See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

* February 13 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published
* September 24 - The American Family Association begins a year-long attack on Robert Clark Young's novel, One of the Guys, in an attempt to persuade the U.S. Congress to defund the National Endowment for the Arts

New books

Fiction

*The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel - Michael Chabon
*The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
*Balance Point - Kathy Tyers
*The Bear And The Dragon - Tom Clancy
*Bee Season - Myla Goldberg
*Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris
*The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
*The Brethren - John Grisham
*Code to Zero - Ken Follett
*Dark Tide: Onslaught - Michael Stackpole
*Dark Tide: Ruin - Michael Stackpole
*Daughter Of Fortune - Isabel Allende
*Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs
*Deck The Halls - Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
*Doubleshot - Raymond Benson
*Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwarz
*A Friend of the Earth - T. C. Boyle
*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling
*Hayati, My Life - Miriam Cooke
*Her Infinite Variety - Louis Auchincloss
*The Hiding Place - Trezza Azzopardi
*The House On Hope Street - Danielle Steel
*Hugger Mugger - Robert B. Parker
*The Human Stain - Philip Roth
*The Indwelling - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
*Ingrid Caven - Jean-Jacques Schuhl
*Journey - Danielle Steel
*The Last Precinct - Patricia Cornwell
*Look to Windward - Iain M. Banks
*The Mark - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
*Morgan's Run - Colleen McCullough
*Omertà - Mario Puzo
*Parallel Journeys - Eleanor Ayer
*Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver
*The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum
*Roses Are Red - James Patterson
*True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey
*The Truth - Terry Pratchett
*When I Lived in Modern Times - Linda Grant
*White Teeth - Zadie Smith
*The Will - Reed Arvin
*Winter Solstice - Rosamunde Pilcher
*Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan

Drama

*Proof - David Auburn
*Elizabeth Rex - Timothy Findley

Poetry

*Fanny Howe: Selected Poems - Fanny Howe
*Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan (Translated by Heather McHugh and Nikolai Popov) - Paul Celan
*Men in the Off Hours - Anne Carson
*Sull'onda del respiro (On the Wave of Breath) - Grazyna Miller

Non-fiction

*The Beatles Anthology - The Beatles
*Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace - Lawrence Lessig
*A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
*The Measure Of A Man: A Spiritual Autobiography - Sidney Poitier
*The Pagan Book of Halloween - Gerina Dunwich
*The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life - Bruce Wilkinson & David Kopp
*Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe - Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee
*Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood - Charles Foster
*When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management - Roger Lowenstein
*Your Magickal Cat: Feline Magick, Lore, and Worship - Gerina Dunwich

Births

Deaths

* January 26 - A. E. van Vogt, science fiction author
* January 31 - Gil Kane, comic book writer
* February 12 - Charles M. Schulz, 77, creator of the Peanuts comic strip
* March 28 - Anthony Powell, British novelist
* April 13 - Giorgio Bassani, 84, Italian writer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)
* August 25 - Carl Barks, 99, illustrator of Donald Duck
* September 7 - Malcolm Bradbury, 68, British novelist and critic (The History Man)
* October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author
* November 2 - Robert Cormier, 75, young adult fiction writer
* November 8 - L. Sprague de Camp, 92, American sci-fi and fantasy author

Awards

* Booker Prize: Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
* Business Week Best Book of the Year: Roger Lowenstein, When Genius Failed
* Finlandia Prize: Johanna Sinisalo Not Before Sunset (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi)
* Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost - tied with: David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children
* See 2000 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
* Hugo Award: Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky
* IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Nicola Barker, Wide Open
* Nebula Award: Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio
* Newbery Medal for children's literature: Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy
* Nobel Prize for Literature: Gao Xingjian.
* Orange Prize for Fiction: Linda Grant, When I Lived in Modern Times
* Prix Femina: Camille Laurens, Dans ces bras-là
* Prix Goncourt: Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Ingrid Caven
* Prix Décembre: Anthony Palou, Camille
* Prix Médicis French: Armelle Lebras-Chopard, Le zoo des philosophes
* Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Yann Apperry, Diabolus in musica
* Prix Médicis International: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost
* Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Donald Margulies, Dinner With Friends
* Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
* Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: C.K. Williams, Repair
* Samuel Johnson Prize: David Cairns, Berlioz: Volume 2
* Viareggio Prize: Giorgio Van Straten, Il mio nome a memoria and Sandro Veronesi, La forza del passato
* Whitbread Best Book Award: Matthew Kneale, English Passengers

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