *[Doctor Faustus](/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_%28novel%29 "Doctor Faustus (novel)")*; Albert Camus's *[La Peste](/wiki/La_Peste "La Peste")*; Tennessee Williams's *[A Streetcar Named Desire](/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_%28play%29 "A Streetcar Named Desire (play)")*; Boris Vian's *[Froth on the Daydream](/wiki/Froth_on_the_Daydream "Froth on the Daydream")* and *[Autumn in Peking](/wiki/Autumn_in_Peking "Autumn in Peking")*; Malcolm Lowry's *[Under the Volcano](/wiki/Under_the_Volcano "Under the Volcano")*; Jean Genet's *[Querelle of Brest](/wiki/Querelle_of_Brest "Querelle of Brest")* and *[The Maids](/wiki/The_Maids "The Maids")*; Arthur Miller's *[All My Sons](/wiki/All_My_Sons "All My Sons")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Labours of Hercules](/wiki/The_Labours_of_Hercules "The Labours of Hercules")*; [1st Tony Awards](/wiki/1st_Tony_Awards "1st Tony Awards") are awarded. Death of [Hugh Lofting](/wiki/Hugh_Lofting "Hugh Lofting"), [Manuel Machado](/wiki/Manuel_Machado_%28poet%29 "Manuel Machado (poet)"), [Maxwell Perkins](/wiki/Maxwell_Perkins "Maxwell Perkins")
* **[1948 in literature](/wiki/1948_in_literature "1948 in literature")** – Graham Greene's *[The Heart of the Matter](/wiki/The_Heart_of_the_Matter "The Heart of the Matter")*; Norman Mailer's *[The Naked and the Dead](/wiki/The_Naked_and_the_Dead "The Naked and the Dead")*; Agatha Christie's *[Taken at the Flood](/wiki/Taken_at_the_Flood "Taken at the Flood")*, *[The Rose and the Yew Tree](/wiki/The_Rose_and_the_Yew_Tree "The Rose and the Yew Tree")*, and *[The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories](/wiki/The_Witness_for_the_Prosecution_and_Other_Stories "The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories");* Dazai Osamu's *[No Longer Human](/wiki/No_Longer_Human "No Longer Human").* Death of [Zelda Fitzgerald](/wiki/Zelda_Fitzgerald "Zelda Fitzgerald"), [Claude McKay](/wiki/Claude_McKay "Claude McKay")
* **[1949 in literature](/wiki/1949_in_literature "1949 in literature")** – George Orwell's *[Nineteen Eighty\-Four](/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four "Nineteen Eighty-Four")*; Arthur Miller's *[Death of a Salesman](/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman "Death of a Salesman")*; Enid Blyton's *[Noddy Goes to Toyland](/wiki/Noddy_Goes_to_Toyland "Noddy Goes to Toyland")*; Jean Genet's *[The Thief's Journal](/wiki/The_Thief%27s_Journal "The Thief's Journal")*; Vilhelm Moberg's *[The Emigrants](/wiki/The_Emigrants_%28Vilhelm_Moberg_novel%29 "The Emigrants (Vilhelm Moberg novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Crooked House](/wiki/Crooked_House "Crooked House")*; Simone de Beauvoir's *[The Second Sex](/wiki/The_Second_Sex "The Second Sex")*; [Yukio Mishima](/wiki/Yukio_Mishima "Yukio Mishima")'s *[Confessions of a Mask](/wiki/Confessions_of_a_Mask "Confessions of a Mask")*. Death of [Maurice Maeterlinck](/wiki/Maurice_Maeterlinck "Maurice Maeterlinck"), [Sigrid Undset](/wiki/Sigrid_Undset "Sigrid Undset"), [Hallie Quinn Brown](/wiki/Hallie_Quinn_Brown "Hallie Quinn Brown")

### 1950s

* **[1950 in literature](/wiki/1950_in_literature "1950 in literature")** – Ray Bradbury's *[The Martian Chronicles](/wiki/The_Martian_Chronicles "The Martian Chronicles")*; Eugène Ionesco's *[The Bald Soprano](/wiki/The_Bald_Soprano "The Bald Soprano")*; C. S. Lewis's *[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe](/wiki/The_Lion%2C_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe")*; Isaac Asimov's *[I, Robot](/wiki/I%2C_Robot "I, Robot")*; Agatha Christie's *[A Murder Is Announced](/wiki/A_Murder_Is_Announced "A Murder Is Announced")* and *[Three Blind Mice and Other Stories](/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice_and_Other_Stories "Three Blind Mice and Other Stories")*; [Mervyn Peake](/wiki/Mervyn_Peake "Mervyn Peake")'s *[Gormenghast](/wiki/Gormenghast_%28novel%29 "Gormenghast (novel)")*; [Pablo Neruda](/wiki/Pablo_Neruda "Pablo Neruda")'s *[Canto General](/wiki/Canto_General "Canto General")*. Death of [George Orwell](/wiki/George_Orwell "George Orwell"), [George Bernard Shaw](/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw "George Bernard Shaw")
* **[1951 in literature](/wiki/1951_in_literature "1951 in literature")** – J. D. Salinger's *[The Catcher in the Rye](/wiki/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye "The Catcher in the Rye")*; Graham Greene's *[The End of the Affair](/wiki/The_End_of_the_Affair "The End of the Affair")*; Marguerite Yourcenar's *[Memoirs of Hadrian](/wiki/Memoirs_of_Hadrian "Memoirs of Hadrian")*; [John Cowper Powys](/wiki/John_Cowper_Powys "John Cowper Powys")'s *[Porius: A Romance of the Dark Ages](/wiki/Porius:A_Romance_of_the_Dark_Ages "A Romance of the Dark Ages")*; Samuel Beckett's *[Molloy](/wiki/Molloy_%28novel%29 "Molloy (novel)")* and *[Malone Dies](/wiki/Malone_Dies "Malone Dies")*; Isaac Asimov's *[Foundation](/wiki/Foundation_%28Isaac_Asimov_novel%29 "Foundation (Isaac Asimov novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[They Came to Baghdad](/wiki/They_Came_to_Baghdad "They Came to Baghdad")* and *[The Under Dog and Other Stories](/wiki/The_Under_Dog_and_Other_Stories "The Under Dog and Other Stories"); [Kalki Krishnamurty](/wiki/Kalki_Krishnamurthy "Kalki Krishnamurthy")'s [Ponniyin Selvan](/wiki/Ponniyin_Selvan "Ponniyin Selvan")*. Death of [Sinclair Lewis](/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis "Sinclair Lewis"), [André Gide](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Gide "André Gide")
* **[1952 in literature](/wiki/1952_in_literature "1952 in literature")** – Ernest Hemingway's *[The Old Man and the Sea](/wiki/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea "The Old Man and the Sea")*; E. B. White's *[Charlotte's Web](/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web "Charlotte's Web")*; Ralph Ellison's *[Invisible Man](/wiki/Invisible_Man "Invisible Man")*; Mary Norton's *[The Borrowers](/wiki/The_Borrowers "The Borrowers")*; Flannery O'Connor's *[Wise Blood](/wiki/Wise_Blood "Wise Blood")*; Agatha Christie's *[Mrs McGinty's Dead](/wiki/Mrs_McGinty%27s_Dead "Mrs McGinty's Dead")*, *[They Do It with Mirrors](/wiki/They_Do_It_with_Mirrors "They Do It with Mirrors")*, *[The Mousetrap](/wiki/The_Mousetrap "The Mousetrap")* and *[A Daughter's a Daughter](/wiki/A_Daughter%27s_a_Daughter "A Daughter's a Daughter")*. Death of [Knut Hamsun](/wiki/Knut_Hamsun "Knut Hamsun")
* **[1953 in literature](/wiki/1953_in_literature "1953 in literature")** – Samuel Beckett's *[Waiting for Godot](/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot "Waiting for Godot")* and *[The Unnamable](/wiki/The_Unnamable_%28novel%29 "The Unnamable (novel)")*; Ian Fleming's *[Casino Royale](/wiki/Casino_Royale_%28novel%29 "Casino Royale (novel)")* (First *[James Bond](/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_novels_and_short_stories "List of James Bond novels and short stories")* novel); Saul Bellow's *[The Adventures of Augie March](/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Augie_March "The Adventures of Augie March")*; Ray Bradbury's *[Fahrenheit 451](/wiki/Fahrenheit_451 "Fahrenheit 451")*; L. P. Hartley's *[The Go\-Between](/wiki/The_Go-Between "The Go-Between")*; [George Lamming](/wiki/George_Lamming "George Lamming")'s *[In the Castle of My Skin](/wiki/In_the_Castle_of_My_Skin "In the Castle of My Skin")*; Leon Uris's *[Battle Cry](/wiki/Battle_Cry_%28Uris_novel%29 "Battle Cry (Uris novel)")*; Arthur Miller's play *[The Crucible](/wiki/The_Crucible "The Crucible")* first performed; J. D. Salinger's *[Nine Stories](/wiki/Nine_Stories_%28Salinger%29 "Nine Stories (Salinger)")*; Agatha Christie's *[After the Funeral](/wiki/After_the_Funeral "After the Funeral")* and *[A Pocket Full of Rye](/wiki/A_Pocket_Full_of_Rye "A Pocket Full of Rye")*. Death of [Hilaire Belloc](/wiki/Hilaire_Belloc "Hilaire Belloc"), [Dylan Thomas](/wiki/Dylan_Thomas "Dylan Thomas"), [Eugene O'Neill](/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill "Eugene O'Neill")
* **[1954 in literature](/wiki/1954_in_literature "1954 in literature")** – J. R. R. Tolkien's *[The Lord of the Rings](/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings "The Lord of the Rings")*; William Golding's *[Lord of the Flies](/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies_%28novel%29 "Lord of the Flies (novel)")*; Aldous Huxley's *[The Doors of Perception](/wiki/The_Doors_of_Perception "The Doors of Perception")*; Kingsley Amis's *[Lucky Jim](/wiki/Lucky_Jim "Lucky Jim")*; Christy Brown's *[My Left Foot](/wiki/My_Left_Foot_%28book%29 "My Left Foot (book)")*; William Soutar's *Diaries of a Dying Man*; Françoise Sagan's *[Bonjour tristesse](/wiki/Bonjour_tristesse "Bonjour tristesse")*; Dr. Seuss' *[Horton Hears a Who!](/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who%21 "Horton Hears a Who!")*; Winston Churchill's *[The Second World War](/wiki/The_Second_World_War_%28book_series%29 "The Second World War (book series)")* – completed; Agatha Christie's *[Destination Unknown](/wiki/Destination_Unknown_%28novel%29 "Destination Unknown (novel)")*. Death of [Colette](/wiki/Colette "Colette")
* **[1955 in literature](/wiki/1955_in_literature "1955 in literature")** – Juan Rulfo's *[Pedro Páramo](/wiki/Pedro_P%C3%A1ramo "Pedro Páramo")*; Vladimir Nabokov's *[Lolita](/wiki/Lolita "Lolita")*; Tennessee Williams's *[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof](/wiki/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")*; Beverly Cleary's *[Beezus and Ramona](/wiki/Beezus_and_Ramona "Beezus and Ramona")*; Patricia Highsmith's *[The Talented Mr. Ripley](/wiki/The_Talented_Mr._Ripley "The Talented Mr. Ripley")*; Flannery O'Connor's *[A Good Man Is Hard to Find](/wiki/A_Good_Man_Is_Hard_to_Find_and_Other_Stories "A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories")*; Arthur Miller's *[A View from the Bridge](/wiki/A_View_from_the_Bridge "A View from the Bridge")*; Alistair MacLean's *[HMS Ulysses](/wiki/HMS_Ulysses_%28novel%29 "HMS Ulysses (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Hickory Dickory Dock](/wiki/Hickory_Dickory_Dock_%28novel%29 "Hickory Dickory Dock (novel)")*. Death of [Thomas Mann](/wiki/Thomas_Mann "Thomas Mann"), [Dale Carnegie](/wiki/Dale_Carnegie "Dale Carnegie")
* **[1956 in literature](/wiki/1956_in_literature "1956 in literature")** – Grace Metalious's *[Peyton Place](/wiki/Peyton_Place_%28novel%29 "Peyton Place (novel)")*; Friedrich Dürrenmatt's *[The Visit](/wiki/The_Visit_%28play%29 "The Visit (play)")*; Eugene O'Neill's *[Long Day's Journey into Night](/wiki/Long_Day%27s_Journey_into_Night "Long Day's Journey into Night")*; Allen Ginsberg's *[Howl and Other Poems](/wiki/Howl_and_Other_Poems "Howl and Other Poems")*; Fred Gipson's *[Old Yeller](/wiki/Old_Yeller "Old Yeller")*; Agatha Christie's *[Dead Man's Folly](/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Folly "Dead Man's Folly")* and *[The Burden](/wiki/The_Burden "The Burden")*. Death of [H. L. Mencken](/wiki/H._L._Mencken "H. L. Mencken"), [Walter de la Mare](/wiki/Walter_de_la_Mare "Walter de la Mare")
* **[1957 in literature](/wiki/1957_in_literature "1957 in literature")** – Jack Kerouac's *[On the Road](/wiki/On_the_Road "On the Road")*; Ayn Rand's *[Atlas Shrugged](/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged "Atlas Shrugged")*; Vladimir Nabokov's *[Pnin](/wiki/Pnin_%28novel%29 "Pnin (novel)")*; Patrick White's *[Voss](/wiki/Voss_%28novel%29 "Voss (novel)")*; Ted Hughes's *[The Hawk in the Rain](/wiki/The_Hawk_in_the_Rain "The Hawk in the Rain")*, John Cheever's *[The Wapshot Chronicle](/wiki/The_Wapshot_Chronicle "The Wapshot Chronicle")*; Boris Pasternak's *[Doctor Zhivago](/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_%28novel%29 "Doctor Zhivago (novel)")*; Dr. Seuss' *[The Cat in the Hat](/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat "The Cat in the Hat")* and *[How the Grinch Stole Christmas!](/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas%21 "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!")*; Max Frisch's *[Homo Faber](/wiki/Homo_Faber_%28novel%29 "Homo Faber (novel)")*; Tennessee Williams' *[Orpheus Descending](/wiki/Orpheus_Descending "Orpheus Descending")*; Jean Genet's *[The Balcony](/wiki/The_Balcony "The Balcony")*; Harold Pinter's *[The Birthday Party](/wiki/The_Birthday_Party_%28play%29 "The Birthday Party (play)")*; Harold Pinter's *[The Room](/wiki/The_Room_%28play%29 "The Room (play)")*; Robert A. Heinlein's *[The Door into Summer](/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer "The Door into Summer")*; Agatha Christie's *[4\.50 from Paddington](/wiki/4.50_from_Paddington "4.50 from Paddington")*. Death of [Oliver St. John Gogarty](/wiki/Oliver_St._John_Gogarty "Oliver St. John Gogarty"), [Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa](/wiki/Giuseppe_Tomasi_di_Lampedusa "Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa")
* **[1958 in literature](/wiki/1958_in_literature "1958 in literature")** – Chinua Achebe's *[Things Fall Apart](/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart "Things Fall Apart")*; Brendan Behan's *[Borstal Boy](/wiki/Borstal_Boy "Borstal Boy")*; Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's *Il Gattopardo* (*[The Leopard](/wiki/The_Leopard "The Leopard")*); Leon Uris's *[Exodus](/wiki/Exodus_%28Uris_novel%29 "Exodus (Uris novel)")*; Terry Southern's *[Candy](/wiki/Candy_%28Southern_and_Hoffenberg_novel%29 "Candy (Southern and Hoffenberg novel)")*; Jack Kerouac's *[The Dharma Bums](/wiki/The_Dharma_Bums "The Dharma Bums")*; Michael Bond's *[A Bear Called Paddington](/wiki/Paddington_Bear "Paddington Bear")*; R. K. Narayan's *[The Guide](/wiki/The_Guide "The Guide")*; Harold Pinter's play *[The Birthday Party](/wiki/The_Birthday_Party_%28play%29 "The Birthday Party (play)")* first performed; Jean Genet's *[The Blacks](/wiki/The_Blacks_%28play%29 "The Blacks (play)")*; Josef Skvorecky's *[The Cowards](/wiki/The_Cowards "The Cowards")*; Agatha Christie's *[Ordeal by Innocence](/wiki/Ordeal_by_Innocence "Ordeal by Innocence")*. Death of [Cyril M. Kornbluth](/wiki/Cyril_M._Kornbluth "Cyril M. Kornbluth"), [Juan Ramón Jiménez](/wiki/Juan_Ram%C3%B3n_Jim%C3%A9nez "Juan Ramón Jiménez"), [Roger Martin du Gard](/wiki/Roger_Martin_du_Gard "Roger Martin du Gard")
* **[1959 in literature](/wiki/1959_in_literature "1959 in literature")** – William S. Burroughs's *[Naked Lunch](/wiki/Naked_Lunch "Naked Lunch")*; Günter Grass's *[The Tin Drum](/wiki/The_Tin_Drum "The Tin Drum")*; Heinrich Böll's *[Billiards at Half\-past Nine](/wiki/Billiards_at_Half-past_Nine "Billiards at Half-past Nine")*; Eugène Ionesco's *Rhinocéros* (*[Rhinoceros](/wiki/Rhinoceros_%28play%29 "Rhinoceros (play)")*); André Schwarz\-Bart's *[The Last of the Just](/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Just "The Last of the Just")*; Terry Southern's *[The Magic Christian](/wiki/The_Magic_Christian_%28novel%29 "The Magic Christian (novel)")*; Alain Robbe\-Grillet's *[In the Labyrinth](/wiki/In_the_Labyrinth_%28novel%29 "In the Labyrinth (novel)")*; Walter M. Miller Jr.'s *[A Canticle for Leibowitz](/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz "A Canticle for Leibowitz")*; Tennessee Williams' *[Sweet Bird of Youth](/wiki/Sweet_Bird_of_Youth "Sweet Bird of Youth")*; John Arden's *[Serjeant Musgrave's Dance](/wiki/Serjeant_Musgrave%27s_Dance "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance")*; Raymond Queneau's *[Zazie in the Metro](/wiki/Zazie_dans_le_M%C3%A9tro_%28novel%29 "Zazie dans le Métro (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Cat Among the Pigeons](/wiki/Cat_Among_the_Pigeons "Cat Among the Pigeons")*; Mervyn Peake's *[Titus Alone](/wiki/Titus_Alone "Titus Alone")*. Death of [Edwin Muir](/wiki/Edwin_Muir "Edwin Muir"), [Raymond Chandler](/wiki/Raymond_Chandler "Raymond Chandler")

### 1960s

* **[1960 in literature](/wiki/1960_in_literature "1960 in literature")** – William L. Shirer's *[The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich](/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Third_Reich "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich")*; Harper Lee's *[To Kill a Mockingbird](/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird "To Kill a Mockingbird")*; Dr. Seuss' *[One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish](/wiki/One_Fish%2C_Two_Fish%2C_Red_Fish%2C_Blue_Fish "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish")* and *[Green Eggs and Ham](/wiki/Green_Eggs_and_Ham "Green Eggs and Ham")*; Edna O'Brien's *[The Country Girls](/wiki/The_Country_Girls "The Country Girls")*; John Updike's *[Rabbit, Run](/wiki/Rabbit%2C_Run "Rabbit, Run")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding](/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Christmas_Pudding "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding")*. Death of [Albert Camus](/wiki/Albert_Camus "Albert Camus"), [Boris Pasternak](/wiki/Boris_Pasternak "Boris Pasternak"), [Nevil Shute](/wiki/Nevil_Shute "Nevil Shute"), [Richard Wright](/wiki/Richard_Wright_%28author%29 "Richard Wright (author)"). [Lady Chatterley trial](/wiki/R_v_Penguin_Books_Ltd. "R v Penguin Books Ltd.")
* **[1961 in literature](/wiki/1961_in_literature "1961 in literature")** – Joseph Heller's *[Catch\-22](/wiki/Catch-22 "Catch-22")*; V. S. Naipaul's *[A House for Mr Biswas](/wiki/A_House_for_Mr_Biswas "A House for Mr Biswas")*; Richard Yates's *[Revolutionary Road](/wiki/Revolutionary_Road "Revolutionary Road")*; Walker Percy's *[The Moviegoer](/wiki/The_Moviegoer "The Moviegoer")*; Muriel Spark's *[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie](/wiki/The_Prime_of_Miss_Jean_Brodie_%28novel%29 "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel)")*; Robert A. Heinlein's *[Stranger in a Strange Land](/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land "Stranger in a Strange Land")*; Stanislaw Lem's *[Solaris](/wiki/Solaris_%28novel%29 "Solaris (novel)")*; J. D. Salinger's *[Franny and Zooey](/wiki/Franny_and_Zooey "Franny and Zooey")*; Jean Genet's *[The Screens](/wiki/The_Screens "The Screens")*; Roald Dahl's *[James and the Giant Peach](/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach "James and the Giant Peach")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Pale Horse](/wiki/The_Pale_Horse "The Pale Horse")* and *[Double Sin and Other Stories](/wiki/Double_Sin_and_Other_Stories "Double Sin and Other Stories")*. Death of [Ernest Hemingway](/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway "Ernest Hemingway"), [Frantz Fanon](/wiki/Frantz_Fanon "Frantz Fanon"), [Dashiell Hammett](/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett "Dashiell Hammett"), [James Thurber](/wiki/James_Thurber "James Thurber")
* **[1962 in literature](/wiki/1962_in_literature "1962 in literature")** – Ken Kesey's *[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest](/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_%28novel%29 "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)")*; Anthony Burgess's *[A Clockwork Orange](/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28novel%29 "A Clockwork Orange (novel)")*, Vladimir Nabokov's *[Pale Fire](/wiki/Pale_Fire "Pale Fire")*; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's *[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich](/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Denisovich "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich")*; Doris Lessing's *[The Golden Notebook](/wiki/The_Golden_Notebook "The Golden Notebook")*; Jorge Luis Borges's *[Labyrinths](/wiki/Labyrinths_%28short_story_collection%29 "Labyrinths (short story collection)")*; Philip K. Dick's *[The Man in the High Castle](/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle "The Man in the High Castle")*; Carlos Fuentes's *[The Death of Artemio Cruz](/wiki/The_Death_of_Artemio_Cruz "The Death of Artemio Cruz")*; Madeleine L'Engle's *[A Wrinkle in Time](/wiki/A_Wrinkle_in_Time "A Wrinkle in Time")*; Thomas Kuhn's *[The Structure of Scientific Revolutions](/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions")*; Stan and Jan Berenstain's *[The Big Honey Hunt](/wiki/The_Big_Honey_Hunt "The Big Honey Hunt")* (first [Berenstain Bears](/wiki/Berenstain_Bears "Berenstain Bears") book); Mercè Rodoreda's *[The Time of the Doves](/wiki/The_Time_of_the_Doves "The Time of the Doves")*; Ray Bradbury's *[Something Wicked This Way Comes](/wiki/Something_Wicked_This_Way_Comes_%28novel%29 "Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side](/wiki/The_Mirror_Crack%27d_from_Side_to_Side "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side")*. Death of [Hermann Hesse](/wiki/Hermann_Hesse "Hermann Hesse"), [William Faulkner](/wiki/William_Faulkner "William Faulkner"), [E. E. Cummings](/wiki/E._E._Cummings "E. E. Cummings")
* **[1963 in literature](/wiki/1963_in_literature "1963 in literature")** – Thomas Pynchon's *[V.](/wiki/V. "V.")*; Sylvia Plath's *[The Bell Jar](/wiki/The_Bell_Jar "The Bell Jar")*; Kurt Vonnegut's *[Cat's Cradle](/wiki/Cat%27s_Cradle "Cat's Cradle")*; Pierre Boulle's *La Planete des Singes* (*[Planet of the Apes](/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_%28novel%29 "Planet of the Apes (novel)")*); Maurice Sendak's *[Where the Wild Things Are](/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are "Where the Wild Things Are")*; John le Carré's *[The Spy Who Came In From the Cold](/wiki/The_Spy_Who_Came_In_From_the_Cold "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold")*; Václav Havel's *[The Garden Party](/wiki/The_Garden_Party_%28play%29 "The Garden Party (play)")*; Norman Bridwell's *[Clifford the Big Red Dog](/wiki/Clifford_the_Big_Red_Dog "Clifford the Big Red Dog")*; Agatha Christie's *[The Clocks](/wiki/The_Clocks "The Clocks")*; Julio Cortazar's *[Hopscotch](/wiki/Hopscotch_%28Cort%C3%A1zar_novel%29 "Hopscotch (Cortázar novel)")*. Death of [Aldous Huxley](/wiki/Aldous_Huxley "Aldous Huxley"), [Robert Frost](/wiki/Robert_Frost "Robert Frost"), [Clifford Odets](/wiki/Clifford_Odets "Clifford Odets"), [Sylvia Plath](/wiki/Sylvia_Plath "Sylvia Plath"), [William Carlos Williams](/wiki/William_Carlos_Williams "William Carlos Williams"), [C. S. Lewis](/wiki/C._S._Lewis "C. S. Lewis"); [John Cowper Powys](/wiki/John_Cowper_Powys "John Cowper Powys")
* **[1964 in literature](/wiki/1964_in_literature "1964 in literature")** – Marshall McLuhan's *[Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man](/wiki/Understanding_Media "Understanding Media")*, Thomas Berger's *[Little Big Man](/wiki/Little_Big_Man_%28novel%29 "Little Big Man (novel)")*; Leonard Cohen's *[Flowers for Hitler](/wiki/Flowers_for_Hitler "Flowers for Hitler")*; Roald Dahl's *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory")*; Hubert Selby Jr.'s *[Last Exit to Brooklyn](/wiki/Last_Exit_to_Brooklyn "Last Exit to Brooklyn")*; Brian Friel's play *[Philadelphia, Here I Come!](/wiki/Philadelphia%2C_Here_I_Come%21 "Philadelphia, Here I Come!")* first performed; Philip Larkin's *[The Whitsun Weddings](/wiki/The_Whitsun_Weddings "The Whitsun Weddings")*; Harold Pinter's *[The Homecoming](/wiki/The_Homecoming "The Homecoming")*; Gore Vidal's *[Julian](/wiki/Julian_%28novel%29 "Julian (novel)")*; Shel Silverstein's *[The Giving Tree](/wiki/The_Giving_Tree "The Giving Tree")*; Agatha Christie's *[A Caribbean Mystery](/wiki/A_Caribbean_Mystery "A Caribbean Mystery")*. Death of [Brendan Behan](/wiki/Brendan_Behan "Brendan Behan"), [Ian Fleming](/wiki/Ian_Fleming "Ian Fleming"), [Seán O'Casey](/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_O%27Casey "Seán O'Casey"), [Nella Larsen](/wiki/Nella_Larsen "Nella Larsen"). Refusal of Nobel Prize by [Jean\-Paul Sartre](/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre "Jean-Paul Sartre")
* **[1965 in literature](/wiki/1965_in_literature "1965 in literature")** – Alex Haley's *[The Autobiography of Malcolm X](/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Malcolm_X "The Autobiography of Malcolm X")*, Saul Bellow's *[Herzog](/wiki/Herzog_%28novel%29 "Herzog (novel)")*; Norman Mailer's *[An American Dream](/wiki/An_American_Dream_%28novel%29 "An American Dream (novel)")*; John Fowles's *[The Magus](/wiki/The_Magus_%28novel%29 "The Magus (novel)")*; John McGahern's *[The Dark](/wiki/The_Dark_%28McGahern_novel%29 "The Dark (McGahern novel)")*; Jerzy Kosinski's *[The Painted Bird](/wiki/The_Painted_Bird "The Painted Bird")*; Frank Herbert's *[Dune](/wiki/Dune_%28novel%29 "Dune (novel)")*; Harlan Ellison's *["Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman](/wiki/%22Repent%2C_Harlequin%21%22_Said_the_Ticktockman)*; Václav Havel's *[The Memorandum](/wiki/The_Memorandum "The Memorandum")*; Agatha Christie's *[At Bertram's Hotel](/wiki/At_Bertram%27s_Hotel "At Bertram's Hotel")* and *[Surprise! Surprise!](/wiki/Surprise%21_Surprise%21_%28short_story_collection%29 "Surprise! Surprise! (short story collection)")*. Death of [T. S. Eliot](/wiki/T._S._Eliot "T. S. Eliot"), [W. Somerset Maugham](/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham "W. Somerset Maugham")
* **[1966 in literature](/wiki/1966_in_literature "1966 in literature")** – Mikhail Bulgakov's *[The Master and Margarita](/wiki/The_Master_and_Margarita "The Master and Margarita")*; Thomas Pynchon's *[The Crying of Lot 49](/wiki/The_Crying_of_Lot_49 "The Crying of Lot 49")*; Jean Rhys's *[Wide Sargasso Sea](/wiki/Wide_Sargasso_Sea "Wide Sargasso Sea")*; Truman Capote's *[In Cold Blood](/wiki/In_Cold_Blood_%28book%29 "In Cold Blood (book)")*; Leonard Cohen's *[Beautiful Losers](/wiki/Beautiful_Losers "Beautiful Losers")*; Larry McMurtry's *[The Last Picture Show](/wiki/The_Last_Picture_Show "The Last Picture Show")*; Tom Stoppard's play *[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead](/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead")* first performed; Basil Buntings' *[Briggflatts](/wiki/Briggflatts "Briggflatts")*; *[The Witch's Daughter](/wiki/The_Witch%27s_Daughter "The Witch's Daughter")* by [Nina Bawden](/wiki/Nina_Bawden "Nina Bawden"); *[Babel\-17](/wiki/Babel-17 "Babel-17")* by Samuel R. Delany; Agatha Christie's *[Third Girl](/wiki/Third_Girl "Third Girl")*. Death of [Frank O'Connor](/wiki/Frank_O%27Connor "Frank O'Connor"), [Brian O'Nolan](/wiki/Brian_O%27Nolan "Brian O'Nolan"), [Evelyn Waugh](/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh "Evelyn Waugh")
* **[1967 in literature](/wiki/1967_in_literature "1967 in literature")** – Gabriel García Márquez's *Cien años de soledad* (*[One Hundred Years of Solitude](/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude "One Hundred Years of Solitude")*); Vladimir Nabokov's *[Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited](/wiki/Speak%2C_Memory:An_Autobiography_Revisited "An Autobiography Revisited")*; Bernard Malamud's *[The Fixer](/wiki/The_Fixer_%28novel%29 "The Fixer (novel)")*; Flann O'Brien's *[The Third Policeman](/wiki/The_Third_Policeman "The Third Policeman")*; Milan Kundera's *Žert* (*[The Joke](/wiki/The_Joke_%28novel%29 "The Joke (novel)")*); Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore's *[The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects](/wiki/The_Medium_is_the_Massage "The Medium is the Massage")*; William Manchester's *[The Death of a President](/wiki/The_Death_of_a_President "The Death of a President")*; Robert K. Massie's *[Nicholas and Alexandra](/wiki/Nicholas_and_Alexandra_%28book%29 "Nicholas and Alexandra (book)")*; Allan W. Eckert's *[Wild Season](/wiki/Wild_Season "Wild Season")*; Roger Zelazny's *[Lord of Light](/wiki/Lord_of_Light "Lord of Light")*; Harlan Ellison's *[Dangerous Visions](/wiki/Dangerous_Visions "Dangerous Visions")*; Harlan Ellison's *[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream](/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth%2C_and_I_Must_Scream "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream")*; S. E. Hinton's *[The Outsiders](/wiki/The_Outsiders_%28novel%29 "The Outsiders (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Endless Night](/wiki/Endless_Night_%28novel%29 "Endless Night (novel)")*. Death of [Victor Gollancz](/wiki/Victor_Gollancz "Victor Gollancz"), [Langston Hughes](/wiki/Langston_Hughes "Langston Hughes"), [Carson McCullers](/wiki/Carson_McCullers "Carson McCullers"), [John Masefield](/wiki/John_Masefield "John Masefield"), [Dorothy Parker](/wiki/Dorothy_Parker "Dorothy Parker"), [Siegfried Sassoon](/wiki/Siegfried_Sassoon "Siegfried Sassoon"), [Alice B. Toklas](/wiki/Alice_B._Toklas "Alice B. Toklas"), [Jean Toomer](/wiki/Jean_Toomer "Jean Toomer")
* **[1968 in literature](/wiki/1968_in_literature "1968 in literature")** – Philip K. Dick's *[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?](/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")*; Tom Wolfe's *[The Electric Kool\-Aid Acid Test](/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test")*; Arthur Hailey's *[Airport](/wiki/Airport_%28novel%29 "Airport (novel)")*; Albert Cohen's *[Belle du Seigneur](/wiki/Belle_du_Seigneur "Belle du Seigneur")*; Judith Kerr's *[The Tiger Who Came to Tea](/wiki/The_Tiger_Who_Came_to_Tea "The Tiger Who Came to Tea")*; Carlos Castaneda's *[The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge](/wiki/The_Teachings_of_Don_Juan "The Teachings of Don Juan")*; Ursula K. Le Guin's *[A Wizard of Earthsea](/wiki/A_Wizard_of_Earthsea "A Wizard of Earthsea")*; Samuel R. Delany's *[Nova](/wiki/Nova_%28novel%29 "Nova (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[By the Pricking of My Thumbs](/wiki/By_the_Pricking_of_My_Thumbs "By the Pricking of My Thumbs")*; Marguerite Yourcenar's *[The Abyss](/wiki/The_Abyss_%28Yourcenar_novel%29 "The Abyss (Yourcenar novel)")*; Haddis Alemayehu's *[Love to the Grave](/wiki/Love_to_the_Grave "Love to the Grave")*. Death of [John Steinbeck](/wiki/John_Steinbeck "John Steinbeck"), [Edna Ferber](/wiki/Edna_Ferber "Edna Ferber"), [Upton Sinclair](/wiki/Upton_Sinclair "Upton Sinclair"), [Enid Blyton](/wiki/Enid_Blyton "Enid Blyton"), [Mervyn Peake](/wiki/Mervyn_Peake "Mervyn Peake")
* **[1969 in literature](/wiki/1969_in_literature "1969 in literature")** – inaugural Booker Prize awarded to P. H. Newby's *[Something to Answer For](/wiki/Something_to_Answer_For "Something to Answer For")*; Mario Puzo's *[The Godfather](/wiki/The_Godfather_%28novel%29 "The Godfather (novel)")*; Philip Roth's *[Portnoy's Complaint](/wiki/Portnoy%27s_Complaint "Portnoy's Complaint")*; Eric Carle's *[The Very Hungry Caterpillar](/wiki/The_Very_Hungry_Caterpillar "The Very Hungry Caterpillar")*; Kurt Vonnegut's *[Slaughterhouse\-Five](/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five "Slaughterhouse-Five")*; Vladimir Nabokov's *[Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle](/wiki/Ada_or_Ardor:A_Family_Chronicle "A Family Chronicle")*; Maya Angelou's *[I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings](/wiki/I_Know_Why_The_Caged_Bird_Sings "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings")*; John Fowles's *[The French Lieutenant's Woman](/wiki/The_French_Lieutenant%27s_Woman "The French Lieutenant's Woman")*; Harlan Ellison's *[A Boy and His Dog](/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog "A Boy and His Dog")*; Agatha Christie's *[Hallowe'en Party](/wiki/Hallowe%27en_Party "Hallowe'en Party")*; [Sam Greenlee](/wiki/Sam_Greenlee "Sam Greenlee")'s *[The Spook Who Sat By the Door](/wiki/The_Spook_Who_Sat_by_the_Door_%28novel%29 "The Spook Who Sat by the Door (novel)")*. Death of [Jack Kerouac](/wiki/Jack_Kerouac "Jack Kerouac"), [B. Traven](/wiki/B._Traven "B. Traven"), [Leonard Woolf](/wiki/Leonard_Woolf "Leonard Woolf")

### 1970s

* **[1970 in literature](/wiki/1970_in_literature "1970 in literature")** – Judy Blume's *[Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.](/wiki/Are_You_There_God%3F_It%27s_Me%2C_Margaret. "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.")*, Muriel Spark's *[The Driver's Seat](/wiki/The_Driver%27s_Seat_%28novel%29 "The Driver's Seat (novel)")*; Judith Kerr's *[Mog the Forgetful Cat](/wiki/Mog_%28Judith_Kerr%29 "Mog (Judith Kerr)")*; J. G. Farrell's *[Troubles](/wiki/Troubles_%28novel%29 "Troubles (novel)")*; Toni Morrison's *[The Bluest Eye](/wiki/The_Bluest_Eye "The Bluest Eye")*; James Dickey's *[Deliverance](/wiki/Deliverance "Deliverance")*; Roald Dahl's *[Fantastic Mr. Fox](/wiki/Fantastic_Mr._Fox "Fantastic Mr. Fox")*; Terry Southern's *[Blue Movie](/wiki/Blue_Movie "Blue Movie")*; Jim Bouton's *[Ball Four](/wiki/Ball_Four "Ball Four")*; Ted Hughes's *[Crow](/wiki/Crow_%28poetry%29 "Crow (poetry)")*; Nina Bawden's *[The Birds on the Trees](/wiki/The_Birds_on_the_Trees "The Birds on the Trees")*; Maurice Sendak's *[In the Night Kitchen](/wiki/In_the_Night_Kitchen "In the Night Kitchen")*; Larry Niven's *[Ringworld](/wiki/Ringworld "Ringworld")*; Agatha Christie's *[Passenger to Frankfurt](/wiki/Passenger_to_Frankfurt "Passenger to Frankfurt")*; Annette Tison and Talus Taylor's *[Barbapapa](/wiki/Barbapapa "Barbapapa")*; Roger Zelazny's *[Nine Princes in Amber](/wiki/Nine_Princes_in_Amber "Nine Princes in Amber")*. Death of [Máirtín Ó Cadhain](/wiki/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Cadhain "Máirtín Ó Cadhain"); [Erich Maria Remarque](/wiki/Erich_Maria_Remarque "Erich Maria Remarque");
* **[1971 in literature](/wiki/1971_in_literature "1971 in literature")** – Frederick Forsyth's *[The Day of the Jackal](/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Jackal "The Day of the Jackal")*; Carlos Castaneda's *[A Separate Reality](/wiki/A_Separate_Reality "A Separate Reality"): Further Conversations with Don Juan*; Dr. Seuss' *[The Lorax](/wiki/The_Lorax "The Lorax")*; [Xaviera Hollander](/wiki/Xaviera_Hollander "Xaviera Hollander")'s *[The Happy Hooker](/wiki/The_Happy_Hooker "The Happy Hooker"): My Own Story*; Rosamunde Pilcher's *[The End of Summer](/wiki/The_End_of_Summer "The End of Summer")*; Roger Hargreaves's *[Mr. Men](/wiki/Mr._Men "Mr. Men")*; Agatha Christie's *[Nemesis](/wiki/Nemesis_%28Christie_novel%29 "Nemesis (Christie novel)")* and *[The Golden Ball and Other Stories](/wiki/The_Golden_Ball_and_Other_Stories "The Golden Ball and Other Stories")*. Death of [Ogden Nash](/wiki/Ogden_Nash "Ogden Nash"), [Stevie Smith](/wiki/Stevie_Smith "Stevie Smith")
* **[1972 in literature](/wiki/1972_in_literature "1972 in literature")** – Richard Bach's *[Jonathan Livingston Seagull](/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull "Jonathan Livingston Seagull")*; Hunter S. Thompson's *[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas](/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas_%28novel%29 "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel)")*; Ira Levin's *[The Stepford Wives](/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives "The Stepford Wives")*; Richard Adams's *[Watership Down](/wiki/Watership_Down "Watership Down")*; Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's *[Roadside Picnic](/wiki/Roadside_Picnic "Roadside Picnic")*; Isaac Asimov's *[The Gods Themselves](/wiki/The_Gods_Themselves "The Gods Themselves")*; Agatha Christie's *[Elephants Can Remember](/wiki/Elephants_Can_Remember "Elephants Can Remember")*. Death of [Ezra Pound](/wiki/Ezra_Pound "Ezra Pound"), [L. P. Hartley](/wiki/L._P._Hartley "L. P. Hartley")
* **[1973 in literature](/wiki/1973_in_literature "1973 in literature")** – Thomas Pynchon's *[Gravity's Rainbow](/wiki/Gravity%27s_Rainbow "Gravity's Rainbow")*; J. G. Ballard's *[Crash](/wiki/Crash_%28J._G._Ballard_novel%29 "Crash (J. G. Ballard novel)")*; J. G. Farrell's *[The Siege of Krishnapur](/wiki/The_Siege_of_Krishnapur "The Siege of Krishnapur")*; Gore Vidal's *[Burr](/wiki/Burr_%28novel%29 "Burr (novel)")*; Peter Shaffer's play *[Equus](/wiki/Equus_%28play%29 "Equus (play)")* first performed; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's *[The Gulag Archipelago](/wiki/The_Gulag_Archipelago "The Gulag Archipelago")*; John Bellairs' *[The House with a Clock in Its Walls](/wiki/The_House_with_a_Clock_in_Its_Walls "The House with a Clock in Its Walls")*; Kurt Vonnegut's *[Breakfast of Champions](/wiki/Breakfast_of_Champions "Breakfast of Champions")*; Nina Bawden's *[Carrie's War](/wiki/Carrie%27s_War "Carrie's War")*; Arthur C. Clarke's *[Rendezvous with Rama](/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama "Rendezvous with Rama")*; Dean Koontz's *[Demon Seed](/wiki/Demon_Seed_%28novel%29 "Demon Seed (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Postern of Fate](/wiki/Postern_of_Fate "Postern of Fate")*. Death of [W. H. Auden](/wiki/W._H._Auden "W. H. Auden"), [J. R. R. Tolkien](/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien "J. R. R. Tolkien"), [B. S. Johnson](/wiki/B._S._Johnson "B. S. Johnson")
* **[1974 in literature](/wiki/1974_in_literature "1974 in literature")** – Carl Bernstein \& Bob Woodward's *[All the President's Men](/wiki/All_the_President%27s_Men "All the President's Men")*; Stephen King's *[Carrie](/wiki/Carrie_%28novel%29 "Carrie (novel)")*; Peter Benchley's *[Jaws](/wiki/Jaws_%28novel%29 "Jaws (novel)")*; Erica Jong's *[Fear of Flying](/wiki/Fear_of_Flying_%28novel%29 "Fear of Flying (novel)")*; Jill Murphy's *[The Worst Witch](/wiki/The_Worst_Witch%23Books%23The_Worst_Witch "The Worst Witch#Books#The Worst Witch")*; James Herbert's *[The Rats](/wiki/The_Rats_%28novel%29 "The Rats (novel)")*; Agatha Christie's *[Poirot's Early Cases](/wiki/Poirot%27s_Early_Cases "Poirot's Early Cases")*. Death of [Edmund Blunden](/wiki/Edmund_Blunden "Edmund Blunden"), [Georgette Heyer](/wiki/Georgette_Heyer "Georgette Heyer"), [William Gardner Smith](/wiki/William_Gardner_Smith "William Gardner Smith")
* **[1975 in literature](/wiki/1975_in_literature "1975 in literature")** – James Clavell's *[Shogun](/wiki/Shogun_%28novel%29 "Shogun (novel)")*; Stephen King's *['Salem's Lot](/wiki/%27Salem%27s_Lot "'Salem's Lot")*; Jorge Luis Borges's *[The Book of Sand](/wiki/The_Book_of_Sand_%28book%29 "The Book of Sand (book)")*; Samuel R. Delany's *[Dhalgren](/wiki/Dhalgren "Dhalgren")*; E. L. Doctorow's *[Ragtime](/wiki/Ragtime_%28novel%29 "Ragtime (novel)")*; Carlos Fuentes' *[Terra Nostra](/wiki/Terra_Nostra_%28novel%29 "Terra Nostra (novel)")*; James Herbert's *[The Fog](/wiki/The_Fog_%28novel%29 "The Fog (novel)")*; Diana Wynne Jones' *[Cart and Cwidder](/wiki/Cart_and_Cwidder "Cart and Cwidder")*; Agatha Christie's *[Curtain](/wiki/Curtain_%28novel%29 "Curtain (novel)")*. Death of [P. G. Wodehouse](/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse "P. G. Wodehouse"), [Saint\-John Perse](/wiki/Saint-John_Perse "Saint-John Perse"), [Thornton Wilder](/wiki/Thornton_Wilder "Thornton Wilder")
* **[1976 in literature](/wiki/1976_in_literature "1976 in literature")** – Anne Rice's *[Interview with the Vampire](/wiki/Interview_with_the_Vampire "Interview with the Vampire")*; Richard Yates's *[The Easter Parade](/wiki/The_Easter_Parade "The Easter Parade")*; Mildred D. Taylor's *[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry](/wiki/Roll_of_Thunder%2C_Hear_My_Cry "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry")*; Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's *[The Final Days](/wiki/The_Final_Days "The Final Days")*; Samuel R. Delany's *[Triton](/wiki/Triton_%28novel%29 "Triton (novel)")*; Alex Haley's *[Roots: The Saga of an American Family](/wiki/Roots:The_Saga_of_an_American_Family "The Saga of an American Family")*; Agatha Christie's *[Sleeping Murder](/wiki/Sleeping_Murder "Sleeping Murder")*; Marc Brown's *[Arthur's Nose](/wiki/Arthur%27s_Nose "Arthur's Nose")* (first *[Arthur](/wiki/Arthur_%28TV_series%29 "Arthur (TV series)")* book). Death of [Agatha Christie](/wiki/Agatha_Christie "Agatha Christie"), [André Malraux](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Malraux "André Malraux")
* **[1977 in literature](/wiki/1977_in_literature "1977 in literature")** – Iris Murdoch's *[The Sea, the Sea](/wiki/The_Sea%2C_the_Sea "The Sea, the Sea")*; Toni Morrison's *[Song of Solomon](/wiki/Song_of_Solomon_%28novel%29 "Song of Solomon (novel)")*; Stephen King's *[The Shining](/wiki/The_Shining_%28novel%29 "The Shining (novel)")*; J. R. R. Tolkien's *[The Silmarillion](/wiki/The_Silmarillion "The Silmarillion")*; Frederick Pohl's *[Gateway](/wiki/Gateway_%28novel%29 "Gateway (novel)")*; Diana Wynne Jones' *[Charmed Life](/wiki/Charmed_Life_%28novel%29 "Charmed Life (novel)")*; Shirley Hughes's *[Dogger](/wiki/Dogger_%28book%29 "Dogger (book)")*; Patrick Leigh Fermor's *[A Time of Gifts](/wiki/A_Time_of_Gifts "A Time of Gifts")*; Terry Brooks' *[The Sword of Shannara](/wiki/The_Sword_of_Shannara "The Sword of Shannara")*; Michael Moorcock's *[The Condition of Muzak](/wiki/The_Condition_of_Muzak "The Condition of Muzak")*. Death of [Anaïs Nin](/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin "Anaïs Nin"), [Vladimir Nabokov](/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov "Vladimir Nabokov"), [Dennis Wheatley](/wiki/Dennis_Wheatley "Dennis Wheatley"), [Terence Rattigan](/wiki/Terence_Rattigan "Terence Rattigan")
* **[1978 in literature](/wiki/1978_in_literature "1978 in literature")** – John Irving's *[The World According to Garp](/wiki/The_World_According_to_Garp "The World According to Garp")*; J. G. Farrell's *[The Singapore Grip](/wiki/The_Singapore_Grip "The Singapore Grip")*; Judi Barrett's *[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs](/wiki/Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Meatballs "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs")*; John Cheever's *[The Stories of John Cheever](/wiki/The_Stories_of_John_Cheever "The Stories of John Cheever")*; Stephen King's *[The Stand](/wiki/The_Stand "The Stand")*; Harold Pinter's *[Betrayal](/wiki/Betrayal_%28play%29 "Betrayal (play)")*; Ken Follett's *[Eye of the Needle](/wiki/Eye_of_the_Needle_%28novel%29 "Eye of the Needle (novel)")*; Octavia Butler's *[Kindred](/wiki/Kindred_%28novel%29 "Kindred (novel)")*; Roy Heath's *[The Murderer](/wiki/The_Murderer_%28novel%29 "The Murderer (novel)")*, [Dambudzo Marechera](/wiki/Dambudzo_Marechera "Dambudzo Marechera")'s *[The House of Hunger](/wiki/The_House_of_Hunger "The House of Hunger")*, Raymond Briggs's *[The Snowman](/wiki/The_Snowman_%28book%29 "The Snowman (book)")*, Roger Hargreaves's *[Timbuctoo](/wiki/Timbuctoo "Timbuctoo")*. Death of [F. R. Leavis](/wiki/F._R._Leavis "F. R. Leavis"), [Hugh MacDiarmid](/wiki/Hugh_MacDiarmid "Hugh MacDiarmid"), [Georgi Markov](/wiki/Georgi_Markov "Georgi Markov")
* **[1979 in literature](/wiki/1979_in_literature "1979 in literature")** – Douglas Adams's *[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_%28novel%29 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)")*; Italo Calvino's *Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore* (*[If on a winter's night a traveler](/wiki/If_on_a_winter%27s_night_a_traveler "If on a winter's night a traveler")*); V.S. Naipaul's *[A Bend in the River](/wiki/A_Bend_in_the_River "A Bend in the River")*, Milan Kundera's *Kniha smíchu a zapomnení* (*[The Book of Laughter and Forgetting](/wiki/The_Book_of_Laughter_and_Forgetting "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting")*); Angela Sommer\-Bodenburg's *Der kleine Vampir* (*[The Little Vampire](/wiki/Der_kleine_Vampir "Der kleine Vampir")*); William Styron's *[Sophie's Choice](/wiki/Sophie%27s_Choice_%28novel%29 "Sophie's Choice (novel)")*; Norman Mailer's *[The Executioner's Song](/wiki/The_Executioner%27s_Song "The Executioner's Song")*; Jeffrey Archer's *[Kane and Abel](/wiki/Kane_and_Abel_%28novel%29 "Kane and Abel (novel)")*; Peter Shaffer's play *[Amadeus](/wiki/Amadeus_%28play%29 "Amadeus (play)")* first performed; Flora Thompson's *[Heatherley](/wiki/Heatherley "Heatherley")*; Arthur C. Clarke's *[The Fountains of Paradise](/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise "The Fountains of Paradise")*; Ken Follett's [Triple](/wiki/Triple_%28novel%29 "Triple (novel)"); Agatha Christie's *[Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories](/wiki/Miss_Marple%27s_Final_Cases_and_Two_Other_Stories "Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories")*, Rosemary Wells's *[Max \& Ruby](/wiki/Max_%26_Ruby "Max & Ruby")*. Death of [J. G. Farrell](/wiki/J._G._Farrell "J. G. Farrell"), [Jean Rhys](/wiki/Jean_Rhys "Jean Rhys")

### 1980s

* **[1980 in literature](/wiki/1980_in_literature "1980 in literature")** – John le Carré's *[Smiley's People](/wiki/Smiley%27s_People "Smiley's People")*; Robert Ludlum's [*Jason Bourne* trilogy](/wiki/Bourne_%28novel_series%29%23Novels_by_Ludlum "Bourne (novel series)#Novels by Ludlum"); J. M. Coetzee's *[Waiting for the Barbarians](/wiki/Waiting_for_the_Barbarians "Waiting for the Barbarians")*; William Maxwell's *[So Long, See You Tomorrow](/wiki/So_Long%2C_See_You_Tomorrow_%28novel%29 "So Long, See You Tomorrow (novel)")*; Anthony Burgess's *[Earthly Powers](/wiki/Earthly_Powers "Earthly Powers")*; Umberto Eco's *Il nome della rosa ([The Name of the Rose](/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose "The Name of the Rose"))*; John Kennedy Toole's *[A Confederacy of Dunces](/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces "A Confederacy of Dunces")*; Gay Talese's *[Thy Neighbor's Wife](/wiki/Thy_Neighbor%27s_Wife_%28book%29 "Thy Neighbor's Wife (book)")*; Brian Friel's play *[Translations](/wiki/Translations_%28play%29 "Translations (play)")* first performed; Ken Follett's *[The Key to Rebecca](/wiki/The_Key_to_Rebecca "The Key to Rebecca")*; Robert Munsch's *[The Paper Bag Princess](/wiki/The_Paper_Bag_Princess "The Paper Bag Princess")*. Death of [Jean\-Paul Sartre](/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre "Jean-Paul Sartre"), [Alejo Carpentier](/wiki/Alejo_Carpentier "Alejo Carpentier"), [Henry Miller](/wiki/Henry_Miller "Henry Miller"), [Katherine Anne Porter](/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter "Katherine Anne Porter"), [C. P. Snow](/wiki/C._P._Snow "C. P. Snow"), [Kenneth Tynan](/wiki/Kenneth_Tynan "Kenneth Tynan")
* **[1981 in literature](/wiki/1981_in_literature "1981 in literature")** – Salman Rushdie's *[Midnight's Children](/wiki/Midnight%27s_Children "Midnight's Children")*; Thomas Harris's *[Red Dragon](/wiki/Red_Dragon_%28novel%29 "Red Dragon (novel)")*; Roger Hargreaves's *[Little Miss](/wiki/List_of_Little_Miss_characters "List of Little Miss characters")*. Death of [Nelson Algren](/wiki/Nelson_Algren "Nelson Algren"), [Gwendolyn B. Bennett](/wiki/Gwendolyn_B._Bennett "Gwendolyn B. Bennett"), [Christy Brown](/wiki/Christy_Brown "Christy Brown"), [Eugenio Montale](/wiki/Eugenio_Montale "Eugenio Montale"), [William Saroyan](/wiki/William_Saroyan "William Saroyan"), [Philip Toynbee](/wiki/Philip_Toynbee "Philip Toynbee")
* **[1982 in literature](/wiki/1982_in_literature "1982 in literature")** – José Saramago's *Memorial do Convento* (*[Baltasar and Blimunda](/wiki/Baltasar_and_Blimunda "Baltasar and Blimunda")*); Alice Walker's *[The Color Purple](/wiki/The_Color_Purple "The Color Purple")*; Primo Levi's *Se non ora, quando?* (*[If Not Now, When?](/wiki/If_Not_Now%2C_When%3F_%28novel%29 "If Not Now, When? (novel)")*); L. Ron Hubbard's *[Battlefield Earth](/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_%28novel%29 "Battlefield Earth (novel)")*; Isabel Allende's *[La casa de los espíritus](/wiki/La_casa_de_los_esp%C3%ADritus "La casa de los espíritus")* (*[The House of the Spirits](/wiki/The_House_of_the_Spirits "The House of the Spirits")*); Charles Bukowski's *[Ham on Rye](/wiki/Ham_on_Rye "Ham on Rye")*; Roald Dahl's *[The BFG](/wiki/The_BFG "The BFG")*; Tom Stoppard's *[The Real Thing](/wiki/The_Real_Thing_%28play%29 "The Real Thing (play)")*; Fernando Pessoa's *[The Book of Disquiet](/wiki/The_Book_of_Disquiet "The Book of Disquiet")*; Stephen King's *[The Gunslinger](/wiki/The_Gunslinger "The Gunslinger")*; David Eddings' *[The Belgariad](/wiki/The_Belgariad "The Belgariad")*; Ken Follett's *[The Man from St. Petersburg](/wiki/The_Man_from_St._Petersburg "The Man from St. Petersburg")*. Death of [Louis Aragon](/wiki/Louis_Aragon "Louis Aragon"), [Philip K. Dick](/wiki/Philip_K._Dick "Philip K. Dick"), [Ayn Rand](/wiki/Ayn_Rand "Ayn Rand")
* **[1983 in literature](/wiki/1983_in_literature "1983 in literature")** – J. M. Coetzee's *[Life \& Times of Michael K](/wiki/Life_%26_Times_of_Michael_K "Life & Times of Michael K")*; Salman Rushdie's *[Shame](/wiki/Shame_%28Rushdie_novel%29 "Shame (Rushdie novel)")*; Terry Pratchett's *[Discworld](/wiki/Discworld "Discworld")*; Parker Brothers and Random House publish the first *[Care Bears](/wiki/List_of_Care_Bears_books%23English-language_books "List of Care Bears books#English-language books")* books; Ken Follett's *[On Wings of Eagles](/wiki/On_Wings_of_Eagles "On Wings of Eagles")*; Norman Mailer's *[Ancient Evenings](/wiki/Ancient_Evenings "Ancient Evenings")*; Stephen King's *[Pet Sematary](/wiki/Pet_Sematary "Pet Sematary")*; Dean Koontz's *[Phantoms](/wiki/Phantoms_%28novel%29 "Phantoms (novel)")*; Lynley Dodd's *[Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy](/wiki/Hairy_Maclary_from_Donaldson%27s_Dairy "Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy")*; Palanca Awardee's *[Luha ng Buwaya](/wiki/Luha_ng_Buwaya "Luha ng Buwaya")*. Death of [Arthur Koestler](/wiki/Arthur_Koestler "Arthur Koestler"), [Nikolaus Pevsner](/wiki/Nikolaus_Pevsner "Nikolaus Pevsner"), [Mikey Smith](/wiki/Mikey_Smith "Mikey Smith"), [Rebecca West](/wiki/Rebecca_West "Rebecca West"), [Tennessee Williams](/wiki/Tennessee_Williams "Tennessee Williams")
* **[1984 in literature](/wiki/1984_in_literature "1984 in literature")** – Milan Kundera's *[The Unbearable Lightness of Being](/wiki/The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being "The Unbearable Lightness of Being")*; José Saramago's *O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis* (*[The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis](/wiki/The_Year_of_the_Death_of_Ricardo_Reis "The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis")*); Richard Harris' play *[Stepping Out](/wiki/Stepping_Out_%28play%29 "Stepping Out (play)")* first performed; Don DeLillo's *[White Noise](/wiki/White_Noise_%28novel%29 "White Noise (novel)")*; Julian Barnes's *[Flaubert's Parrot](/wiki/Flaubert%27s_Parrot "Flaubert's Parrot")*; Tom Clancy's *[The Hunt for Red October](/wiki/The_Hunt_for_Red_October "The Hunt for Red October")*; Milorad Pavic's *[Dictionary of the Khazars](/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Khazars "Dictionary of the Khazars")*; Antonio Tabucchi's *[Indian Nocturne](/wiki/Indian_Nocturne "Indian Nocturne")*; Glen Cook's *[The Black Company](/wiki/The_Black_Company_%28novel%29 "The Black Company (novel)")*. Death of [John Betjeman](/wiki/John_Betjeman "John Betjeman"), [Truman Capote](/wiki/Truman_Capote "Truman Capote"), [Michel Foucault](/wiki/Michel_Foucault "Michel Foucault"), [Chester Himes](/wiki/Chester_Himes "Chester Himes"), [Alexander Trocchi](/wiki/Alexander_Trocchi "Alexander Trocchi")
* **[1985 in literature](/wiki/1985_in_literature "1985 in literature")** – Margaret Atwood's *[The Handmaid's Tale](/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale "The Handmaid's Tale")*; Cormac McCarthy’s *[Blood Meridian](/wiki/Blood_Meridian "Blood Meridian")* Gabriel García Márquez's *El amor en los tiempos del cólera* (*[Love in the Time of Cholera](/wiki/Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera "Love in the Time of Cholera")*); Patrick Süskind's *[Perfume](/wiki/Perfume_%28novel%29 "Perfume (novel)")*; Carlos Fuentes's *[The Old Gringo](/wiki/The_Old_Gringo "The Old Gringo")*; Chris Van Allsburg's *[The Polar Express](/wiki/The_Polar_Express "The Polar Express")*; Orson Scott Card's *[Ender's Game](/wiki/Ender%27s_Game "Ender's Game")*; Ken Follett's *[Lie Down with Lions](/wiki/Lie_Down_with_Lions "Lie Down with Lions")*. Death of [Italo Calvino](/wiki/Italo_Calvino "Italo Calvino"), [Heinrich Böll](/wiki/Heinrich_B%C3%B6ll "Heinrich Böll"), [Basil Bunting](/wiki/Basil_Bunting "Basil Bunting"), [Geoffrey Grigson](/wiki/Geoffrey_Grigson "Geoffrey Grigson"), [Philip Larkin](/wiki/Philip_Larkin "Philip Larkin"), [Robert Graves](/wiki/Robert_Graves "Robert Graves")
* **[1986 in literature](/wiki/1986_in_literature "1986 in literature")** – Thomas Bernhard's *[Extinction](/wiki/Extinction_%28Bernhard_novel%29 "Extinction (Bernhard novel)")*; Caryl Churchill's *[A Mouthful of Birds](/wiki/A_Mouthful_of_Birds "A Mouthful of Birds")*; Stephen King's *[It](/wiki/It_%28novel%29 "It (novel)")*; Brian Lumley's *[Necroscope](/wiki/Necroscope "Necroscope")*; Tony Ross' *[I Want My Potty](/wiki/Little_Princess_%28British_TV_series%29 "Little Princess (British TV series)")*; Clive Barker's *[The Hellbound Heart](/wiki/The_Hellbound_Heart "The Hellbound Heart")*; Carl Sagan's *[Contact](/wiki/Contact_%28novel%29 "Contact (novel)")*; Brian Jacques' *[Redwall](/wiki/Redwall "Redwall")*; Diana Wynne Jones' *[Howl's Moving Castle](/wiki/Howl%27s_Moving_Castle_%28novel%29 "Howl's Moving Castle (novel)")*, Robert Munsch's *[Love You Forever](/wiki/Love_You_Forever "Love You Forever")*. Death of [Jorge Luis Borges](/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges "Jorge Luis Borges"), [Simone de Beauvoir](/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir "Simone de Beauvoir"), [Jean Genet](/wiki/Jean_Genet "Jean Genet"), [Bessie Head](/wiki/Bessie_Head "Bessie Head"), [Christopher Isherwood](/wiki/Christopher_Isherwood "Christopher Isherwood"), [Juan Rulfo](/wiki/Juan_Rulfo "Juan Rulfo"), [Jaroslav Seifert](/wiki/Jaroslav_Seifert "Jaroslav Seifert")
* **[1987 in literature](/wiki/1987_in_literature "1987 in literature")** – Toni Morrison's *[Beloved](/wiki/Beloved_%28novel%29 "Beloved (novel)")*; Alfred Uhry's play *[Driving Miss Daisy](/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy_%28play%29 "Driving Miss Daisy (play)")* first performed; Haruki Murakami's *Noruwei no mori* (*[Norwegian Wood](/wiki/Norwegian_Wood_%28novel%29 "Norwegian Wood (novel)")*); Tom Clancy's *[Patriot Games](/wiki/Patriot_Games "Patriot Games")*; Robert Hughes' *[The Fatal Shore](/wiki/The_Fatal_Shore "The Fatal Shore")*; Martin Handford's *[Where's Wally?](/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F "Where's Wally?")*; Stephen King's *[Misery](/wiki/Misery_%28novel%29 "Misery (novel)")*; Dean Koontz's *[Watchers](/wiki/Watchers_%28novel%29 "Watchers (novel)")*. Death of [Jean Anouilh](/wiki/Jean_Anouilh "Jean Anouilh"), [James Baldwin](/wiki/James_Baldwin "James Baldwin"), [Primo Levi](/wiki/Primo_Levi "Primo Levi"), [Marguerite Yourcenar](/wiki/Marguerite_Yourcenar "Marguerite Yourcenar")
* **[1988 in literature](/wiki/1988_in_literature "1988 in literature")** – Salman Rushdie's *[The Satanic Verses](/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_%28novel%29 "The Satanic Verses (novel)")*; Noam Chomsky's *[Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media](/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent:The_Political_Economy_of_the_Mass_Media "The Political Economy of the Mass Media")*; Stephen Hawking's *[A Brief History of Time](/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Time "A Brief History of Time")*; Roald Dahl's *[Matilda](/wiki/Matilda_%28novel%29 "Matilda (novel)")*; Peter Carey's *[Oscar and Lucinda](/wiki/Oscar_and_Lucinda "Oscar and Lucinda")*; Alan Hollinghurst's *[The Swimming Pool Library](/wiki/The_Swimming_Pool_Library "The Swimming Pool Library")*; Grazyna Miller's *[Curriculum](/wiki/Curriculum "Curriculum")*, Umberto Eco's *Il pendolo di Foucault* (*[Foucault's Pendulum](/wiki/Foucault%27s_Pendulum "Foucault's Pendulum")*). Death of [Raymond Carver](/wiki/Raymond_Carver "Raymond Carver"), [Marghanita Laski](/wiki/Marghanita_Laski "Marghanita Laski"), [Alan Paton](/wiki/Alan_Paton "Alan Paton"), [Roger Hargreaves](/wiki/Roger_Hargreaves "Roger Hargreaves"), [Sacheverell Sitwell](/wiki/Sacheverell_Sitwell "Sacheverell Sitwell")
* **[1989 in literature](/wiki/1989_in_literature "1989 in literature")** – Kazuo Ishiguro's *[The Remains of the Day](/wiki/The_Remains_of_the_Day "The Remains of the Day")*; John Banville's *[The Book of Evidence](/wiki/The_Book_of_Evidence "The Book of Evidence")*; Amy Tan's *[The Joy Luck Club](/wiki/The_Joy_Luck_Club_%28novel%29 "The Joy Luck Club (novel)")*; Michael Rosen's *[We're Going on a Bear Hunt](/wiki/We%27re_Going_on_a_Bear_Hunt "We're Going on a Bear Hunt")*; Ken Follett's *[The Pillars of the Earth](/wiki/The_Pillars_of_the_Earth "The Pillars of the Earth")*; David McKee's *[Elmer](/wiki/Elmer_the_Patchwork_Elephant "Elmer the Patchwork Elephant")*. Death of [Samuel Beckett](/wiki/Samuel_Beckett "Samuel Beckett"), [Thomas Bernhard](/wiki/Thomas_Bernhard "Thomas Bernhard"), [Daphne du Maurier](/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurier "Daphne du Maurier"), [C. L. R. James](/wiki/C._L._R._James "C. L. R. James"), [Georges Simenon](/wiki/Georges_Simenon "Georges Simenon")

### 1990s

* **[1990 in literature](/wiki/1990_in_literature "1990 in literature")** – John McGahern's *[Amongst Women](/wiki/Amongst_Women "Amongst Women")*; W. G. Sebald's *[Vertigo](/wiki/Vertigo_%28Sebald_novel%29 "Vertigo (Sebald novel)")*; Raphael Patai's *[The Hebrew Goddess](/wiki/The_Hebrew_Goddess "The Hebrew Goddess")*; Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's *[Good Omens](/wiki/Good_Omens "Good Omens")*; Robert Jordan's *[The Eye of the World](/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_World "The Eye of the World")*; Maeve Binchy's *[Circle of Friends](/wiki/Circle_of_Friends_%28novel%29 "Circle of Friends (novel)")*; Brian Friel's play *[Dancing at Lughnasa](/wiki/Dancing_at_Lughnasa "Dancing at Lughnasa")* first performed. Death of [Roald Dahl](/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl"), [Dodie Smith](/wiki/Dodie_Smith "Dodie Smith"), [Malcolm Forbes](/wiki/Malcolm_Forbes "Malcolm Forbes"), [Alberto Moravia](/wiki/Alberto_Moravia "Alberto Moravia"), [Walker Percy](/wiki/Walker_Percy "Walker Percy"), [Anya Seton](/wiki/Anya_Seton "Anya Seton"), [Patrick White](/wiki/Patrick_White "Patrick White")
* **[1991 in literature](/wiki/1991_in_literature "1991 in literature")** – José Saramago's *O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo* (*[The Gospel According to Jesus Christ](/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_Jesus_Christ "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ")*); Norman Rush's *[Mating](/wiki/Mating_%28novel%29 "Mating (novel)")*; Bret Easton Ellis's *[American Psycho](/wiki/American_Psycho "American Psycho")*; Josephine Hart's *[Damage](/wiki/Damage_%28Hart_novel%29 "Damage (Hart novel)")*; Rohinton Mistry's *[Such a Long Journey](/wiki/Such_a_Long_Journey_%28novel%29 "Such a Long Journey (novel)")*; P. J. O'Rourke's *[Parliament of Whores](/wiki/Parliament_of_Whores "Parliament of Whores")*; Henning Mankell's *Mördare utan ansikte* (*[Faceless Killers](/wiki/Faceless_Killers "Faceless Killers")* – first in the Wallander series); Diana Gabaldon's *[Outlander](/wiki/Outlander_%28novel%29 "Outlander (novel)")*; Koji Suzuki's *[Ring](/wiki/Ring_%28Suzuki_novel%29 "Ring (Suzuki novel)")*; Ken Follett's *[Night Over Water](/wiki/Night_Over_Water "Night Over Water")*; Agatha Christie's *[Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories](/wiki/Problem_at_Pollensa_Bay_and_Other_Stories "Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories")*. Death of [Graham Greene](/wiki/Graham_Greene "Graham Greene"), [Isaac Bashevis Singer](/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer "Isaac Bashevis Singer"), [Elisaveta Bagriana](/wiki/Elisaveta_Bagriana "Elisaveta Bagriana"), [Jerzy Kosiński](/wiki/Jerzy_Kosi%C5%84ski "Jerzy Kosiński"), [Angus Wilson](/wiki/Angus_Wilson "Angus Wilson"), [Frank Yerby](/wiki/Frank_Yerby "Frank Yerby")
* **[1992 in literature](/wiki/1992_in_literature "1992 in literature")** – Harry Mulisch's *De Ontdekking van de Hemel* (*[The Discovery of Heaven](/wiki/The_Discovery_of_Heaven "The Discovery of Heaven")*); Salman Rushdie's *[Imaginary Homelands](/wiki/Imaginary_Homelands "Imaginary Homelands")*; Michael Ondaatje's *[The English Patient](/wiki/The_English_Patient "The English Patient")*; Cormac McCarthy's *[All the Pretty Horses](/wiki/All_the_Pretty_Horses_%28novel%29 "All the Pretty Horses (novel)")*; Jim Cartwright's play *[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice](/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Little_Voice "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice")*; Michael Connelly's *[The Black Echo](/wiki/The_Black_Echo "The Black Echo")*; Barry Unsworth's *[Sacred Hunger](/wiki/Sacred_Hunger "Sacred Hunger")*; Dean Koontz's *[Hideaway](/wiki/Hideaway_%28novel%29 "Hideaway (novel)")*; R. L. Stine's *[Goosebumps](/wiki/Goosebumps_%28original_series%29 "Goosebumps (original series)")*. Death of [Alex Haley](/wiki/Alex_Haley "Alex Haley"), [Angela Carter](/wiki/Angela_Carter "Angela Carter"), [George MacBeth](/wiki/George_MacBeth "George MacBeth"), [Isaac Asimov](/wiki/Isaac_Asimov "Isaac Asimov"), [Iceberg Slim](/wiki/Iceberg_Slim "Iceberg Slim"), [Richard Yates](/wiki/Richard_Yates_%28novelist%29 "Richard Yates (novelist)"), [Audre Lorde](/wiki/Audre_Lorde "Audre Lorde")
* **[1993 in literature](/wiki/1993_in_literature "1993 in literature")** – Irvine Welsh's *[Trainspotting](/wiki/Trainspotting_%28novel%29 "Trainspotting (novel)")*; E. Annie Proulx' *[The Shipping News](/wiki/The_Shipping_News "The Shipping News")*; Sebastian Faulks's *[Birdsong](/wiki/Birdsong_%28novel%29 "Birdsong (novel)")*; Richard Paul Evans's *[The Christmas Box](/wiki/The_Christmas_Box "The Christmas Box")*; Ken Follett's *[A Dangerous Fortune](/wiki/A_Dangerous_Fortune "A Dangerous Fortune")*. Death of [Kobo Abe](/wiki/Kobo_Abe "Kobo Abe"), [Anthony Burgess](/wiki/Anthony_Burgess "Anthony Burgess"), [William Golding](/wiki/William_Golding "William Golding"), [William L. Shirer](/wiki/William_L._Shirer "William L. Shirer")
* **[1994 in literature](/wiki/1994_in_literature "1994 in literature")** – Herta Müller's *Herztier* (*[The Land of Green Plums](/wiki/The_Land_of_Green_Plums "The Land of Green Plums")*); Carol Shields's *[The Stone Diaries](/wiki/The_Stone_Diaries "The Stone Diaries")*; Terry Goodkind's *[Wizard's First Rule](/wiki/Wizard%27s_First_Rule "Wizard's First Rule")*; Antonio Tabucchi's *[Pereira Maintains](/wiki/Pereira_Maintains "Pereira Maintains")*. Death of [Elias Canetti](/wiki/Elias_Canetti "Elias Canetti"), [James Clavell](/wiki/James_Clavell "James Clavell"), [Ralph Ellison](/wiki/Ralph_Ellison "Ralph Ellison"), [Eugène Ionesco](/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco "Eugène Ionesco")
* **[1995 in literature](/wiki/1995_in_literature "1995 in literature")** – James Redfield's *[The Celestine Prophecy](/wiki/The_Celestine_Prophecy "The Celestine Prophecy")*; José Saramago's *Ensaio sobre a cegueira* (*[Blindness](/wiki/Blindness_%28novel%29 "Blindness (novel)")*); Haruki Murakami's *Nejimaki\-dori kuronikuru* (*[The Wind\-Up Bird Chronicle](/wiki/The_Wind-Up_Bird_Chronicle "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle")*); Philip Pullman's *[His Dark Materials](/wiki/His_Dark_Materials "His Dark Materials")*; Samuel R. Delany's *[Hogg](/wiki/Hogg_%28novel%29 "Hogg (novel)")*; Dean Koontz's *[Intensity](/wiki/Intensity_%28novel%29 "Intensity (novel)")*; Ken Follett's *[A Place Called Freedom](/wiki/A_Place_Called_Freedom "A Place Called Freedom")*; Bernard Cornwell's *[The Winter King](/wiki/The_Winter_King_%28novel%29 "The Winter King (novel)")*. Death of [Gerald Durrell](/wiki/Gerald_Durrell "Gerald Durrell"), [Kingsley Amis](/wiki/Kingsley_Amis "Kingsley Amis"), [Olga Ivinskaya](/wiki/Olga_Ivinskaya "Olga Ivinskaya") (mistress of [Boris Pasternak](/wiki/Boris_Pasternak "Boris Pasternak")), [Patricia Highsmith](/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith "Patricia Highsmith"), [Stephen Spender](/wiki/Stephen_Spender "Stephen Spender"), [Toni Cade Bambara](/wiki/Toni_Cade_Bambara "Toni Cade Bambara")
* **[1996 in literature](/wiki/1996_in_literature "1996 in literature")** – Inaugural [International Dublin Literary Award](/wiki/International_Dublin_Literary_Award "International Dublin Literary Award") and [Orange Prize for Fiction](/wiki/Orange_Prize_for_Fiction "Orange Prize for Fiction") awarded; David Foster Wallace's *[Infinite Jest](/wiki/Infinite_Jest "Infinite Jest")*; Frank McCourt's *[Angela's Ashes](/wiki/Angela%27s_Ashes "Angela's Ashes")*; George R.R. Martin's *[A Song of Ice and Fire](/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire "A Song of Ice and Fire")*; Chuck Palahniuk's *[Fight Club](/wiki/Fight_Club_%28novel%29 "Fight Club (novel)")*; Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins's *[Left Behind](/wiki/Left_Behind "Left Behind")*; Ken Follett's *[The Third Twin](/wiki/The_Third_Twin "The Third Twin")*. Death of [Erma Bombeck](/wiki/Erma_Bombeck "Erma Bombeck"), [Joseph Brodsky](/wiki/Joseph_Brodsky "Joseph Brodsky"), [Marguerite Duras](/wiki/Marguerite_Duras "Marguerite Duras"), [Timothy Leary](/wiki/Timothy_Leary "Timothy Leary"), [Carl Sagan](/wiki/Carl_Sagan "Carl Sagan")
* **[1997 in literature](/wiki/1997_in_literature "1997 in literature")** – J. K. Rowling's *[Harry Potter](/wiki/Harry_Potter "Harry Potter")*; Don DeLillo's *[Underworld](/wiki/Underworld_%28DeLillo_novel%29 "Underworld (DeLillo novel)")*; Arundhati Roy's *[The God of Small Things](/wiki/The_God_of_Small_Things "The God of Small Things")*; Charles Frazier's *[Cold Mountain](/wiki/Cold_Mountain_%28novel%29 "Cold Mountain (novel)")*; Patrick Marber's play *[Closer](/wiki/Closer_%28play%29 "Closer (play)")* first performed; Agatha Christie's *[While the Light Lasts and Other Stories](/wiki/While_the_Light_Lasts_and_Other_Stories "While the Light Lasts and Other Stories")* and *[The Harlequin Tea Set](/wiki/The_Harlequin_Tea_Set "The Harlequin Tea Set")*. Death of [Allen Ginsberg](/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg "Allen Ginsberg"), [William S. Burroughs](/wiki/William_S._Burroughs "William S. Burroughs"), [James Dickey](/wiki/James_Dickey "James Dickey"), [James A. Michener](/wiki/James_A._Michener "James A. Michener"), [P. H. Newby](/wiki/P._H._Newby "P. H. Newby"), [Kathy Acker](/wiki/Kathy_Acker "Kathy Acker")
* **[1998 in literature](/wiki/1998_in_literature "1998 in literature")** – Orhan Pamuk's *Benim Adim Kirmizi* (*[My Name Is Red](/wiki/My_Name_Is_Red "My Name Is Red")*); Michael Cunningham's *[The Hours](/wiki/The_Hours_%28novel%29 "The Hours (novel)")*; Julian Barnes's *[England, England](/wiki/England%2C_England "England, England")*; Alice McDermott's *[Charming Billy](/wiki/Charming_Billy "Charming Billy")*; Ian McEwan's *[Amsterdam](/wiki/Amsterdam_%28novel%29 "Amsterdam (novel)")*; Beryl Bainbridge's *[Master Georgie](/wiki/Master_Georgie "Master Georgie")*; Michel Houellebecq's *Les Particules élémentaires* (*[Atomised](/wiki/Atomised "Atomised")*); Michael Connelly's *[Blood Work](/wiki/Blood_Work_%28novel%29 "Blood Work (novel)")*; Bret Easton Ellis's *[Glamorama](/wiki/Glamorama "Glamorama")*; Louis Sachar's *[Holes](/wiki/Holes_%28novel%29 "Holes (novel)")*; Diana Wynne Jones' *[Dark Lord of Derkholm](/wiki/Dark_Lord_of_Derkholm "Dark Lord of Derkholm")*; Ken Follett's *[The Hammer of Eden](/wiki/The_Hammer_of_Eden "The Hammer of Eden")*. Death of [Carlos Castaneda](/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda "Carlos Castaneda"), [Octavio Paz](/wiki/Octavio_Paz "Octavio Paz"), [Lawrence Sanders](/wiki/Lawrence_Sanders "Lawrence Sanders"), [Benjamin Spock](/wiki/Benjamin_Spock "Benjamin Spock"), [Dorothy West](/wiki/Dorothy_West "Dorothy West"), [Grace Paley](/wiki/Grace_Paley "Grace Paley"), [Ted Hughes](/wiki/Ted_Hughes "Ted Hughes"), [Rumer Godden](/wiki/Rumer_Godden "Rumer Godden")
* **[1999 in literature](/wiki/1999_in_literature "1999 in literature")** – J. M. Coetzee's *[Disgrace](/wiki/Disgrace_%28novel%29 "Disgrace (novel)")*; Joanne Harris's *[Chocolat](/wiki/Chocolat_%28novel%29 "Chocolat (novel)")*; Ha Jin's *[Waiting](/wiki/Waiting_%28novel%29 "Waiting (novel)")*; Colm Tóibín's *[The Blackwater Lightship](/wiki/The_Blackwater_Lightship "The Blackwater Lightship")*; Julia Donaldson's *[The Gruffalo](/wiki/The_Gruffalo "The Gruffalo")*; Neil Gaiman's *[Stardust](/wiki/Stardust_%28Gaiman_novel%29 "Stardust (Gaiman novel)")*; Steven Erikson's *[Gardens of the Moon](/wiki/Gardens_of_the_Moon "Gardens of the Moon")*. Death of [Iris Murdoch](/wiki/Iris_Murdoch "Iris Murdoch"), [Sarah Kane](/wiki/Sarah_Kane "Sarah Kane"), [Joseph Heller](/wiki/Joseph_Heller "Joseph Heller"), [Mario Puzo](/wiki/Mario_Puzo "Mario Puzo"), [John F. Kennedy Jr.](/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Jr. "John F. Kennedy Jr.")

What solutions do books like 'Disgrace' and 'The Blackwater Lightship' offer for the network problem?