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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2016.

Events

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Anniversaries

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New books

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The date after each title indicate the U.S. publication date, unless otherwise stated.

Fiction

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Children and young people

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Poetry

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Drama

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Non-fiction

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Deaths

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Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in literature" article:

Awards

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In alphabetical order of prize names:

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ John Dugdale (11 June 2016). "Hilary Mantel's in, David Starkey's out: the literary battle of Brussels". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. ^ Andrew Altschul and Mark Slouka (24 May 2016). "An Open Letter to the American People – Writers Speak Out Against Donald Trump". Literary Hub. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  3. ^ "News – Carol Ann Duffy awarded Wilfred Owen Association Poetry Award". Wilfred Owen Association. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Everything About Everything: David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest at 20". The New York Times. February 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "Harold Robbins". OverDrive.
  6. ^ Is it fair for Shakespeare to overshadow Cervantes?, BBC, 18 April 2016
  7. ^ "Hag-Seed review – Margaret Atwood turns The Tempest into a perfect storm". The Guardian. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Days Without End by Sebastian Barry review – a bravura journey into America's past". The Guardian. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Review: Gary Barwin's Yiddish for Pirates is unlike anything else you'll read this year". The Globe and Mail. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Keep Calm by Mike Binder". Kirkus Reviews. November 18, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  11. ^ "Best Sellers for the week of February 28, 2016". The New York Times. February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  12. ^ Tuttle, Kate (April 5, 2016). "Marcia Clark on how her new book is different than the old Marcia, Marcia, Marcia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  13. ^ "The Wonder by Emma Donoghue review – a thrilling domestic psychodrama". The Guardian. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  14. ^ Lazar, Zachary (19 February 2016). "'The Yid', by Paul Goldberg". The New York Times.
  15. ^ "After James". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  16. ^ "Navigators of Dune". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Hot Milk (Hardback)". Waterstones. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Solar Bones by Mike McCormack | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  19. ^ "This Must Be the Place (Hardback)". Waterstones. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  20. ^ "The Essex Serpent". Waterstones. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  21. ^ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (January 13, 2016). "Meet the Unknown Author of the Next Blockbuster Novel". The New York Observer. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  22. ^ "Have you ever felt like the world wants you to be someone else? If so, this is the book for you!". HuffPost. 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  23. ^ Paul (1970-01-18). "The 5 Most Thought Provoking Political Novels EVER". BuzzFeed Community. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
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  25. ^ "All That Man is by David Szalay | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  26. ^ a b "Two debut novelists among this year's Writers' Trust nominees". The Globe and Mail. September 21, 2016.
  27. ^ "Do Not Say We Have Nothing". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  28. ^ "The Gustav Sonata". Penguin. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  29. ^ "The Best Kind of People". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  30. ^ Armstrong, Maggie (8 April 2018). "Irish author Dave Rudden on overcoming bullying and self-harm and how writing changed everything". The Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  31. ^ "The Monstrous Child (Main) – Books". WHSmith. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  32. ^ "The Raven King Cover!". maggiestiefvater.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  33. ^ "Rent A Bridesmaid – Books". WHSmith. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  34. ^ "Escaped Alone". Waterstones. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  35. ^ "Pigs and Dogs". Waterstones. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  36. ^ "Sunil Pokharel on US tour with two solo plays". My Republica. September 29, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  37. ^ "Democracy". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  38. ^ Vora, Kalindi (2017). "Book Review: Transnational Reproduction: Race, Kinship and Commercial Surrogacy in India". Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 31 (3). doi:10.1111/maq.12370. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
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  40. ^ Timothy Shenk in London Review of Books (29 June 2017), pp. 17–20.
  41. ^ "The Return, Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between by Hisham Matar". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  42. ^ "The Index Card". Indie Bound. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  43. ^ "A Very English Scandal". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  44. ^ "Akademieledamoten Gunnel Vallquist är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 11 January 2016.
  45. ^ "Michel Tournier obituary". The Guardian. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  46. ^ "Margaret Forster obituary". The Guardian. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  47. ^ 作家の津島佑子さん死去68歳 太宰治の次女 (in Japanese)
  48. ^ Morto lo scrittore Umberto Eco. Ci mancherà il suo sguardo sul mondo (in Italian)
  49. ^ Grimes, William (19 February 2016). "Harper Lee, Author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via www.nytimes.com.
  50. ^ "Louise Rennison: Comedian and bestselling author of teen fiction". The Independent. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  51. ^ Hunter, Allan (21 May 2023). "'Little Girl Blue': Cannes Review". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  52. ^ "Pat Conroy obituary". The Guardian. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  53. ^ "Writer and diplomat Enrique Estrázulas dies". Montevideo Portal. 8 March 2016. (in Spanish)
  54. ^ "Falleció el escritor Tomás de Mattos". El País (in Spanish). 21 March 2016.
  55. ^ "Imre Kertész obituary". The Guardian. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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  57. ^ "E.M. Nathanson, author of 'The Dirty Dozen,' dies at 88". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 29 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
  58. ^ "Sir Arnold Wesker obituary". The Guardian. 12 April 2016.
  59. ^ "Father Daniel Berrigan obituary". The Guardian. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  60. ^ "Sir Peter Shaffer obituary". The Guardian. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  61. ^ Another tree has fallen – RIP Adam Small
  62. ^ "Sir Geoffrey Hill obituary". The Guardian. 1 July 2016.
  63. ^ "Yves Bonnefoy obituary". The Guardian. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  64. ^ Berger, Joseph (July 2, 2016). "Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz Survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  65. ^ "Péter Esterházy, Hungarian novelist – obituary". The Telegraph. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  66. ^ "Michel Butor – French author". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  67. ^ "In Memory". www.africanstudies.org. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  68. ^ "Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88". The Washington Post. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  69. ^ "WP Kinsella, 'Field of Dreams' author – obituary". The Telegraph. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  70. ^ Gloria Naylor, award-winning novelist, dies aged 66
  71. ^ "Dario Fo obituary". The Guardian. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  72. ^ "Natalie Babbitt obituary". The Guardian. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  73. ^ "Leonard Cohen obituary". The Guardian. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  74. ^ "Writer's writer Sir James McNeish dies". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  75. ^ "William Trevor obituary". The Guardian. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  76. ^ "Shirley Hazzard obituary". The Guardian. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  77. ^ "Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96". BBC News. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  78. ^ "On Writing: Lisa McInerney". www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  79. ^ "Philippe Sands wins the 2016 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction". The Guardian. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  80. ^ "The Sellout wins 2016 Man Booker Prize". themanbookerprize.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  81. ^ "2016 Camões Prize". www.itamaraty.gov.br. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  82. ^ "Leah Horlick wins 2016 Writers' Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  83. ^ "News – The Desmond Elliott Prize". The Desmond Elliott Prize. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  84. ^ "'Grief is the Thing with Feathers' wins £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize". The Telegraph. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  85. ^ "The Folio Prize "suspended" for 2016". The Guardian. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  86. ^ "Bodo Kirchhoff Wins the German Book Prize 2016 – Publishing Perspectives". Publishing Perspectives. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  87. ^ Armitstead, Claire (9 November 2016). "Single sentence novel wins Goldsmiths prize for books that "break the mould"". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  88. ^ Flood, Alison (7 October 2016). "David Szalay's 'unsparing' All That Man Is wins Gordon Burn prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  89. ^ "The Vegetarian wins the Man Booker International Prize 2016". themanbookerprize.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  90. ^ "Anne Enright's The Green Road wins Kerry Group Novel of the Year Award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  91. ^ "'The most momentous news of my life': AS Patric wins Miles Franklin award". The Guardian. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  92. ^ "Fiction – Past Winners". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  93. ^ "Poetry – Past Winners". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  94. ^ "Rosemary Sullivan wins the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize for Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva". Cision. March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  95. ^ "Madeleine Thien Wins the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize". Scotiabank Giller Prize. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  96. ^ "The winner of the 2016 Walter Scott Prize is announced! –". The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  97. ^ "'Valley of the Shadow' wins W. Y. Boyd Award for excellence in military fiction". News and Press Center. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  98. ^ "Herbert literature Prize goes to Lars Gustafsson". Retrieved 2019-03-12.