1761 in literature

See also: 1760 in literature, other events of 1761, 1762 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• The Banishment of Cicero (tragedy) – Richard Cumberland
• Candide by Voltaire
• Christianity unveiled by Baron d'Holbach
• Introduction to the Art of Thinking – Henry Home, Lord Kames
• The Love for Three Oranges (play) – Carlo Gozzi
• Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph by Frances Sheridan
• Le neveu de Rameau – Denis Diderot
• Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Births

• May 3 – August von Kotzebue
• September 8 – François Juste Marie Raynouard

Deaths

• April 15 – William Oldys
• July 4 – Samuel Richardson