1761 in literature
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See also: 1760 in literature, other events of 1761, 1762 in literature, list of years in literature.
New books
- Denis Diderot - Le neveu de Rameau
- Tiphaigne de la Roche - L'Empire des Zaziris sur les humains ou la Zazirocratie
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse
- Frances Sheridan - Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph
New drama
- Richard Cumberland - The Banishment of Cicero
- Carlo Gozzi - The Love for Three Oranges
Poetry
- John Cleland - The Times!, vol. 2
Non-fiction
- Baron d'Holbach - Christianity unveiled
- Henry Home, Lord Kames - Introduction to the Art of Thinking
Births
Deaths
- April 9 - William Law, theologian
- April 15 - William Oldys, bibliographer
- July 4 - Samuel Richardson, novelist
- August 3 - Johann Matthias Gesner, librarian and classical scholar
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