1970 in literature

See also: 1969 in literature, other events of 1970, 1971 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• Ali and Nino - Kurban Said
• Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret - Judy Blume
• Ball Four - Jim Bouton
• Eagle in the Snow - Wallace Breem
• The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
• The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
• Deliverance - James Dickey
• The Fall of the Towers (Trilogy) - Samuel R. Delany
• Fifth Business - Robertson Davies
• Frederick the Great - Nancy Mitford
• The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles
• The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight - Jimmy Breslin
• Great Lion of God - Taylor Caldwell
• A Happy Death (La Mort heureuse) - Albert Camus
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
• I'm the King of the Castle - Susan Hill
• Inside the Third Reich - Albert Speer
• Julia and the Bazooka - Anna Kavan
• Kamouraska - Anne Hébert
• Love Story - Erich Segal
• The Malay Dilemma - Mahathir bin Mohamad
• The Naked Face - Sidney Sheldon
• The National Dream - Pierre Berton
• Oh My Darling Daughter - Eric Malpass
• Only the Ball was White - Robert Peterson
• QB VII - Leon Uris
• Ringworld - Larry Niven
• The Trumpet Of The Swan - E.B. White
• Travels with My Aunt - Graham Greene