1951 in literature

See also: 1950 in literature, other events of 1951, 1952 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• The Balance Wheel - Taylor Caldwell
• The Blessing - Nancy Mitford
• Boy at the Window - Owen Dodson
• The Caine Mutiny - Herman Wouk
• The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
• The Cruel Sea - Nicholas Monsarrat
• The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey
• The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
• Foundation - Isaac Asimov
• The Foundling - Cardinal Spellman
• From Here to Eternity - James Jones
• Lie Down In Darkness - William Styron
• The Loved and the Lost - Morley Callaghan
• Moses - Sholem Asch
• My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier
• Prince Caspian - C. S. Lewis
• A Question of Upbringing - Anthony Powell
• Return to Paradise - James A. Michener
• Spartacus - Howard Fast
• The Wanderer - Mika Waltari
• A Woman Called Fancy - Frank Yerby