2000 in literature

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

Events

• January 3 – 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

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel – Michael Chabon
• The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman
• 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 and Other Laws of Cyberspace – Lawrence Lessig
• 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 Hiding Place – Trezza Azzopardi
• 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
• Look to Windward  – Iain M. Banks
• The Mark – Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
• The Measure Of A Man – Sidney Poitier
• Morgan's Run – Colleen McCullough
• Omertà – Mario Puzo
• The Pagan Book of Halloween – Gerina Dunwich
• The Prayer of Jabez – Bruce Wilkinson & David Kopp
• Parallel journeys – Elanor Ayer
• 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
• White Teeth – Zadie Smith
• The Will – Reed Arvin
• Winter Solstice – Rosamunde Pilcher
• Winter's Heart – Robert Jordan
• Your Magickal Cat – 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 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