2000 in literature

Events

• January 3 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published

New Books

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel[?] - Michael Chabon
• The Bear And The Dragon[?] - Tom Clancy
• The Beatles Anthology - The Beatles
• Blackberry Wine[?] - Joanne Harris
• The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
• The Brethren[?] - John Grisham
• Code to Zero[?] - Ken Follett
• Daughter Of Fortune[?] - Isabel Allende
• Deadly Decisions[?] - Kathy Reichs[?]
• Deck The Halls[?] - Mary Higgins Clark[?] and Carol Higgins Clark[?]
• Drowning Ruth[?] - Christina Schwarz[?]
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling
• Hayati, My Life[?] - Miriam Cooke[?]
• The House On Hope Street[?] - Danielle Steel
• 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
• The Mark - Tim LaHaye[?] and Jerry B. Jenkins[?]
• The Measure Of A Man[?] - Sidney Poitier
• Morgan's Run[?] - Colleen McCullough[?]
• Omerta[?] - Mario Puzo
• The Prayer of Jabez[?] - Bruce Wilkinson[?] & David Kopp[?]
• Prodigal Summer[?] - Barbara Kingsolver[?]
• The Prometheus Deception[?] - Robert Ludlum
• Roses Are Red[?] - James Patterson[?]
• Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood[?] - Charles Foster[?]
• True History of the Kelly Gang[?] - Peter Carey
• The Truth[?] - Terry Pratchett
• When Genius Failed[?] - Roger Lowenstein[?]
• When I Lived in Modern Times[?] - Linda Grant[?]
• The Will[?] - Reed Arvin
• Winter Solstice[?] - Rosamunde Pilcher
• Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan

Births

Deaths

• January 26 - A.E. van Vogt, science fiction author
• January 31 - Gil Kane[?], comic book writer
• February 12 - Charles 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

Awards

• Booker Prize: Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
• Business Week Best Book of the Year[?]: Roger Lowenstein[?], When Genius Failed
• Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost - tied with: David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children
• Newberry 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
• 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