1986 in literature

See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• Extinction - Thomas Bernhard
• The Bridge - Iain Banks
• Cadillac Desert - Marc Reisner
• The Fence Post Chronicles - W.P. Kinsella
• The Fisher King - Anthony Powell
• Ghost - Piers Anthony
• The Golden Cup - Belva Plain
• Hollywood Husbands - Jackie Collins
• I'll Take Manhattan - Judith Krantz
• In the Hollow of His Hand - James Purdy
• It - Stephen King
• Kara Kush - Idries Shah
• Kate Vaiden - Reynolds Price
• Last of the Breed - Louis L'Amour
• Leo Africanus - Amin Maalouf
• The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
• Love You Forever - Robert Munsch
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes
• A Matter of Honour - Jeffrey Archer
• The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America - Martin Amis
• Nobody Lives For Ever - John Gardner
• The Old Devils - Kingsley Amis
• A Perfect Spy - John le Carré
• The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy
• Red Storm Rising - Tom Clancy
• Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card
• Sportswriter - Richard Ford
• Tourist Season - Carl Hiaasen
• Wanderlust - Danielle Steel
• Whirlwind - James Clavell
• ' - Shari Benstock
• The Bourne Supremacy - Robert Ludlum