2000 in literature
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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
- - Michael Stackpole
- - 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
Poetry
- - Fanny Howe
- (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
- - Sidney Poitier
- The Pagan Book of Halloween - Gerina Dunwich
- - Bruce Wilkinson & David Kopp
- - Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee
- - Charles Foster
- - Roger Lowenstein
- - 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
- 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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