2001 in literature

See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• All Families Are Psychotic - Douglas Coupland
• The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett
• The Ash Garden - Dennis Bock
• Austerlitz - W.G. Sebald
• Back When We Were Grownups - Anne Tyler
• Baudolino - Umberto Eco
• Black House - Stephen King
• The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan
• Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
• The Cold Six Thousand - James Ellroy
• The Constant Gardener - John le Carré
• The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
• ' - Steven Levy
• The Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold
• Death in Holy Orders - P.D. James
• Dolce Agonia - Nancy Huston
• Dreamcatcher - Stephen King
• Empire Falls - Richard Russo
• Exploring Spellcraft - Gerina Dunwich
• Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs
• The Fiery Cross - Diana Gabaldon
• Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
• The Fourth Hand - John Irving
• Fury - Salman Rushdie
• The Future of Ideas - Lawrence Lessig
• Giving Something Back - Robert N. Kucey
• ' - Gale E. Christianson
• The Idea of Perfection - Kate Grenville Picador
• The Last Hero - Terry Pratchett
• Leap Of Faith - Danielle Steel
• Life of Pi - Yann Martel
• Man Ray's Montparnasse - Herbert R. Lottman
• ' - Antonia Fraser
• Mary Shelley - Miranda Seymour
• The Modern Witch's Complete Sourcebook - Gerina Dunwich
• Never Dream of Dying - Raymond Benson
• Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich
• A Painted House - John Grisham
• Rouge Brésil - Jean-Christophe Rufin
• ' - Laura Hillenbrand
• ' - Peter Kurth
• Skipping Christmas - John Grisham
• The Stone Carvers - Jane Urquhart
• Stupid White Men - Michael Moore
• Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
• Thinks ... - David Lodge
• The Trial of Henry Kissinger - Christopher Hitchens
• The White Castle - Orhan Pamuk