1975 in literature

See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• The Ascent of Man - Jacob Bronowski
• Black Sunday - Thomas Harris
• The Choirboys - Joseph Wambaugh
• Curtain - Agatha Christie
• Dead Babies - Martin Amis
• Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany
• The Eagle Has Landed - Jack Higgins
• A Fine and Private Place - Morley Callaghan
• The Great Train Robbery - Michael Crichton
• Hang That Nigger - Arthur Robinson
• Hearing Secret Harmonies - Anthony Powell
• Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• The History Man - Malcolm Bradbury
• Humboldt's Gift - Saul Bellow
• In A Shallow Grave - James Purdy
• ' - Philip Agee
• Looking for Mister Goodbar - Judith Rossner
• Mr. Schutzer - Timothy L. Bottoms
• The Moneychangers - Arthur Hailey
• My Lord John ? Georgette Heyer
• Northern Lights - Tim O'Brien
• Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow
• The Road to Gandolfo - Robert Ludlum
• Rudyard Kipling and His World - Kingsley Amis
• 'Salem's Lot - Stephen King
• Shogun - James Clavell
• La vie devant soi - Romain Gary as Emile Ajar
• Woman at Point Zero - Nawal El Saadawi
• World of Wonders - Robertson Davies