1996 in literature

See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• Absolute Power - David Baldacci
• Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
• Bandarshah - Al-Tayyib Salih
• By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee - Tama Janowitz
• COLD - John Gardner
• Excession - Iain M. Banks
• Executive Orders - Tom Clancy
• Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett
• Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
• Fighting for Canada (Maîtres Chanteurs Chez Nous!) - Diane Francis
• A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
• The Fourth Estate - Jeffrey Archer
• Gods and Generals - Jeff Shaara
• The Goldberg Variations - Nancy Huston
• The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie
• Hackers - short story collection
• Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back - Terry McMillan
• Intensity - Dean R. Koontz
• Kiki's Memoirs - Kiki, (translation by Samuel Putnam)
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
• Moonlight Becomes You - Mary Higgins Clark
• Neanderthal - John Darnton
• Polaroids From The Dead - Douglas Coupland
• Primary Colors - Joe Klein as "Anonymous"
• The Runaway Jury - John Grisham
• Selected Stories - Mavis Gallant
• Sofia; The Sultan's Daughter - Ann Chamberlin
• The Tailor of Panama - John le Carré
• The Tenth Insight - James Redfield
• Undaunted Courage - Stephen Ambrose
• A Vicious Circle - Amanda Craig
• The Wicca Garden - Gerina Dunwich
• The Wicca Source Book - Gerina Dunwich
• Wonder Bread and Ecstasy - Charles Isherwood