1998 in literature

See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• About a Boy - Nick Hornby
• African Exploits - Roy MacLaren
• All Through the Night - Mary Higgins Clark
• Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
• Bag of Bones - Stephen King
• Bastards - Howard Galganov
• The Bay of Love and Sorrows - David Adams Richards
• The Book of Saladin - Tariq Ali
• ' - Alan I. Marcus
• Carpe Jugulum - Terry Pratchett
• Dinosaur Summer - Greg Bear
• England, England - Julian Barnes
• The Facts of Death - Raymond Benson
• Foundation and Chaos - Greg Bear
• ' - Amanda Foreman
• Girlfriend in a Coma - Douglas Coupland
• Greater Than Angels - Carol Matas
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J. K. Rowling
• Heavy Water and Other Stories - Martin Amis (most stories previously published)
• Hellfire - Diana Gabaldon
• The Hours - Michael Cunnigham
• I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops - Hanan al-Shaykh
• Inversions - Iain M. Banks
• The Klone and I - Danielle Steel
• The Last Continent - Terry Pratchett
• The Long Road Home - Danielle Steel
• The Love of a Good Woman - Alice Munro
• Magick Potions - Gerina Dunwich
• A Man in Full - Tom Wolfe
• The Memory of Hands - Reshman Baig
• A Midwinter's Tale - Andrew Greeley
• Mirror Image - Danielle Steel
• Muhammad - Driss Chraibi
• ' (Essais sur l'imprégnation fasciste au Québec) - Esther Delisle
• Paradise - Toni Morrison
• Point of Origin - Patricia Cornwell
• Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
• Return to Hawk's Hill - Allan W. Eckert
• Seize the Night - Dean R. Koontz
• The Street Lawyer - John Grisham
• To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
• Tomcat in Love - Tim O'Brien
• Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
• Waiting - Ha Jin
• Wicca A to Z - Gerina Dunwich
• A Widow for One Year - John Irving
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
• Wormholes - Essays and Occasional Writings - John Fowles
• ' - Jules Witcover, David Halberstam