1997 in literature

See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• American Pastoral - Philip Roth
• Are You Experienced? - William Sutcliffe
• Barney's Version - Mordecai Richler
• The Best Laid Plans - Sidney Sheldon
• The Bible Code - Michael Drosnin
• ' - Sarah Ferguson
• Cat & Mouse - James Patterson
• Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier
• Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs - Dave Barry
• Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs
• ' - Andrew Morton
• Everyday Wicca - Gerina Dunwich
• Fall On Your Knees - Ann-Marie MacDonald
• ' - Cari Beauchamp
• The Ghost - Danielle Steel
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J. K. Rowling
• Hornet's Nest - Patricia Cornwell
• I Am the Most Interesting Book of All (translation) - Marie Bashkirtseff
• Instruments of Darkness - Nancy Huston
• Jingo - Terry Pratchett
• Larry's Party - Carol Shields
• Last Standing Woman - Winona LaDuke
• Moab Is My Washpot - Stephen Fry (autobiography)
• Morisson of Peking - Cyril Pearl
• ' - Karen Armstrong
• Night Train - Martin Amis
• The Partner - John Grisham
• Pretend You Don't See Her - Mary Higgins Clark
• The Ranch - Danielle Steel
• The Red Tent - Anita Diamant
• Special Delivery - Danielle Steel
• The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
• Timequake - Kurt Vonnegut
• Tomorrow Never Dies - Raymond Benson
• ' - Reinhold Heller
• Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
• Underworld - Don DeLillo
• Unnatural Exposure - Patricia Cornwell
• A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
• A Wiccan's Guide to Prophecy and Divination - Gerina Dunwich
• Zero Minus Ten - Raymond Benson